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jan 1, 1864 - The Loss of Schleswig

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Denmark's defeat to Prussia and Austria in the Second Schleswig War in 1864 meant that the Danish state lost the two German duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg, and the ethnically mixed Danish duchy of Schleswig; a loss of a third of its territory and 40% of the state's population.

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jan 1, 1864
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~ 162 years ago