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History

1167 Bishop Absalon builds a bastion on Slotshlomen island

1254
Copenhagen is given chartered city status by the Bishop of Roskilde

1416
Copenhagen becomes the royal seat for much of Scandinavia

1428
The city successfully resists attack by the Hanseatic League

1443
Copenhagen replaces Roskilde as the Danish capital

1588-1648
Denmark is ruled by King Christian IV

1606-1634
Construction of Rosenborg Slot

1618
Christian IV constructs canals and streets in the city based on the Dutch model

1659
Copenhagen survives a siege by the Swedes with the assistance of the Dutch

1660
Peace between Denmark and Sweden is negotiated

1728
Two-thirds of the city is destroyed by fire

1794
The royal residence moves to Amalienborg Slot

1795
The district around Holmen's canal destroyed by fire

1800-1850
Danish Golden Age

1801
Battle of Copenhagen; the Danish fleet suffers heavy losses

1807
Copenhagen is attacked by the British in the Napoleonic Wars

1813
The State is bankrupt

1840s
Tivoli Gardens are designed by Georg Carsten

4 Aug 1875
Hans Christian Andersen dies in Copenhagen

1897
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is constructed by Carl Jacobsen

1913
The first statue of the Little Mermaid is erected on the Langelinie

1940-45
Copenhagen is occupied by the Nazis; shipyards are bombed by the Allies

1970
Occupation of the derelict military grounds, later known as the Christiania Free Commune

1996
European City of Culture

1998
550th anniversary of the Royal Orchestra and 250th anniversary of the Royal Theatre

1998
Elm trees in the city are felled due to Dutch Elm disease

1999
Re-opening of the Statens Museum for Kunst




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