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HISTORY OF DENMARK

including headings Scandinavian kingdoms, Union of the crowns, Lutheran Denmark, Norway and Iceland, Denmark and Sweden, An unwise excursion, ...

Denmark and Sweden | HISTORY OF THE THE BALTIC

Control of the Baltic, and of its entrance through the narrow Sound, first becomes an issue between Denmark and Sweden after the separation of the two kingdoms in 1523. The Swedish king Gustavus I makes plain his ambitio...

Lutheran Denmark, Norway and Iceland | HISTORY OF NORWAY

Lutheran Denmark, Norway and Iceland

The nobles of Denmark's electoral council, the rigsraad, depose Christian II in 1523 and elect to the throne his uncle Frederick, duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Frederick I rarely visits his kingdom of Denmark. But w...

Denmark, the kingdom to which Norway | HISTORY OF SWEDEN

Charles XIV

Denmark, the kingdom to which Norway is attached, is like Sweden an ally of France. Bernadotte resolves to change sides - a course of action made diplomatically easier when Napoleon, in January 1812, seizes Sweden's prov...

Denmark and Norway, linked in the | HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY

Northwest Europe

Denmark and Norway, linked in the 11th century in the empire of Canute, are by this time unshakably Christian kingdoms. But in the forests of Sweden the twin processes - unification and the defeat of paganism - begin lat...

Denmark and Norway, linked in the | HISTORY OF EUROPE

Northwest Europe

Denmark and Norway, linked in the 11th century in the empire of Canute, are by this time unshakably Christian kingdoms. But in the forests of Sweden the twin processes - unification and the defeat of paganism - begin lat...

The Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Sweden and | HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Neutral nations

The Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Sweden and newly independent Norway, take the same path. Denmark is particularly robust in her response. 19,000 men are immediately mobilized to lay mines in the Danish coastal waters...

By 1707, with Denmark, Saxony and | HISTORY OF THE THE BALTIC

Baltic campaigns

By 1707, with Denmark, Saxony and Poland out of the war, Charles XII is free to tackle the major threat to Sweden's dominance of the Baltic. The Russian tsar, Peter the Great, has merely retired wounded in 1700.

P...

By 1707, with Denmark, Saxony and | HISTORY OF POLAND

Baltic campaigns

By 1707, with Denmark, Saxony and Poland out of the war, Charles XII is free to tackle the major threat to Sweden's dominance of the Baltic. The Russian tsar, Peter the Great, has merely retired wounded in 1700.

P...

By 1707, with Denmark, Saxony and | HISTORY OF SWEDEN

Baltic campaigns

By 1707, with Denmark, Saxony and Poland out of the war, Charles XII is free to tackle the major threat to Sweden's dominance of the Baltic. The Russian tsar, Peter the Great, has merely retired wounded in 1700.

P...

By 1707, with Denmark, Saxony and | THE NORTHERN WAR

Baltic campaigns

By 1707, with Denmark, Saxony and Poland out of the war, Charles XII is free to tackle the major threat to Sweden's dominance of the Baltic. The Russian tsar, Peter the Great, has merely retired wounded in 1700.

P...

By the end of 1807 Denmark, | HISTORY OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS

Continental System

By the end of 1807 Denmark, Russia, Prussia and Austria have done so. Sweden, an ally of Britain's from the start of the Third Coalition, refuses to comply - so, as planned at Tilsit, she is invaded by Russia (in Februar...

By the end of 1807 Denmark, | HISTORY OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Continental System

By the end of 1807 Denmark, Russia, Prussia and Austria have done so. Sweden, an ally of Britain's from the start of the Third Coalition, refuses to comply - so, as planned at Tilsit, she is invaded by Russia (in Februar...

By the end of 1807 Denmark, | HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN (from 1707)

Continental System

By the end of 1807 Denmark, Russia, Prussia and Austria have done so. Sweden, an ally of Britain's from the start of the Third Coalition, refuses to comply - so, as planned at Tilsit, she is invaded by Russia (in Februar...

Christian III becomes king of Denmark | HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION

Plunder of church lands

Christian III becomes king of Denmark (and with it Norway and Iceland) in July 1536 after capturing Copenhagen. He immediately arrests the Catholic bishops, confiscates their property and dissolves the monasteries. Vast...

During the period of Sweden`s wars | HISTORY OF SWEDEN

Christina and Charles X

During the period of Sweden's wars with Denmark the country is ruled in succession by two talented cousins, grandchildren of Charles IX.

The first is a famously lavish patron of the arts, Queen Christina. She is o...

In 1699 Augustus makes a secret | HISTORY OF POLAND

Poland and Saxony

In 1699 Augustus makes a secret alliance with Denmark and Russia for a joint attack on the Swedish territories round the Baltic. His own target is Livonia, which he intends to acquire for Saxony (his new Polish subjects...

In 1699 Augustus makes a secret | HISTORY OF GERMANY

Augustus the Strong

In 1699 Augustus makes a secret alliance with Denmark and Russia for a joint attack on the Swedish territories round the Baltic. His own target is Livonia, which he intends to acquire for Saxony (his new Polish subjects...

The earliest recognizable kingdom is that | HISTORY OF DENMARK

Scandinavian kingdoms

The earliest recognizable kingdom is that of Hemming in southern Denmark from 811; but the king's successors fail to hold his territory. Another century passes before the whole of Denmark is united in a single kingdom, u...

The earliest recognizable kingdom is that | HISTORY OF SCANDINAVIA

Scandinavian kingdoms

The earliest recognizable kingdom is that of Hemming in southern Denmark from 811; but the king's successors fail to hold his territory. Another century passes before the whole of Denmark is united in a single kingdom, u...

The earliest recognizable kingdom is that | HISTORY OF NORWAY

Scandinavian kingdoms

The earliest recognizable kingdom is that of Hemming in southern Denmark from 811; but the king's successors fail to hold his territory. Another century passes before the whole of Denmark is united in a single kingdom, u...

The earliest recognizable kingdom is that | HISTORY OF SWEDEN

Scandinavian kingdoms

The earliest recognizable kingdom is that of Hemming in southern Denmark from 811; but the king's successors fail to hold his territory. Another century passes before the whole of Denmark is united in a single kingdom, u...

Sweden`s successes in the eastern Baltic | HISTORY OF THE THE BALTIC

Sweden's gains

Sweden's successes in the eastern Baltic are rapidly followed by similar gains from Denmark in two wars between 1643 and 1660. These wars bring into Swedish hands the two largest islands in the Baltic and even more signi...

Sweden`s successes in the eastern Baltic | HISTORY OF ESTONIA

Sweden's gains

Sweden's successes in the eastern Baltic are rapidly followed by similar gains from Denmark in two wars between 1643 and 1660. These wars bring into Swedish hands the two largest islands in the Baltic and even more signi...

Sweden`s successes in the eastern Baltic | HISTORY OF LATVIA

Sweden's gains

Sweden's successes in the eastern Baltic are rapidly followed by similar gains from Denmark in two wars between 1643 and 1660. These wars bring into Swedish hands the two largest islands in the Baltic and even more signi...