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  1. Complete the sentence about History of Denmark with the correct year: After Norway seceded in ______, Denmark retained control of the old Norwegian colonies of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland…
  2. Complete the sentence about History of Denmark with the correct year: During World War II, Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany, but was liberated by British forces of the Allies in ______ and soon jo…
  3. Complete the sentence about History of Denmark with the correct year: With the emergence of the Cold War, Denmark was a founding member of the military alliance NATO in ______.
  4. Complete the sentence about Danes with the correct year: After the death of Canute the Great in ______, England broke away from Danish control.
  5. Complete the sentence about Danes with the correct year: In ______, Hans Mikkelsen and Christiern Pedersen translated the New Testament into Danish; it became an instant best-seller.
  6. Complete the sentence about Viking Age with the correct year: Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle, c. ______, mentions Viking attacks on the people of East Anglia wherein they are described as "wolves am…
  7. Complete the sentence about Sweyn Forkbeard with the correct year: In 999 or ______, Swein defeated Olaf at the naval Battle of Svold; Olaf was killed in the battle and Swein recovered control of Norw…
  8. Complete the sentence about Sweyn Forkbeard with the correct year: Swein is not known to have returned to England until ______, when he invaded intent on conquest and seizure of the English throne.
  9. Complete the sentence about Sweyn Forkbeard with the correct year: Swein's reign over England was very brief as he died on 3 February ______.
  10. Complete the sentence about Cnut the Great with the correct year: As a Danish prince, Cnut won the throne of England in ______ in the wake of centuries of Viking activity in northwestern Europe.
  11. Complete the sentence about Cnut the Great with the correct year: After a decade of conflict with opponents in Scandinavia, Cnut claimed the crown of Norway in Trondheim in ______.
  12. Complete the sentence about North Sea Empire with the correct year: In early ______ Sweyn and the Danes were in the midst of invading England.
  13. Complete the sentence about North Sea Empire with the correct year: Æthelred died on 23 April ______—before Cnut could begin his attack in earnest—and a succession crisis ensued.
  14. Complete the sentence about Valdemar I of Denmark with the correct year: In ______, when Valdemar was fifteen years old, King Eric III of Denmark abdicated and a civil war erupted.
  15. Complete the sentence about Valdemar I of Denmark with the correct year: In ______, Valdemar joined with Canute and was recognized as co-king along with Canute.
  16. Complete the sentence about Valdemar I of Denmark with the correct year: In July ______, a temporary compromise was struck in which the three agreed to divide the country among themselves as co-regent…
  17. Complete the sentence about Valdemar I of Denmark with the correct year: Canute was killed at the Bloodfeast of Roskilde in August ______.
  18. Complete the sentence about Valdemar I of Denmark with the correct year: In ______, Absalon was elected bishop of Roskilde, and King Valdemar made him his chief advisor.
  19. Complete the sentence about Valdemar II of Denmark with the correct year: In ______, Valdemar invaded and conquered Lybeck and Holstein, expanding the Danish territories.
  20. Complete the sentence about Valdemar II of Denmark with the correct year: Valdemar's military campaigns included conflicts in northern Germany and the establishment of Danish rule in Estonia in ______…
  21. Complete the sentence about Valdemar II of Denmark with the correct year: In November ______, Duke Valdemar's elder brother, King Canute VI, unexpectedly died childless.
  22. Complete the sentence about Valdemar II of Denmark with the correct year: In ______ Valdemar invaded and conquered Lybeck and Holstein, adding them to the territories controlled by Denmark.
  23. Complete the sentence about Valdemar IV of Denmark with the correct year: Around ______ Valdemar IV initiated a crusade against Lithuania.
  24. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, he took back Vordingborg Castle, the main headquarters of the Holsteiners.
  25. Complete the sentence about Margaret I of Denmark with the correct year: Although Erik came of age in ______, Margaret continued for the remaining 11 years of her life to be sole ruler in all but name…
  26. Complete the sentence about Margaret I of Denmark with the correct year: Margaret was born in March ______ as the sixth and youngest child of King Valdemar IV and Queen Helvig of Denmark.
  27. Complete the sentence about Margaret I of Denmark with the correct year: The goal of the marriage for King Valdemar was regaining Scania, which since ______ had been mortgaged to Sweden.
  28. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: Gustav Vasa's election as King of Sweden on 6 June ______, and his triumphant entry into Stockholm 11 days later, marked Sweden's final…
  29. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: Frederick I formally renounced his claim to Sweden in ______ at the Treaty of Malmö.
  30. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: Margaret became regent of Denmark and Norway when Olaf died in ______, leaving her without an heir.
  31. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: In ______, Swedish nobles called upon her help against King Albert.
  32. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: After Margaret defeated Albert in ______, her heir Eric was proclaimed King of Norway.
  33. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: Eric was subsequently elected King of Denmark and Sweden in ______ under the banner of the House of Griffin.
  34. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: The money was never paid, so in ______ the Kingdom of Scotland annexed the islands.
  35. Complete the sentence about Christian II of Denmark with the correct year: The nobility rose against him in ______, and he was exiled to the Netherlands, ceding the Danish throne to his uncle Frederic…
  36. Complete the sentence about Christian II of Denmark with the correct year: After attempting to reclaim the thrones in ______, he was arrested and held in captivity for the rest of his life, first in S…
  37. Complete the sentence about Christian II of Denmark with the correct year: Supporters tried to restore him to power both during his exile and his imprisonment but they were defeated decisively during…
  38. Complete the sentence about Christian II of Denmark with the correct year: In ______, Christian married Isabella of Austria, granddaughter of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
  39. Complete the sentence about Christian II of Denmark with the correct year: Isabella died in ______, after which her family took Christian's three children from him.
  40. Complete the sentence about Stockholm Bloodbath with the correct year: Eventually, a third attempt made in ______ with a large army of French, German and Scottish mercenaries proved successful.
  41. Complete the sentence about Stockholm Bloodbath with the correct year: Sture was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund on 19 January ______.
  42. Complete the sentence about Count's Feud with the correct year: Christian III was a devoted protestant who had already established Lutheranism as the state religion in Schleswig and Holstein by ______…
  43. Complete the sentence about Count's Feud with the correct year: After Frederick I's death in ______, the Jutland nobility proclaimed his son, then Duke Christian of Gottorp, as king under the name Chr…
  44. Complete the sentence about Count's Feud with the correct year: On 10 August ______, Count Christoffer accepted Skåne for Christian II's rule.
  45. Complete the sentence about Count's Feud with the correct year: An army of nobles under the leadership of Niels Brock and Holger Rosenkrantz was defeated at the Battle of Svenstrup on 16 October _____…
  46. Complete the sentence about Count's Feud with the correct year: Skipper Clement was later sentenced to death by the judicial council in Viborg and executed in ______.
  47. Complete the sentence about Count's Feud with the correct year: In January ______, the Swedes and the army of nobles advanced on Helsingborg.
  48. Complete the sentence about Count's Feud with the correct year: On 11 June ______, they fought the Battle of Øksnebjerg, where the rest of Count Christoffer's army was decisively defeated.
  49. Complete the sentence about Danish Reformation with the correct year: At the end of the war in ______, when Christian III entered Copenhagen, Archbishop Torben Bille was arrested along with two other…
  50. Complete the sentence about Danish Reformation with the correct year: The nobles took power and the king called for a lord's day in Copenhagen on 20 October ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about Danish Reformation with the correct year: Already in ______, Hans Tausen, a Knight Hospitaller from the monastery of Antvorskov, had begun preaching Lutheran doctrines in V…
  52. Complete the sentence about Christian IV of Denmark with the correct year: At the death of his father on 4 April ______, Christian was just 10 years old.
  53. Complete the sentence about Christian IV of Denmark with the correct year: At the death of Niels Kaas in ______, Jørgen Rosenkrantz took over leadership of the regency council.
  54. Complete the sentence about Thirty Years' War with the correct year: The war began in ______, when the Catholic Emperor Ferdinand II was replaced as king of Bohemia by the Protestant Frederick V of th…
  55. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Roskilde with the correct year: The Treaty of Copenhagen restored Bornholm to Denmark and Trøndelag to Norway in ______, while the other provinces transferred in…
  56. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Roskilde with the correct year: Eventually, the resulting Treaty of Copenhagen in ______ restored Trøndelag to Norway, and the island of Bornholm to Denmark.
  57. Complete the sentence about Great Northern War with the correct year: The remaining Swedish forces in plague-stricken areas south and east of the Baltic Sea were evicted, with the last city, Tallinn…
  58. Complete the sentence about Great Northern War with the correct year: From June ______, Denmark and Russia prepared a joint invasion of Sweden proper, which the Tsar envisioned as dealing the Swedish…
  59. Complete the sentence about Great Northern War with the correct year: In ______, Sweden launched a second and even larger campaign against Norway.
  60. Complete the sentence about Battle of Copenhagen with the correct year: At the beginning of ______, during the French Revolutionary Wars, Britain's principal advantage over France was its naval superi…
  61. Complete the sentence about Battle of Copenhagen with the correct year: In early ______, the British government assembled a fleet off Great Yarmouth at Yarmouth Roads, with the goal of breaking up the…
  62. Complete the sentence about Battle of Copenhagen with the correct year: In mid-July ______, George III authorised a British expedition to monitor Copenhagen and capture the city if necessary.
  63. Complete the sentence about Battle of Copenhagen with the correct year: Most of the Royal Danish Army, led by the Crown Prince, was in ______ defending Denmark's southern border against a possible Fre…
  64. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Kiel with the correct year: Sweden therefore refused to hand over Swedish Pomerania, which instead passed to Prussia after the Congress of Vienna in ______.
  65. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Kiel with the correct year: The United Kingdom, which had declared war on France in ______, paid subsidies to Sweden.
  66. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Kiel with the correct year: When Gustav IV Adolf refused to break his alliance with the United Kingdom, the Russian Tsar invaded Finland in ______ and severed it…
  67. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Denmark with the correct year: The Constitution of ______ established a bicameral parliament, the Rigsdag, consisting of the Landsting and the Folketing.
  68. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Denmark with the correct year: The most significant change in the Constitution of ______ was the abolishment of the Landsting, leaving the unicameral Folket…
  69. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Denmark with the correct year: When Christian VIII became king in ______, he continued the political line of only making small democratic concessions, while…
  70. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Denmark with the correct year: Before his death in January ______, he advised his heir Frederick VII to create such a constitution.
  71. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Denmark with the correct year: In March ______ following a series of European revolutions, the Schleswig-Holstein question became increasingly tense.
  72. Complete the sentence about First Schleswig War with the correct year: In March ______, the Low German-speaking population of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg rebelled, and created a provisional gov…
  73. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In the summer of ______, Prussia had to back down and leave the rebels to their fate.
  74. Complete the sentence about First Schleswig War with the correct year: At the beginning of ______, Denmark included the Duchy of Schleswig, and the king of Denmark ruled the duchies of Holstein and Sa…
  75. Complete the sentence about First Schleswig War with the correct year: The Napoleonic Wars, which had ended in ______, had fanned both Danish and German nationalism.
  76. Complete the sentence about Second Schleswig War with the correct year: The war began on 1 February ______, when Prussian and Austrian forces crossed the border into the Danish fief Schleswig.
  77. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Vienna with the correct year: Disputes over the administration of Schleswig and Holstein would lead to the ______ Austro-Prussian War.
  78. Complete the sentence about Christian IX of Denmark with the correct year: Following the early death of his father in ______, Christian grew up in Denmark and was educated at the Military Academy of C…
  79. Complete the sentence about Christian IX of Denmark with the correct year: After unsuccessfully seeking the hand of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom in marriage, he married his double second cousi…
  80. Complete the sentence about Christian IX of Denmark with the correct year: In ______, Christian was chosen as heir presumptive to the Danish throne in light of the expected extinction of the senior li…
  81. Complete the sentence about Danish West Indies with the correct year: The islands were purchased by the United States in ______ and became known as the United States Virgin Islands.
  82. Complete the sentence about Danish West Indies with the correct year: In ______, the Rigsdagen, the Danish parliament, first debated the sale of the increasingly unprofitable colony.
  83. Complete the sentence about Danish Realm with the correct year: The name was used by Danish and Greenlandic authorities in the negotiations for home rule introduced in ______, and has become popular s…
  84. Complete the sentence about Danish Realm with the correct year: The use of the expression Rigsfællesskabet though can be traced back to at least ______.
  85. Complete the sentence about Danish Realm with the correct year: In both the Faroe Islands and Greenland, Danes make up 7.6% of the population, as of ______.
  86. Complete the sentence about German occupation of Denmark with the correct year: The decision to occupy Denmark was taken in Berlin on 17 December ______.
  87. Complete the sentence about German occupation of Denmark with the correct year: On 9 April ______, Germany invaded Denmark in Operation Weserübung.
  88. Complete the sentence about German occupation of Denmark with the correct year: In contrast to the situation in other countries under German occupation, most Danish institutions continued to function…
  89. Complete the sentence about Danish resistance movement with the correct year: Resistance agents killed an estimated 400 Danish Nazis, informers and collaborators until ______.
  90. Complete the sentence about Danish resistance movement with the correct year: Intelligence officers from the Danish army, known as the "Princes," began channeling reports to London allies as early as…
  91. Complete the sentence about Danish resistance movement with the correct year: Following Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, ______ the Germans banned the Danish Communist Party and had…
  92. Complete the sentence about Rescue of the Danish Jews with the correct year: On September 28, ______, Duckwitz leaked word of the plans for the operation against Denmark's Jews to Hans Hedtoft, chairm…
  93. Complete the sentence about Denmark and the European Union with the correct year: Denmark formally applied to join the European Communities, the predecessor of the European Union, on 10 August ______…
  94. Complete the sentence about Denmark and the European Union with the correct year: In ______, Greenland voted to leave the Communities after gaining home rule from Denmark.
  95. Complete the sentence about Denmark and the European Union with the correct year: The EC became accepted and appreciated in Denmark, and an overwhelming majority of the Danish population supported the…
  96. Complete the sentence about Denmark and the European Union with the correct year: The treaty was eventually ratified the following year on 18 May ______, after a second referendum was held in Denmark.
  97. Complete the sentence about Danish euro referendum, 2000 with the correct year: A referendum on joining the Eurozone was held in Denmark on 28 September ______.
  98. Complete the sentence about Danish euro referendum, 2000 with the correct year: On 2 June ______, Danish voters rejected the Maastricht Treaty in a referendum.
  99. Complete the sentence about Danish euro referendum, 2000 with the correct year: On 18 May ______, Denmark ratified an amended treaty following the Edinburgh Agreement.
  100. Complete the sentence about Danish krone with the correct year: The modern-day krone was introduced as the currency of Denmark in January ______.

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