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| b. Denmark |
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| 1912–47 |
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| CHRISTIAN X, king. | 1 |
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| 1915, June |
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| A new constitution was adopted, instituting universal suffrage and more popular representation in the Landsting. The new electoral laws made it difficult to form governments, however, and a rapid succession of ministries followed. | 2 |
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| 1916, Aug. 4 |
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| Sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. The transaction was approved by a Danish plebiscite on Dec. 14. | 3 |
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| 1918, Feb |
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| Protesting the rising cost of living, the unemployed, led by the syndicalist trade unions, staged an attack on the stock exchange in Copenhagen. | 4 |
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| April 22 |
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| Elections. Under the new system the Conservatives secured 23 seats, the Left (Liberals) 45, the Radicals 33, and the Socialists 39. The government was formed by a coalition of Radicals and Socialists. | 5 |
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