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    The Battle of Visby was fought in 1361 near the town of Visby on the island of Gotland, between the forces of the Danish king and the Gutnish country...
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    Visby (Swedish: [ˈvǐːsbʏ] ) is an urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants...
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    the farmers is certain, and also that the battle outside Visby was one of the bloodiest in the History of Scandinavia, but claims about the fire estimate...
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  • Look up Visby in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland. Visby may also refer to: Visby-class destroyer...
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    from the people in the Gotlandic medieval town of Visby in the summer of 1361 following the Battle of Visby. If the town's people do not fill the three big...
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    the Visby plates. One of the best resources about coats of plates are the mass graves from the Battle of Visby. The Visby coats of plates display between...
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    known ruined churches on the Swedish island of Gotland, twelve of which lie in Visby, the island's main town. Of these, ten lie within the medieval city walls...
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    in 1361. Built in 1961, 600 years after the battle. Mästerby church. Military on Gotland Battle of Visby Gunnar Carlquist, ed. (1947–1955). Svensk Uppslagsbok...
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  • infant Princess Margrete of Denmark witnessing the bloodshed of her father King Valdemar IV's victory at the Battle of Visby. 41 years later in 1402,...
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    conscripted among the islands population Battle of Visby – 1361 battle in what is now Sweden Battle of Öland – Naval battle between an allied Danish-Dutch fleet...
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    of Visby on Gotland, Sweden. The area is bounded to the west by the cliff edge, in the east by County Road 149, and in the south by the town of Visby...
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  • an upcoming Danish invasion. July 27 – Battle of Visby: King Valdemar IV of Denmark conquers the city of Visby by defeating the defending Gutnish country...
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    Chain mail (redirect from Coat of Mail)
    rather than through it—according to a study of skeletons found at the battle of Visby, Gotland, a majority of the skeletons showed wounds on less well protected...
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    Danish–Hanseatic War (1361–1370) (category History of Lübeck)
    Gutnish army in the Battle of Visby. Visby, the largest and most prominent city on the island, surrendered to Valdemar, paying a huge sum of tribute in order...
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    Visby Cathedral (Swedish: Visby domkyrka), formally Visby Saint Mary's Cathedral (Visby Sankta Maria domkyrka), is a cathedral within the Church of Sweden...
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    1361, after a decisive victory at the Battle of Visby. Because Visby and Gotland were under the Hanseatic sphere of influence, the Hanseatic league subsequently...
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    armed conflict between the rural farmers of the island of Gotland and the burghers of its town of Visby; two battles were fought, one at Högebro, at which...
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    Solberga Abbey (category Medieval history of Sweden)
    It had both an abbess and a prioress. In 1361, many fallen from the Battle of Visby was buried on the abbey's land, where a cross, which still stands,...
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  • of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also Map all coordinates in "Category:Battles of...
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    −1573". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved August 1, 2018. "A Medieval battle in Visby, Gotland". visbysweden.com. Retrieved August 1, 2018. "Valdemar Atterdag...
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    Military on Gotland (category Military of Sweden)
    cm tornautomatpjäs m/70 Archipelago fleet Bantam (Rb 53) Battle of Mästerby Battle of Visby Carl Gustav m/45 Coast Guard (Sweden) Cold War II Current...
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  • Denmark. Monarch – Valdemar IV of Denmark 1360 24 May – Valdemar IV's håndfæstning is signed. 1361 27 July – The Battle of Visby. 1362 13 January – The Saint...
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  • an upcoming Danish invasion. July 27 – Battle of Visby: King Valdemar IV of Denmark conquers the city of Visby by defeating the defending Gutnish country...
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    Gotland (redirect from Culture of Gotland)
    live in Visby, the main town. Outside Visby, there are minor settlements and a mainly rural population. The island of Gotland and the other areas of the province...
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    at; the Battle of Visby (AD1361) on Gotland, Sweden: The Battle of Towton (AD1461) Towton near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England: The Battle of Mohács (AD1526)...
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    The Battle of Öland was a naval battle between an allied Danish-Dutch fleet and the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, off the east coast of Öland on 1 June...
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  • of Sir Thomas Griffin's armour circa 1360, is based research on evidence from the Battle of Visby in 1361, English effigies and monumental brass of the...
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    Gotland Museum (category Visby)
    Fornsal) in Visby, Sweden, is the county museum of Gotland. It was founded by the Friends of Gotland's Antiquity society in 1875, at the initiative of Pehr Arvid...
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    the Baltic, King Valdemar IV of Denmark had held the Hanseatic city of Visby to ransom in 1361. However, the members of the Hanseatic league were undecided...
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    principality and was an important source of income for its rulers. The trade with Riga and Visby developed in the second half of 12th and 13th centuries. Wax was...
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