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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. |
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