The Battle of Schleswig occurred near Dannevirke on Easter morning, April 23, 1848 as the second battle of the First Schleswig War of 1848-1850.
In 1331 Christopher attempted to use a conflict between Counts Gerhard and Johan by joining the latter which ended in a clear military defeat at Dannevirke.
In 2002 he returned to New Zealand, where he lives in Dannevirke.
Named after Coonoor, the famous hill station in India, Coonoor is a small sheep-farming district in the Northern Wairarapa, approximately 38 km south-east of Dannevirke, and 48 km north-east of Pahiatua.
In the Battle for Königshügel (Danish Kongshøj) near Selk on 3 February 1864, Austrian forces commanded by General Gondrecourt pushed the Danes back to the Dannevirke.