Timeline of Denmark

Timeline of Denmark


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  The Vikings were prolific seafaring warriors from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The early Danish timeline reflects the history of the Vikings
 
793 Vikings first raid in England. The monastery of St. Cuthbert at Lindisfarne is sacked
 
844 Vikings raid Seville in Spain
 
845 Vikings, led by Ragnor, travel up the River Seine in France
 
845 The French King pays a ransom to prevent the sacking of Paris
 
860 Vikings attack Constantinople
 
862 Vikings found Novgorod in Russia
 
874 Vikings settle Iceland
 
900 Vikings raid the Mediterranean coasts
 
911 Vikings under Rollo are settled in Normandy
 
981 Erik the Red discovers Greenland
 
986 Vikings land in Canada
965 Harald Bluetooth (King Harold I) converts the Danes to Christianity
1000 Greenland and Iceland are converted to Christianity by the Vikings
1001 Leif Eriksson reaches the American coast
1016 The Danish king Canute (Knut) II defeats the Wessex King Edmund and becomes King of Denmark and England
 
1028 Danish Canute conquers Norway
1035 King Canute dies and the heir to Denmark and England is Hardacnut
1042 Hardacnut dies suddenly and Edward the Confessor regains the throne of England
1050 Vikings found the city of Oslo in Norway which is established as a major trade center.
1350 the Black plague, "Svartedauen" sweeps Denmark and Scandinavia killing one third of the inhabitants
 
1397 Union of Kalmar unites Denmark, Sweden and Norway under a single monarch. Denmark is the dominant power
 
1660 Denmark becomes a hereditary monarchy under Frederik III
1729 Greenland becomes a Danish province
1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden
1914 1914-1918:  World War I - Denmark is neutral
1939 Denmark signs 10-year non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany
1940 Germany invades Denmark
1945 August 1945: The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1945 Germany surrenders and Danish occupation ends.


Timeline of Denmark

Timeline of Denmark
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