1420s in Denmark
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Events from the 1420s in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Eric of Pomerania[1]
Events
- 1422
- Erik of Pommeria issues Den store Købstadsforordning which determines that all market towns are to be governed by two mayors.[2]
- 15 February and 28 October â Eric of Pomerania grants the town of Copenhagen market rights.[3]
- 1422
- Sound Dues are introduced at Helsingør.
- 1426
- 2 June â Helsingør is granted new and extended market rights.
- Undated â The Dano-Hanseatic War (1426â1435) breaks out.
- 1427
- 21 July â A fleet from the Hanseatic League has been sent out to attack Copenhagen as a reaction to the Sound Dues but is defeated by a Danish fleet in the Ãresund.[4]
- 1428
- 16 April â 15 June â Bombardment of Copenhagen (1428): A fleet from the Hanseatic League attacks Copenhagen several times, using canons for the first time in the Nordic countries, but ultimately has to withdraw.[5]
- 1429
- Copenhagen's Goldsmiths' Guild is mentioned for the first time. The town is home to six goldsmiths.[6]