12,000 BC		First humans settle in the coastal regions of the southern Baltic.
250 AD		Danish people and language have become established.
700 AD		Strong Danish kingdom starts to dominate trade in the sourthern North Sea.
793 AD		Danish pirates known as Vikings begin raiding throughout Western Europe.
865 AD		Large Danish army lands in England to extract tribute, but later settles there.
c. 965 AD		King Harold Bluetooth converts to Christianity.
970 AD		King Harold Bluetooth establishes unified kingdom of Denmark.
1013		Conquest of England by Svend Forkbeard.
1018-35		Denmark, Norway and Sweden united under King Canute I. Unity ends after his death.
1241		Danish empire extends to Estonia.
1380		Iceland united with Denmark.
1397		Kalmar Union - uniting Denmark, Norway and Sweden under the Danish crown.
1523		Sweden wins independence from Denmark.
1536		Lutheranism adopted as state religion.
1660		Treaty of Copenhagen - sets modern borders for Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
1729		Greenland becomes Danish province.
1803		Denmark sides with Napoleon in Napoleonic Wars.
1814		Peace of Kiel - Denmark forced to cede Norway to Swedish rule.
1848-51		Denmark loses a war with Prussia over status of Schleswig.
1849		First democratic constitution - constitutional monarchy introduced.
1850		Rapid industrialisation begins.
1864		Denmark attacked by Austria and Prussia and forced to cede provinces of Schleswig and Holstein to Prussia.
1914		Denmark neutral in World War I.
1920		Northern Schleswig votes to return to Danish rule.
1920		Denmark joins League of Nations.
31 March 1939		Denmark signs 10-year non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany.
September 1939		Denmark neutral in World War II.
April 1940		Germany invades and occupies Denmark. Danish government accepts occupation in return for some control of domestic affairs.
1943		Success of Danish Resistance campaign forces Germany to take full control.
1944		Iceland declares independence from Denmark.
May 1945		Germany surrenders. Denmark recognises Icelandic independence.
1945		Denmark joins United Nations.
1948		Faeroe Islands granted home rule within the Danish state.
4 April 1949		Denmark becomes a founder member of NATO.
1952		Denmark becomes a founder member of Nordic Council.
1953		Greenland becomes integral part of Denmark.
1959		Denmark joins EFTA.
1 January 1975		Denmarks joins the EEC.
1979		Greenland granted home rule.
2000		Adoption of the Euro rejected in a referendum.
2003		Denmark participates in invasion of Iraq.