Armed rebellion by Catholic peasants led by…

1396 CE to 1539 CE

Armed rebellion by Catholic peasants led by Skipper Clement starts in northern Jutland.

Rebellion sweeps across Funen, Zealand and Skåne.

Christian III's army soundly defeats an army of Catholic nobles at Svenstrup on October 16, 1534.

Christian forces a truce with the Hanseatic League, which had sent troops to help Count Christopher.

Christian III's army, under Johan Rantzau, chases the rebels all the way back to Aalborg, then massacres over two thousand of them inside the city in December 1534.

The Protestants capture Skipper Clement (1534), and later execute him in 1536.

Christian III's mercenary troops put an end to Catholic hopes on Zealand, then Funen.

Skåne rebels go as far as proclaiming Christian II king again.

King Gustav Vasa of Sweden sends two separate armies to ravage Halland and Skåne into submission.

Besiegers finally starve the last hold-outs in the rebellion, Copenhagen and Malmø, into surrender in July 1536.

By the spring of 1536 Christian III has taken firm control.

People
Christian II View → Christian III View → Christopher, Count of Oldenburg View → Gustav I Vasa View → Martin Luther View → Skipper Clement View →

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Danes (North Germanic tribe) View → Icelanders (Scandinavians) View → Greenland, Norwegian Crown Colony of View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Swedes (Scandinavians) View → Norwegians (Scandinavians) View → Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis View → Iceland (Danish dependency) View → Lutheranism View → Protestantism View → Sweden, (second) Kingdom of View → Denmark-Norway, Kingdom of View →

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Protestant Reformation View → Count's Feud View →

Subjects
Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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