Armed rebellion by Catholic peasants led by Skipper Clement starts in northern Jutland.

Rebellion sweeps across Funen, Zealand and Skåne.

Christian III's army soundly defeats an army of Catholic nobles at Svenstrup on October 16, 1534.

Christian forces a truce with the Hanseatic League, which had sent troops to help Count Christopher.

Christian III's army, under Johan Rantzau, chases the rebels all the way back to Aalborg, then massacres over two thousand of them inside the city in December 1534.

The Protestants capture Skipper Clement (1534), and later execute him in 1536.

Christian III's mercenary troops put an end to Catholic hopes on Zealand, then Funen.

Skåne rebels go as far as proclaiming Christian II king again.

King Gustav Vasa of Sweden sends two separate armies to ravage Halland and Skåne into submission.

Besiegers finally starve the last hold-outs in the rebellion, Copenhagen and Malmø, into surrender in July 1536.

By the spring of 1536 Christian III has taken firm control.