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