Decline of the Hanseatic League and the rise of territorial states (c. 1450–1669)

1. Peace of Copenhagen opens Baltic to Dutch

   Jan 1, 1441Labels: Peace of, Burgundian Netherlands

   • Treaty Copenhagen

2. Hanseatic embargo of Flanders loses force

   Aug 1, 1457Labels: Flanders, Hanseatic League

   • Kontor Bruges
   • Britannica

3. Anglo-Hanseatic War breaks out at sea

   Jan 1, 1469Labels: Anglo-Hanseatic War, England

   • Anglo Hanseatic War

4. Treaty of Utrecht restores Hanse privileges in England

   Jan 1, 1474Labels: Treaty of, London Steelyard

   • Treaty Utrecht
   • Anglo Hanseatic War

5. Ivan III closes the Novgorod kontor

   Jan 1, 1494Labels: Ivan III, Novgorod kontor

   • Peterhof
   • Britannica

6. Bruges kontor relocates permanently to Antwerp

   Jan 1, 1520Labels: Bruges, Antwerp kontor

   • Kontor Bruges
   • Oostershuis

7. Oostershuis built as Antwerp Hanse kontor

   Jan 1, 1560Labels: Oostershuis, Antwerp

   • Oostershuis

8. Sack of Antwerp accelerates shift to Amsterdam

   Nov 4, 1576Labels: Sack of, Spanish troops

   • Sack Antwerp

9. Antwerp Oostershuis closes amid changing trade

   Jan 1, 1593Labels: Oostershuis, Antwerp

   • Oostershuis

10. Elizabeth I orders the Steelyard closed

    Jan 13, 1598Labels: Elizabeth I, London Steelyard

    • Steelyard Order

11. Thirty Years’ War disrupts north German trade

    Jan 1, 1618Labels: Thirty Years', North Germany

    • World History

12. Last Hanseatic Diet meets at Lübeck

    Jun 11, 1669Labels: Hansea tic, L beck

    • GovData Rezess
    • THE HANSA