Hanseatic Maritime Networks in the Baltic and North Sea (c.1400–1650)

1. Hanseatic trade networks at their early-1400s peak

   Jan 1, 1400Labels: Hanseatic League, Danish straits, Baltic ports

   • Britannica
   • Britannica
   • Baltic Trade

2. Hanseatic campaign bombards Copenhagen

   Jun 15, 1428Labels: Dano Hanseatic, Hanseatic fleet, Copenhagen

   • Copenhagen 1428
   • Dano Hanseatic War

3. Sound Dues introduced on the Øresund

   Jan 1, 1429Labels: Sound Dues, resund, Denmark

   • Sound Dues

4. Peace of Vordingborg ends Dano–Hanseatic War

   Jul 17, 1435Labels: Peace of, Danish crown, Hanseatic League

   • Erik of Pom
   • Year 1435
   • Sound Dues

5. Hanseatic privileges reaffirmed in England (Treaty of Utrecht)

   Jan 1, 1474Labels: Treaty of, England, Hanseatic League

   • Utrecht 1474

6. Hanseatic League purchases London’s Steelyard site

   Jan 1, 1475Labels: Steelyard, London, Hanseatic kontor

   • Steelyard
   • Hanseatic League

7. Ivan III closes the Novgorod kontor (Peterhof)

   Jan 1, 1494Labels: Ivan III, Novgorod, Peterhof

   • Peterhof
   • Hanseatic League

8. Shift from Bruges toward Antwerp accelerates

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Bruges, Antwerp, Zwin

   • Antwerp
   • Oostershuis

9. Count’s Feud entangles Lübeck in Danish succession war

   Jul 29, 1536Labels: Count s, L beck, Danish succession

   • Count s Feud
   • Little Belt 1535

10. Oostershuis built as Antwerp kontor infrastructure

    Jan 1, 1560Labels: Oostershuis, Antwerp, Hanseatic kontor

    • Oostershuis

11. Treaty of Stettin ends war; Lübeck’s decline becomes clearer

    Dec 13, 1570Labels: Treaty of, L beck, Northern Seven

    • Stettin 1570
    • Seven Years War

12. Elizabeth I revokes Hanseatic privileges in London

    Jan 13, 1598Labels: Elizabeth I, London, Hanseatic privileges

    • Hanseatic League
    • Steelyard

13. Thirty Years’ War intensifies pressure on Baltic–North Sea commerce

    May 23, 1618Labels: Thirty Years, Central Europe, Baltic commerce

    • Thirty Years War

14. Last Hanseatic Diet meets in Lübeck

    Jul 1, 1669Labels: Last Hanseatic, L beck, Hanseatic League

    • Hanse org
    • Hanseatic Diet