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Name: Greenland (Denmark-Norway)

Type: Polity

Start: 1728 AD

End: 1814 AD

Nation: greenland

Parent: denmark-norway

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This article is about the specific polity Greenland (Denmark-Norway) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Greenland was settled a first time by Europeans in the period of 985-1540 AD. Europeans di not settle again until 1721, when the Lutheran minister Hans Egede arrived and established the town now known as Nuuk.

Establishment


  • August 1728: Europeans did not settle the island again until 1721, when the Lutheran minister Hans Egede arrived and established the town now known as Nuuk.
  • Chronology


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    1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

    1.1.War of the Sixth Coalition

    Was a war between France and a a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, and a number of German States. The coalition emerged after the decimation of the French army in the French invasion of Russia. The coalition ultimately invaded France and forced Napoleon to abdicate and go into exile.

  • January 1814: Between 1035 and 1814, the Faroe Islands were part of the Kingdom of Norway, which was in a personal union with Denmark from 1450. In 1814, the Treaty of Kiel transferred Norway to the King of Sweden, on the winning side of the Napoleonic Wars, whereas Denmark retained the Faroe Islands, along with Greenland and Iceland.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1735: Christianshaab conquered by denmark-norway.

  • January 1742: Jakobshavn conquered by denmark-norway.

  • January 1743: Frederikshaab conquered by denmark-norway.

  • January 1753: Claushavn conquered by denmark-norway.

  • January 1755: Fiskenæsset conquered by denmark-norway.

  • January 1756: Ritenbenck, Egedesminde and Sukkertoppen conquered by denmark-norway.

  • January 1757: Holsteinsborg conquered by denmark-norway.

  • January 1759: Umanak conquered by denmark-norway.

  • January 1774: Godhavn founded (1773).

  • January 1775: Julianehaab conquered by denmark-norway.

  • January 1776: By 1775 Denmark-Norway controlled the entire island of Greenland.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1814: Between 1035 and 1814, the Faroe Islands were part of the Kingdom of Norway, which was in a personal union with Denmark from 1450. In 1814, the Treaty of Kiel transferred Norway to the King of Sweden, on the winning side of the Napoleonic Wars, whereas Denmark retained the Faroe Islands, along with Greenland and Iceland.
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