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. 10 May Leonora Christina Ulfeldt is released after twent-one years in confinement in Blåtårn. 3 October The County of Reventlow is established by Conrad von Reventlow from the manors of Sandbjerg and Ballegård as well asthe 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 Fenruary 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 References Denmark Years of the 17th century in Denmark