Christian II has attempted to establish a…

January 1523 CE

Christian II has attempted to establish a Renaissance state based on commerce and urban growth.

The sweeping reforms he has instituted to this end, coupled with Denmark’s defeat by the Swedes and Finns in their war of liberation, provokes a revolt of the nobles, and he flees the country in 1523.

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Copenhagen > København Staden København Denmark View →

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Christian II View → Christina Gyllenstierna View → Frederick I of Denmark View → Gustav I Vasa View → Gustav Trolle View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → Kalmar Union (of Denmark, Norway and Sweden) View → Sweden, autonomous Kingdom of View →

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Kalmar Civil War of 1520-33 View → Swedish War of Liberation View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Mayhem View → Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View → Technology View →

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