1560
Baltic Policy
Sigismund II Augustus watches the Livonian crisis as a Baltic security threat
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Vilnius in Poland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Sigismund II Augustus watches the Livonian crisis as a Baltic security threat
Poland-Lithuania increases involvement as Livonia collapses under Russian pressure
Livonian estates accept Polish Lithuanian protection against Russia
Accepts Livonia under Polish Lithuanian protection after the Livonian Order collapses
Sigismund consolidates Polish Lithuanian claims in Livonia
The Poles capture the Lituanian capital of Vilnius & rule it until 1939
Provenance
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