Events
1534
- May – After Frederik I's death, a war of succession begins between supporters of the Catholic Christian II and the Protestant Christian III. The conflict becomes known as the Count's Feud.
- 16 October – In the Battles of Svenstrup, Skipper Clement's peasant army, re-enforced with professional soldiers from Count Christoffer, defeats the army of the Jutland nobility that had been sent to crush the revolt.
- 18 December – A royal army led by Johan Rantzau defeats Clement's men at Aalborg where they have sort refuge. Clement is captured a few days later.
1535
- 11 June – In the Battle of Øksnebjerg, on the island of Funen, Rantzau decisively defeats the rest of Count Christoffer's army.
1536
- 29 July – The last supporters of Christian II are defeated, ending the Count's Feud.
- 30 October
- The Council of Noblemen agreed to the introduction of the Reformation 30 October 1536
- Christian III's håndfæstning-
1537
- Christian III did a coup d'état in Norway and made it a hereditary kingdom in a real union with Denmark that would last until 1814.[ citation needed ]
- 2 September – Peder Palladius is ordained as the first Lutheran bishop of the Diocese of Zealand.
