# Timeline of Danish history

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] This is a page about the chronological history of Denmark, starting with the Stone Age and ending with present Denmark.

## Stone Age-iron age

| Event | Date | Result |
| Stone Age | 12,000 bc | starting of the Stone Age |
| Yamnaya culture migration to Denmark | 5,000 bc | first people of Denmark died out |

## Viking age-Middle ages

| Event | Date | Result |
| Founding of Ribe | 705 | Ribe becomes a trading center |
| Battle of Brávellir | 770 | Death of Harald Wartooth |
| Gudfred's Invasion of the Obodrites | 808 | Seaborne invasion was successful |
| Gudfred's Invasion of Frisia | 810 | Death of Gudfred |
| Treaty of Heiligen | 811 | Danish border confirmed at the Eider |
| Great Heathen Army invasion of England | 865 | Establishment of the Danelaw |
| Siege of Paris (885–886) | 885 | Paris defended from the Vikings |
| Gorm the old’s conquest of Denmark | 936 | Gorm becomes king of most of Denmark |
| Christianization of Denmark | 960s | Denmark officially converted to Christianity |
| German–Danish war of 974 | 974 | Hedeby under German occupation from 974 to 981 |
| Battle of Svolder | 1000 | Division of Norway |
| Cnut's invasion of England | 1016 | England subjugated by Denmark |
| Battle of Helgeå | 1026 | Unclear results |
| Death of Cnut the great | 1035 | Fraction of the North Sea Empire |
| peasant rebellion in Vendsyssel | 1086 | Death of Canute IV |
| Danish Civil Wars | 1131–1134; 1139–1143; 1146–1157 | Valdemar I of Denmark becomes King of Denmark |
| Wendish Crusade | 1147 | Crusader victory |
| Founding of Copenhagen | 1167 | Copenhagen founded by Absalon |
| Battle of Dösjebro | 1181 | Royal victory |
| Battle of Stellau | 1201 | Holstein Subjegated |
| Battle of Lyndanisse | 1215 | Flag of Denmark reportedly fell down |
| Expedition to Frisia | 1252 | Death of Abel |
| Murder of Erik V | 1286 | Death of Erik |
| Rebellion against Christopher II of Denmark | 1326 | Christopher II of Denmark deposed |
| Reunification of Denmark | 1340-1360 | Valdemar IV buys Denmark |
| Danish-Hanseatic War (1361-1370) | 1361-1370 | Hanseatic League gains control over several forts in Scania |
| Treaty of Kalmar | 1397 | Establishment of the Kalmar Union |
| Dano-Hanseatic War (1426–1435) | 1426-1435 | Henseatic Victory |
| Coup d'état against Erik of Pomerania | 1439-1440 | Christopher of Bavaria succeeds the danish throne |
| Treaty of Ribe | 1460 | Schleswig and Holstein should remain Forever Undivided |

## 1500-1814

| Event | Date | Result |
| Battle of Hemmingstedt | 1500 | failure to subdue Dithmarschen |
| War of Deposition against King Hans | 1501-1504 | John, King of Denmark deposited as king of Sweden |
| Knut Alvsson Leads a rebellion | 1501-1504 | failure of the rebellion |
| Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512) | 1501-1512 | Treaty of Malmö (1512) |
| Establishment of the Dano-Norwegian navy | 1510 | establishment of the Dano-Norwegian navy |
| Christian II becomes king | 1513 | Christian II becomes king of Denmark and Norway |
| Dano-Swedish War (1512–1520) Battle of Brännkyrka Battle of Bogesund Siege of Stockholm (1520) | 1512-1520 | Sweden reincorporated into the Kalmar Union |
| Siege of Copenhagen (1523) | 1523 | Christian II Deposed |
| Revolts for the reinstalment of Christian II | 1524 | Frederik I retains the throne |
| Christian II's Invasion of Norway | 1532 | Christian II captured |
| Outbreak of Count's Feud | 1534 | Start of a religious civil war in Denmark |
| Invasion of Norway | 1537 | Norway incorporated into Denmark |
| Northern Seven Years' War Battle of Bornholm (1563) Battle of Öland (1563) Battle of Mared (1563) First battle of Öland (1564) Action of 14 August (1563) Battle of Rügen (1565) Action of 4 June (1565) Action of 7 July (1565) Battle of Axtorna (1565) Battle of Brobacka (1566) Action of 26 July (1566) Siege of Varberg (1569) | 1563-1570 | War between Denmark-Norway and Sweden start |
| Treaty of Stettin | 1570 | Denmark became the supreme and dominating power in Northern Europe, yet failed to restore the Kalmar Union. |
| Discovery of SN 1572 | 1572 | Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe discovers SN 1572 |
| Founding of Kristianopel | 1603 | Founding of Kristianopel |
| Christian IV's expeditions to Greenland First expedition (1605) Second expedition (1606) Third expedition (1607) | 1605-1607 | Mostly unsuccessful expeditions to Greenland |
| Jens Munk expedition to the Barents Sea | 1609 | Failure to find the Northeast Passage |
| Kalmar War Siege of Kalmar (1611) Storming of Kristianopel (1611) Battle of Vittsjö (1612) Battle of Kringen (1612) | 1611-1613 | Denmark remains the dominant Nordic power |
| Ove Gjedde expedition Action of 19 February 1619 Establishment of Tharangambadi (1620) Conquest of Koneswaram Temple (1622) | 1618-1622 | creation of Danish India, but failure to monopolize Sri Lanka |
| Jens Munk expedition to the Northwest Passage | 1619 | Jens Munk lands at Hudson Bay, but most of his crew dies on the expedition |
| Thirty Years' War Battle of Dessau Bridge (1626) Battle of Lutter (1626) Siege of Stralsund (1628) Battle of Wolgast (1628) | 1625-1630 | Treaty of Lübeck |
| Torstenson War Battle of Kolding (1644) Battle of Colberger Heide (1644) Battle of Fehmarn (1644) Battle of Bysjön (1644) Action of 16 May 1644 (1645) | 1643-1645 | Second Treaty of Brömsebro (1645) |
| Dano-Swedish War (1657–1658) March Across the Belts (1657) Battle of Møn (1657) Siege of Kolding (1658) Capture of Carolusborg (1658) | 1657-1658 | Treaty of Roskilde |
| Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660) Siege of Copenhagen (1658) Assault on Copenhagen (1659) Battle of Rödsund (1659) Battle of Ebeltoft (1659) Battle of the Sound (1659) Battle of Nyborg (1659) Bornholm Revolt (1660) | 1658-1660 | Treaty of Copenhagen (1660) |
| Lex Regia | 1664-1665 | Frederik III becomes an Absolute monarch |
| Dano-Dutch War | 1661-1665 | Danish presence preserved at the Gold Coast |
| Scanian War Battle of Lund (1676) Bremen-Verden campaign (1676) Battle of Halmstad (1676) Invasion of Gotland (1676) Battle of Bornholm (1676) Battle of Öland (1676) Conquest of Jemtland (1677) Battle of Landskrona (1677) Siege of Malmö (1677) Battle of Marstrand (1677) Battle of Uddevalla (1677) Battle of Møn (1677) Battle of Køge Bay (1677) Siege of Bohus fortress (1678) Invasion of Rügen (1678) | 1675-1679 | Peace of Lund |
| Danish Code | 1683 | Danish law code reformed |
| Gregorian calendar introduced in Denmark | 1700 | Introduction of the Gregorian calendar |
| Great Northern War Siege of Tönning (1700) Battle of Reinbek (1700) Landing at Humlebæk (1700) Bombardment of Copenhagen (1700) Battle of Køge Bay (1710) Battle of Wismar (1711) Siege of Stralsund (1711–1715) Siege of Stade (1712) Battle of Gadebusch (1712) Battle of Fehmarn (1715) Battle of Rügen (1715) Battle of Stresow (1715) Battle of Høland (1716) Battle of Dynekilen (1716) Battle of Gothenburg (1717) Siege of Fredriksten (1718) Attack on Marstrand (1719) | 1700, 1709-1721 | Treaty of Frederiksborg |
| Abolition of Vornedskab | 1702 | Vornedskab abolished |
| Tranquebar Mission | 1706 | First Bible translations into Tamil |
| Danish Auxiliary Corps in Habsburg service 1701–1709 Danish Auxiliary Corps in Anglo-Dutch service 1701–1714 | 1701-1714 | Danish troops send to the War of the Spanish Succession |
| Hans Egede Expedition | 1721 | Kangeq converted to Christianity |
| Copenhagen Fire of 1728 | 1728 | 28% of Copenhagen burned |
| Stavnsbånd introduced | 1733 | Introduction of Stavnsbånd |
| 1733 slave insurrection on St. John | 1733-1734 | Rebellion quelled |
| Battle of Jakobshavn | 1739 | Danish consolidation of Greenland |
| Treaty of San Ildefonso | 1742 | The treaty was never made effective |
| Cattle War | 1756 | Status quo ante bellum |
| Strilekrigen | 1765 | Rebellion quelled |
| Danish–Algerian War | 1769-1772 | Algerian victory |
| Johann Friedrich Struensee rise to power | 1770 | Johann Friedrich Struensee becomes de facto leader of Denmark |
| Danish Royal Life Guards' Mutiny | 1771 | Execution of Johann Friedrich Struensee in 1772 |
| Sagbadre War | 1784 | Anlo loses all territory it had previously acquired from its neighbors |
| Lofthusreisingen | 1786-1787 | Rebellion quelled |
| Abolition of Stavnsbånd | 1788 | Stavnsbånd abolished |
| Theatre War Battle of Kvistrum | 1788-1789 | Status quo ante bellum |
| Battle of Tripoli | 1797 | Danish victory |
| Lærdal farmers' rebellion | 1800-1802 | Rebellion quelled |
| English Wars (Scandinavia)/ Gunboat War Battle of West Kay (1801) Battle of Copenhagen (1801) (1801) Battle of Lübeck (1806) Battle of Copenhagen (1807) Battle of Køge (1807) Battle of Alvøen (1808) Battle of Saltholm (1808) Action of 2 March 1808 (1808) Battle of Zealand Point (1808) Battle of Silda (1810) Battle of Anholt (1811) Battle of Grimstad Bay (1811) Battle of Lyngør (1812) | 1801, 1807–1814 | Norway ceded to the King of Sweden Heligoland ceded to United Kingdom Swedish Pomerania ceded to Denmark |
| Outlawing of Atlantic slave trade | 1803 | Atlantic slave trade outlawed |
| Evacuation of La Romana's division | 1808 | Anglo-Spanish evacuation |
| Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 Battle of Lier (1808) Battle of Toverud (1808) Battle of Rødenes (1808) Battle of Trangen (1808) Battle of Furuholm (1808) Battle of Mobekk (1808) Battle of Prestebakke (1808) Battle of Berby (1808) Jämtland Campaigns of 1808–1809 | 1808-1809 | Treaty of Jönköping |
| Huéscar-Danish War | 1808 | Peace treaty |
| Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution | 1809 | Danish government restored |
| War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Bornhöved (1813) Battle of Sehested (1813) | 1813-1814 | Treaty of Kiel |
| Antisemitic riots | 1813 | Jews gets equal rights under the law |

## 1814-1945

| Event | Date | Result |
| Hep-Hep riots | 1819-1820 | Leaders of the Antisemites arrested |
| Capture of the sloop Anne | 1825 | Anne (El Mosquito) is disabled; pirates flee ashore |
| Katamanso War | 1826 | Anglo-Danish-Dutch Victory |
| 1848 Saint Croix slave rebellion | 1848 | Emancipation of the Saint Croix slaves |
| March Revolution | 1848 | Constitution of Denmark |
| First Schleswig War Battle of Bov (1848) Battle of Dybbøl (1848) Battle of Mysunde (1848) Battle of Nybøl Skirmish of Oversø (1848) Battle of Schleswig (1848) Battle of Heligoland (1849) Skirmish of Århus (1849) Battle of Eckernförde (1849) Battle of Fredericia (1849) Battle of Heligoland (1849) Battle of Isted (1850) Battle of Lottorf (1850) | 1848-1852 | Denmark retains Schleswig |
| Second Schleswig War Battle of Als Evacuation of Danevirke Battle of Dybbøl Evacuation of Fredericia Battle for Königshügel Battle of Lundby Battle of Mysunde (1864) Battle of Sankelmark Battle of Vejle Battle of Heligoland (1864) Battle of Jasmund (1864) | 1864 | Treaty of Vienna (1864) |
| 1878 St. Croix labor riot | 1878 | Rebellion ended |
| Easter Crisis | 1920 | The king's role reduced to a symbolic head of state. |
| Schleswig unification | 1920 | South Jutland reincorporated into Denmark |
| Dano-Norwegian border dispute | 1931-1933 | Disputed territory awarded to Denmark |
| Occupation of Denmark | 1940-1945 | Denmark occupied after Operation Weserübung |

## 1945-present

| Event | Date | Result |
| 1946 Faroese independence referendum | 1946 | Home rule established on the Faroe Islands |
| Danish accession into NATO | 1949 | Denmark becomes a member of NATO |
| Greenlandic independence | 1979 | Greenland gains more autonomy |
| Operation Bøllebank | 1994 | UN forces repulse Serb ambush |
| Abdication of Margrethe II | 2024 | Abdication of Margrethe II |

## Notelist

* ↑ Belagerung von Stade (1712) [de]