36 events with tag "Denmark"
810
ID: 3698
Danish King Godfred attacks Frisia - destroys Frisian fleet and imposes tribute, challenges Charlemagne's empire
ID: 3698
936
ID: 3743
Gorm the Old becomes first historical King of Denmark - unifies Danish kingdom, establishes Jelling dynasty
ID: 3743
958
ID: 3711
Harald Bluetooth becomes King of Denmark - later converts to Christianity, unites Denmark and Norway
ID: 3711
965
ID: 3744
Harald Bluetooth converts Denmark to Christianity - erects Jelling stone declaring he 'made the Danes Christian'
ID: 3744
968
ID: 3745
Harald Bluetooth strengthens Danevirke - massive earthwork fortification against German expansion
ID: 3745
980
ID: 3746
Harald builds ring fortresses - Trelleborg-type circular fortresses demonstrate royal power and military organization
ID: 3746
986
ID: 3747
Sweyn Forkbeard rebels against father Harald - civil war ends with Harald's death, Sweyn becomes king
ID: 3747
1000
ID: 3748
Battle of Svolder - Sweyn Forkbeard defeats Olaf Tryggvason, Denmark gains control of Norway
ID: 3748
1013
ID: 3718
Sweyn Forkbeard conquers England - Danish king drives out Ethelred, becomes King of England
ID: 3718
1016
ID: 3720
Cnut becomes King of England - Danish prince conquers England, later rules Denmark and Norway as North Sea Empire
ID: 3720
1042
ID: 3749
Magnus the Good becomes King of Denmark - son of Olaf II rules both Norway and Denmark
ID: 3749
1047
ID: 3750
Sweyn II Estridsen becomes King - nephew of Cnut, fights Magnus for Danish throne, establishes independence
ID: 3750
1103
ID: 3751
Lund becomes archbishopric - Denmark gains ecclesiastical independence from Hamburg-Bremen
ID: 3751
1157
ID: 3752
Valdemar I the Great becomes sole king - ends civil war period, begins Danish golden age
ID: 3752
1167
ID: 3753
Bishop Absalon founds Copenhagen - builds castle on small island, future capital of Denmark
ID: 3753
1169
ID: 3754
Denmark conquers Rügen - Valdemar I and Absalon destroy pagan temple at Arkona, expand Danish power
ID: 3754
1219
ID: 3755
Battle of Lyndanisse - Valdemar II conquers Estonia, legend of Dannebrog (Danish flag) falling from heaven
ID: 3755
1223
ID: 3756
Valdemar II kidnapped - Count Henry of Schwerin captures king and son, Denmark pays huge ransom and loses territories
ID: 3756
1241
ID: 3757
Jutland Law codified - Valdemar II creates unified law code, used until 1683
ID: 3757
1282
ID: 3758
First Danish charter - Christopher I forced to sign constitutional charter limiting royal power
ID: 3758
1346
ID: 3759
Denmark sells Estonia to Teutonic Knights - financial crisis forces sale of Baltic territories
ID: 3759
1349
ID: 3760
Black Death reaches Denmark - kills third of population, devastates economy and society
ID: 3760
1375
ID: 3761
Margaret I becomes regent - rules for infant son Olaf, begins path to Kalmar Union
ID: 3761
1429
ID: 3762
Sound Toll established at Helsingør - Denmark controls Baltic trade, major revenue source for centuries
ID: 3762
1523
ID: 3763
Sweden leaves Kalmar Union - Gustav Vasa elected king, Denmark loses control of Sweden
ID: 3763
1536
ID: 3764
Danish Reformation - Christian III makes Denmark Lutheran after civil war, confiscates Church property
ID: 3764
1660
ID: 3765
Absolute monarchy established - Frederick III gains absolute power after defeat by Sweden
ID: 3765
1709
ID: 3766
Denmark defeats Swedish invasion - failed attempt by Charles XII to knock Denmark out of war
ID: 3766
1792
ID: 3767
Denmark first to ban slave trade - becomes first European nation to abolish transatlantic slave trade
ID: 3767
1807
ID: 3768
British bombardment of Copenhagen - Royal Navy attacks neutral Denmark, steals entire Danish fleet
ID: 3768
1814
ID: 3769
Treaty of Kiel - Denmark loses Norway to Sweden as punishment for supporting Napoleon
ID: 3769
1849
ID: 3770
Danish Constitution signed - Frederick VII ends absolute monarchy, establishes constitutional monarchy
ID: 3770
1864
ID: 945
Second Schleswig War - Prussia and Austria defeat Denmark, gain Schleswig-Holstein
ID: 945
1925
ID: 1331
Denmark passes sterilization law
ID: 1331
1940
ID: 3771
April 9, 1940
Germany invades Denmark - occupation in single day, government initially remains but cooperates with Nazis
ID: 3771
1943
ID: 3772
October 1943
Danish rescue of Jews - population helps 7,200 Jews escape to Sweden, unique in Nazi-occupied Europe
ID: 3772