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Jan 1, 1159
establishment
Post saxon capture, Lübeck became the base of merchants who formed guilds. -
Jan 1, 1227
free imperial city
Lübeck becomes a free imperial city. This means they do not have to pay taxes. -
Jan 1, 1241
alliance
Lübeck forms an alliance with Hamburg. This opens new trade routes, the most important being salt water fish. -
Jan 1, 1266
charter operations
The alliance is granted charter operations in england. This opens new markets. -
Jan 1, 1282
Cologne joins
Cologne joins the league. -
Jan 1, 1356
expansion
The Hanseatic League expaneds by trading in timber, furs, resin, flax, honey, wheat, rye,cloth, ore, and herring. By this time, the hansa monopolized the Baltic. -
Jan 1, 1361
war
The Hansa wages war with Denmark, a testament to their power. The war ends in 1370 with a treaty. The treaty grants the Hansa 15% of Danish trade profits. -
Jan 1, 1438
rivals
In the Dutch-Hanseatic war that ended in 1441, rival merchants broke the Hansa's monopoly on the Baltic. This event marks the begining of the Hansa's decline. -
bad times
As other powers began to gain power and foreign credit (paper currency from italy, it undermined the local coins) came into the reigion, the Hansa lost power gradualy. Starting in 1593, Hansa trading posts began to close. -
last meeting
Only 9 members attended the last formal meeting of the Hanseatic League. -
end of the Hansa
The Hanseatic league ceased to exist after 1862, it was eclipsed by other merchant organizations, many of which were based in scandinavia.
