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| 1536 |
| | Christian III seizes the wealth of Danish churches and monasteries, before turning his attention to those of Norway | |
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| 1536 |
| | The reign of Christian III begins three centuries in which Norway is administered as little more than an annexe of Denmark | |
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| 1563 |
| | The Northern Seven Years' War breaks out between Denmark and Sweden | |
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| c. 1576 |
| | Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe builds Uraniborg, on the island of Hven, and makes it the world's leading observatory | |
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| 1660 |
| | Sweden wins the province of Skåne from Denmark, thus acquiring an unbroken stretch of Baltic coastline from Göteborg to Riga | |
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| 1665 |
| | A new Danish constitution (the Kongeloven or King's Law) makes the monarchy hereditary and grants the king absolute power | |
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| 1676 |
| | Ole Roemer, a Danish astronomer working with Cassini in Paris, calculates the speed of light with an error of only 25% | |
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| 1700 |
| | Poland, Russia and Denmark attack Sweden, beginning the 21-year Northern War | |
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| 1728 |
| | The Danish explorer Vitus Bering sails into Arctic seas through the strait between Asia and America known now by his name | |
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| 1801 |
| | Horatio Nelson puts his telescope to his blind eye when the signal is given to withdraw from Copenhagen harbour | |
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