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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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