January 1558
Declaration of War
Beginning of the Livonian War
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Estonia in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Beginning of the Livonian War
Ivan IV begins the Livonian War against the Livonian Confederation
Ivan IV accepts a temporary truce during the Livonian War
Russian forces continue attacks on the Livonian Confederation
Makes peace having failed to succesfully attack Riga & Livonia
Russia signs Treaty of Mutual Assistance with Estonia to occupy 4 Estonian naval bases
Forced to accept a "mutual assistance" pact with Moscow
Estonia votes to secede from the USSR
Estonia votes to secede from the USSR
Provenance
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