Jutland

peninsula of Northern Europe forming parts of Denmark and Germany

7 dated entries naming Jutland, drawn from 7 separate years between 350 BCE and 1895 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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4th century BC

  • 350 BCETollund Man, human sacrifice victim on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark, possibly the earliest known evidence for worship of the Norse god Odin (approximate date)source

9th century

  • 808King Godfred of the Danes forms an alliance with the Wiltzi and other Wendic tribes, against the pagan but pro-Frankish Abodrites. Godfred builds earthworks (Danevirke) across the isthmus of Schleswig-Holstein, separating Jutland from the northern extent of the Frankish Empire.source

10th century

  • 960Harald 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).source

11th century

  • 1066Hedeby (located on the Jutland Peninsula) is sacked and burned by the West Slavs, after which it is slowly abandoned.source

12th century

  • 1146Eric III of Denmark abdicates as king, retiring to St. Canute's Abbey, Odense, where he dies on August 27, in his mid-20s. Canute V is elected to succeed him in Jutland and Sweyn III in Zealand.source

19th century

  • 1825February 3 – Vendsyssel-Thy, once part of the Jutland peninsula forming westernmost Denmark, becomes an island after a flood drowns its 1 km mi wide isthmus.source
  • 1895June 21 – The Kiel Canal, connecting the North Sea to the Baltic across the base of the Jutland peninsula in Germany, is officially opened.source

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