Hanseatic League commercial networks and decline (1450–1650)

1. Peace of Copenhagen opens Baltic to Dutch

   Jan 1, 1441Labels: Peace of, Dutch merchants

   • Treaty Copenhagen

2. Hanse strengthens London privileges after war

   Jan 1, 1474Labels: Treaty of, Steelyard London

   • Treaty Utrecht

3. Major fire damages Bergen’s Bryggen kontor

   Jan 1, 1476Labels: Bryggen Bergen, Bergen kontor

   • Hanseatic League

4. Ivan III closes the Novgorod Peterhof

   Jan 1, 1494Labels: Ivan III, Novgorod Peterhof

   • Peterhof
   • Britannica Hanse

5. Bruges’ seaway silting drives shift to Antwerp

   Jan 1, 1520Labels: Bruges, Antwerp

   • Kontor Bruges
   • Britannica Hanse

6. Hanse creates the Syndic office for diplomacy

   Jan 1, 1556Labels: Syndic office, Heinrich Sudermann

   • Sudermann
   • Hanseatic League

7. Oostershuis built as Antwerp Hanse kontor

   Jan 1, 1560Labels: Oostershuis, Antwerp kontor

   • Oostershuis
   • Kontor Bruges

8. Norway takes control of Bergen kontor administration

   Jan 1, 1560Labels: Bergen kontor, Norwegian administration

   • Hanseatic League
   • Britannica Hanse

9. Northern Seven Years’ War disrupts Baltic commerce

   Aug 13, 1563Labels: Northern Seven, L beck

   • Seven Years War
   • Treaty Stettin

10. Oostershuis closes as Antwerp’s role changes

    Jan 1, 1593Labels: Oostershuis, Antwerp closure

    • Oostershuis

11. Elizabeth I closes London’s Steelyard kontor

    Jan 1, 1598Labels: Steelyard London, Elizabeth I

    • Britannica Steelyard
    • Steelyard

12. Kalmar War highlights intensifying state competition

    Apr 1, 1611Labels: Kalmar War, Denmark Norway

    • Britannica Kalmar

13. Thirty Years’ War accelerates German commercial disruption

    Jan 1, 1618Labels: Thirty Years, Holy Roman

    • World History
    • Britannica Hanse

14. Last Hanseatic Diet meets in Lübeck

    Jul 1, 1669Labels: Last Hanseatic, L beck

    • THE HANSA
    • Britannica Hanse