John, Johann, Johan II, Danish and Norwegian name Hans, was a Danish monarch and union king of Denmark (1481 – 1513), Norway (1483 – 1513) Sweden (1497 – 1501), under the Kalmar Union, and also Duke of Schleswig and Holstein. February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat... View of Aalborg railroad station from J.F. Kennedys Square, 2004 Aalborg is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... View of Aalborg railroad station from J.F. Kennedys Square, 2004 Aalborg is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. ... Odense Palace Saint Canutes Church - the Cathedral of Odense Odense Theatre Odense Railroad Centre Odense is the third largest city in Denmark with 145,554 inhabitants (Odense city 1st January 2004) and the capital of the island of Funen. ... A monarch (see sovereign) is a type of ruler or head of state. ... Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events The São Tomé settlement is founded. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1501 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The royal lineages of Norway, Sweden and Denmark for the period around the formation of the Kalmar Union The Kalmar Union (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish: Kalmarunionen) was a series of personal unions (1397–1520) that united the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden under a single monarch. ...

He was born on February 2, 1455 as the son of Christian I and Dorotea av Hohenzollern-Brandenburg, daughter of Margrave Hans of Brandenburg. In 1478 he married Christina of Saxony, granddaughter of Frederick the Gentle of Saxony. This produced the following offspring: Christian II of Denmark, Franciscus, Knud, and Elisabeth, who later married as princess of Brandenburg. He died on February 20, 1513. February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat... Christian I of Denmark (1426 – 1481), Danish monarch and union king of Denmark (1448 – 1481), Norway (1450 – 1481) and Sweden (1457 – 1464), under the Kalmar Union. ... Birds-eye view of the castle, Hohenzollern, Germany. ... Margrave is the English and French form of the German title Markgraf (from Mark march and Graf count) and certain equivalent nobiliary (princely) titles in other languages. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... Events February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. ... This name can refer to: Frederick II, Elector of Saxony who was Elector of Saxony between 1428 and 1464; Frederick Augustus II of Saxony who was king of Saxony between 1836 and 1854. ... List of Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Saxony, 880-1918 The original Duchy of Saxony was in Northern Germany, roughly corresponding to the modern German state of Lower Saxony and Westphalia. ... Christian II (July 2, 1481 – January 25, 1559) was a Danish monarch and King of Denmark, Norway (1513 – 1523) and Sweden (1520 – 1521), under the Kalmar Union. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The three most important political goals of King John seem to have been the recovery of the union, fight against the Hanseatic League and the making of a strong Danish royal power. He worked to obtain all three things during his reign. The Hanseatic League (German: die Hanse, Dutch: de Hanze) was an alliance of trading cities that established and maintained a trade monopoly over the Baltic Sea and most of Northern Europe for a time in the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, between the 13th and 17th century. ...

During the first years of his rule he carried on a balancing policy. By diplomatic means he tried to weaken the position of the Swedish regent Sten Sture and he also sought new allies – he is the first Danish king who has established a political co-operation with Russia (a treaty of 1493). The Hanseatic cities were troubled by a secret war by Danish privateers (a more modest Danish forerunner of the policy of Queen Elizabeth of England against Spain). At that time the position of the Hansabund was also little by little declining because of the changes of trade routes (the new geographic discoveries) and the growing opposition against the Hansa in the Northern European naval states. John’s domestic politics were marked by an economic support of the Danish merchants and by a widespread use of commoners as officials and even as councillors in spite of the anger of the nobility. The most important of his initiatives was perhaps that he started the building of a permanent Danish navy that came to play a role during his last years. Sture was the name an influential family in Sweden from the late 15th century to the early 16th century. ... 1493 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elizabeth or Elisabeth is the name of: Several empresses: Elizabeth of Russia Elisabeth of Bavaria, wife of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I, also known as Empress Elisabeth or Sissi. ... A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ...

According to the Privilege of Ripen the Noble Diets of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein were to elect a duke among the sons of the previous duke. After the death of Christian I, John did however successfully argue for electing both sons to co-dukes (in 1482), when it looked as though his 10 years old brother Frederick was going to be elected. Although it was initially agreed they should govern the duchies jointly, at the majority of Frederick (in 1490) the duchies were never the less divided. In politics, a Diet is a formal deliberative assembly. ... The region of Schleswig (former English name: Sleswick, Danish: Sønderjylland or Slesvig, Low German: Sleswig, North Frisian: Slaswik or Sleesweg) covers the area about 60 km north and 70 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark. ... Holstein (Hol-shtayn) (Low German: Holsteen, Danish: Holsten, Latin and historical English: Holsatia) is the southern part of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, between the rivers Elbe, Eider, and the Schlei firth. ... Events Portuguese fortify Fort Elmina on the Gold Coast Tizoc rules the Aztecs Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo. ... King Frederick I. Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (October 7, 1471 – April 10, 1533) was the son of the first Oldenburg King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1426-1481) and of Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430-1495). ... Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. ...

1497 John conquered Sweden during a short and effective military campaign after in advance having undermined the position of Sten Sture by winning most of the Swedish nobility. After the victory the king acted wisely and pardoned his enemies after the conquest. 1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1500 he made the act which in Denmark is most connected to his name: the fatal attempt of conquering the Ditmarshes (Dithmarschen) in Northern Germany that was in reality an independent peasant republic. Together with his brother Frederick he carried through en large-scale campaign based upon an army of German professional soldiers but the Ditmarshers caught most of the army in a trap after having opened the dykes of the low-land area and all ended in a military disaster. 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dithmarschen is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ...

The defeat shook the king’s prestige and already 1501 Sweden made itself independent. During the next years John fought a still more bitter war against Sten Sture and his successor Svante Nilsson in which he showed himself unbalanced and resorted to acts of violence. The war meant frictions with both the Danish nobility and the Hanseatic cities, especially Lübeck, and 1509 it ended by a peace which principally recognised him as king of Sweden but in reality let the Swedes remain independent. Norwegian attempts of opposition were strangled by John’s son prince Christian (afterwards King Christian II) who was the viceroy of Norway from 1507. Svante Nilsson, (1460 – January 2, 1512), Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, 1504 - January 2, 1512. ... Lübeck ( pronunc. ... 1509 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... There have been two monarchs named Christian II: Christian II of Denmark Christian II of Sweden This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province as a substitute for the monarch. ...

1510-12 the king fought a last war with both Sweden and Lübeck in which Denmark was at first very pressed but partly turned the tables by a naval offensive. The result concerning Sweden was status quo, in return Lübeck was suffering a real political and economic setback by the peace.

In his own age and partly to posterity John often has appeared a “commoner’s king”, a jolly and plain man with a folksy manner. Behind the surface however he seems to have been a hard realist and a zealous political calculator. In many ways he is a Scandinavian parallel of Louis XI of France and Henry VII of England. Louis XI the Prudent (French: Louis XI le Prudent) (July 3, 1423 – August 30, 1483), also informally nicknamed luniverselle aragne (old French for universal spider), was King of France (1461 - 1483). ... Henry VII (January 28, 1457 - April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland (August 22, 1485 – April 21, 1509), was the founder and first patriarch of the Tudor dynasty. ...