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Copenhagen

capital and largest city of Denmark

36 dated entries naming Copenhagen, drawn from 34 separate years between 1167 CE and 2015 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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12th century

  • 1167Absalon, Danish archbishop and statesman, leads the first synod at Lund. He is granted land around the city of "Havn" (modern-day Copenhagen) and fortifies the coastal defence against the Wends.source

13th century

  • 1254The Danish city of Copenhagen receives its city charter from Bishop Jacob Erlandsen.source
  • 1289July 7 – Battle of Copenhagen: A Norwegian expeditionary force under King Eric II, supported by Danish outlaws, sets sail to Copenhagen and attacks the city. But they are repelled and forced to withdraw to Zealand.source

15th century

  • 1428April 6 – Dano-Hanseatic War (1426–1435): The bombardment of Copenhagen, capital of Denmark, by ships of the Northern German Hanseatic League takes place and is repelled by the Danish Navy.source
  • 1445September 12 – In a royal wedding at the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, King Christoffer III of Denmark (who also rules Sweden and Norway) marries Dorothea of Brandenburg, daughter of John the Alchemist, Margrave of Brandenburg. After King Christoffer's death in 1448, Dorothea marries King Christian I of Denmark in 1449.source
  • 1483May 18 – The coronation of Hans of Oldenburg as King of Denmark takes place at the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.source

16th century

  • 1523March 26 – Frederick I is provisionally declared as King of Denmark by Danish nobles at Viborg, although loyalists at Copenhagen refuse to recognize his claim to the throne.source
  • 1524August 7 – The coronation of Frederick I of Denmark takes place in Copenhagen.source
  • 1525August 13 – The coronation of Sophie of Pomerania as Queen consort of Denmark takes place in Copenhagen, a little more than a year after her husband's coronation as King Frederick I. She is granted Lolland and Falster, the castles in Kiel and Plön, and several villages in Holstein for her income.source
  • 1534June 23 – Copenhagen opens its gates to Count Christopher of Oldenburg, leading the army of Lübeck (and the Hanseatic League), nominally in the interests of the deposed King Christian II of Denmark. The surrenders of Copenhagen and, a few days later, of Malmö represent the high point of the Count's War for the forces of the League. These victories presumably lead the Danish nobility to recognize Christian III as King on July 4.source
  • 1536July 29 – The Count's Feud ends when Copenhagen surrenders to King Christian III of Denmark. On August 6 he marches into the city and on August 12 arrests the country's bishops, thus consolidating the Protestant Reformation in Denmark.source
  • 1583The world's oldest, intact, surviving amusement park, Dyrehavsbakken, is founded north of Copenhagen.source
  • 1589February 26 – Valkendorfs Kollegium is founded in Copenhagen, Denmark.source
  • 1596August 29 – The coronation of Christian IV as King of Denmark and King of Norway takes place at the Vor Frue Kirke cathedral in Copenhagen. The Bishop of Zealand, Peder Virstrup, places the crown upon the head of King Christian IV, who had become the monarch in 1588 at the age of 11.source

17th century

  • 1616Danish natural philosopher Ole Worm collects materials that will later be incorporated into his museum in Copenhagen. His museum is the nucleus of the University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum.source
  • 1658August 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.source
  • 1671June 7 – The coronation ceremony of Christian V of Denmark-Norway takes place at the Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød, north of Copenhagen. Christian had assumed the throne on February 9, 1670, upon the death of his father, Frederick III.source
  • 1686February 27 – Gabriel Milan, the controversial Governor of the Danish West Indies since 1684, is removed from office by order of King Frederick III and placed under arrest for treason. Three years later, after being found guilty in a trial after being brought back to Copenhagen, Milan is beheaded on March 26, 1689.source
  • 1700April 15 – The coronation of King Frederick IV of Denmark takes place at Frederiksborg Castle in Copenhagen.source

18th century

  • 1704November 26 – The inauguration of the newly built Kastelskirken takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark.source
  • 1722The first public theatre in Denmark, Lille Grønnegade Theatre, is founded in Copenhagen.source
  • 1757March 30 – The Rigshospitalet, national hospital of Denmark, is founded at Copenhagen.source

19th century

  • 1807September 2–7 – Battle of Copenhagen: The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets, to prevent the Dano-Norwegian navy from surrendering to Napoleon; 30% of the city is destroyed, and 2,000 citizens are killed.source
  • 1817June 25 – A large riot breaks out in Copenhagen Prison, and the army is sent to quell it.source
  • 1843August 15 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest amusement parks in the world still intact, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.source
  • 1847June 26 – The first passenger railway wholly within modern-day Denmark opens, from Copenhagen to Roskilde.source
  • 1847November 10 – The first brew of Carlsberg beer is finished in Copenhagen.source

20th century

  • 1901August 21 – The International Secretariat of National Trade Union Centres is founded in Copenhagen.source
  • 1913August 23 – The Little Mermaid statue is finished in Copenhagen, Denmark.source
  • 1945German auxiliary cruiser Orion is sunk on her way to Copenhagen carrying refugees, with a loss of over 3,800 lives.source
  • 1952November 20 – The first official passenger flight over the North Pole is made, from Los Angeles to Copenhagen.source
  • 1952November 20 – One of the first successful gender-affirming surgeries is performed in Copenhagen on Christine Jorgensen.source
  • 1959January 30 – Danish passenger/cargo ship , returning to Copenhagen after its maiden voyage to Greenland, strikes an iceberg and sinks off the Greenland coast with the loss of all 95 on board.source
  • 1964April 25 – Thieves steal the head of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. Although the attack is attributed to Jørgen Nash, the Danish media blame painter Henrik Bruun, who never confesses to the crime.source

21st century

  • 2014May 6–10 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is won by Austrian entrant Conchita Wurst with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix".source
  • 2015February 14–15 – A lone gunman leaves 2 people dead in a terrorist attack in Copenhagen, Denmark.source

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