Today in Denmark History
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 100 of 105
1157-10-23 - The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.
1219-06-15 - King Valdemar brought victory for Denmark
1219-06-15 - Dannebrog - oldest national flag in the world - and flag of Denmark. According to legend, fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia, and turned the Danes' luck.
1340-04-01 - Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark.
1397-06-17 - Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden & Norway
1397-06-30 - Denmark, Norway & Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha
1440-04-09 - Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
1448-09-28 - Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
1520-01-18 - Christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde
1523-01-20 - Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
1534-07-04 - Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
1544-05-23 - German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark
1564-05-31 - Battle on Gotland: Lubeck & Denmark beat Sweden
1570-12-13 - Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin
1575-02-11 - King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
1582-12-15 - Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar
1588-04-04 - Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark
1590-05-17 - Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
1613-01-20 - Peace of Knarodends War of Kalmar between Denmark & Sweden
1628-04-29 - Sweden & Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein
1634-10-11 - the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1645-08-13 - Sweden & Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro
1654-09-25 - England & Denmark sign trade agreement
1658-03-08 - Peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark
1660-05-27 - Denmark & Sweden sign ceasefire
1660-06-06 - Denmark & Sweden signs peace treaty
1660-10-13 - Denmark king Frederik III makes coup
1666-10-25 - Brandenburg/Brunswick/Denmark/Neth form anti-French Quadruple Alliance
1673-07-11 - Netherlands & Denmark signs defense treaty
1676-12-04 - Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
1683-07-28 - Anne Stuart marries prince Georges of Denmark
1699-11-22 - Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden
1700-02-19 - Last day of Julian calendar in Denmark
1700-08-08 - Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty
1700-08-18 - Swedish, English & Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
1720-06-09 - Sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm
1720-07-03 - Sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty
1727-04-06 - Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover
1730-10-12 - Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark
1780-07-09 - Denmark declares neutrality
1792-05-16 - Denmark abolishes slave trade
1794-03-27 - Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
1807-09-02 - The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
1814-01-14 - King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
1814-05-17 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day)
1822-05-30 - House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged)
1822-06-16 - Denmark Vessy leads slave rebellion in South Carolina
1822-06-18 - Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey & Peter Poyas arrested in SC
1822-07-14 - Slave revolt in SC under Denmark Vesey/Peter Poyas
1844-11-23 - Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.
1849-06-05 - Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy
1864-05-09 - Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark
1894-01-01 - Denmark adopts Mid-European time
1902-01-24 - Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA
1902-04-18 - Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals
1905-11-18 - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
1908-04-23 - Denmark, Germany, Engld, France, Neth & Sweden signs North Sea accord
1909-03-18 - Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
1911-03-08 - International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
1912-12-21 - Denmark, Norway & Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war
1915-06-05 - Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
1916-08-04 - Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the US for $25 million
1917-01-17 - US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands (or 3/21)
1920-03-08 - Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations
1922-04-18 - Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0
1924-04-11 - Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections
1924-07-10 - Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim
1926-03-12 - Denmark begins unilateral disarmament
1926-07-10 - Lake Denmark, NJ arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage
1929-04-24 - Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark
1934-11-29 - English King George V weds princess Marina of Greece/Denmark
1938-02-19 - Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark
1940-04-09 - Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders)
1940-11-09 - Germany invades Norway & Denmark in WW II
1943-08-28 - Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers
1943-08-29 - Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany
1943-10-01 - Germans attack Jews in Denmark
1944-05-24 - Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark
1944-06-17 - Iceland declares independence from Denmark
1945-05-04 - German troops in Netherlands, Denmark & Norway surrender
1945-05-05 - Netherlands & Denmark liberated from Nazi control
1947-04-10 - King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned
1947-04-20 - Frederik IX becomes king of Denmark
1948-04-01 - Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark.
1948-10-01 - Radio Denmark begins transmitting
1949-02-12 - Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey
1949-10-28 - Eugenie Anderson is 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark)
1953-06-05 - Denmark adopts a new constitution
1955-02-01 - HC Hansen appointed premier of Denmark
1961-07-04 - Walt Disney is one of the two main speakers on the Independence Day in The Rebuild Hills at Skørping in Denmark
1964-06-04 - Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark
1964-09-25 - Jens Otto Krag forms minority govt in Denmark
1967-05-11 - Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership
1970-07-15 - Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship
1971-04-27 - Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games & departs for Denmark
1973-01-01 - Britain, Ireland & Denmark become 7th-9th members of Common Market
1973-09-01 - 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
1982-09-03 - Jorgensen govt in Denmark resigns
1991-08-25 - Norway & Denmark recognize independence of former USSR Baltic reps
1992-06-27 - Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship
Famous Birthdays
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1131-01-14 - King Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
1394-06-04 - Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)
1455-02-02 - King John of Denmark (d. 1513)
1456-06-23 - Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)
1461-12-25 - Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)
1471-09-07 - Frederik I, king of Denmark/Norway (1523-33)
1481-07-01 - Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1559)
1487-08-27 - Anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)
1494-02-20 - Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)
1501-07-18 - Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)
1503-08-12 - Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)
1511-07-09 - Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1571)
1534-07-01 - Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88)
1534-07-01 - Frederick II of Denmark (d. 1588)
1546-12-14 - Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)
1557-09-04 - Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)
1575-06-26 - Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)
1577-04-12 - Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)
1587-01-08 - Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
1609-03-18 - Frederick III, King of Denmark & Norway (1648-70); absolutist
1628-03-24 - Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)
1646-04-15 - King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
1650-04-27 - Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
1653-04-02 - Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)
1667-08-28 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)
1671-10-11 - Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)
1693-04-16 - Anne Sophie Reventlow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1743)
1699-11-30 - Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway
1700-11-28 - Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1770)
1723-03-31 - Frederik V, King of Denmark/Norway (1746-66)
1743-07-03 - Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1813)
1749-01-29 - King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
1751-07-11 - Caroline Matilda of Wales, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (d. 1775)
1758-08-24 - Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)
1767-10-28 - Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1852)
1770-11-19 - Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor (Dying Lion)
1787-12-22 - Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar
1805-04-02 - Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales
1808-10-06 - Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)
1812-12-22 - Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet)
1817-09-07 - Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark (d. 1898)
1818-04-08 - Christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906)
1821-03-14 - Jens Worsaae, Denmark, archaeologist
1837-04-21 - Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)
1839-06-10 - Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Council President of Denmark (d. 1912)
1843-06-03 - Frederik VIII CWK, King of Denmark (1906-12)
1847-11-26 - Maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928)
1849-05-03 - Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)
1851-10-31 - Lovisa of Sweden, queen of Denmark (d. 1926)
1853-09-29 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1933)
1857-06-02 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Denmark, poet (Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917)
1857-07-24 - Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917)
1860-12-15 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903)
1865-05-21 - C J Thomsen, Denmark, archaeologist, named Stone/Iron/Bronze Ages
1865-06-09 - Carl Nielsen, Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer (Det Uuslukkelige)
1867-08-01 - William Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)
1870-08-07 - Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole (vicar of Denmark)
1870-09-26 - Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47)
1870-12-18 - Andres Randolf, Denmark, actor (The Kiss)
1872-08-03 - Haakon VII, Charlottenlund Denmark, King of Norway (1905-57)
1873-01-20 - Johannes V Jensen, Denmark, novelist/poet (Energy Storage, Nobel 1944)
1873-10-08 - Ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)
1873-10-26 - Thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM (1924-26, 1929-42)
1874-11-15 - Schack August Steenberg Krogh, Denmark, physiologist (Nobel-1920)
1879-09-28 - Benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor (Barnet, Mockery)
1883-09-11 - Asta Nielsen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Joyless Street)
1884-12-01 - Torben Myer, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Girl Who Came Back)
1885-10-02 - Ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark
1885-10-07 - Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922)
1886-07-12 - Jean Hersholt, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Men in White, Aryan)
1886-10-12 - Karl Dane, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Son of the Sheik)
1890-03-20 - Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (Natl Symphony)
1893-12-24 - Carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Murder at the Vanities)
1894-05-05 - Kit Guard, Denmark, actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous)
1896-05-02 - Helen of Greece and Denmark, queen of Romania (d. 1982)
1899-03-11 - Frederick IX, [Christian FFMKWG], King of Denmark (1947-72)
1903-04-21 - Hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark (1947..55)
1906-11-30 - Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/husband of English prince George
1909-01-03 - Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum], Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian
1910-03-28 - Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark
1913-05-04 - Lady Katherine Brandram, née Princess of Greece and Denmark (d. 2007)
1914-09-15 - Jens Otto Krag, premier of Denmark (1962-68, 71-72)
1916-01-13 - Osa Massen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Jack London, Rocketship XM)
1920-12-10 - Ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936)
1920-12-19 - Ragnild Hveger, Denmark, 400m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936) [NS]
1921-03-14 - Lis Hartel, Denmark, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1952, 56)
1921-03-25 - Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)
1922-01-03 - Morten Nielsen, Denmark, poet/resistance fighter
1922-06-19 - Aage Neals Bohr, Denmark, physicist/study atomic nucleus (Nobel 1975)
1922-07-13 - Anchor Jorgenson, premier of Denmark (1972-82)
1923-05-23 - Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica)
1927-05-01 - Greta Andersen, Denmark, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948)
1928-02-10 - Hans Nielsen, Denmark, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
1928-10-03 - Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer (Natl Ballet of Canada)
1932-07-15 - Nina Van Pallandt, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (American Gigolo)
1934-02-24 - Flemming Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player (Olympic-silver-1960)
1934-03-19 - Borge Andersen, Denmark, Danish Chess Champion (1967, 68)
1934-05-31 - Bent Peter Rasch, Denmark, canoe (Olympic-gold-1952)
1934-06-11 - Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
1939-01-07 - Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
Famous Deaths
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1014-02-03 - King Sweyn I of Denmark
1042-06-08 - Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018)
1047-10-25 - Magnus I Godhi, king of Norway/Denmark (1035-47), dies
1080-04-17 - King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
1086-07-10 - Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered
1103-07-10 - Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies
1134-06-25 - King Niels of Denmark
1137-09-18 - Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered
1250-08-09 - King Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)
1250-08-10 - Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered
1252-06-29 - King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)
1259-05-28 - Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies
1259-05-29 - King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
1286-08-22 - Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered
1286-11-22 - Eric V of Denmark, Danish King (b. 1249)
1319-11-13 - Erik VI Menved, king of Denmark (1286-1319), dies
1375-10-24 - King Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320)
1387-08-03 - Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies
1412-10-28 - Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1353)
1448-01-06 - Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1481-05-21 - Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1526-01-19 - Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)
1533-04-10 - Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61
1559-01-01 - Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies
1588-04-04 - Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53
1619-03-02 - Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44
1648-02-21 - Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies
1670-02-09 - Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60
1670-02-19 - King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
1699-08-25 - King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
1708-10-28 - Prince George of Denmark, Consort of Queen Anne of England (b. 1653)
1730-10-12 - Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies
1746-08-06 - Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies
1751-12-19 - Louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724)
1766-01-13 - King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
1766-01-14 - Frederik V, king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at 42
1772-04-28 - Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
1783-04-11 - Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64
1808-03-13 - King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)
1822-07-02 - Denmark Vesey, & 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC
1839-12-03 - Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71
1848-01-20 - Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)
1848-11-10 - Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786)
1863-11-15 - Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies
1906-01-29 - Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies
1912-05-14 - Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
1933-02-26 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1853)
1942-05-03 - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
1945-11-02 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880)
1947-04-20 - Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76
1955-01-29 - Hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947.. 55), dies at 51
1958-04-05 - Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87
1968-08-27 - Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61
1972-01-14 - Frederik IX, [Christiaan FFMKW], king of Denmark (1947-72), dies at 72
2000-11-07 - Queen Ingrid, Queen Dowager of Denmark (b. 1910)
