ON THIS DAY: 1807 – The British Royal Navy began their bombardment of Copenhagen to capture the Dano-Norwegian navy The Second Battle of Copenhagen (or the Bombardment of Copenhagen) (16 August – 5 September 1807) was a British bombardment of Copenhagen in order to seize the Dano-Norwegian fleet, during the Napoleonic Wars. The attack gave rise to the term to Copenhagenize.
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