State

Denmark

country in Northern Europe

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800–1945 CE
Founded
800 CE
Capital
Copenhagen
Government
constitutional monarchy
Languages
Danish

Overview

Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Metropolitan Denmark is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.

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All rulers (64)

  1. Sigfred770–800 CE
  2. Gudfred800–810 CE
  3. Hemming of Denmark810–812 CE
  4. Harald Klak812–813 CE
  5. Harald Klak819–823 CE
  6. Harald Klak826–827 CE
  7. Horik II854 CE
  8. Harthacnut I of Denmark917–934 CE
  9. Gorm the Old934–964 CE
  10. Gorm the Old936–964 CE
  11. Canute Danaást947–962 CE
  12. Harald Bluetooth962–985 CE
  13. Sweyn I of Denmark986–1014 CE
  14. Eric the Victorious992–993 CE
  15. Harald II of Denmark1014–1018
  16. Cnut the Great1018–1035
  17. Harthacanute1035–1042
  18. Magnus the Good1042–1047
  19. Sweyn II of Denmark1047–1076
  20. Harald III of Denmark1076–1080
  21. Canute IV of Denmark1080–1086
  22. Olaf I of Denmark1086–1095
  23. Eric I of Denmark1095–1103
  24. Niels1104–1134
  25. Eric II of Denmark1134–1137
  26. Eric III of Denmark1137–1146
  27. Sweyn III of Denmark1146–1154
  28. Canute V of Denmark1147–1157
  29. Valdemar I of Denmark1154–1182
  30. Canute VI of Denmark1182–1202
  31. Valdemar II of Denmark1202–1241
  32. Valdemar the Young1215–1231
  33. Eric IV of Denmark1241–1250
  34. Abel of Denmark1250–1252
  35. Christopher I of Denmark1252–1259
  36. Eric V of Denmark1259–1286
  37. Eric VI of Denmark1286–1319
  38. Christopher II of Denmark1320–1326
  39. Valdemar III of Denmark1326–1329
  40. Christopher II of Denmark1329–1332
  41. Valdemar IV of Denmark1340–1375
  42. Olaf II of Denmark1376–1387
  43. Margaret I of Denmark1387–1412
  44. Eric of Pomerania1396–1439
  45. Christopher of Bavaria1440–1448
  46. Christian I of Denmark1448–1481
  47. John, King of Denmark1481–1513
  48. Christian II of Denmark1513–1523
  49. Frederick I of Denmark1523–1533
  50. Christian III of Denmark1534–1559
  51. Frederick II of Denmark1559–1588
  52. Christian IV of Denmark1588–1648
  53. Frederick III of Denmark1648–1670
  54. Christian V of Denmark1670–1699
  55. Frederik IV of Denmark1699–1730
  56. Christian VI of Denmark1730–1746
  57. Frederick V of Denmark1746–1766
  58. Christian VII of Denmark1766–1808
  59. Frederick VI of Denmark1808–1839
  60. Christian VIII of Denmark1839–1848
  61. Frederick VII of Denmark1848–1863
  62. Christian IX of Denmark1863–1906
  63. Frederik VIII of Denmark1906–1912
  64. Christian X of Denmark1912–1947

Records (112)

  1. 984 CE — Battle of HjörungavágrNaval battle
  2. 999 CE — Battle of SvolderNaval battle
  3. 1016 — Battle of AssandunBattle
  4. 1016 — Cnut the Great's invasion of EnglandInvasion
  5. 1062 — Battle of NisåBattle
  6. 1131–1157 — Danish Civil WarsWar
  7. 1131 — Battle of Jellinge HeathBattle
  8. 1132 — Battle of SejerøNaval battle
  9. 1133 — Battle of VærebroBattle
  10. 1149 — Battle of TåstrupBattle
  11. 1157 — Battle of Grathe HeathBattle
  12. 1165 — Battle of DjursåNaval battle
  13. 1181 — Battle of DösjebroBattle
  14. 1198 — Livonian CrusadeWar
  15. 1208 — Battle of LenaBattle
  16. 1259 — Battle of NæstvedBattle
  17. 1276–1278 — 6000-Mark WarWar
  18. 1289 — Siege of CopenhagenSiege
  19. 1334 — Battle of TaphedeBattle
  20. 1340 — Battle of NonnebjergetBattle
  21. 1342 — Battle of CopenhagenBattle
  22. 1360–1368 — Siege of NykøbingSiege
  23. 1361–1370 — Second Danish-Hanseatic WarWar
  24. 1365 — Treaty of VordingborgTreaty
  25. 1368 — Siege of CopenhagenSiege
  26. 1368–1370 — Siege of VordingborgSiege
  27. 1368–1369 — Siege of KoldingSiege
  28. 1409–1411 — Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic WarWar
  29. 1438–1441 — Dutch–Hanseatic WarWar
  30. 1441 — Battle of St. JørgensbjergBattle
  31. 1450 — Treaty of BergenTreaty
  32. 1456 — Battle of BornholmNaval battle
  33. 1460 — Treaty of RibeTreaty
  34. 1460 — Battle of BornholmNaval battle
  35. 1501–1512 — Svante Nilsson Sture's War against DenmarkWar
  36. 1510–1512 — Danish-Hanseatic war (1510–1512)War
  37. 1511 — Battle of BornholmBattle
  38. 1520 — Battle of BogesundBattle
  39. 1522 — Battle of StockholmNaval battle
  40. 1523–1524 — Siege of CopenhagueSiege
  41. 1525 — Battle of BunketoftaBattle
  42. 1534 — Battle of SvenstrupBattle
  43. 1535 — Battle of ÖxnebjergBattle
  44. 1535 — Battle of BornholmNaval battle
  45. 1535–1536 — Siege of CopenhagueSiege
  46. 1535 — Battle of Little BeltNaval battle
  47. 1537 — Siege of HamarSiege
  48. 1563 — Battle of MaredBattle
  49. 1565 — Battle of AxtornaBattle
  50. 1644 — Battle of FehmarnNaval battle
  51. 1644 — Battle of Colberger HeideNaval battle
  52. 1644 — Action of 16 May 1644Naval battle
  53. 1644 — Battle of KoldingBattle
  54. 1644 — Siege of SnoghøjSiege
  55. 1644 — Siege of AalborghusSiege
  56. 1645 — Siege of HammershusSiege
  57. 1657 — Battle of MönNaval battle
  58. 1657 — Battle of NabeBattle
  59. 1658 — Battle of the SoundNaval battle
  60. 1658 — Battle of KoldingBattle
  61. 1658 — March Across the BeltsCampaign
  62. 1658 — Siege of KronborgSiege
  63. 1658–1660 — Siege Of CopenhagenSiege
  64. 1658 — Battle of Tybrind VigBattle
  65. 1659 — Battle of NyborgBattle
  66. 1659 — Assault on CopenhagenBattle
  67. 1659 — Battle of EbeltoftNaval battle
  68. 1659 — Battle of RødsandNaval battle
  69. 1660 — Treaty of CopenhagenTreaty
  70. 1677 — Battle of Køge BayNaval battle
  71. 1677 — Siege of MalmöSiege
  72. 1677 — Battle of MønNaval battle
  73. 1700 — Battle of HumlebækBattle
  74. 1709 — Treaty of CopenhagenTreaty
  75. 1710 — Battle of HelsingborgBattle
  76. 1710 — Action of 4 October 1710Battle
  77. 1712 — Battle of GadebuschBattle
  78. 1712 — Naval battle off RügenNaval battle
  79. 1712 — Naval battles in the Greifswalder BoddenNaval battle
  80. 1715 — Action of 24 April 1715Naval battle
  81. 1715 — Battle of Greifswald BoddenNaval battle
  82. 1769–1772 — Danish–Algerian WarWar
  83. 1794 — Carpenters' strike in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1794Uprising
  84. 1801 — Battle of CopenhagenNaval battle
  85. 1807 — Battle of CopenhagenNaval battle
  86. 1807 — Battle of KøgeBattle
  87. 1808 — Battle of Zealand PointNaval battle
  88. 1808 — Battle of SaltholmNaval battle
  89. 1809–1981 — Huéscar-Danish WarWar
  90. 1811 — Battle of AnholtBattle
  91. 1813 — Battle of SehestedBattle
  92. 1823–1831 — First Anglo–Ashanti WarWar
  93. 1825 — Capture of the sloop AnneNaval battle
  94. 1848 — Battle of BovBattle
  95. 1848 — Battle of SchleswigBattle
  96. 1848 — Battle of NybølBattle
  97. 1848 — Battle of DybbølBattle
  98. 1849 — Battle of FredericiaBattle
  99. 1849 — Battle of KoldingBattle
  100. 1850 — Battle of IdstedtBattle
  101. 1857 — Copenhagen Convention of 1857Treaty
  102. 1864 — Second Schleswig WarWar
  103. 1864 — Battle of DybbølBattle
  104. 1864 — Battle of HeligolandNaval battle
  105. 1864 — Battle of AlsBattle
  106. 1864 — Battle of LundbyBattle
  107. 1864 — Battle of VejleBattle
  108. 1864–1871 — Germany Unification WarWar
  109. 1902 — Denmark–Korea Treaty of 1902Treaty
  110. 1916 — Battle of Dogger BankNaval battle
  111. 1940 — Operation WeserübungCampaign
  112. 1944 — Normandy landingsBattle

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