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Prehistoric Denmarkc. 6000 BC–700 AD
Kongemose culture c. 6000 BC–5200 BC
Ertebølle culture c. 5,300 BC – 3,950 BC
Funnelbeaker culture c. c. 4300–2800 BC
Corded Ware culture c. 3000 BC – 2350 BC
Nordic Bronze Age c. 2000/1750–500 BC.
Pre-Roman Iron Age c. 5th/4th–1st centuries BC
Roman Iron Age c. 1–400 AD
Germanic Iron Age c. 5th to 8th centuries AD
Viking Age c. 793–1066 AD
House of Sigfred c. 770–c.870 AD
House of Olaf late 9th century and early 10th AD
House of Knýtlinga 916–1042
Reunification c. 916-973
Christianization c. 960
North Sea Empire 1013-1042
House of Fairhair 1042-1047
Medieval Times1047–1536
Estridsen era 1047–1412
Reign of Sweyn II and his sons 1047–1134
Civil War era 1131–1157
Danish Baltic Empire 1168–1319
Kingless times 1319–1340
Solidification of Denmark 1340–1360
Kalmar Union 1397–1523
House of Griffin 1397–1442
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt 1440–1448
House of Oldenburg 1448–1523
Union Wars 1497–1523
Reformation 1520s–1536
Count's Feud 1534–1536
Denmark-Norway 1536–1814
Rise 1536-1626
Baltic Trade monopoly 16th and 17th centuries
Dano-Norwegian Colonial Empire 1620–1814
Fall 1626–1814
Thirty Years War 1625-1645
Little Northern War 1657-1660
Great Northern War 1700-1720
Dano-Norwegian neutrality 1720–1801
Napoleonic wars 1801–1814
Danish unitary state1814–1864
Danish Golden Age c. 1800–1870
Rise of National-liberalism 1830s–1864
Revolutions of 1848 1848
March Revolution 1848
First Schleswig War 1848
Constitutional Monarchy 1849-present
House of Glücksburg 1863-present
November Constitution 1863
Loss of The Duchies 1864
Danish national state1864-present
Reign of Christian IX 1863-1906
Industrialisation 19th century-20th century
Revised Constitution 19th century-20th century
Reign of Christian X 1912-1947
World War I 1914-1918
Schleswig Reunification 1920
Easter Crisis 1920
Dano-Icelandic Union 1918-1944
World War II 1940-1945
Occupation 1940-1945
Protectorate 1940-1943
Liberation 1940-1943
Reign of Frederik IX 1947-1972
Post-war 1947-1953
Constitution of 1953 1953-present
Cold war 1947-1991
Creation of NATO 1949
Cold War (1953–1962) 1953–1962
Reign of Margrethe II 1972-2024
Joining the EC 1979-1985
The New Cold war 1979-1985
Post-Cold War 1991-present
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 2001–2021
Iraq War 2003-2011
Reign of Frederik X 2024-present
List of monarchs 8th century–present
Military history
List of Prime Ministers 1849–present
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The history of Denmark as a unified kingdom began in the 8th century, but historic documents describe the geographic area and the people living there—the Danes—as early as 500 AD. These early documents include the writings of Jordanes and Procopius. With the Christianization of the Danes c. 960 AD, it is clear that there existed a kingship. King Frederik X can trace his lineage back to the Viking kings Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth from this time, thus making the Monarchy of Denmark the oldest in Europe.[1] The area now known as Denmark has a rich prehistory, having been populated by several prehistoric cultures and people for about 12,000 years, since the end of the last ice age.
Denmark's history has particularly been influenced by its geographical location between the North and Baltic seas, a strategically and economically important placement between Sweden and Germany, at the center of mutual struggles for control of the Baltic Sea (dominium maris baltici). Denmark was long in disputes with Sweden over control of Skånelandene and with Germany over control of Schleswig (a Danish fief) and Holstein (a German fief).
Eventually, Denmark lost these conflicts and ended up ceding first Skåneland to Sweden and later Schleswig-Holstein to the German Empire. After the eventual cession of Norway in 1814, Denmark retained control of the old Norwegian colonies of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland. During the 20th century, Iceland gained independence, Greenland and the Faroes became integral parts of the Kingdom of Denmark and North Schleswig reunited with Denmark in 1920 after a referendum. During World War II, Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany, but was eventually liberated by British forces of the Allies in 1945,[2] after which it joined the United Nations. In the aftermath of World War II, and with the emergence of the subsequent Cold War, Denmark was quick to join the military alliance of NATO as a founding member in 1949.
^http://madmonaco.blogspot.com/2010/06/oldest-monarchy.html http://www.royalinsight.net/content/danish-monarchy-overview Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
^The remote Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea was liberated by Soviet forces of the Allies. This led to some political turmoil and conflict, occasionally resurfacing in modern times.
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