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Frederick III of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670

8 dated entries naming Frederick III of Denmark, drawn from 8 separate years between 1609 CE and 1686 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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17th century

  • 1609March 18 – King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670)source
  • 1629May 29 – Thirty Years' War: Prince Frederick of Denmark, the Lutheran administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden, is expelled by the Catholic League as a result of the Edict of Restitution. He is replaced by the staunch catholic Francis of Wartenberg.source
  • 1655Frederick III of Denmark-Norway gives control of the Faroe Islands to Christoffer Gabel and his son, which will last until 1709.source
  • 1656December 17 – King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway decrees that loan repayments and payments of interest to lenders will be made on two specific days, May 29 and June 11, each one nicknamed the Fandens fødselsdag or "Devil's Birthday",source
  • 1657June 1 – King Frederick III of Denmark signs a manifesto, de facto declaring war on Sweden.source
  • 1670February 9 – King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)source
  • 1680May 6 – King Charles XI of Sweden marries Princess Elonora, daughter of the late King Frederick III of Denmark-Norway and sister of King Christian V.source
  • 1686February 27 – Gabriel Milan, the controversial Governor of the Danish West Indies since 1684, is removed from office by order of King Frederick III and placed under arrest for treason. Three years later, after being found guilty in a trial after being brought back to Copenhagen, Milan is beheaded on March 26, 1689.source

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