1360s in Denmark
Events from the 1360s in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Valdemar IV of Denmark[1]
Events
- 1360
- 24 May – Valdemar IV's håndfæstning is signed.
- 1361
- 27 July – The Battle of Visby.
- 1362
- 13 January – The Saint Marcellus's flood.
- 6 July – The Battle of Helsingborg.
- 1363
- 9 April – The wedding of Haakon VI and Princess Margaret (later Margaret I of Denmark) is held in Copenhagen.
- 1364
- Vordingborg Castle is built around this time.
- 1366
- The Confederation of Cologne, a military alliance against Denmark, is formed.
- 1367
- The Hansa towns allies themselves with Sweden, Mecklenburg, and Holstein, and the Confederation of Cologne goes to war against Denmark and Norway.[2]
- 1358
- Copenhagen is successfully invaded by the Hanseatic League during the Second Danish-Hanseatic War.
- 1369
- Absalon's Castle in Copenhagen is destroyed.[3]
Undated
- Vesborg is constructed on the island of Samsæ.
Births
1360s Denmark does not have records of births, however, the population was 400,000 in 1300. With a medieval birth rate of 30-35 births per 1,000 people annually, there were around 12,000 to 14,000 births a year.
Deaths
- 11 June 1363 – Christopher, Duke of Lolland, duke (born 1341)
- 1364 – Valdemar III of Denmark, King of Denmark (born 1314)
References
- ^ "Valdemar 4. Atterdag". denstoredanske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ Dollinger, Phillipe, et al. (1999). The German Hansa. Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0-415-19073-8, p. 70.
- ^ Absalon - Copenhagen Archived November 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
