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Danish Timeline

By kjali
  • 10,000 BCE

    First People Inhabit Denmark

    First People Inhabit Denmark
    The first Danes were hunters and fishermen who entered the country migrating from Southern and Eastern Europe.
  • 3000 BCE

    Farms

    Farms
    Farms began to appear on the flat and fertile land that is now Denmark.
  • 826

    Christianity introduced

    Christianity introduced
  • 883

    First Ruler

    First Ruler
    King Gorm becomes the first known ruler of a united Danish kingdom.
  • 941

    Reign of Harald Bluetooth and the Christianization of Denmark

    Reign of Harald Bluetooth and the Christianization of Denmark
  • 1013

    Union of Denmark and England

    Union of Denmark and England
  • 1345

    Plague ravished Denmark and Sweden

    Plague ravished Denmark and Sweden
  • 1397

    Union of Kalmar

    Union of Kalmar
    The three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are united in the Union of Kalmar.
  • 1523

    Sweden leaves the Kalmar Union

    Sweden leaves the Kalmar Union
  • 1536

    Reformation

    Reformation

  • The abolition of the "stavnsbaand"

    The abolition of the "stavnsbaand"

  • Treaty of Kiel

    Treaty of Kiel
    Denmark is compelled to cede Norway to Sweden.

  • Denmark goes to war against Prussia and Austria.

    Denmark goes to war against Prussia and Austria.

  • Treaty of Prague

    Treaty of Prague
    Denmark cedes Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia (Germany).

  • Northern Schleswig is returned to Denmark

    Northern Schleswig is returned to Denmark
  • Period: to

    German occupation of Denmark.

  • Member of the UN

    Member of the UN

  • Orseund Bridge

    Orseund Bridge

  • Danes reject the Euro

    Danes reject the Euro