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| 811 |
| | | Hemming, a Danish king, makes a treaty with the Franks establishing the river Eider as the southern border of Denmark | |
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| 866 |
| | | A great army of Danes captures York - the first step in the establishment of Danelaw in eastern England | |
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| 871 |
| | | The young Alfred leads the English in their first significant victory over the Danes, at Ashdown | |
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| 886 |
| | | Alfred captures London from the Danes, pressing them back into the region of Danelaw where their rule is, for the moment, tolerated | |
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| c. 960 |
| | | Harald Bluetooth is baptized a Christian and unites the whole of Denmark as a single kingdom. | |
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| 991 |
| | | New waves of Danes, raiding into the English territory of Danelaw, are bought off by Ethelred with Danegeld | |
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| 1017 |
| | | Canute, joint king of Denmark, is accepted also as king of England after subduing the country and marrying Ethelred's widow | |
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| 1389 |
| | | With a victory near Falköping, Margaret becomes regent of Sweden as well as Denmark and Norway | |
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| 1397 |
| | | With the coronation of the 16-year-old Eric of Pomerania, the crowns of Denmark, Norway and Sweden are formally united for the first time | |
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| 1469 |
| | | The Orkneys and Shetlands come into the possession of James III of Scotland with the dowry of Margaret of Denmark | |
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