Events from the year 1685 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Christian V
Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt
Events
16 April – Fort Frederiksborg is sold to the English. 19 May – Leonora Christina Ulfeldt is released after twenty-two years in confinement in Blåtårn. September – a woman named Mette is put on trial for witchcraft in Ebeltoft, beginning the Rugård witch trials. 3 October – The County of Reventlow is established by Conrad von Reventlow from the manors of Sandbjerg and Ballegård as well as the farm Bøgskov.
Undated
The Brandenburg Colony is established on St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies. Encouraged by his queen, Christian V licensed the formation of a reformed congregation among German, Dutch and French immigrants.
Births
28 October – Hans Gram, historian (died 1748) Full date missing Povl Badstuber, coppersmith and industrialist (died 1762)
Deaths
29 January – Ove Ramel, landowner (born 1637) 20 February – Queen Sophie Amalie, Queen of Denmark (born 1628) 10 June – Peder Lauridsen Scavenius, jurist, civil servant, rector and landowner (born 1723) 23 August – Ludvig Rosenkrantz, nobleman (born 1628)
Publications
Peder Syv': Den Danske Sprog-Kunst ("The Danish Language-Art") Peder Hansen Resen: Petri Johannis Resenii Bibliotheca Regiæ Academiæ Hafniensi Donata Cui Præfixa Est Ejusdem Resenii Vita