High Middle Ages · Europe · Politics

1170

Lubeck refounded

1170

Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony, refounded the city of Lubeck at the head of the Trave estuary after a fire. The rebuilt town, laid out on a grid with a stone cathedral and market, would quickly become the queen of the Baltic trade and the cradle of the Hanseatic League.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: May 1, 1169: Strongbow invited to Ireland
After: October 17, 1171: Henry II lands in Ireland

Before and after in Politics

Before: March 26, 1169: Saladin named vizier of Egypt
After: September 13, 1171: Saladin abolishes the Fatimid caliphate

Era

High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Lübeck