History of Denmark
sidebar |name = History of Denmark |bodyclass = vcard |title = |contentstyle = text-align:left; border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid; |content1 = Prehistoric Denmark Kongemose culture Ertebølle culture Funnelbeaker culture Corded Ware culture Nordic Bronze Age Pre-Roman Iron Age Roman Iron Age Germanic Iron Age Viking Age House of Sigfred House of Olaf House of Knýtlinga Reunification Christianization North Sea Empire House of Fairhair Medieval Times Estridsen era Reign of Sweyn II and his sons Civil War era Danish Baltic Empire Kingless times Solidification of Denmark Kalmar Union House of Griffin House of Palatinate-Neumarkt House of Oldenburg Union Wars Reformation Count's Feud Denmark-Norway Rise Baltic Trade monopoly Dano-Norwegain Colonial Empire Fall Thirty Years War Little Northern War Great Northern War Dano-Norwegain neutrality Napoleonic wars Danish unitary state Danish Golden Age Rise of National-liberalism Revolutions of 1848 March Revolution First Schleswig War Constitutional Monarchy House of Glücksburg November Constitution Loss of The Duchies Danish national state Reign of Christian IX Industrialisation Revised Constitution Reign of Christian X World War I Schleswig Reunification Easter Crisis Dano-Icelandic Union World War II Occupation Protectorate Liberation Reign of Frederik IX Post-war Constitution of 1953 Cold war Creation of NATO Cold War (1953–1962) Reign of Margrethe II Joining the EC The New Cold war Post-Cold War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Iraq War |content2 = List of monarchs Military history List of Prime Ministers | belowstyle = border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid; | below = The history of Denmark as a unified kingdom began in the 8th century, but historic documents describe the geographic area and the people living there—the Danes—as early as 500 AD. These early documents include the writings of Jordanes and Procopius. With the Christianization of the Danes c. 960 AD, it is clear that there existed a kingship.
