1420s in Denmark

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Events from the 1420s in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Eric of Pomerania{{cite web|title=Erik VII: king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erik-VII|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=19 November 2019|language=en}}

Events

;1422

  • Erik of Pommeria issues Den store Købstadsforordning which determines that all market towns are to be governed by two mayors.{{cite web|url=http://www.roskildehistorie.dk/1400/enkeltaar/1400-1449/1422.htm|title=1422|language=da|website=roskildehistorie.dk|access-date=13 January 2017}}
  • 15 February and 28 October – Eric of Pomerania grants the town of Copenhagen market rights.{{cite web|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1422.html|title=1422|language=da|website=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804034416/http://kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1422.html|archive-date=2016-08-04|url-status=dead}}

;1422

;1426

;1427

  • 21 July – 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 Øresund.{{cite web|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1427.html|title=1427|language=da|website=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804123919/http://kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1427.html|archive-date=2016-08-04|url-status=dead}}

;1428

  • 16 April {{ndash}} 15 June – 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1428.html|title=1428|language=da|website=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804123921/http://kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1428.html|archive-date=2016-08-04|url-status=dead}}

;1429

  • Copenhagen's Goldsmiths' Guild is mentioned for the first time. The town is home to six goldsmiths.{{cite web|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1429.html|title=1429|language=da|website=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804123935/http://kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1429.html|archive-date=2016-08-04|url-status=dead}}

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