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Denmark

13 periods and events, 793 – 1992.

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Periods and events

When	Period or event	Kind	Source
793 – 1066	Danish Viking Age丹麦维京时代 Danish raiders and settlers reach England, France and beyond.	Movement	Source
965	Jelling stones and conversion耶林石与皈依基督教 Harald Bluetooth's runestone records that he made the Danes Christian.	Religion	Source
1016 – 1035	Cnut's North Sea Empire克努特的北海帝国 Cnut the Great rules Denmark, England and Norway.	Dynasty or era	Source
1397 – 1523	Kalmar Union卡尔马联盟 Queen Margaret unites Denmark, Norway and Sweden under one crown.	Politics	Source
1536	Danish Reformation丹麦宗教改革 Christian III makes Lutheranism the state religion.	Religion	Source
1537 – 1814	Denmark–Norway丹麦-挪威联合王国 Norway is ruled from Copenhagen as part of a joint realm.	Politics	Source
1620 – 1917	Danish colonial empire丹麦殖民帝国 Trading posts in India and Africa and the Danish West Indies, sold to the US in 1917.	Colonial	Source
1835	Andersen's fairy tales安徒生童话 Hans Christian Andersen publishes his first fairy tales.	Literature	Source
1849	Constitution of 18491849年宪法 Absolute monarchy ends; Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy.	Politics	Source
1864	Second Schleswig War第二次石勒苏益格战争 Prussia and Austria take Schleswig and Holstein, a third of Denmark.	War	Source
1940 – 1945	German occupation德国占领 Germany occupies Denmark in a single day.	War	Source
1943	Rescue of the Danish Jews营救丹麦犹太人 Danes ferry most of the country's Jews to safety in Sweden.	Other	Source
1992	Danes reject Maastricht丹麦公投否决《马斯特里赫特条约》 A referendum rejects the EU treaty; Denmark later wins opt-outs, including from the euro.	Politics	Source

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