{"slug": "harald-bluetooth", "label": "Harald Bluetooth", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201041", "qid": "Q201041", "description": "King of Denmark and Norway", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [960, 986], "span_label": ["960 CE", "986 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "scandinavia", "label": "Scandinavia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sweyn-forkbeard", "label": "Sweyn Forkbeard", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "jesus", "label": "Jesus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-bavaria", "label": "Duchy of Bavaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-saxony", "label": "Duchy of Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "otto-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-ii-duke-of-bavaria", "label": "Henry II, Duke of Bavaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 960, "year_label": "960 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Harald Bluetooth, king of Denmark, consolidates his rule over Jutland and Zealand. He adopts Christianity, erecting a carved stone at Jelling to honour his parents. It features a runic inscription (best-known in Denmark) and an image of Christ surrounded by interlace. The other Scandinavian kingdoms slowly convert to Christianity (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272128#Europe", "title": "960", "revid": 1365272128, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 965, "year_label": "965 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The last of the Jelling stones was erected in Denmark by the king Harald Bluetooth; a monumental incident in danish history, often referred to as the birth of Denmark as a nation unified under the religion of Christianity.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371364470#Europe", "title": "965", "revid": 1371364470, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 974, "year_label": "974 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Danevirke: Emperor Otto II defeats the rebel forces of King Harald I, who has invaded Nordalbingia (modern-day Holstein), to shake off imperial overlordship. Otto's armies swiftly subdue the Danes, consolidating the frontier between Scandinavia and Northern Germany. Meanwhile, Henry II begins a rebellion against his cousin Otto. He forges alliances with Bavarian and Saxon nobles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513416#Europe", "title": "974", "revid": 1341513416, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 980, "year_label": "980 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "King Harald Bluetooth orders the construction of the Viking ring fortress of Trelleborg (modern Denmark).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364109392#Europe", "title": "980", "revid": 1364109392, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 982, "year_label": "982 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Harald Bluetooth invades Norway, pillaging southwest Norway all the way to Stad, where he encounters Haakon Sigurdsson (the de facto ruler of Norway) and his army. He flees back to Denmark, ending the invasion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468335#Europe", "title": "982", "revid": 1364468335, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 983, "year_label": "983 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Harald Bluetooth rebels against the overlordship of Otto II. A Danish Viking army under his son Sweyn Forkbeard invades the March of Schleswig – along the northern border of modern Denmark. The Sorb Slavs in northern Germany overrun and conquer the March of Zeitz (Marca Geronis) from Saxon control.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908613#Europe", "title": "983", "revid": 1341908613, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 985, "year_label": "985 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Harold II (Bluetooth), king of Denmark and Norway", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468346#Deaths", "title": "985", "revid": 1364468346, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 986, "year_label": "986 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Winter – King Harald II (Bluetooth) dies after a 28-year reign (driven into exile). He is succeeded by his son Sweyn Forkbeard as ruler of Denmark and Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272436#Europe", "title": "986", "revid": 1365272436, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}