Timeline of Danish history

This is a page about the chronological history of Denmark, starting with the Stone Age and ending with present Denmark.

Stone Age-iron age

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Event Date Result
Stone Age 12,000 bc starting of the Stone Age
Yamnaya culture migration to Denmark[1] 5,000 bc first people of Denmark died out

Viking age-Middle ages

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Event Date Result
Founding of Ribe 705 Ribe becomes a trading center
Battle of Brávellir 770 Death of Harald Wartooth
Gudfred's Invasion of the Obodrites 808 Seaborne invasion was successful
Gudfred's Invasion of Frisia 810 Death of Gudfred
Treaty of Heiligen 811 Danish border confirmed at the Eider
Great Heathen Army invasion of England 865 Establishment of the Danelaw
Siege of Paris (885–886) 885 Paris defended from the Vikings
Gorm the old’s conquest of Denmark[2] 936 Gorm becomes king of most of Denmark
Christianization of Denmark 960s Denmark officially converted to Christianity
German–Danish war of 974 974 Hedeby under German occupation from 974 to 981
Battle of Svolder 1000 Division of Norway
Cnut's invasion of England 1016 England subjugated by Denmark
Battle of Helgeå 1026 Unclear results
Death of Cnut the great 1035 Fraction of the North Sea Empire
peasant rebellion in Vendsyssel 1086 Death of Canute IV
Danish Civil Wars 1131–1134; 1139–1143; 1146–1157 Valdemar I of Denmark becomes King of Denmark
Wendish Crusade 1147 Crusader victory
Founding of Copenhagen[3] 1167 Copenhagen founded by Absalon
Battle of Dösjebro 1181 Royal victory
Battle of Stellau 1201 Holstein Subjegated
Battle of Lyndanisse 1215 Flag of Denmark reportedly fell down
Expedition to Frisia[4] 1252 Death of Abel
Murder of Erik V 1286 Death of Erik
Rebellion against Christopher II of Denmark[5] 1326 Christopher II of Denmark deposed
Reunification of Denmark 1340-1360 Valdemar IV buys Denmark
Danish-Hanseatic War (1361-1370) 1361-1370 Hanseatic League gains control over several forts in Scania
Treaty of Kalmar 1397 Establishment of the Kalmar Union
Dano-Hanseatic War (1426–1435) 1426-1435 Henseatic Victory
Coup d'état against Erik of Pomerania 1439-1440 Christopher of Bavaria succeeds the danish throne
Treaty of Ribe 1460 Schleswig and Holstein should remain Forever Undivided

1500-1814

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Event Date Result
Battle of Hemmingstedt 1500 failure to subdue Dithmarschen
War of Deposition against King Hans 1501-1504 John, King of Denmark deposited as king of Sweden
Knut Alvsson Leads a rebellion 1501-1504 failure of the rebellion
Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512) 1501-1512 Treaty of Malmö (1512)
Establishment of the Dano-Norwegian navy[6] 1510 establishment of the Dano-Norwegian navy
Christian II becomes king 1513 Christian II becomes king of Denmark and Norway
Dano-Swedish War (1512–1520) 1512-1520 Sweden reincorporated into the Kalmar Union
Siege of Copenhagen (1523) 1523 Christian II Deposed
Revolts for the reinstalment of Christian II[7] 1524 Frederik I retains the throne
Christian II's Invasion of Norway 1532 Christian II captured
Outbreak of Count's Feud 1534 Start of a religious civil war in Denmark
Invasion of Norway 1537 Norway incorporated into Denmark
Northern Seven Years' War 1563-1570 War between Denmark-Norway and Sweden start
Treaty of Stettin 1570 Denmark became the supreme and dominating power in Northern Europe, yet failed to restore the Kalmar Union.
Discovery of SN 1572 1572 Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe discovers SN 1572
Founding of Kristianopel 1603 Founding of Kristianopel
Christian IV's expeditions to Greenland
  • First expedition (1605)
  • Second expedition (1606)
  • Third expedition (1607)
 1605-1607 Mostly unsuccessful expeditions to Greenland
Jens Munk expedition to the Barents Sea[8] 1609 Failure to find the Northeast Passage
Kalmar War 1611-1613 Denmark remains the dominant Nordic power
Ove Gjedde expedition 1618-1622 creation of Danish India, but failure to monopolize Sri Lanka
Jens Munk expedition to the Northwest Passage[9] 1619 Jens Munk lands at Hudson Bay, but most of his crew dies on the expedition
Thirty Years' War 1625-1630 Treaty of Lübeck
Torstenson War 1643-1645 Second Treaty of Brömsebro (1645)
Dano-Swedish War (1657–1658) 1657-1658 Treaty of Roskilde
Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660) 1658-1660 Treaty of Copenhagen (1660)
Lex Regia 1664-1665 Frederik III becomes an Absolute monarch
Dano-Dutch War 1661-1665 Danish presence preserved at the Gold Coast
Scanian War 1675-1679 Peace of Lund
Danish Code 1683 Danish law code reformed
Gregorian calendar introduced in Denmark[11] 1700 Introduction of the Gregorian calendar
Great Northern War 1700, 1709-1721 Treaty of Frederiksborg
Abolition of Vornedskab 1702 Vornedskab abolished
Tranquebar Mission 1706 First Bible translations into Tamil
1701-1714 Danish troops send to the War of the Spanish Succession
Hans Egede Expedition 1721 Kangeq converted to Christianity
Copenhagen Fire of 1728 1728 28% of Copenhagen burned
Stavnsbånd introduced 1733 Introduction of Stavnsbånd
1733 slave insurrection on St. John 1733-1734 Rebellion quelled
Battle of Jakobshavn 1739 Danish consolidation of Greenland
Treaty of San Ildefonso 1742 The treaty was never made effective
Cattle War 1756 Status quo ante bellum
Strilekrigen 1765 Rebellion quelled
Danish–Algerian War 1769-1772 Algerian victory
Johann Friedrich Struensee rise to power 1770 Johann Friedrich Struensee becomes de facto leader of Denmark
Danish Royal Life Guards' Mutiny 1771 Execution of Johann Friedrich Struensee in 1772
Sagbadre War 1784 Anlo loses all territory it had previously acquired from its neighbors
Lofthusreisingen 1786-1787 Rebellion quelled
Abolition of Stavnsbånd 1788 Stavnsbånd abolished
Theatre War 1788-1789 Status quo ante bellum
Battle of Tripoli 1797 Danish victory
Lærdal farmers' rebellion 1800-1802 Rebellion quelled
English Wars (Scandinavia)/ Gunboat War 1801, 1807–1814 Norway ceded to the King of Sweden
Heligoland ceded to United Kingdom
Swedish Pomerania ceded to Denmark
Outlawing of Atlantic slave trade 1803 Atlantic slave trade outlawed
Evacuation of La Romana's division 1808 Anglo-Spanish evacuation
Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 1808-1809 Treaty of Jönköping
Huéscar-Danish War 1808 Peace treaty
Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution 1809 Danish government restored
War of the Sixth Coalition 1813-1814 Treaty of Kiel
Antisemitic riots 1813 Jews gets equal rights under the law

1814-1945

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Event Date Result
Hep-Hep riots 1819-1820 Leaders of the Antisemites arrested
Capture of the sloop Anne 1825 Anne (El Mosquito) is disabled; pirates flee ashore
Katamanso War 1826 Anglo-Danish-Dutch Victory
1848 Saint Croix slave rebellion 1848 Emancipation of the Saint Croix slaves
March Revolution 1848 Constitution of Denmark
First Schleswig War 1848-1852 Denmark retains Schleswig
Second Schleswig War 1864 Treaty of Vienna (1864)
1878 St. Croix labor riot 1878 Rebellion ended
Easter Crisis 1920 The king's role reduced to a symbolic head of state.
Schleswig unification 1920 South Jutland reincorporated into Denmark
Dano-Norwegian border dispute 1931-1933 Disputed territory awarded to Denmark
Occupation of Denmark 1940-1945 Denmark occupied after Operation Weserübung

1945-present

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Event Date Result
1946 Faroese independence referendum 1946 Home rule established on the Faroe Islands
Danish accession into NATO 1949 Denmark becomes a member of NATO
Greenlandic independence 1979 Greenland gains more autonomy
Operation Bøllebank 1994 UN forces repulse Serb ambush
Abdication of Margrethe II 2024 Abdication of Margrethe II

Notelist

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  1. ^ Belagerung von Stade (1712) [de]

References

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  1. ^ "Vores forfædre er ikke dem, vi troede: Men hvem er de så?".
  2. ^ "Gorm the Old - King of Denmark".
  3. ^ "History: Home to kings, queens and vikings".
  4. ^ "Abel, ca. 1218-1252".
  5. ^ "Valdemar 3. Eriksen, 1315-1364". Danmarks Historien (Aarhus University). Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  6. ^ "Den danske flåde 1510-2010" Archived 2010-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish) Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  7. ^ Bricka, Carl Frederik. "283 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / V. Bind. Faaborg - Gersdorff)". runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  8. ^ "Jens Munk". Today's Canadian Birthdays. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  9. ^ "Jens Munk – Scandinavia's First Great Polar Explorer (The Council of Europe Cultural Routes)". Ub.uit.no. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  10. ^ "A Bit About Bornholm – Our Beautiful Danish Island | Penyllan".
  11. ^ "Rømer, Ole Christensen, 1644-1710". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  12. ^ Frost, Robert i (2000). The Northern Wars. War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558–1721.
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