| Early
Period |
982:
London
is plundered by the Vikings.
1043: King Magnus defeats the Wends at the Battle
of Lyrskov Hede.
23rd of October 1157: King Valdemar defeats Svend
at Grathe Hede in the Danish civil war.
21st of May 1184: A Danish fleet of 125 ships under
Absalon defeat a Vendic fleet of 500 ships off Rygen.
447 Vendic ships are captured. Only a few Danish ships
are lost.
15th of June 1219: At the Battle of Lyndanis in
Estonia, the Danish flag falls from the sky. Or so the
myth tells.
1362: King Valdemar defeats a Hanseatic fleet that
are besieging Helsingborg and force Lubeck to make peace.
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1450-1520 The Union Wars |
28th
of September 1497: King
Hans and his army of German mercenaries, defeat a Swedish
army at the Battle of Rotebro.
17th of February 1500: King Hans is defeated in Ditmarksken
and looses the Swedish throne.
6th of April 1520: A Danish army defeats a Swedish
peasant army at Uppsala and occupies Stockholm.
8th of November 1520: King Christian II orders
the Swedish noblemen executed. The day becomes known as
the Blood bath of Stockholm.
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1534-1536 War with Lubeck and the Danish Civil War |
9th
of June 1535:
A Danish-Swedish fleet fight a sea battle with the German
state of Lubeck. The battle ends without a winner. But
in the coming days, the Lubeck fleet is destroyed.
11th of June 1536: In the Danish Civil War, a peasant
army is massacred by Christian the III´s soldiers,
at the Battle at Oxnebjerg.
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| 1563-1570
The Seven Year War |
25th
of January 1571:
A peace treaty ends the Seven Year War between Sweden
and Denmark.
30th of May 1564: A Danish fleet under command
of Herluf Trolle, defeat a Swedish fleet between Oland
and Gotland.
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| 1611-1613
The Kalmar War |
1611:
War
between Denmark and Sweden breaks out, when Sweden wants
to break Denmarks monopoly of the trade to Russia.
18th of January 1613: Denmark and Sweden sign a peace
treaty.
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| 1618-1648
The Thirty Years War |
1618:
Denmark
intervene in the war between Catholics and Protestants.
1626: The Danish Army under command of Christian
IV is defeated by a Catholic Army at Lutter am Barenberg.
1628: At the
Battle of Wolgast Christan IV is defeated by a German
army and is forced to make peace.
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| 1643-1645
Thorsteinson War |
1st
of July 1644: The
Danish Navy, meets the Swedish Navy by Kolberg Heide.
It ends in a Danish strategic victory when the Swedes
withdraw.
16th of May 1644: A Danish fleet defeats a Dutch fleet,
which has been sent as reinforcement for Sweden by Lister
Dyb.
13th of August 1645: Denmark and Sweden make peace
in Bromsebro after the Torstensson War. Denmark are forced
to give up Gotland, Osel, Halland and a part of Norway.
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| 1657-1658
1st Swedish War |
1st
of June 1657:
Denmark declares war on Sweden in the
1st Swedish War.
18th of February 1657: Denmark and Sweden make
peace in the 1st Swedish War. Denmark loses Skaane, Hven,
Bornholm and a part of Norway.
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| 1658-1660
2nd Swedish War |
10th
of February 1659:
In the 2nd
Swedish War, Swedish troops storm Copenhagen, but
are repelled. The Danish losses are 12 soldiers, while
several thousand Swedish soldiers lose their lives.
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| 1675-1679
The Scanian War |
29th
of June 1675: Danish
troops lands at Raa in Sweden. This is the start of the
Skaanske War.
3rd of December 1675: In the Skaanske War, the
Danish and Swedish army meet at Lund. This result in a
Danish defeat and it is the bloodiest battle fought between
Sweden and Denmark. 9000 soldiers are killed.
1st of July 1677: A Danish fleet under command
of Niels Juul, defeats a Swedish fleet in the Bay of Koege.
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| 1700-1720
The Great Nordic War |
4th
of August 1700: The Great Nordic War breaks
out, when Swedish troops land at Sjaeland.
15th of March 1709: In the Great Nordic War, Danish
troops are defeated at Helsingborg and pull out of Sweden.
28th of October 1709: Denmark declares war on Sweden
in the Great Nordic War after Karl XII is defeated at
Poltava by the Russians.
24th of April 1715: In the Great Nordic War, a
Swedish fleet is defeated by Femern.
3rd of July 1720: Denmark and Sweden makes peace
in the Great Nordic War. Denmark receives 600.000 Rigsdaler
as retribution.
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| 1788
War with Sweden |
29th
of September 1788: The
Danish Army defeat the Swedish Army by Kvistrumbro. This
is the only battle of the war.
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| 1800-1813
The Napoleonic Wars |
25th
of July 1800: A
gunbattle breaks out when four British warships attemts
to search
a Danish convoy.
2nd of April 1801: A Danish-English sea battle takes
place outside Copenhagen. It becomes known as Slaget
på Reden. Or the Battle of Copenhagen in English.
21st of October 1807: As a part of the term of
surrender, most of the Danish Navy is handed over to England,
79 ships in all.
4th of November 1807: England declares war on Denmark.
10th of December 1809: Denmark and Sweden sign
a peace treaty in Jonkoping.
14th of January 1814: A peace treaty is signed
with England and Sweden in Kiel.
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| 1848-1850
The Three Year War |
24th
of March 1848:
Schleswig-Holstein insurgents capture the fortress of
Rendsburg and thereby trigger the Three Year War.
9th of April 1848: The town of Bov
falls to the Danish Army: This is the first battle between
Danish forces and the insurgent army.
23rd of April 1848: Danish and Prussian forces
meet at Busdorf (Schleswig) and by nightfall the Danes
retreat. The same day Mysunde
is occupied by Schleswig-Holstein troops.
24th of April 1848: The German forces are stopped
at Oeversee.
28th of May 1848: 14.000 Danish soldiers cross
the Als Sound, and attack the German forces by Dybbol.
The Germans are forced back to Graasten and Adsboel.
3rd of April 1849: After a seven month cease-fire,
war breaks out again between Denmark and Germany.
5th of July 1849: The Danish garrison and General
Rye´s corps succeeds in breaking out from Fredericia
which is besieged by the Schleswig-Holstein army.
2nd of July 1850: After Russian pressure, Prussia
and most of the German states end hostilities with Denmark.
The Schleswig-Holstein states continue the war by themselves.
25th of July 1850: After a day of heavy fighting,
the Danish Army defeats the Schleswig-Holstein Army at
the Battle
of Idstedt.
31st of December 1850: The last battle of the Three
Year War takes place outside Mysunde.
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| 1864
War of 1864 |
1st
of February 1864:
War breaks out between Denmark
and Germany-Austria
5th of February 1864:
The Danish army retreats from
the Dannevirke positions, and pull northwards.
18th of April 1864: The Danish army is defeated
by Dybbol
by the Prussian Army.
9h of May 1864: A Danish naval squadron defeats
a combined Austrian-Prussian squadron at the Battle
off Helgoland. The same day a truce takes place between
Denmark and Prussia-Austria.
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| 1940-1945
The Occupation |
9th of April 1940:
Germany
invades Denmark. After a few hours of fighting Denmark
surrenders.
29th of August 1943: The German
occupation forces take full control of Denmark. Fighting
breaks out several places, and the Danish
Navy is scuttled by it's crew.
2nd of October 1943: The Germans attempt to arrest
the Danish Jews, but most of them escape to Sweden.
19th of September 1944: The Danish
police force is interned by the Germans.
5th of May 1945: The German forces in Denmark surrender.
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| 1945-
Modern time |
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May 1994:
A Danish tank force from the peacekeeping force in Bosnia
defeats a Serbian force near Tuzla. As many as 100 serbians
might have been wounded or killed without any looses
for the Danes.
May 1999: Danish F-16 fighters participate in
attacks against Serbia.
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