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
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
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
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
| 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 |
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
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
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
- ^ Belagerung von Stade (1712) [de]
References
- ^ "Vores forfædre er ikke dem, vi troede: Men hvem er de så?".
- ^ "Gorm the Old - King of Denmark".
- ^ "History: Home to kings, queens and vikings".
- ^ "Abel, ca. 1218-1252".
- ^ "Valdemar 3. Eriksen, 1315-1364". Danmarks Historien (Aarhus University). Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ "Den danske flåde 1510-2010" Archived 2010-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish) Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ Bricka, Carl Frederik. "283 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / V. Bind. Faaborg - Gersdorff)". runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ^ "Jens Munk". Today's Canadian Birthdays. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ^ "Jens Munk – Scandinavia's First Great Polar Explorer (The Council of Europe Cultural Routes)". Ub.uit.no. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ "A Bit About Bornholm – Our Beautiful Danish Island | Penyllan".
- ^ "Rømer, Ole Christensen, 1644-1710". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Frost, Robert i (2000). The Northern Wars. War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558–1721.