A Historical Overview of Denmark
1660 - 1993
- 12000 - 9300 BC.....Late Ice Age. Immigration of the first hunters.
- 9300 - 3900 BC.......Mesolithic Period. Hunting and fishing.
- 3900 - 1700 BC.......Neolithic Period. Farming and animal husbandry, Dolmens and passage graves are built.
- 1700 - 500 BC.........Bronze Age.
- 500 BC - 750 AD.....Iron Age. Rudimentary conurbations (extremely large, densely populated area, usually a complex of suburbs and smaller towns together with the large city at their center.) in 8th century.
- 866 - 867 AD...........The Vikings capture York.
- c. 965........................Harold I (Blue Tooth) introduces Christianity in Denmark.
- 1157 - 1241.............The Age of the Valdemars. Denmark gains supremacy over large parts of the Baltic areas.
- 1241.........................Jyske Lov (The Jutlandic Law)
- 1282.........................Erik V (Klipping) is the first Danish King to seal a coronation charter.
- 1286.........................Erik V (Klipping) is murdered in Finderup Barn.
- c. 1350 - 1400.........Black Plague Death. Many farms deserted.
- 1397 - 1523.............The Kalmar Union with Norway and Sweden. Sweden breaks away for long periods.
- 1479.........................The foundation for The University of Copenhagen.
- 1520.........................The massacre at Stockholm. Christian II executes more than eighty Swedish opponents.
- 1534 - 1536.............The Count's Fued, Civil War in Denmark.
- 1536.........................The Reformation. Norway is formally incorporated into Denmark.
- 1563 - 1570.............The Scandinavian Seven Years' War.
- 1611 - 1613.............The Kalmar War between Denmark and Sweden.
- 1657 - 1660.............The Karl Gustov Wars. Denmark cedes all provinces east of resund (the Sound), with the exception of Bornholm, to Sweden.
- 1660 - 1661.............Absolutism is introduced, (the system of government under which the ruler has unlimited powers.)
- 1675 - 1679.............The Scania War between Denmark and Sweden.
- 1683.........................Christian V's Danske Lov, (Danish Law)
- 1709 - 1720.............The Great Nordic War.
- 1733.........................The Introduction of Adscription.
- 1755 - 1807.............The Palmy Days, Danish shipping and trade flourish.
- 1788.........................The aboliton of adscription.
- 1801.........................The Battle of Copenhagen.
- 1807 - 1814.............At war with England. Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden at the Peace of Kiel in 1814.
- 1844.........................The first folk high school is established in R¿DDING.
- 1848.........................The abolition of absolutism.
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- 1848 - 1851.............The first Schleswig War. The Three Years' War.
- 1849.........................The June Constitution. Denmark's first liberal constitution.
- 1864.........................The second Schleswig War. Denmark has to cede Schleswig, Holstein, and Lavenburg.
- 1870 - 1901.............Constitutional struggle between conservatives and liberals.
- 1871.........................A Socialist movement is founded.
- 1901.........................Change of political system, an introduction of cabinet responsibilities.
- 1914 - 1918.............Denmark is neutral during WWI.
- 1915.........................Constitutional reform. Women and servants are enfranchised.
- 1920.........................Reunion with South Jutland after a plebiscite.
- 1940 - 1945.............Denmark is occupied by Germany.
- 1943.........................The August Uprising. Government by Civil Service Heads. Danmark's FRIHEDSRÅD (The Danish Freedom Council) is formed.
- 1944.........................Iceland becomes and independent republic.
- 1945.........................Denmark is a founder member of the UN.
- 1949.........................Denmark joins NATO.
- 1953.........................A new Constitution and a new Act of Succession, the Landsting (second chamber) is abolished and female succession is rendered possible.
- 1973.........................Denmark is admitted to the EC and after a landslide election, three new parties enter the Folketing, (parliament).
- 1979.........................Greenland obtains Home Rule.
- 1993.........................Denmark joins the EU.
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