{"slug": "grand-duke-of-lithuania", "label": "Grand Duke of Lithuania", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_of_Lithuania", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 19, "years": 19, "span": [1323, 1670], "span_label": ["1323 CE", "1670 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "king-of-poland", "label": "King of Poland", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "sigismund-i-the-old", "label": "Sigismund I the Old", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "wadysaw-ii-jagieo", "label": "Władysław II Jagiełło", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "vytautas", "label": "Vytautas", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sigismund-ii-augustus", "label": "Sigismund II Augustus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "poland", "label": "Poland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-milan", "label": "Duchy of Milan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "queen-consort", "label": "Queen consort", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "moscow", "label": "Moscow", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prague", "label": "Prague", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "czech-republic", "label": "Czech Republic", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1323, "year_label": "1323 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 26", "text": "May 26 – Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, sends his third, fourth and fifth letters to German cities to advocate that residents relocate to his the Duchy of Lithuania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018212#April_–_June", "title": "1323", "revid": 1332018212, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1351, "year_label": "1351 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "probable – Władysław II Jagiełło, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (d. 1434)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275601006#Births", "title": "1351", "revid": 1275601006, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1362, "year_label": "1362 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Autumn 1362 or 1363 – Battle of Blue Waters: Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas defeats the Tatars, and takes over Kyiv.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360556919#Date_unknown", "title": "1362", "revid": 1360556919, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1370, "year_label": "1370 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, leads a siege of Moscow itself, the capital of the Grand Principality, and his forces burn and pillage the city as Moscow's Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy retreats to the safety of the Kremlin. Donskoy's allies, his cousin Vladimir the Bold of Serpukhov and Prince Vladimir Dmitrievich Yaroslavich of Pronsk, come to Moscow's aid.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370872148#October–December", "title": "1370", "revid": 1370872148, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1380, "year_label": "1380 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 31", "text": "May 31 – Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila signs the secret Treaty of Dovydiškės, with the Teutonic Knights. This sparks a civil war with his uncle Kęstutis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360515041#April–June", "title": "1380", "revid": 1360515041, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1398, "year_label": "1398 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – The Treaty of Salynas is signed by Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and Konrad von Jungingen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, in an attempt to cede Samogitia to the Knights.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372737#October–December", "title": "1398", "revid": 1370372737, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1423, "year_label": "1423 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 24", "text": "December 24 – Hussite Wars: In what is now the Czech Republic, General Sigismund Korybut, commander of the Hussite Army, withdraws his troops from Prague on the orders of Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365656788#October–December", "title": "1423", "revid": 1365656788, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1430, "year_label": "1430 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 27", "text": "October 27 – Vytautas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, dies shortly after the cancellation of plans to crown him as King of Lithuania. His cousin Švitrigaila is elected unanimously by the Lithuanian nobles as the new Grand Duke, violating an agreement with the Kingdom of Poland that the Polish nobles would be able to participate in the election.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561329#October–December", "title": "1430", "revid": 1369561329, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1433, "year_label": "1433 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland, acknowledges the oath of loyalty made on October 25 by Žygimantas I Kęstutaitis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, continuing the progress of the eventual Uniting of Poland and Lithuania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320602#January–March", "title": "1433", "revid": 1351320602, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1440, "year_label": "1440 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20: Sigismund Kęstutaitis, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1365)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343605568#Deaths", "title": "1440", "revid": 1343605568, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1447, "year_label": "1447 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – Kazimieras Jogailaitis, Grand Duke of Lithuania since 1440, is crowned King of Poland as Casimir IV Jagiellon, bringing an end to an interregnum that had existed since 1444 when Casimir's brother King Wladyslaw III had left Poland to fight in a Crusade against the Ottoman Turks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359486325#April_–_June", "title": "1447", "revid": 1359486325, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1492, "year_label": "1492 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – Alexander Jagiellon is crowned as Grand Duke of Lithuania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366150846#July—September", "title": "1492", "revid": 1366150846, "section": "Events › July—September"}}, {"year": 1506, "year_label": "1506 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Sigismund I the Old (Zygmunt Jagiellon), younger brother of the late Alexander Jagiellon, becomes the King of Poland and (as Zygimantas II) the Grand Duke of Lithuania. He will reign for more than 40 years, dying in 1548 at the age of 81.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141766#October–December", "title": "1506", "revid": 1368141766, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1518, "year_label": "1518 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – The widowed Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, marries Milanese noblewoman Bona Sforza in Wawel Cathedral and she is crowned as Queen consort of Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362000593#April–June", "title": "1518", "revid": 1362000593, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1548, "year_label": "1548 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – Sigismund II Augustus succeeds his father, Sigismund I the Old, as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656469#April–June", "title": "1548", "revid": 1366656469, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, issues an edict against Protestants, at the urging of the Archbishop Mikołaj Dzierzgowski, Primate of Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365955110#January–March", "title": "1557", "revid": 1365955110, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1648, "year_label": "1648 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Wladyslaw IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, dies after a reign of 15 years. The throne remains vacant for six months until Wladyslaw's younger half-brother, John II Casimir Vasa, is elected by Poland's Parliament.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346163846#April–June", "title": "1648", "revid": 1346163846, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1669, "year_label": "1669 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – The formal coronation of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki as King of Poland (and Grand Duke of Lithuania) takes place in Kraków.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366419040#July–September", "title": "1669", "revid": 1366419040, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1670, "year_label": "1670 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – The royal wedding in Poland, between King Michal Wisniowiecki (who is also the Grand Duke of Lithuania) and Eleonore of Austria (daughter of the late Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor), with ceremonies taking place at the Denhoff Palace in Kruszyna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368809725#January–March", "title": "1670", "revid": 1368809725, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}