Hanseatic League: Timeline

1259   The German Germany

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 cities of Lübeck Lübeck

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, Wismar, and Rostock Rostock

Rostock is a city [i] in northern Germany [i]. ... 

 enter into a pact to defend against pirates of the Baltic Sea Baltic Sea

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, laying the groundwork for the Hanseatic League.

1356   The official founding of the Hanseatic League, a trading alliance between many cities in northern Europe.

1359   Berlin Berlin

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 joins the Hanseatic League.

1362   Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in a naval battle off Helsingborg.

1370   The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark Denmark

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 and the Hanseatic League.

1427   Bremen expelled from the Hanseatic League.

1552   The privileges of the Hanseatic League are abolished in England England

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1669   The Hanseatic League, formed 400 years ago, holds its final meeting