1998 Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned
1995 Peter Refn, Danish journalist/director (Violets are Blue), dies at 54
1994 Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish immunologist (Nobel prize 1984), dies at 82
1994 Frederik baron van Pallandt, Danish singer (Nina and F), murdered at 61
1994 Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81
1993 Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64
1993 Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
1993 Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, dies at 86
1993 Erik Mork, Danish actor (Europe), dies at 67
1993 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (large iron sculptures), dies at 80
1992 Annette Fischer, Danish chairman Amnesty Intl, dies
1992 Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies
1990 Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (Mordskab), dies of cancer at 70
1989 Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals
1977 Johanna Andersen-Nexo, wife of Danish poet Martin A-N, dies at 74
1977 Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election
1975 Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer (Sloret Sandhed), dies at 79
1973 Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82
1972 Danish population votes for European Common Market membership
1972 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112
1971 Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect
1968 Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies
1968 Rasmus Lerdorf, Danish Scientist
1967 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at 94
1965 Connie Nielsen, Danish Actress
1965 John Jensen, Danish Athlete
1965 Bjorn Lomborg, Danish Scientist
1964 Greek king Constantine II marries Danish princess Anne-Marie
1963 Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em All
1962 Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (atom, Nobel 1922), dies at 77
1962 Isak Dinesen, Danish Writer
1962 Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Vredens Son), dies at 64
1961 Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright/director of Tivoli, dies at 59
1959 Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79
1958 Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph-stipulation), dies at 79
1957 Haakon VII (CF Charles WA), Danish king of Norway (1905-57), dies
1957 Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82
1956 Lars von Trier, Danish Director
1954 Martin Anderson Nexo, Danish poet and writer (Pelle Erobreren), dies at 84
1953 Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish Statesman
1952 Sveinn Bjornsson, Danish 1st President of Iceland (1944-52), dies at 70
1950 Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish Scientist
1950 Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Author
1946 Peter Martins, Danish actor
1946 Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer and conductor, dies at 63
1946 Anne-Marie, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX
1945 Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author (Brunkul), dies at 39
1945 Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary
1945 Jorgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42
1944 Morten Nielsen, Danish resistance fighter, dies
1944 Danish resistance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen
1944 Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated
1944 Benedikte, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX
1943 Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews (unsuccessful)
1942 German occupiers put Erik Scavenius as Danish premier
1940 Marie Bregendahl, Danish author (& dodsnat), dies at 72
1937 Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66
1936 Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74
1935 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)
1934 Borge Andersen, born in Denmark, Danish Chess Champion, 1967, 68
1933 Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish Pole explorer (Thule), dies at 54
1930 Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish journalist, author and poet (Rugens sange), dies at 63
1928 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57
1927 Georg Brandes, [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85
1926 Danish Madsen government, forms
1926 Johan LE Dreyer, Danish astronomer (Catalog of Nebulae), dies at 74
1925 Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80
1925 1st transmission of Danish state radio
1923 Erik Aalbaek Jensen, Danish vicar/author, Perleporten
1923 Leif Panduro, Danish writer, 'k Have varnish on traditions
1921 Ole Sarvig, Danish writer/critic, Limbo, Glem Ikke
1919 Max Heindel, Danish Celebrity
1918 Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence
1918 Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown
1918 Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Helten), dies at 40
1918 Jorn Utzon, Danish architect, Sydney Opera House
1917 U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands
1916 Ove J Abildgaard, Danish poet, Uglegylp
1916 Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the U.S. for $25 million
1915 Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter, Skoven
1914 Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist
1914 Jacob August Riis, Danish Journalist
1912 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor, great iron sculptures
1909 Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies
1906 Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author, Ballade pa Nytorv
1906 Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, Great Passion, Black Christ
1905 Hans Scherfig, Danish marxist and writer, Idealister, Frydenholm
1904 Niels Ryberg Finnen, Danish physician (Nobel 1903), dies
1904 Karen Aabye, Danish author, Less bedstemor there jomfru
1903 Hans C. Branner, Danish writer, Toys, Horse Rider
1903 Jens A. Schade, Danish writer, Schadebogen, Losses Hojsang
1902 Jorgen Nielsen, Danish author, regional novels
1902 Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect
1901 Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright/director, Tivoli
1900 Peter S Koyer, Danish painter/sculptor/graphic artist, dies at 49
1898 Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist and writer, History of Sascha
1898 Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic, Fiskerne, Slaven
1897 Knudage Riisager, Port Kunda Estonia, Danish composer, Quaarrtsiluni
1896 Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer, Jorgen Stein
1893 Kay Fisker, Danish architect, Hornbeck House, Copenhagen
1893 Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist, Eskimos
1890 Niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73
1890 Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77
1889 Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director, Passion of Jeanne d'arc
1887 Meir Aron Goldschmidt, Danish writer (Ravnen, Hjemlos), dies at 67
1887 Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75
1885 Isak Dinesen, Danish writer, Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales
1885 Karen Blixen-Finecke, [Dinesen], Danish writer, Out of Africa
1883 Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer and conductor, Sulamith
1879 Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer, Thule
1879 Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist, ph tests
1879 Johannes Bronsted, Danish physical chemist, acid-base reactions
1878 Harald Kidde, Danish writer, Aage og Else
1876 Frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish poet (Abels dod), dies at 67
1875 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70
1875 Hans Christian Anderson, Danish Author
1874 Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer, Vises Sten
1873 Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Author
1870 Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist
1870 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, Greenland
1869 Martin Anderson Nexo, Danish poet and writer, Tabte Generation
1867 Marie Bregendahl, Danish author, Holger Hauge og hans Hustru
1866 Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish journalist, author and poet, Vredens Born
1865 Max Heindel, Danish Celebrity
1863 Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleesw˜k-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece
1862 Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72
1861 Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer, Dynaes-Digte
1860 Walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter, The Miner
1859 Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Fantasy), dies
1855 Soren A Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher/theologist, dies at 42
1852 Johan L E Dreyer, Danish astronomer, New gen catalogue of nebulae
1851 Peter S Koyer, Danish painter/sculptor/graphic artist
1849 Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy
1849 Jacob August Riis, Danish Journalist
1848 Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands)
1844 Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain/Ireland
1842 Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist
1842 Georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic
1832 Rasmus Rask, Danish language scholar, dies at 44
1832 Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45
1831 Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55
1830 Camille Pissaro, Danish Antillean/French painter, impressionism
1830 Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69
1826 Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies
1820 Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer, Phantasterne
1819 Meir A Goldschmidt, Danish writer/publisher, Corsaren and Jode
1817 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, composer and conductor
1811 Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier, 1863-
1810 Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega, Danish West Indies, baroness
1809 Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65
1809 Frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish Romantic poet, Danserinden
1807 Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70
1805 Hans Christian Anderson, Danish Author
1800 Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet, Ritornellen
1791 Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska
1790 [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer
1789 Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author, Tomorrow- og Aftensange
1780 Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung
1770 Bertel Thowwaldsen, Danish sculptor
1768 Frederick VI, Danish king, 1808-39, ; lost Norway to Sweden, 1814
1764 Hans A Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe, dies at 69
1764 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer, dies at 84
1764 Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist, Danske V'rker
1760 Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary, Om sku skuespillerkunsten
1754 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish, architect (Amalienborg Square), dies at 52
1754 Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69
1741 Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering
1736 Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician
1701 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect, Christiansborg Castle
1697 Niels Juel, Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjogebocht), dies at 67
1694 Hans A. Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe
1684 Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder, Danish and Norwegian literature
1679 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
1676 Battle at land: Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden
1675 Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52
1659 Michiel de Ruyter conquerors Danish city Nyborg
1638 Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer
1629 Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck
1629 Niels Juel, Danish Admiral, Oland, Moen, Kjogebocht
1626 Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV
1622 Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder
1619 Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44
1574 Anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II
1560 Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56
1538 Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union
1537 King Christian III publishes "Ordinance on the Danish Church"
1536 Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions
1523 Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere
1520 Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden
1513 Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king
1370 Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV
1367 League of Cologne goes against Danish king Waldemar IV
1360 Danish King Waldemar IV destroys Visby Gotland
1201 Absalon Assersson, Danish archbishop of Lund/statesman, dies
1002 English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers
871 Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army
871 Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex
871 Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
871 Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
870 Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
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