Denmark–Norway was a political union of the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway under a single monarch, based in Copenhagen. It followed the Kalmar Union, and Norway lost much of its independent status, particularly after the Reformation, when Lutheranism was introduced. The kings ruled both countries as an absolute monarchy from the seventeenth century, and the union also included Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and overseas colonies in the Caribbean, India and West Africa. Christian IV founded the city of Christiania, now Oslo, after a fire. Denmark–Norway allied with Napoleon, and so at the end of the wars the union was dissolved, and Norway was ceded to Sweden by the Treaty of Kiel, though the Norwegians declared their own constitution.
Before and after
- 2 June 1535Birth of Leo XI
- from 16 June 1535 to 21 July 1535Conquest of Tunis
- from 1536 to 1953Danish colonial empire
- 1536Founding of Valparaíso
- from 1536 to 1814Denmark–Norway
- from 6 May 1536 to 18 April 1537Siege of Cusco
- 12 July 1536Death of Erasmus
- from 23 July 1537 to 2 October 1540Third Ottoman–Venetian War
- 12 October 1537Birth of Edward VI of England
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