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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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| 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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