Category: Denmark

Europe 1848

First Italian War of Independence

When news of Metternich’s flight reached...

Europe 1848

German Question

The 1848 call for German unification had led...

Europe 1848

Truce of Malmö

In Northern Europe, international pressure...

Europe 1850

Humiliation of Olmütz

The Erfurt Union did not last long. In autumn...

Europe 1852

Second French Empire

While the King of Prussia was backing down in...

Europe 1863

Schleswig-Holstein Question

Schleswig and Holstein were two largely German...

Europe 1864

Second Schleswig War

The two most powerful German states were...

the Arctic 1882

First International Polar Year

By the 1870s polar exploration was becoming...

the Arctic 1909

Race to the North Pole

In 1909 American explorer Robert Peary claimed...

North America 1917

United States Enters the Great War

While the US was embroiled in Latin America,...

the Arctic 1917

Great War and the Arctic

In 1914 the Great War broke out in Europe....

the Arctic 1920

Far Eastern Republic

The Great War ended in November 1918 with an...

the Arctic 1932

Erik the Red's Land

In return for Denmark abandoning any claims on...

the Arctic 1939

Outbreak of World War II

While Norway and Denmark were disputing...

the Arctic 1940

Invasion of Denmark and Norway

Germany had agreed to a partition of Eastern...