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YearEventSource
804First mention of town of Schleswig in public records.Lonely Planet, 873.
845Bremen becomes an Archbishopric.Westholm, 36.
860Iceland discovered by Norwegian Vikings.Kinder, 131.
915Hungarian (Magyar) raiding in north-western Germany.Kinder, 168.
948Bishoprics of Ripen (Ribe), Aarus, and Schleswig established.Kinder, 163.
982Greenland discovered by Norwegian Vikings.Kinder, 131.
983Great uprising of the Slavs leads to the German loss of many areas east of the Elbe river.Kinder, 143.
1000Archbishopric founded at Gnesen (Gniezno) in Poland.Kinder, 143.
1008Olaf Skutkonung becomes first Swedish ruler to be baptized.Kinder, 163.
1023City wall of Magedeburg completed.Dollinger, 14.
1054Russia, unified under Kiev since 882, dissolves into principalities, including Novgorod.Kinder, 133.
1074Revolt of citizens of Cologne against the Archbishop of Cologne.Dollinger, 14.
1075Bergen created a market town by King Olav Kyrre of Norway.Gade, 24.
1104Creation of the Archbishopric at Lund.Dollinger, 6.
1120Record of Norwegian vessels calling at Utrecht and being admitted without customs dues.Gade, 7.
1124Otto s mission to the Slavs of Pomerania.Dollinger, 11.
1127Otto s second mission to the Slavs of Pomerania.Dollinger, 11.
1130Cologne merchants granted the right to reside in London, a right (at that time) denied to merchants from Tiel and Bremen.Dollinger, 6.
1131Construction begins on Johanniskirche in Magdeburg.Lonely Planet, 334.
1134Cathederal of St. Peter erected in Schleswig.Lonely Planet, 874.
1138Pirates from Rugen Island sack and raze Old Lubeck.Gade, 12.
1143Count Adolphus of Schauenburg and Holstein founds Lubeck six miles up the river from the site of Old Lubeck.Gade, 12.
1151Stendal receives its municipal charter.Westholm, 74.
1155Norway sends ambassador to England.Gade, 5.
1157Fire destroys Lubeck.Gade, 14.
1157Men of Cologne granted privileges at London.Cave, 221.
1158Norway sends ambassador to England.Gade, 5.
1158Henry the Lion founds the third Lubeck.Gade, 14.
1160Population estimate of Stettin in 1160: 5,000.Dollinger, 17.
1160Bishopric of Oldenburg transfered to Lubeck.Dollinger, 21.
1160Henry the Lion conquers Mecklenburg, making the Polish princes his vassals.Lonely Planet, 383.
1160Town of Schwerin established.Lonely Planet, 395.
1161Peace between early Gotlanders and the Germans as well as grants of privilege to the Gotlanders in German towns.Dollinger, 24.
1161First mention of Rostock as an early Danish settlement.Lonely Planet, 384.
1163Norway sends ambassador to England.Gade, 5.
1163Germans promulgate self-governing laws for their colony at Visby.Gade, 11.
1164Meeting of bishops at Bergen demands right to select the Norwegian king.Kinder, 163.
1168Rugen Island, previously Slavic, conquered by Denmark.Kinder, 163.
1170Bishopric of Bergen established.Gade, 27-28.
1173First grant of privilege to Lubeck merchants in Sweden.Schildhauer, 36.
1173Henry the Lion lays the first stone for the town s Cathederal.Lonely Planet, 868.
1175Cologne merchants gain right to trade freely throughout all of England.Dollinger, 39.
1176Men of Cologne granted freedom from wreck in England.Cave, 223.
1180Muhlhausen receives it municipal charter.Westholm, 50.
1180Trial of Henry the Lion (1178-1180) by imperian court concludes with him being stripped of his lands and titles.Kinder, 165.
1184Pomerania, previously Slavic, is conquered by Denmark.Kinder, 163.
1185Magdeburg receives municipal charter.Westholm, 70.
1186King Sverre of Norway gives a speech inviting the English to trade, but complaining about the greedy German traders, though they too were still invited.Gade, 31.
1186Imported German wine leads to civil disruptions in Bergen, causing King Sverris of Norway to reject German trade.Oye, 11.
1189Treaty grants (reciprocal) privileges to Gotland and Novgorod and Germans.Dollinger, 26.
1189Bremen receives municipal rights.Westholm, 36.
1189Hamburg receives municipal rights and exemption from Elbe tolls.Lonely Planet, 831.
1194Richard the Lionheart of England grants Cologne merchants the right to travel throughout England.Schildhauer, 17.
1199A Cistercian monastery existed in Greifswald.Lonely Planet, 408.
1200Estimates place population of Bergen at 5,000.Gade, 25.
1201Denmark conquers Lubeck.Gade, 14.
1201Founding of the city of Riga.Dollinger, xi.
1203Lubeck merchants granted market privileges for Skanor and Falsterbo by the Danish crown.Cave, 223-224.
1209Stade receives its municipal charter.Westholm, 58.
1209Construction begins on Magdeburg s Cathederal.Lonely Planet, 335.
1210Gottingen receives municipal charter.Westholm, 68.
1214German territories east of the Elbe river ceded by Frederick II to Waldemar II of Denmark.Kinder, 173
1216Town council created in Cologne.Dollinger, 14.
1217King Henry III of England letter/treaty with Norwegians for open trade and commerce between the two countries.Gade, 6.
1218Rostock receives its municipal charter.Westholm, 73.
1219Danish forces occupy Estonia and Christianize the area.Westholm, 116.
1223Lubeck town seal first cut.Lloyd,
1224Records of ships bringing grain and malt to Lynn from Groningen and Stavoren.Gade, 8
1224City of Dorpat founded and made a Bishopric.Dollinger, 28.
1225Treaty between Denmark and Lubeck allows for Lubeckers to buy and sell at South Swedish markets.Gade, 15.
1225Lubeck merchants granted expanded market privileges for Skanor and Falsterbo by the Danish crown.Cave, 223-224.
1225Construction begins on Gustrow s cathederal.Lonely Planet, 400.
1226Lubeck regains its independence from Denmark and gains status as a free imperial city by Frederick II.Gade, 14.
1226Frankfurt/Oder founded.Westholm, 68.
1226Construction begins of Marienkirche at Lubeck.Lonely Planet, 868.
1226Golden Bull of Rimini instructs Teutonic Knights to conquer heathen Prussia.Kinder, 173.
1227Hanse victory over Denmark at Bornhoved.Dollinger, xi.
1227Braunschweig given municipal rights.Westholm, 35.
1229Commercial treaty of trade privileges granted to German merchants by the Prince of Smolensk.d Haenens, 184.
1229Extensive trade privileges and treaty granted to German merchants at Novgorod.Cave, 226-231.
1230Kampen joins the Hanse.Westholm, 81.
1230Legal codes of Hamburg and Lubeck aligned.Thatcher, 609-610.
1230Construction begins on Lubeck town hall (Rathaus).Lonely Planet, 867.
1231Pre-Hanse Riga under the Teutonic Knights grants a house to the merchants of Lubeck.Cave, 232.
1233Thorn receives it municipal charter.Westholm, 130.
1234City of Stralsund founded.Dollinger, 32.
1234Stralsund receives municipal charter.Westholm, 59.
1237Henry III of England exempts men of Gotland from all customs dues in English ports.Dollinger, 39.
1238Danzig founded and probably granted Lubeck law.Dollinger, 32.
1239Perleberg receives it municipal charter.Westholm, 53.
1241Hamburg and Lubeck agree to protect the roads between them from bandits, etc.Gade, 13.
1241Wesel receives its municipal charters.Westholm, 75.
1241Mutual protection pact between Hamburg and Lubeck.Cave, 233.
1242Lubeck and German Baltic territories jointly agree to safeguard their surrounding lands.Gade, 15.
1243Stettin adopts Magdeburg law.Dollinger, 32.
1245Bishopric of Riga raised to an Archbishopric.Dollinger, 28.
1245Lemgo receives municipal charter.Westholm, 46.
1246Germany s first hospital, the Hospital of the Holy Ghost, is established in Lubeck.Lonely Planet, 869.
1247Lubeck pirates attacked Norwegian merchants who were heading for Visby and Scania. In response, King Haakon Haakonsson siezed German ships in Bergen.Gade, 32.
1248King Haakon Haakonsson writes to Lubeck Council demanding reparations for a Lubeck pirate attack on Norwegian merchants in 1247.Gade, 34.
1248Haakon IV of Norway writes a letter to Lubeck begging for grain shipments to avert a famine.Dollinger, 38.
1248Lubeck fleet sacks Copenhagen.Westholm, 103.
1248Town of Neubrandenburg founded.Lonely Planet, 401.
1249Stralsund sacked by a Lubeck fleet.Dollinger, 46.
1250King Haakon Haakonsson sends two letters to Lubeck Council asking for ships to come and deliver needed goods.Gade, 9.
1250King Haakon IV concludes treaty with Lubeck Council which became the basis for German dominance of Norwegian trade.Gade, 9.
1250Norway-Lubeck treaty ends diplomatic conflict.Gade, 35.
1250Founding of the city of Stockholm.Dollinger, xi.
1250Greifswald receives municipal chater.Westholm, 68.
1251Renewal and extension of Lubeck s privileges in Sweden.Schildhauer, 36.
1252Privileges granted to Hanse in Flanders.Dollinger, xi.
1252Northeim receives its municipal charter.Westholm, 72.
1253Frankfurt/Oder receives municipal charter.Westholm, 68.
1254League of the Renish Towns formed in west-central Germany.Schildhauer, 39.
1255Warendorf joins the Hanse.Westholm, 63.
1255Hamburg and Lubeck align their coinage to a single standard.Cave, 146.
1256Reconciliation between Lubeck and Stralsund arranged by Wismar.Dollinger, 46.
1257Town charter granted to Germans (but not Poles) of Krakow.Dollinger, 31.
1259Treaty joins Lubeck and Baltic/Wendish towns to work together in matters of trade and security, sharing privileges, etc.Gade, 16.
1259Stralsund, Lubeck, Wismar agree to combat piracy together.Dollinger, 46.
1259Germans receive a house at Novgorod rather than have to continue to share the Gotland house.Westholm, 13.
1259Wendish town traders starting to take up winter residence in Bergen.Oye, 16.
1260Braunschweig joins the Hanse.Westholm, 35.
1260Construction started on Neubrandenburg s Johanniskirche.Lonely Planet, 401.
1261Trading privileges granted to men of Hamburg and Lubeck by Swedish king.Westholm, 16.
1261Privileges of 1251 granted to Lubeck in Sweden now extended to Hamburg.Schildhauer, 36.
1263Salzwedel joins the Hanse.Westholm, 56.
1264Mutual defense alliance between Lubeck, Rostock, and Wismar.Schildhauer, 40.
1266Merchants of Hamburg granted right in England to form a trading association.Dollinger, 39.
1267Merchants of Lubeck granted right in England to form a trading association.Dollinger, 39.
1267Second Crusade to the Prussian lands.Kinder, 168.
1270Hamburg establishes a municipal register of debts.Dollinger, 164.
1270Uelzen joins the Hanse.Westholm, 74.
1270Queen Margaret II of Denmark establishes a convent at Rostock.Lonely Planet, 386.
1270Construction completed on Nikolaikirche in Stralsund.Lonely Planet, 406.
1275Bremen excluded from Hanse for refusing to participate in the blockade of Norway.Dollinger, 66.
1275Tangermunde receives municipal charter.Westholm, 60.
1275Magdeburg joins the Hanse.Westholm, 70.
1276King Magnus Lagaboter of Norway promulgates new civil and criminal laws.Gade, 26-27.
1276Lubeck sends two councillors to Norway to advocate for the Germans; King Magnus IV of Norway grants them a letter of privilege giving them a better position than the natives.Gade, 38.
1276The Urban Code places foreigners on the same footing as natives as regards rights and duties in Norway.Oye, 16.
1278Greifswald joins the Hanse.Westholm, 68-69.
1280Transfer of Kontor from Bruges to Aardenburg.Dollinger, xi.
1282Kontor returns to Bruges from Aardenburg.Dollinger, xi.
1282Riga joins the Hanse in a compact with Visby and Lubeck.Westholm, 119.
1282Merchant associations in London of men of Cologne, Lubeck, and Hamburg merge into a single organization.Schildhauer, 38.
1282Danish Magna Carta requires Danish king to convoke Danehof council to consult on legislation.Kinder, 163.
1283Anklam joins the Hanse.Westholm, 65.
1283Demmin joins the Hanse.Westholm, 67.
1284Alf Erlingson, a Norwegian nobleman turned pirate, captured some German ships. In retaliation the German cities closed their ports to Norwegians and refused to allow export to Norway.Gade, 41.
1284Flensburg granted municipal rights (i.e. township).Lonely Planet, 876.
1284Marienkirche in Flensburg completed.Lonely Planet, 878.
1285Norwegian king offers Germans renewal of their privileges, resulting in the Kalmar Treaty: Norway must return all seized ships, pay a large indemnity, and renew Hanse privileges.Gade, 41-42.
1285Reval joins the Hanse.Westholm, 116.
1286Riga establishes a municipal register of debts.Dollinger, 164.
1287Buxtehude receives its municipal chater and city wall.Westholm, 38.
1288Stralsund establishes a municipal register of debts.Dollinger, 164.
1290Slavic language abolished in courts in Magdeburg.Dollinger, 131.
1290Luneberg establishes a municipal register of debts.Dollinger, 164.
1290Rostock s Marienkirche is completed.Lonely Planet, 385.
1293Control of Novgorod Kontor passes from Visby to Lubeck.Dollinger, xii.
1294Indemnity from 1294 so onerous that Norway had to conclude another treaty ceeding even more privileges to the Germans.Gade, 42.
1294Paderborn joins the Hanse.Westholm, 72.
1295King Eirik of Norway promulgates laws banning any union of foreign merchants or any internal laws of foreign merchants.Gade, 29.
1295Novgorod Kontor bans all credit transactions.Dollinger, 205.
1295Minden joins the Hanse.Westholm, 71.
1298Agreement of the towns eliminates seal of the Gotland Community as a legal act.Dollinger, 44.
1299All trading in Norway restricted to specific trading towns.Gade, 29.
1299Edward I of England borrows 500 marks sterling from three merchants from Lubeck, Cologne, and Dortmund.Dollinger, 57.
1300Population estimate for Lubeck: 15,000.
Population estimate for Hamburg: 5,000.
Population estimate for Danzig: 2000.
Dollinger, 117, 126.
1300Construction started on Friedlander Gate of Neubrandenburg s town wall.Lonely Planet, 401.
1301Germans taken to task in Bergen for exceeding their privileges by, e.g. trading beyond the city and non-payment of dues.Gade, 46.
1301Ten leading guildsmen burned alive after uprising in Magdeburg.Dollinger, 138.
1302Germans forbidden, again, to trade north of Bergen.Gade, 46.
1303King Edward I of England issued the Charta mercatoria.Gade, 19.
1305Krakow becomes the seat of the Polish kings.Westholm, 128.
1306German artisans attempt to stop paying tithes in Bergen.Gade, 46.
1307Hanse receives its charter from the Count and City of Bruges.Gade, 20.
1307Transfer of Kontor from Bruges to Aardenburg.Dollinger, xii.
1309Kontor returns to Bruges from Aardenburg.Dollinger, xii.
1309Teutonic Knights establish headquarters at Marienburg.Dollinger, 55.
1311King Edward II of England confirms Hanse s privileges.Gade, 19.
1311Norwegian court rules against German artisans who had stopped paying tithes in 1306.Gade, 46.
1311Wismar capitulates after months of siege when she was aided by Rostock and Stralsund to the Duke of Mecklenburg.Dollinger, 53.
1311German winter residents in Bergen organize trade boycott of local clergy.Oye, 20.
1313English establish a wool staple at Bruges.Schildhauer, 42.
1315Famine in Norway, 1315-1316.Gade, 46.
1315Privileges granted to Hanse merchants in Antwerp.Dollinger, 315.
1316Recklinghausen joins the Hanse.Westholm, 73.
1316Norway declares that dried fish could only be exported in exchange for grain, flour, and other heavy goods. Schildhauer, 36.
1317King Edward II of England expands Hanse s privileges.Gade, 19.
1317Edward II of England borrows a sum of money from a Dortmund merchant family.Dollinger, 57.
1320Merchants of Visby issue maritime code.Gade, 11.
1323Slavs excluded from drapers guild in Brunswick.Dollinger, 132.
1329Lubeck purchases Travemunde for 1060 marks to control Lubeck s river traffic to the Baltic.Lonely Planet, 872.
1329Hamburg begins holding annual Hamburg Dom fair.Lonely Planet, 844.
1330King Magus of Norway rented his place in Vaagsbotn to the shoemakers.Gade, 31.
1330Magdeburg patrician families lose power to guilds.Dollinger, 138.
1332Hundreds of Germans, many merchants among them, killed in Scania by Danish malcontents.Dollinger, 54.
1338Charter which had been issued in 1309 at Bruges is confirmed.Dollinger, 51.
1339Confirmation of Hanse privileges in England.Gade, 19-20.
1339Crown jewels of England pawned to Cologne merchant.Gade, 20.
1340Tension between Germans and Norwegians leads to rioting.Gade, 47.
1340Konigsberg joins the Hanse.Westholm, 115.
1340Waldemar becomes king of Denmark.Bjork, 449.
1341Tension between Germans and Norwegians leads to rioting.Gade, 47.
1342Confirmation of Hanse privileges in England.Gade, 19-20.
1342King Magnus Eirikson orderes German out of Bergen.Gade, 47.
1343Germans return to Bergen after being ordered out in 1342. Privileges restored to 1294 level.Gade, 47, 51.
1343Danzig adopts Kulm law, derived from the Magdeburg law.Dollinger, 32-33.
1344Confirmation of Hanse privileges in England.Gade, 19-20.
1344Crown jewels of England returned by Cologne merchant to whom they were pawned in 1339.Gade, 20.
1345Confirmation of Hanse privileges in England.Gade, 19-20.
1345Ordinance laid down that municipal administration in Sweden must be half-Swede, half-German.Dollinger, 36.
1345Reval sold to Teutonic Knights by Denmark.Westholm, 116.
1345Narva receives its municipal charter under the Lubeck law.Westholm, 118.
1345King Magnus Eriksson of Sweden declares that no more than half the seats on any Swedish town council should be held by non-Swedes.Schildhauer, 37.
1346Visby and Lubeck begin jointly appointing the priest for the church at the Novgorod Kontor.Dollinger, 100.
1346Estonia acquired by Teutonic Knights from Denmark.Kinder, 199.
1347Bruges Kontor draws up its constitution.Dollinger, 51.
1347Edward III of England raises export duty on English cloth, which the Hanse merchants refused to pay.Dollinger, 189.
1347The Black Death is most active in Greece, Southern Italy, and the Western Balkans.Kinder, 154.
1348Dukes of Mecklenburg become princes of the Holy Roman Empire.Lonely Planet, 383.
1348The Black Death is most active in France and Northern Italy.Kinder, 154.
1349Black Death reaches Norway through English vessels.Gade, 87.
1349First case of Black Death in Bergen, 1349-1350.Oye, 20.
1349The Black Death is most active in Spain, England, and Southern and Western Germany.Kinder, 154.
1350English Merchant Adventurers begin visiting Elbing, Danzig, and Stralsund.Dollinger, 73.
1350Luneburg grocers exclude Slavs from their guild.Dollinger, 132.
1350Lubeck Marienkirche completed.Lonely Planet, 868.
1350The Black Death is most active in the Hanseatic regions of Germany, Scandinavia, Livonia, and Russia.Kinder, 154.
1351Gottingen joins the Hanse.Westholm, 68.
1352Norwegian king complains of the behavior of German merchants in Bergen.Gade, 85.
1356Hansetag confirms constitution of Bruges Kontor and sends embassy to Bruges.Dollinger, 63.
1356Second outbreak of the Black Death in Bergen.Oye, 20.
1356Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1358Average size of a Hanse vessel was sixty last. One-hundred last vessels carried 20 men.Gade, 64.
1358Hanse embargo against Flanders, 1358-1360.Dollinger, xii.
1358Bremen requests readmission to the Hanse (having been excluded in 1275) and it readmitted.Dollinger, 66.
1358Embargo against Flanders in effect.Dollinger, 76.
1358Bremen joins the Hanse.Westholm, 36.
1358Gardelegen joins the Hanse.Westholm, 68.
1358Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1359Harvest in the Low Countries especially poor.Dollinger, 66.
1359Stendal joins the Hanse.Westholm, 74.
1360Hanse closes the Danish Straits to prevent Prussian smugglers from carrying grain to the Low Countries.Dollinger, 66.
1360Denmark recovers Scania from Sweden.Dollinger, 67.
1360Bruges Kontor bans commercial partnerships between Hanseatics and Flemings.Dollinger, 200.
1360Stettin joins the Hanse.Westholm, 134.
1360King Waldemar of Denmark makes speech in which he declares his wish to add other lands to the Danish kingdom.Bjork, 449
1361Novgorod Kontor obligated to refer important decisions to the home cities.Gade, 72.
1361Hansetag in Stralsund send letter to Bergen Kontor pleading with them to moderate their behavior with regard to the Norwegians.Gade, 91.
1361Embassy informs Novgorod Kontor that no internal regulations are to be issued without the consent of Lubeck, Visby, and the three Livonian towns.Dollinger, 64.
1361Danzig begins attending Hansetag meetings.Westholm, 126.
1361Hansetag held at Greifswald.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1361Denmark conquers Oland.Bjork, 450.
1362Severe storm carves out inland harbor at Husum, facilitating direct access to the North Sea.
1363King Edward III of England renews Charta mercatoria.Gade, 71.
1363Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1363Construction completed of Magdeburg s Cathederal.Lonely Planet, 335.
1363King Waldemar of Denmark s only son dies.Bjork, 470.
1364Warburg joins the Hanse.Westholm, 62.
1365Novgorod Kontor requests confirmation of some drafted regulations by the Kontor from Lubeck.Dollinger, 64.
1365King Waldemar of Denmark confirms Hanseatic privileges in Danish lands.Bjork, 452.
1366Hansetag Lubeck declares that only citizens of Hanse towns could enjoy privileges of the Hanse.Dollinger, 85.
1366Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1366King Waldemar of Denmark negotiates with the Duke of Mecklenburg to make further acquisitions in southern Sweden.Bjork, 452.
1367Only Hansetag ever held in Cologne forms Confederation of Cologne to combat Danish.Dollinger, 69.
1367Hildesheim joins the Hanse.Westholm, 70.
1367Hansetag Stralsund requests that Bergen Kontor tone down its excesses to improve Hanse-Norwegian relations.Gade, 91.
1367Hansetag held at Cologne.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1368During 1368-1369, 120,000 herring were salted in Scania.Gade, 16.
1368Norway sides with Denmark against the Hanse, and the Hanse withdraws all its merchants from Bergen, Oslo, and Tonsberg.Gade, 90.
1368Dutch attack Norwegian coastline in alliance with the Hanse cities.Gade, 92.
1368Einbeck joins the Hanse.Westholm, 40
1368Frankfurt/Oder joins the Hanse.Westholm, 68.
1368Lubeck sacks Copenhagen.Westholm, 103.
1368Gollnow, near Stettin, joins the Hanse.Westholm, 133.
1368Hansetag held at Stralsund and at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1368Duke of Mecklenburg, the Counts of Holstein, and some Jutland lords meet with Hanse in Wismar to agree on the dismemberment of Denmark.Bjork, 456.
1368Hanse letter to the Pope explains the towns position against Denmark and asks for his prayers.Bjork, 457.
1369Lubeck and other towns as well as Prussian and Livonian towns met to set down rules for the Bergen Kontor.Gade, 68.
1369Norway sues for peace after a Hanse fleet sacks and burns down Bergen.Gade, 91.
1369Danish fortress of Halsingborg in Scania capitulates to German-Dutch forces and Denmark sues for peace.Dollinger, 70.
1369Buxtehude joins the Hanse.Westholm, 38.
1369Hansetag held at Stralsund, at Lubeck, and at Wolgast.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1370Peace of Stralsund inposes humiliating terms on the king of Denmak after the Hanse sink a Danish fleet, capture Copenhagen, and the fortresses in the Sound.Gade, 91-92.
1370Revolt by guilds against the leadership of Cologne brutally repressed.Dollinger, 139.
1370Hansetag held at Stralsund.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1370Teutonic Knights defeat Lithuanians at Rudau.Kinder, 199.
1371Hansetag held at Stralsund.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1372Lubeck statutes strictly forbid the precense of women within the Bergen Kontor.Gade, 79.
1372Peace following Peace of Stralsund finally signed with Norway by the Hanse.Gade, 92.
1373Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1373Duke of Mecklenburg reaches agreement with Emperor of HRE to support Emperor in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg s claims in Sweden and Denmark.Bjork, 472.
1374London Kontor appeals to the towns for aid against the English, whom it claims are infringing on the Kontor s privileges.Dollinger, 64.
1374Uelzen joins the Hanse.Westholm, 74.
1374Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1375Hanse excercises its right under the Treaty of Stralsund and selects family with Norwegian ties to succeed King Waldemar IV of Denmark to that throne.Dollinger, 71.
1375Brunswick excluded from Hanse.Dollinger, 90.
1375Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1375English merchants address petition to the English King to complain of unfair treatment by Hanseatic merchants.Postan, 106.
1375Hanseatic delegation travels to London to attempt to obtain exemption for Hanseatic merchants from tunnage and poundage fees.Postan, 106.
1376Final Hanse-Norwegian peace treaty of Kallundborg cements Hanse dominance in Norway.Gade, 92.
1376Hansetag held at Stralsund and at Korsor in Norway.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1377King Haakon VI of Norway decrees that Lubeck and Stralsund merchants must accept Norwegian coins at full face value.Gade, 62.
1377In protest of infringments on its privileges, Bruges Kontor secretly instructs all its merchants to leave the city, an edict it issued without consulting the Hanse.Dollinger, 75.
1377Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1378Braunschweig excluded from the Hanse.Westholm, 35.
1378Hansetag held at Stralsundhanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1379First occasion when Dortmund sent a delegate to a Hansetag.Dollinger, 122.
1379Wendish and Pomeranian towns adopt to Lubeck-Hamburg coinage, which as a result of proponderant Hanseatic influence then extended to most of Scandinavia.Dollinger, 207-208.
1379Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1380Denmark and Norway are joined as one country.Gade, 96.
1380Town of Arnhem applies for membership in the Hanse, which was granted in 1441.Dollinger, 89.
1380Butchers rising in Lubeck.Dollinger, 286.
1380Braunschweig readmitted to the Hanse.Westholm, 35.
1380Hansetag held at Lubeck and at Wismar.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1380Hanseatic privileges in England restored.Postan, 107.
1381Hansetag lays down specific instructions of how to resolve intra-Hanse disputes internally.Dollinger, 108.
1381Wendish towns address demand to Prussia that English traders should be allowed and tolerated in Prussia.Postan, 107.
1381Construction begins on Nikolaikiche in Wismar.Lonely Planet, 392.
1382Hansetag held at Stralsund.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1383Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1384Hansetag held at Stralsund and at Falsterbo in Scania.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1385Confederation of Cologne, established in 1367, lapses.Dollinger, 69.
1385Control of Danish fortresses handed back to Denmark after 15+ years under control of German forces from the Confederation of Cologne.Dollinger, 72.
1385English fleets attacks German ships in the Zwijn, including six Prussian vessels, leading the Teutonic Knights to break off relations between Prussia and England.Dollinger, 74.
1385Hansetag held at Stralsund and at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1386Personal union between Poland and Lithuania.Dollinger, 284.
1386Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1387Halberstadt joins the Hanse.Westholm, 69.
1388Hanse trade broken off with England, Novgorod, Flanders.Dollinger, xii.
1388Embargoes in operation against all of England, Novgorod, and Flanders.Dollinger, 72.
1388Wendish towns sieze English good housed in the warehouses in Stralsund.Dollinger, 74.
1388At Lubeck s urging, a blockade of Flanders (including confiscation of Flemish goods) was decided at the Hansetag on the first of May.Dollinger, 76.
1388Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1388Eventual agreement with England reaffirms all Hanseatic privileges there and English rights in Prussia.Postan, 108.
1389Queen Margaret of Denmark and Norway conquers all Sweden save Stockholm (which was supplied by the Vitalin Brothers).Gade, 97.
1389Visby (of the Vitalin Brothers) sacked by the Teutonic Knights.Gade, 98.
1392Johann Niebur negotiates an end to the embargo (of 1388) that the Hanse had on Novgorod.Dollinger, 78.
1392Hansetag declares a cessation of all trade with Scania for a period of three years due to the danger of piracy.Dollinger, 80.
1392University founded at Erfurt, which would become Hanseatic in 1430.Westholm, 41.
1392Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1392Pirates plunder Visby.Kinder, 183.
1393Hansetag held at Lubeck and at Falsterbo.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1394Vitalin Brothers pirates ravage Bergen.Gade, 98.
1394Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1394Astrological clock crafted for Stralsund.Lonely Planet, 406.
1395Hansetag held at Lubeck and at Falsterbo.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1396Patriciate of Cologne overthrown.Dollinger, 140.
1396Prussian towns restrict right of residence of English merchants.Postan, 109.
1397Union of Kalmar brings together the three Scaninavian countries under one crown.Dollinger, 80.
1397Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1398During 1398-1400, between 200,000 and 300,000 herring were salted in Scania.Gade, 17.
1398Hansetag held at Lubeck and at Copenhagen.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1398Prussia officially terminates 1388 treaty with England.Postan, 109.
1398The ceiling of the Marienkirche in Rostock collapses.Lonely Planet, 386.
1399Ban on Slav-German buisness partnerships forbidden in Riga.Dollinger, 132.
1399Patriciate of Dortmund overthrown.Dollinger, 140.
1399Livonian towns ban credit between Russians and their citizens.Dollinger, 205.
1399Hansetag held at Lubeck and at Nykoping in Sweden.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1400Bergen population estimate at 14,000 with 3,000 of them Germans.Gade, 74.
1400Population estimate for Rostock: 15,000.
Population estimate for Stralsund: 10,000.
Dollinger, 118.
1400Hansetag held at Lubeck and at Kalmar in Sweden.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1402Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1402Prussian towns enforce rules against English merchants trading with foreigners or trading in the interior of Prussia.Postan, 109.
1403Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1405Hansetag held at Lubeck and at Falsterbo in Scania.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1405Hansetag at Lubeck prohibits trade in English cloth and export of Baltic goods to England.Postan, 109.
1405English delegation arrives in Prussia to negotiate end to current hostilities.Postan, 109.
1407Wesel and Duisberg admitted to the Hanse.Dollinger, 124.
1407Wesel joins the Hanse.Westholm, 75.
1407Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1408Our Lady s Church (St.Mary s) in Bergen passes to the Germans.Gade, 82.
1408Overthrow of the patrician regiem in Lubeck between 1408 and 1416.Dollinger, xii.
1408Treaty between Hanse and England promises English reciprocal rights in Prussia to those enjoyed by Hanse in England.Postan, 111.
1409Privileges granted to Hanse merchants in Antwerp.Dollinger, 315.
1409Visby, under the control of Teutonic Knights since 1398, becomes part of Denmark.Kinder, 198.
1410Defeat of the Teutonic Knights at Tannenberg.Dollinger, xii.
1410Hansetag held at Hamburg.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1410English merchants complain that Prussian towns restricted English right to wholesale and to trade with foreigners.Postan, 113.
1412Hansetag Luneburg bans any operations of Italian financiers as either bankers or merchants in the Hanse towns, though this rule was poorly enforced.Dollinger, 191-192.
1412Swedish crown raises taxes on Gotland 10 fold, putting an end to the island s prosperity.Westholm, 104.
1412Hansetag held at Luneberg.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1413Braken joins the Hanse.Westholm, 66.
1413Hansetag held at Nyborg.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1414Danzig reasserts English merchant rights to wholesale, residence, trade with foreigners, etc.Postan, 113.
1416Patriciate of Danzig overthrown.Dollinger, 140.
1417Southern German town of Constance refused admission to the Hanse due to being too remotely situated.Dollinger, 89.
1417Ban on being a citizen of more than one Hanse town at the same time.Dollinger, 200.
1417Hansetag held at Lubeck and at Rostock.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1417English year of crop dearth leads to increased imports of Prussian supplies.Postan, 140.
1418Hansetag declares that only Councillors of the towns are competant to represent their towns.Dollinger, 94.
1418Lubeck officially recognized at a Hansetag as the head of the Hanse.Dollinger, 107.
1418Patriciate of Breslau overthrown.Dollinger, 140.
1418Ban on foreign ownership in any part of a Hanse ship and ban on any Hanse merchant owning part of a foreign ship.Dollinger, 200.
1418Hansetag in Lubeck: 35 towns as well as representatives from the Emperor, the Teutonic Knights, and the Archbishop of Bremen; the dukes of Schleswig and Mecklenburg attended in person.Dollinger, 289.
1418Muhlhausen joins the Hanse.Westholm, 50.
1418Steelyard complains to England that its merchants are being charged certain local taxes from which it considered itself exempt.Postan, 113.
1419Founding of the University of Rostock.Dollinger, xiii.
1419Conflict between the Hanse and Castile begins and lasts until 1441.Dollinger, xiii.
1419Mayor of London refuses to appoint an alderman for the Steelyard, in direct contravention of the Steelyard s charter.Postan, 113.
1420Hansetag held at Stralsund.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1421Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1422Lutheranism begins to spread through north Germany.Dollinger, xiii.
1422Utrecht refused admission to the Hanse due to being too easily controlled by the Dutch.Dollinger, 89.
1422Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1423Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1423Steelyard addresses petition to new English government to complain about English merchants.Postan, 114.
1424All Germans in the Novgorod Kontor thrown into prison ; 36 die.Dollinger, 182.
1424Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1425Hansetag held at Bruges.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1426War between Hanse and Denmark begins and lasts until 1435.Dollinger, xiii.
1426Hansetag forbids sale of ships to foreigners.Dollinger, 144.
1426Wendish towns declare war on Denmark, a war which lasts nine years.Dollinger, 296.
1426Hameln joins the Hanse.Westholm, 43.
1426Helmstedt joins the Hanse.Westholm, 45.
1426Quedlinburg joins the Hanse.Westholm, 55.
1426Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1426England appoints an alderman for the Steelyard for the first time in seven years.Postan, 115.
1427Bremen excluded from Hanse.Dollinger, 90.
1427War between Denmark and the Hanse.Postan, 113.
1428Bergen sacked by pirates; goods sold in Hamburg.Gade, 100.
1428Germans leave Bergen after war breaks out between Wendish towns and the Scandinavian kingdom.Gade, 100.
1428Prussian leadership agrees that English are entitled to a corporate organization in Danzig.Postan, 115.
1428Hansetag at Lubeck complains that the sale of boats to English and Dutch merchants was creating competition to Hanseatic shipping.Postan, 141.
1429Bergen sacked by pirates; goods sold in Hamburg.Gade, 100.
1429Prussian delegation visits England.Postan, 115.
1430Northeim withdraws from Hanse due to pressure from Saxony lords.Dollinger, 90.
1430Hansetag establishes fine for cities which do not send delegates to Hansetag meetings.Dollinger, 94.
1430Erfurt joins the Hanse.Westholm, 41.
1430Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1431England imposes tunnage and poundage taxes on Hanseatic merchants.Postan, 116.
1433In December, England issued a temporary, one-year extension of Hanseatic privileges in England.Postan, 116.
1433Hussite military campaign in Prussia.Kinder, 197.
1434Hansetag restricts membership of the Hanse to those who were born in Hanse towns.Dollinger, 85.
1434Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1434Hansetag delegation to Prussia recieves promise to restrict English trade.
1434Major Hanseatic delegation dispatched to England and led by Henrich Vorrath, the Burgomaster of Danzig.Postan, 116.
1435Germans return to Bergen after end of war between Wendish towns and Scandinavian kingdom.Gade, 100.
1435Peace of Vordingborg concludes Hanse-Danish war which had begun in 1426.Dollinger, xiii.
1435Peace of Vordingborg, a victory for the Hanse, ends a nine year Wendish-Danish war.Dollinger, 296.
1435Vorrath delegation in England fails to reach agreement with English.Postan, 117.
1435Southern facade of north wing of Lubeck town hall (Rathaus) completed.Lonely Planet, 867.
1436Norwegians, led by some noblemen, revolt against Danish rule, which they see as heavily taxing them: 1436-1439.Gade, 101.
1436Transfer of Kontor from Bruges to Antwerp until 1438.Dollinger, xiii.
143680+ Germans massacred in Sluys (Flanders), leading to an immediate move of the Bruges Kontor to Antwerp.Dollinger, 299.
1436Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1436Eidum, largest town on Sylt island, swallowed by the sea in a severe storm.Lonely Planet, 884.
1437Hanse-English treaty resolves most outstanding disputes, though it is not ratified by Prussia or Danzig.Postan, 120.
1438War between the Hanse and the Dutch begins and lasts until 1441.Dollinger, xiii.
1438Kontor returns to Bruges from Antwerp.Dollinger, xiii.
1438Famine in Flanders raises the price of corn 400%.Dollinger, 299.
1439King Christopher of Denmark forced to sign a treaty with Hanse to bring order to his own kingdom.Gade, 102-103.
1439English merchants in Danzig petition the municipality for their rights under the treaty of 1437.Postan, 124.
1439English year of crop dearth leads to increased imports of Prussian supplies.Postan, 140.
1440Average size of a Hanse vessel was one-hundred last. One-hundred last vessels carried 20 men.Gade, 64.
1440English merchants in Danzig petition High Master of the Teutonic Order for their rights under the treaty of 1437.Postan, 124.
1440Livonian towns complain of the abundance of English cloth in Novgorod and Livonia, which must have come via Danzig.Postan, 124.
1441Conflict between Castile and Hanse concludes.Dollinger, xiii.
1441War between Dutch and Hanse concluded by the Peace of Copenhagen.Dollinger, xiii.
1441Town of Arnhem granted Hanse membership after 61 year application.Dollinger, 89.
1441Kamped admitted to the Hanse.Dollinger, 123.
1441Roermnond on the Meuse admitted to the Hanse.Dollinger, 124.
1441Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1441English merchants petition English King and Parliament to pressure Prussia to recognize rights granted under treaty of 1437.Postan, 124.
1442Dorpat, Revel, and to a lesser extent the other Livonian towns, take controlling interests in the Novgorod Kontor.Dollinger, 100.
1442Hansetag held at Stralsund.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1442English merchants petition English Parliament to pressure Prussia to recognize rights granted under treaty of 1437.Postan, 124.
1442England issues ultimatum threatening the annulment of Hanseatic privileges in England if Prussia did not recognize the treaty of 1437.Postan, 126.
1445All privileges of Hanse renewed.Gade, 103.
1446Lubeck, Wismar, and Rostock declared staples for Bergen cod.Dollinger, 298.
1447Visby maritime code codified.Gade, 11.
1447Hansetag at Lubeck (with 38 towns) empowers the Bruges Kontor s staple by subjecting many commodities to staple rules for the first time.Dollinger, 300.
1447Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1447Prussian delegation in England, though English refuse to meet.Postan, 127.
1449In May, England siezes 110 ships, 50 of the Hanse, in the Channel, leading to a confiscation of all English-owned goods in the Hanse towns.Dollinger, 303; Postan, 127.
1449Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1449English-Hanseatic conference takes place in Lubeck in March.Postan, 127.
1450Hansetag held at Lubeck and at Bremen.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1450Lubeck captures English ambassadors en route to Prussia in July, putting the ambassadors under arrest.Postan, 130.
1450Construction completed of Friedlander Gate of Neubrandenburg s town wall.Lonely Planet, 401.
1451Last embargo against Flanders begins and lasts until 1457.Dollinger, xiii.
1451Utrecht refused admission to the Hanse due to being too easily controlled by the Dutch.Dollinger, 89.
1451Lubeck refuses to meet with English delegation in Utrecht.Postan, 130.
1452Berlin withdraws from Hanse.Dollinger, 90.
1452Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1452Lubeck refuses to attend conference that the English were trying to organize.Postan, 130.
1453Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1453Lubeck refuses to attend conference that the English were trying to organize.Postan, 130.
1454Munster excluded from Hanse.Dollinger, 90.
1454Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1454Lubeck refuses to attend conference that the English were trying to organize.Postan, 130.
1456University founded at Griefswald.Westholm, 69.
1456Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1456Eight-year truce proclaimed between Hanse and England.Postan, 131.
14571451 embargo against Flanders comes to an end.Dollinger, xiii.
1457Hansetag orders 30 towns to pay a fine for not showing up to Hansetag meetings.Dollinger, 94.
1458Second capture of the Bay fleet by English under the Earl of Warwick leads to great loss of Hanseatic merchandise.Postan, 130.
1459Riga stops all foreigners, in this case including Hanse citizens, from trading directly with other foreigners in the territory of Riga.Dollinger, 294.
1461Schwerte joins the Hanse.Westholm, 73.
1461Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1461Temporary extension of Hanseatic privileges in England.Postan, 132.
1462Steelyard calls for suppression of credit finance.Dollinger, 206.
1463Temporary extension of Hanseatic privileges in England.Postan, 132.
1464Printing press established in Cologne.Dollinger, 266.
1464Hanse receives a charter to trade throughout France on condition that they do not trade with England.Dollinger, 305.
1464Two-towered Lubeck city gate erected.Lonely Planet, 866.
1465Hansetag held at Hamburg.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1465Temporary extension of Hanseatic privileges in England.Postan, 132.
1467Lubeck indicates to other Hanse towns that it is willing to agree to a negotiation with England.Postan, 132.
1468Hanse buys house in Antwerp.Dollinger, 315.
1468Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1468In June, Danish seize and English fleet in the Sound, for which England blames the Hanse despite Danish claims of responsibility.Postan, 133.
1468England confiscates Hanseatic goods in England and restricts trade, though not those and that of Cologne.Postan, 134.
1468War between England and Hanse begins, lasting until 1473.Postan, 134-135.
1469Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1470Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1471Prussians complain, in context of 1468-1474 English-Hanse war, that an embargo of English cloth is impossible to enforce.Postan, 135.
1471Cologne excluded from the Hanse.Dollinger, xiii.
1471Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1472Unofficial negotiations between England and Hanse begin in Bruges.Postan, 136.
1472Astrological clock begins operation in Rostock.Lonely Planet, 386.
14741470 war between Hanse and England comes to an end by the Peace of Utrecht, which confirms German ownership of Steelyard.Dollinger, 309.
1474Steelyard obtains recognition of its control over German operations in Boston.Dollinger, 106.
1474Breslau withdraws from the Hanse.Dollinger, 127.
1475Town of Neuss admitted to Hanse by imperial decree.Dollinger, 89.
1475Printing press established in Lubeck.Dollinger, 266.
1475Hanse merchants receive guildhall at King s Lynn in England.Westholm, 95.
1476Printing press established in Rostock.Dollinger, 266.
1476Cologne readmitted to the Hanse with heavy fines.Dollinger, 309.
1476Hansetag held at Bremen.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1477University founded in Uppsala.Kinder, 180.
1478Ivan III of Russia annexes Novgorod.Dollinger, 284.
1478University founded at Copenhagen.Kinder, 180.
1479Halle withdraws from Hanse.Dollinger, 90.
1480Printing press established in Magdeburg.Dollinger, 266.
1483Perpetual peace agreed between France and Hanse.Dollinger, xiii.
1484Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1487Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1487Construction completed on Nikolaikirche in Wismar.Lonely Planet, 392.
1491Printing press established in Hamburg.Dollinger, 266.
1491Hansetag held at Lubeck and at Antwerp.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1494Livonian cities take over operation of Novgorod Kontor.Gade, 72.
1494Ivan III closes the Novgorod Kontor.Dollinger, xiii.
1494Hansetag decides that only the leading towns could determine who was and was not Hanse.Dollinger, 89-90.
1494Hansetag held at Bremen.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1497No English ships pass through the Sound.Postan, 138.
1498Printing press established in Danzig.Dollinger, 266.
1498Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1499Hansetag held at Bruges.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1501Duke of Burgundy decrees that Hollanders, Frieslanders, and Zealanders are exempt from the Hanseatic staple in Flanders.Winter, 281.
1502In Battle of Lake Smolina, Teutonic Knights repel Russians.Kinder, 249.
1503Twenty-one English ships pass through the Sound.Postan, 138.
1506Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1506University founded at Frankfurt an der Oder.Kinder, 180.
1507Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1508Treaty reinscribes Hanseatic privileges in Antwerp.Winter, 281.
1510Lübeck threatens to seize Dutch vessels trading with the Baltic.Winter, 284.
1511Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1511Hanse complains of infringements of treaty privileges in Antwerp.Winter, 281
1514Hanse complains of infringements of treaty privileges in Antwerp.Winter 281.
1517Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1517Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses, sparking the Protestant Reformation.Kinder, 231.
1518Salzwedel leaves the Hanse.Westholm, 56.
1518Berlin-Colln withdraws from the Hanse.Westholm, 66.
1518Brandenburg withdraws from the Hanse.Westholm, 66.
1518Frankfurt/Oder withdraws from Hanse.Westholm, 68.
1518Stendal withdraws from the Hanse.Westholm, 74.
1518Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1520Bruges Kontor permanently relocated to Antwerp.Dollinger, 315.
1520Hansetag held at Stralsund.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1521Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1523Germans in Bergen sieze documents from the town hall and attack rival merchants (many of Scottish descent) in their homes.Oye, 27.
1523Hansetag held at Stralsund.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1525Hansetag Lubeck draws up instructions for Hanse towns to pass measures against supporters of Luther, but only Hamburg, Rostock, and Luneberg actually act on those instructions.Dollinger, 320.
1525Secularization of the Teutonic Knights.Dollinger, 321.
1525Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1525The Great Peasant War is constituted by peasant uprisings in eastern-central Germany, just south of Hanseatic regions.Kinder, 232-233.
1526Burgomaster in Danzig organized the deposition of the city Council and re-established Catholicism.Dollinger, 321.
1530Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1533Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1534Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1535Hansetag held at Lubeck and at Luneburg.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1539Antwerp Kontor reduced in size to three aldermen.Dollinger, 315.
1540Discussion at the Hansetag of discontinuing the brutal Bergen games.Gade, 78.
1540Einbeck destroyed by fire.Westholm, 40.
1540Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1544Denmark-Norway obtained peace and conciliation from Charles V of HRE, allowing them to support an anti-Lubeck policy in Bergen.Gade, 118.
1544Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1544Dukes of Gottorf select Schleswig as their residence.Lonely Planet, 873.
1547English and Dutch shipping to the Baltic roughly equivalent in number of ships.Postan, 138.
1549Letter from Bergen Kontor defends the brutal Bergen games as important to maintaining discipline among the Kontor members.Gade, 78.
1549Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1553Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1554Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1555Kampen withdraws from the Hanse.Westholm, 81.
1556Hansetag creates position of Syndic of the Hanse, its first official leader.Dollinger, 334.
1556Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1557Hansetag draws up a constitution for the Hanse to which Lubeck, Danzig, Brunswick, and Cologne affixed their seals.Dollinger, 332.
1557Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1558Ivan IV captures Narva and Dorpat.Dollinger, xiv.
1558Riga occupied by Russia.Westholm, 119.
1558Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1559Rights of German artisans in Bergen restricted; about one-third returned to Germany.Oye, 36.
1560Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1562Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1563Bremen excluded from Hanse.Dollinger, 119.
1563Bremen excluded from the Hanse for being Calvinist.Dollinger, 321.
1565Sweden siezes 32 Lubeck ships returning from Narva.Dollinger, 338.
1566Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1567Hamburg grants privileges to English Merchant Adventurers.Dollinger, xiv.
1567Ten-year agreement lets the English establish in Hamburg.Dollinger, 341.
1567Brakel withdraws from the Hanse.Westholm, 66.
1567Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1568Construction of Hanse s house at Antwerp finished.Dollinger, xiv.
1569Lubeck fleet attacks then-Swedish Reval, burning or capturing 100 ships.Dollinger, 338.
1572Hameln leaves the Hanse.Westholm, 43.
1572Gottingen withdraws from the Hanse.Westholm, 68.
1572Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1575Hanse company of Spanienfahrer created.Dollinger, 360.
1576Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1577Bremen readmitted, after 14 years of exclusion, to the Hanse.Dollinger, 321.
1577Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1579Elbing grants Engliand privilieges.Dollinger, 342.
1579Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1580Hansetag held at Luneburghanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1581Swedish forces occupy Narva.Dollinger, 338.
1581Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1584Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1585Bruges Kontor officially closed, though in practice it had been operating only in Antwerp for 65 years.Westholm, 90.
1591Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1592Sweden and Poland briefly (until 1598) united as single country.Kinder, 249.
1595Flensburg town gate erected.Lonely Planet, 878.
1597Emden applies for Hanse membership but is denied.Dollinger, 336.
1597HRE Rudolf II, probably at the instigation of Spain, orders an imperial ban on the English Merchant Adventuers.Dollinger, 343.
1598Elizabeth I closes the London Steelyard.Dollinger, xiv.
1598Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1599King Christian IV of Norway observes brutal Bergen games and is heartily amused.Gade, 78-79.
1599Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1600Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1601Stade excluded from the Hanse.Dollinger, xiv.
1601Stade excluded from the Hanse for having granted privileges to the English.Dollinger, 336.
1601Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1602Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1603Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1603Husum granted official municipal rights (i.e. township).Lonely Planet, 880.
1605Number of aldermen at Bergen Kontor reduced to one.Oye, 25.
1605Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1606Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1607Hanseatic embassy sent to Spain.Dollinger, xiv.
1607Demmin withdraws from the Hanse.Westholm, 67.
1608Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1609Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1611Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1612Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1615Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1616Alliance between United Provinces and Hanse against Denmark.Dollinger, xiv.
1617Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1617In Peace of Stolbovo, Russia lost access to the Baltic Sea.Kinder, 249.
1618Hamburg obtains recognition as a free imperial city.Dollinger, 363.
1618Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1619Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1621Sweden captures Riga and the Livonian territories from Poland.Dollinger, xiv; Kinder, 249.
1621Hostilities break out between Spain and the Dutch, with the Hanse siding with Spain.Dollinger, 351.
1621Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1622Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1628Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1629Hansetag asks Bremen, Hamburg, and Lubeck to assume responsibility for the common interests of the Hanse and to act in those interests.Dollinger, 365.
1630Closer alliance between Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg largely supplants the Hanse.Dollinger, xix.
1630Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck agree to ten-year mutual defense treaty.Dollinger, 365.
1640Altona (outside of Hamburg) becomes part of Denmark.Lonely Planet, 842.
1645Stade conquered by Sweden.Westholm, 58.
1648Treaty of Westphalia ends Thirty Years War and gives Stralsund and Wismar to Sweden.Westholm, 59, 64.
1648Entire town of Uelzen razed by fire.Westholm, 74.
1655Hanse receives a beneficial trade agreement with France.Dollinger, 366.
1659Most of Stade destroyed by fire.Lonely Planet, 856.
1666Steelyard destroyed by fire.Dollinger, 367.
1669Last Hansetag held at Lubeck dissolves the Hanse.Dollinger, xv.
1669Hansetag held at Lubeck.hanza.gdansk.gda.pl
1677Great fire ravages Rostock.Westholm, 73.
1703St. Pauli Fish Market is institutionalized in Hamburg.Lonely Planet, 841.
1766Our Lady s Church (St.Mary s) in Bergen passes out of the Germans ownership.Gade, 82.
1766Bergen Kontor properties appropriated by the Norwegian crown.Dollinger, 369.
1814Denmark and Norway are seperated into two countries.Gade, 96.
1815Stralsund and Wismar become part of Prussia, having been Swedish since 1648.Lonely Planet, 405.
1853Steelyard properties sold by Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck.Dollinger, 369.
1862Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck sell Hanse s house at Antwerp.Dollinger, 369.
1867Altona (outside of Hamburg) becomes part of Prussia.Lonely Planet, 842.
1870Our Lady s Church (St.Mary s) in Bergen ceases to preach sermons in German.Gade, 82.
1937Lubeck loses its status as a free imperial city.Lonely Planet, 864.
1937Altona becomes part of Hamburg.Lonely Planet, 842.
1980Salt production in Luneberg ceases.Westholm, 49.
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