10th century in Denmark

none The 10th century in Denmark saw the emergence of the country into historical records and the conversion of the country to Christianity. The 950s are when the first records of the state of Denmark (Tan-marker) appeared.Robbers 2006 250 Monarchs List of legendary kings of Denmark Gorm the Old, 940–958 Harald Bluetooth, 940–986 Sweyn Forkbeard, 986–1014 Events 910s 911 – The Vikings settle in Normandy 940s 940 – Around this year, Harald Bluetooth becomes king, ruling with his father Gorm the Old.Thomas Alastair H. The A to Z of Denmark https://books.google.com/books?id=MKH4JuPT6boC&pg=PA208 2012-10-29 2010-05-10 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-7205-9 208 Bluetooth will later impose Christianity on his people.Fodor's Fodor's Denmark, 5th Edition https://books.google.com/books?id=cpnfOprt25AC&pg=PA230 2012-10-29 2006-02-07 Random House Digital, Inc. 978-1-4000-1613-6 230 942 – William I, Duke of Normandy offers asylum to Harald, and restores him to his throne by force. William I is assassinated later that year.Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge https://books.google.com/books?id=ns5PAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA280 2012-10-29 1839 C. Knight 280 However, the "Haigrold" described by the chronicler was possibly King Harald Greycloak of Norway or different Viking.Kendrick T. D. A History of the Vikings https://books.google.com/books?id=3Z8NgXgRytUC&pg=PA225 2012-10-29 2004-04-30 Courier Dover Publications 978-0-486-43396-7 225 947 – The Norwegian Eric Bloodaxe is elected King of York. He is deposed when the English king Eadred marches north, and flees to Denmark. 949 – Eric Bloodaxe returns from Denmark to England. He will be killed in battle in 952. 950s 950 – Gorm the Old conquers most of Denmark.Sale Richard Copenhagen and Denmark https://books.google.com/books?id=vY9skFF71YIC&pg=PA13 2012-10-28 February 2007 New Holland Publishers 978-1-84537-634-5 13 950 – Denmark under Gorm's son Harald Bluetooth conquers Norway.Miller George Lectures on the philosophy of modern history: delivered in the University of Dublin https://archive.org/details/lecturesonphilo04millgoog 2012-10-28 1820 Printed by Graisberry and Campbell for J. Murray 239 958 – Gorm the Old diesHolman Katherine The A to Z of the Vikings https://books.google.com/books?id=DxTGnS3Gr20C&pg=PA105 2012-10-28 2009-06-30 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-6813-7 105 and Harald Bluetooth becomes sole king, succeeding his father.Eur Western Europe 2003 https://books.google.com/books?id=M9QYndAPmuQC&pg=PA115 2012-10-28 2002-12-13 Psychology Press 978-1-85743-152-0 115 960s c. 965 – Harald Bluetooth raises the larger Jelling Stone, taking credit for the unification of Denmark and Christianizing the Danes.http://natmus.dk/en/historisk-viden/danmark/oldtid-indtil-aar-1050/vikingetid-800-1050/monumenterne-i-jelling/the-jelling-stone/ The Jelling Stones National Museum of Denmark 2012-10-28 2012-10-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20121022024054/http://natmus.dk/en/historisk-viden/danmark/oldtid-indtil-aar-1050/vikingetid-800-1050/monumenterne-i-jelling/the-jelling-stone/ dead 965 – Tartushi visits Hedeby.https://classesv2.yale.edu/access/content/user/haw6/Vikings/al-Tartushi.html al-Tartushi on Hedeby Anders Winroth 2012-10-29 970s 970 – the wedding of Harald Bluetooth and Tove of the Obotrites 974 – Hedeby falls to the Holy Roman Empire 975 – Harald Bluetooth tries to force Christianity upon Haakon Sigurdsson, who then turns against him. 980s 980s – Viking raids against England resume during the minority of Æthelred the Unready.Hooper Bennett 1996 35 980 – Struggling to unite Denmark, Harald Bluetooth builds at least four large circular forts around this time.Gravett 2001 128 980 – Harald Bluetooth builds the first church in Zealand at Roskilde.DK Publishing 2010 140 983 – Hedeby returns to Denmark from the Holy Roman Empire. 984 – The ladies of Denmark give their gold and silver ornaments to the Jutlanders in exchange for the release of Sweyn Forkbeard.Anderson 1732 418 987 – Eric the Victorious, king of Sweden, expels Sweyn Forkbeard.Anderson 1732 418 988 – First known mention of Odense in writing.http://www.historienshus.dk/odenses%20historie.aspx Odenses historie Danish Odense Kommune 2012-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717191107/http://www.historienshus.dk/odenses%20historie.aspx 2011-07-17 dead 988 – Sweyn seizes power from his father, Harald Bluetooth.Richardson 2005 28 Births c. 910 – Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (died c. 980 in Orkney) c. 948 – Valtoke Gormsson (died 986 in Sweden) c. 960 – Sweyn Forkbeard (died 1014 in England) c. 990 – Cnut the Great (died 1035 in England) c. 997 – Harald II of Denmark (died c. 1018) Deaths c. 958 – Gorm the Old (born before 900) c. 988 – Reginbrand References Citations Arnold-Baker Companion to British History https://books.google.com/books?id=VNAMjuMw_5kC&pg=PA14 2012-10-29 2001-03-27 Taylor & Francis 978-0-415-18583-7 14 Sources Anderson James Royal Genealogies, Or the Genealogical Tables of Emperors, Kings and Princes https://books.google.com/books?id=yrqeY839bMwC&pg=PA418 2012-10-28 1732 Bettenham 418 DK Publishing DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Denmark https://books.google.com/books?id=itwH4I-iUVMC&pg=PA140 2012-10-28 2010 Penguin 978-0-7566-7406-9 140 Gravett Christopher The History of Castles: Fortifications Around the World 2001 Globe Pequot 978-1-58574-435-0 128 Hooper Nicholas Bennett Matthew The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768–1487 https://archive.org/details/cambridgeillustr00nich registration 2012-10-28 1996-01-26 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-44049-3 36 Richardson Hazel Life Of The Ancient Vikings https://archive.org/details/lifeofancientvik0000rich registration 2012-10-28 2005-04-01 Crabtree Publishing Company 978-0-7787-2044-7 28 Robbers Gerhard Encyclopedia of World Constitutions https://books.google.com/books?id=M3A-xgf1yM4C&pg=PA250 2012-10-28 2006-11-01 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6078-8 250 collapsed Category:Centuries in Denmark