The Kingdom of Denmark is traditionally traced back to the Viking king Harald Bluetooth, who is said to have united the Danes and brought Christianity to the country in the middle of the tenth century. The date of 965 is often linked to the king's baptism, though the evidence is not exact. Harald recorded his achievements on a rune stone at Jelling in Jutland, which is sometimes described as Denmark's birth certificate, and the monuments there are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Denmark is one of the oldest continuing monarchies in the world. Over the centuries the kingdom ruled Norway, parts of Sweden and, later, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
Before and after
- from 960 CE to 1279Song dynasty
- from 2 February 962 CE to 6 August 1806Holy Roman Empire
- from 963 CE to 965 CESiege of Rometta
- 965 CEBirth of Ibn al-Haytham
- 965 CEFounding of Kingdom of Denmark
- 967 CEOrigins of Banteay Srei
- from November 968 CE to October 969 CESiege of Antioch
- 6 July 969 CEFounding of Cairo
- c. 970 CEFounding of Al-Azhar University
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- 1066Construction of Tower of London
- from 1206 to 1368Mongol Empire
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- 1473Construction of Sistine Chapel
The era
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