Danish Greenland

Danish Greenland was a colony in Arctic and Greenland (North America) that lasted from 1721 to 1979 CE, about 258 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

The missionary Hans Egede founded Godthab in 1721 and Greenland became a Danish trade monopoly colony. It was made a county of Denmark in 1953 and gained home rule in 1979.

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Facts

Dates

1721 to 1979 CE

Duration

258 years

Type

Colony

Region

Arctic and Greenland, North America

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Godthab (Nuuk)

Came from

• Norse Greenland c. 985 to 1450 CE

Became

• Greenland 1979 CE to the present

Events in North America during its time

• 1763 Treaty of Paris ends New France
• 1776 Declaration of Independence
• 1803 Louisiana Purchase
• 1838 Trail of Tears
• 1848 Mexican Cession and California Gold Rush
• 1861 American Civil War begins
• 1867 Canadian Confederation and Alaska Purchase
• 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn

Neighbours in North America

• United States 1776 CE to the present
• New France 1534 to 1763 CE
• Thirteen Colonies 1607 to 1776 CE
• Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company) 1670 to 1870 CE
• Comanche empire (Comancheria) c. 1706 to 1875 CE
• Dominion of Canada 1867 to 1982 CE
• British North America 1763 to 1867 CE
• French Louisiana 1682 to 1762 CE
• Russian America 1799 to 1867 CE
• Confederate States of America 1861 to 1865 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America

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