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