{"slug": "jutland", "label": "Jutland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25389", "qid": "Q25389", "description": "peninsula of Northern Europe forming parts of Denmark and Germany", "entries": 12, "years": 11, "span": [-349, 1895], "span_label": ["350 BCE", "1895 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Jylland"], "related": [{"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmarknorway", "label": "Denmark–Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-northern-war", "label": "Great Northern War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jesus", "label": "Jesus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scandinavia", "label": "Scandinavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "harald-bluetooth", "label": "Harald Bluetooth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "military-alliance", "label": "Military alliance", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "paganism", "label": "Paganism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "danes", "label": "Danes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "schleswig-holstein", "label": "Schleswig-Holstein", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -349, "year_label": "350 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Tollund Man, human sacrifice victim on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark, possibly the earliest known evidence for worship of the Norse god Odin (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367585688#Deaths", "title": "350 BC", "revid": 1367585688, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 808, "year_label": "808 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Godfred of the Danes forms an alliance with the Wiltzi and other Wendic tribes, against the pagan but pro-Frankish Abodrites. Godfred builds earthworks (Danevirke) across the isthmus of Schleswig-Holstein, separating Jutland from the northern extent of the Frankish Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848803#Europe", "title": "AD 808", "revid": 1340848803, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 960, "year_label": "960 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Harald Bluetooth, king of Denmark, consolidates his rule over Jutland and Zealand. He adopts Christianity, erecting a carved stone at Jelling to honour his parents. It features a runic inscription (best-known in Denmark) and an image of Christ surrounded by interlace. The other Scandinavian kingdoms slowly convert to Christianity (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272128#Europe", "title": "960", "revid": 1365272128, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1066, "year_label": "1066 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Hedeby (located on the Jutland Peninsula) is sacked and burned by the West Slavs, after which it is slowly abandoned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370249569#Europe", "title": "1066", "revid": 1370249569, "section": "Events › Europe"}}, {"year": 1146, "year_label": "1146 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Eric III of Denmark abdicates as king, retiring to St. Canute's Abbey, Odense, where he dies on August 27, in his mid-20s. Canute V is elected to succeed him in Jutland and Sweyn III in Zealand.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184470#Europe", "title": "1146", "revid": 1369184470, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1654, "year_label": "1654 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "August 12", "text": "12 August – Total solar eclipse across large parts of Jutland, Funen and Zealand.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340231090#Events", "title": "1654 in Denmark", "revid": 1340231090, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1658, "year_label": "1658 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The end of the Swedish occupation of Jylland", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320471727#Events", "title": "1658 in Sweden", "revid": 1320471727, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1658, "year_label": "1658 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 30", "text": "30 January – The March across the Belts begins when the harsh winter weather, which has also forced the Danish fleet to port, enables a Swedish army of 9,000 cavalrymen and 3,000 foot soldiers to move across the ice of Little Belt from Jutland to Gunen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344869944", "title": "1658 in Denmark", "revid": 1344869944, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1659, "year_label": "1659 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "The plague ravages Denmark, particularly Jutland, probably brought to the country by German and Polish mercenaries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342966388#Undated", "title": "1659 in Denmark", "revid": 1342966388, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1712, "year_label": "1712 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 11", "text": "April 11 – Great Northern War: the Battle of Fladstrand takes place at sea near Fladstrand, Jylland, between Swedish and Danish forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367964331#April_&ndash;June", "title": "1712", "revid": 1367964331, "section": "Events › April &ndash;June"}}, {"year": 1825, "year_label": "1825 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – Vendsyssel-Thy, once part of the Jutland peninsula forming westernmost Denmark, becomes an island after a flood drowns its 1 km wide isthmus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341744335#January–March", "title": "1825", "revid": 1341744335, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1895, "year_label": "1895 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 21", "text": "June 21 – The Kiel Canal, connecting the North Sea to the Baltic across the base of the Jutland peninsula in Germany, is officially opened.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364324653#June", "title": "1895", "revid": 1364324653, "section": "Events › June"}}]}