{"slug": "denmark-norway", "label": "Denmark-Norway", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark-Norway", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 17, "years": 16, "span": [1513, 1814], "span_label": ["1513 CE", "1814 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "great-northern-war", "label": "Great Northern War", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "swedish-empire", "label": "Swedish Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "christian-ii-of-denmark", "label": "Christian II of Denmark", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pomerania", "label": "Pomerania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "netherlands", "label": "Netherlands", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "russian-empire", "label": "Russian Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "peter-the-great", "label": "Peter the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-of-poland", "label": "King of Poland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iceland", "label": "Iceland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "stockholm", "label": "Stockholm", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – Hans, King of Denmark dies at the age of 58 from injuries sustained in being thrown from a horse. He is succeeded by his 32-year-old son Christian II as ruler of Denmark-Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#January&ndash;March", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › January&ndash;March"}}, {"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 22", "text": "July 22 – Christian II becomes King of Denmark-Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#July&ndash;September", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › July&ndash;September"}}, {"year": 1611, "year_label": "1611 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 4", "text": "April 4 – Denmark-Norway declares war on Sweden, then captures Kalmar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277342005#April&ndash;June", "title": "1611", "revid": 1277342005, "section": "Events › April&ndash;June"}}, {"year": 1643, "year_label": "1643 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 12", "text": "December 12 – Swedish Field Marshal Lennart Torstensson's forces enter Danish territory in Holstein, beginning the Torstenson War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340617365#October&ndash;December", "title": "1643", "revid": 1340617365, "section": "Events › October&ndash;December"}}, {"year": 1644, "year_label": "1644 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Torstenson War: Battle of Colberger Heide – The Dano-Norwegian and Swedish fleets fight a naval battle off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein. The battle is indecisive but represents a minor success for the Dano-Norwegian fleet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560996#July&ndash;September", "title": "1644", "revid": 1369560996, "section": "Events › July&ndash;September"}}, {"year": 1650, "year_label": "1650 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 20", "text": "October 20 – Christina, Queen of Sweden, who has been the legal ruler of Sweden for almost 18 years, has an elaborate coronation ceremony at the castle of Jacobsdal near Stockholm. The coronation had originally been planned for her 18th birthday in 1644 but was delayed by a war with Denmark-Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373388330#October&ndash;December", "title": "1650", "revid": 1373388330, "section": "Events › October&ndash;December"}}, {"year": 1658, "year_label": "1658 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Just six months after winning territory from Denmark-Norway in war and subsequent treaty, Sweden's King Charles X Gustav declares a second war against Denmark. By August 11, the King's troops have surrounded Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, while the Swedish Navy blocks the harbor to prevent the city from being resupplied, and begins bombardment.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986033#July&ndash;September", "title": "1658", "revid": 1365986033, "section": "Events › July&ndash;September"}}, {"year": 1660, "year_label": "1660 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – The Rigsraad (High Council) of Denmark is abolished and Denmark-Norway becomes an absolute monarchy as King Frederik III is recognized by the nobility as being entitled to have his throne passed to his descendants by hereditary monarchy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986539#October&ndash;December", "title": "1660", "revid": 1365986539, "section": "Events › October&ndash;December"}}, {"year": 1673, "year_label": "1673 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – The Netherlands and Denmark-Norway sign a defense treaty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992268#July&ndash;September", "title": "1673", "revid": 1365992268, "section": "Events › July&ndash;September"}}, {"year": 1699, "year_label": "1699 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – The Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye, negotiated by Johann Patkul, is signed at a palace of the Tsar of Russia Peter the Great, and representatives of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony to provide for the partition of Swedish Empire between Saxony, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway and the Russian Empire. The attack on Sweden, which takes place on February 22, starts the Great Northern War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560904#October–December", "title": "1699", "revid": 1369560904, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1712, "year_label": "1712 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 11", "text": "April 11 – Great Northern War: the Battle of Fladstrand takes place at sea near Fladstrand, Jylland, between Swedish and Danish forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367964331#April_&ndash;June", "title": "1712", "revid": 1367964331, "section": "Events › April &ndash;June"}}, {"year": 1719, "year_label": "1719 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – Sweden and Denmark-Norway sign an armistice, halting combat in the Great Northern War between them, with final terms agreed to in the Treaty of Frederiksborg on July 3, 1720.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365415998#October–December", "title": "1719", "revid": 1365415998, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – Conventicle Act of 1741 is introduced in Denmark-Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360183595#January&ndash;March", "title": "1741", "revid": 1360183595, "section": "Events › January&ndash;March"}}, {"year": 1742, "year_label": "1742 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – Denmark-Norway concludes a treaty of friendship with France, a day after the expiration of its 1739 treaty with Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360184270#January&ndash;March", "title": "1742", "revid": 1360184270, "section": "Events › January&ndash;March"}}, {"year": 1766, "year_label": "1766 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – Christian VII becomes King of Denmark-Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358061260#January&ndash;March", "title": "1766", "revid": 1358061260, "section": "Events › January&ndash;March"}}, {"year": 1786, "year_label": "1786 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway charters six settlements in Iceland to trade with it, thus ending the Danish–Icelandic Trade Monopoly, and founding Reykjavík.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370552329#July&ndash;September", "title": "1786", "revid": 1370552329, "section": "Events › July&ndash;September"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway into personal union with Sweden, in exchange for west Pomerania. This marks the end of the real union of Denmark-Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360305709#January", "title": "1814", "revid": 1360305709, "section": "Events › January"}}]}