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Gorm the old’s conquest of Denmark [2] 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
Johansen, Hans Chr. Danish Population History, 1600–1939 (Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark, 2002) 246 pp. ISBN 978-87-7838-725-7 online review Johansen, Hans Chr. "Trends in Modern and Early Modern Social History Writing in Denmark after 1970," Social History, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Oct. 1983), pp. 375–381
Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de Dannemarc [Short Chronological History of Denmark]. Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire du Nord (in French). Paris: Jean-Thomas Herissant. hdl:2027/nyp.33433061827998. Thomas Bartlett (1841). "Denmark". New Tablet of Memory; or, Chronicle of Remarkable Events. London: Thomas Kelly. J. Willoughby Rosse ...
The design may have inspired later 'Maps of World History' such as the HistoMap by John B. Sparks, which chronicles four thousand years of world history in a graphic way similar to the enlarging and contracting nation streams presented on Adam's chart. Sparks added the innovation of using a logarithmic scale for the presentation of history.
Fort Dansborg at Tranquebar, built by Ove Gjedde, c. 1658 Map of Danish Settlements in India (1620 - 1845). Map of Danish Settlements in India. British Occupation of Danish India. The colony at Trankebar (modern day: Tharangambadi) was kept for over 200 years, with a few interruptions, until it was sold to the British in 1845.
In his 1992 article on the history of historical atlases, Black discussed the Eurocentrism of past efforts, the balance between text, images, and maps, the desirable level of detail, and the practical difficulties in compiling such atlases, which were time-consuming and expensive to produce, particularly if maps had to be created from scratch using primary sources and the atlas had a large ...
The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. It is an important biodiversity spot, harbouring species such as harbour seal, grey seal, and harbour porpoise. The sites in Germany and the Netherlands were inscribed to the World Heritage List in 2009, the site in Denmark was added in 2014. [5]
Danish and Nordic legendary stories, chronicles and sagas often have accounts of Danish kings and dynasties stretching further back in time than the 7th century, but the historicity of the content and interpretations of these stories are often put to doubt. Chochilaicus—see Hugleik and Hygelac—c. 515 AD, mentioned by Gregory of Tours (538 ...