battle, medieval

Bombardment of Copenhagen

Name: Bombardment of Copenhagen
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Bombardment of Copenhagen was a battle fought in 1428 at Copenhagen, in what is now Denmark. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Copenhagen. It was part of the Dano-Hanseatic War of 1426–1435, which ran from 1426 to 1435. The recorded result: Hanseatic victory.

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Fought1428

WhereCopenhagen, Denmark55.676N, 12.569E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeHanseatic victory

BelligerentsHanseatic League; Hamburg; Lübeck; Lüneburg; Rostock; Stralsund; Wismar; 20px Holstein-RendsburgagainstKalmar Union; Denmark; Sweden

Casualties and lossesUnknownand30 killed, only three ships escaped undamaged

Part ofDano-Hanseatic War of 1426–14351426 to 1435

Record

Date	1428 (year precision) to 1428
Place	Copenhagen, Denmark 55.676N, 12.569E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	In April 260 ships with 12,000 men; in June 80 ships with 6,800 men; Lübeck: 2,000; Hamburg: 1,000; Rostock: 1,000; Stralsund: 1,000; Wismar: 1,000; Lüneburg: 800	Unknown number of ships; manned with 3,000 soldiers and sailors
Casualties and losses	Unknown	30 killed, only three ships escaped undamaged
Commanders	Gerhard VII, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg	Eric of Pomerania Philippa of England

Placed at Copenhagen; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege Of Copenhagen 1658, same recorded site
Siege of Copenhagen 1289, same recorded site
Siege of Copenhague 1535, same recorded site
Siege of Copenhague 1523, same recorded site
Assault on Copenhagen 1659, same recorded site

In the same war

After: Sea battle near Dänholm 1429

Elsewhere in 1428

Siege of Orléans France
Siege of Golubac Serbia
Loire Campaign France
Battle of Kratzau Czech Republic
Siege of Gouda Netherlands

Bombardment of Copenhagen is one of 743 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 74 in present-day Denmark.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q18812295, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Bombardment of Copenhagen (1428), revision 1370605056, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.