1687 in Denmark
# 1687 in Denmark

Events from the year 1687 in Denmark.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Christian V
* Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt

## Events

* March – Adolph Esmit succeeds Christopher Heins as Governors of St. Thomas and St. John.
* 9 July – The Copenhagen Royal Fire Brigade os founded.

### Undated

* The Krudttårnet gunpowder magazine is constructed in Frederikshavn.
* Hofmarschall Henrik Ulrik Lützow's town mansion is constructed on Stormgade in Copenhagen.
* Abraham Salomon becomes the first rabbi in Copenhagen. From 1766 until 1795, around 1,500 Jews worshipped in a small synagogue until it burned down.

## Births

* 21 February – Prince William of Denmark, prince (died 1705)
* 21 July – Lars Benzon, judge and landowner (died 1741)
* 23 September – Adam Christopher Knuth, 1st Count of Knuthenborg (died 1736)

## Deaths

* 3 February – Bernhard Keil, painter (born 1624)
* 17 March Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter, princess (born 1629)
