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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 ...
During the Weichselian glaciation, almost all of Scandinavia was buried beneath a thick permanent sheet of ice and the Stone Age was delayed in this region.Some valleys close to the watershed were indeed ice-free around 30 000 years B.P. Coastal areas were ice-free several times between 75 000 and 30 000 years B.P. and the final expansion towards the late Weichselian maximum took place after ...
But Danish royal historian Lars Hovbakke Sørensen said the king's move may have been a deliberate attempt to underline that "Greenland is a part of the Danish Realm," especially given the growing ...
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.
The Military timeline of Denmark is centered around an involvement in wars in Northern Europe since 793 and, recently, elsewhere. In the early Middle Ages, Danish Vikings invaded and conquered parts of the British Isles and Normandy. Later in the Middle Ages, Denmark was repeatedly in combat with Scandinavian neighbours and in the Baltic area.
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.