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871
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1.4.871
Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army. |
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910
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8.5.910
The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia. |
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1157
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10.23.1157
The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country. |
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1340
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4.1.1340
Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark.
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1448
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9.28.1448
Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
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1520
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1.18.1520
King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Åsunden. |
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1523
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1.20.1523
Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway. |
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1676
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12.4.1676
Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt. |
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1794
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1807
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9.2.1807
The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon. |
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1814
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5.17.1814
The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly. |
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1843
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8.15.1843
Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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1844
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11.23.1844
Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.
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1849
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1863
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10.30.1863
Danish Prince Wilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
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11.18.1863
King Christian IX of Denmark decides to sign the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
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1864
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4.14.1864
Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian- Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement. |
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10.30.1864
Second war of Schleswig ends. Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration. |
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1905
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1911
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3.8.1911
International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. |
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1915
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1917
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1.17.1917
The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
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3.31.1917
The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands.
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1920
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6.15.1920
A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark. |
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1940
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1943
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8.29.1943
German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government. |
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1944
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6.17.1944
Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
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1945
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5.5.1945
World War II: Canadian and UK troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from Nazi occupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulate |
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1946
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4.5.1946
Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11 month occupation.
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1963
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4.12.1963
The Soviet nuclear powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S ''Finnclipper'' in the Danish straits. |
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1964
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3.21.1964
In Copenhagen, Denmark, Gigliola Cinquetti wins the ninth Eurovision Song Contest for Italy singing "Non ho l'età" ("I'm not old enough"). |
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1972
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1.14.1972
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513. |
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1.14.1972
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513. |
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1973
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1989
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10.1.1989
Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership".
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1993
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5.18.1993
EU - riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets are fired.
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1999
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