1688 in Denmark
# 1688 in Denmark

Events from the year 1688 in Denmark.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Christian V

## Events

* 3 August – the Royal Pawn is created by royal ordinance.

## Births

* 31 October – Jacob Benzon, nobleman and Governor-general of Norway (died 1775)

## Deaths

* 1 June
   * Peder Hansen Resen, historian (born 1625)
   * Nicolai Esmit, Governor of the Danish West Indies
* 4 August – Sophie Amalie Lindenov, noblewoman and landowner (born 1649)
