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Several Danish-American succession talks had been made since 1870 due to a rising number of riots and unrest from the poorer English-speaking population. The Zahle Government (1914–1920) held a heavily boycotted election for Danish mainland constituencies, which produced a minority for the sale of the islands.
Areas of historic settlements Map of Schleswig / South Jutland before the plebiscites.. The Duchy of Schleswig had been a fiefdom of the Danish crown since the Middle Ages, but it, along with the Danish-ruled German provinces of Holstein and Lauenburg, which had both been part of the Holy Roman Empire, was conquered by Prussia and Austria in the 1864 Second War of Schleswig.
Map of Southern Jutland in 1913 Southern Jutland in the present day. Southern Jutland (Danish: Sønderjylland; German: Südjütland) is the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
The invasion of Denmark in early 1940 increased the power and importance of the governors greatly, but by 1941 the island had become an American protectorate. Following the war, the former corporate policy was discontinued: the North and South Greenland colonies were united and the RGTD's monopoly officially ended. [7]
Denmark receives Northern Schleswig from Germany (with local plebiscites concluding in 1920). Most of the Prussian provinces of Posen and of West Prussia go to Poland. The east part of Upper Silesia and the area of Soldau in East Prussia are annexed to Poland as well. Danzig and Saarland fall under the control of the League of Nations.
Map showing Denmark–Norway and its colonial possessions. Denmark maintained a number of colonies outside Scandinavia, starting in the 17th century and lasting until the 20th century. Denmark also controlled traditional colonies in Greenland [23] and Iceland [24] in the north Atlantic, obtained through the union with Norway.
1920 in South American sport (7 C, 1 P) / 1920 disestablishments in South America (2 C) 1920 establishments in South America (6 C, 1 P) A. 1920 in Argentina (2 C, 1 P) B.
1920s in South American sport (17 C) / 1920s disestablishments in South America (15 C) 1920s establishments in South America (21 C, 1 P) 0–9. 1920 in South America ...