{"slug": "livonian-war", "label": "Livonian War", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livonian_War", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q246863", "qid": "Q246863", "description": "war in the Baltic region (1558-1583)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1558, 1581], "span_label": ["1558 CE", "1581 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "tsardom-of-russia", "label": "Tsardom of Russia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "grand-duchy-of-lithuania", "label": "Grand Duchy of Lithuania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "riga", "label": "Riga", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "polishlithuanian-commonwealth", "label": "Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sigismund-ii-augustus", "label": "Sigismund II Augustus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "livonia", "label": "Livonia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "livonian-brothers-of-the-sword", "label": "Livonian Brothers of the Sword", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "belarus", "label": "Belarus", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1558, "year_label": "1558 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 22", "text": "January 22 – The Livonian War begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141988#January–March", "title": "1558", "revid": 1368141988, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1560, "year_label": "1560 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 2", "text": "August 2 – Livonian War – Battle of Ergeme: Russians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, precipitating the dissolution of the order.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359957428#July–September", "title": "1560", "revid": 1359957428, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1561, "year_label": "1561 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – The Treaty of Vilnius is concluded during the Livonian War, between the Livonian Confederation and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. With the treaty, the non-Danish and non-Swedish part of Livonia, with the exception of the Free imperial city of Riga, subjects itself to Polish king and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund II Augustus with the Pacta subiectionis (Provisio ducalis). In turn, Sigismund grants protection from the Tsardom of Russia, and confirms the Livonian estates' traditional privileges, laid out in the Privilegium Sigismundi Augusti.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358043209#October–December", "title": "1561", "revid": 1358043209, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1564, "year_label": "1564 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Livonian War – Battle of Ula: A Lithuanian surprise attack results in a decisive defeat of the numerically superior Russian forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363117508#January–March", "title": "1564", "revid": 1363117508, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1579, "year_label": "1579 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 30", "text": "August 30 – Livonian War: In what is now Belarus, the city of Polotsk falls to the forces of Stephen Báthory, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362792771#July–September", "title": "1579", "revid": 1362792771, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1581, "year_label": "1581 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – The Treaty of Drohiczyn is concluded, ending the Livonian War and adding the conquered city of Riga to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362478489#January–March", "title": "1581", "revid": 1362478489, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}