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Events relating to denmark
Hemming, a Danish king, makes a treaty with the Franks establishing the river Eider as the southern border of Denmark
A great army of Danes captures York - the first step in the establishment of Danelaw in eastern England
The young Alfred leads the English in their first significant victory over the Danes, at Ashdown
Alfred captures London from the Danes, pressing them back into the region of Danelaw where their rule is, for the moment, tolerated
Harald Bluetooth is baptized a Christian and unites the whole of Denmark as a single kingdom.
New waves of Danes, raiding into the English territory of Danelaw, are bought off by Ethelred with Danegeld
Canute, joint king of Denmark, is accepted also as king of England after subduing the country and marrying Ethelred's widow
With a victory near Falköping, Margaret becomes regent of Sweden as well as Denmark and Norway
With the coronation of the 16-year-old Eric of Pomerania, the crowns of Denmark, Norway and Sweden are formally united for the first time
The Orkneys and Shetlands come into the possession of James III of Scotland with the dowry of Margaret of Denmark
Christian III seizes the wealth of Danish churches and monasteries, before turning his attention to those of Norway
The reign of Christian III begins three centuries in which Norway is administered as little more than an annexe of Denmark
The Northern Seven Years' War breaks out between Denmark and Sweden
Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe builds Uraniborg, on the island of Hven, and makes it the world's leading observatory
Sweden wins the province of Skåne from Denmark, thus acquiring an unbroken stretch of Baltic coastline from Göteborg to Riga
A new Danish constitution (the Kongeloven or King's Law) makes the monarchy hereditary and grants the king absolute power
Ole Roemer, a Danish astronomer working with Cassini in Paris, calculates the speed of light with an error of only 25%
Poland, Russia and Denmark attack Sweden, beginning the 21-year Northern War
The Danish explorer Vitus Bering sails into Arctic seas through the strait between Asia and America known now by his name
Horatio Nelson puts his telescope to his blind eye when the signal is given to withdraw from Copenhagen harbour
The Frankfurt banker Mayer Amschel Rothschild lends 20 million francs to the Danish government
Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden, in the Treaty of Kiel, following Bernadotte's successful Danish campaign
With his emphasis on the subjective experience of human Existenz, the Danish philosopher Kierkegaard plants the seed of existentialism
The British government buys the Danish fortresses on the Gold Coast, including Christiansborg castle in Accra
Carl Nielsen's Third Symphony, first performed in Copenhagen, brings him international renown
