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Danish Timeline

By kjali
  • First People Inhabit Denmark
    10,000 BCE

    First People Inhabit Denmark

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

    Farms

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

    Christianity introduced

  • First Ruler
    883

    First Ruler

    King Gorm becomes the first known ruler of a united Danish kingdom.
  • Reign of Harald Bluetooth and the Christianization of Denmark
    941

    Reign of Harald Bluetooth and the Christianization of Denmark

  • Union of Denmark and England
    1013

    Union of Denmark and England

  • Plague ravished Denmark and Sweden
    1345

    Plague ravished Denmark and Sweden

  • Union of Kalmar
    1397

    Union of Kalmar

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

    Sweden leaves the Kalmar Union

  • Reformation
    1536

    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