1558

Estonia/Livonia. Livonian War: Ivan demanded a back-breaking tribute from the Bishopric of Dorpat. The Bishop sent diplomats to Muscovy to renegotiate the amount; Ivan expelled them and invaded and occupied the Bishopric.

• Estonia. Siege of Paide. Unsuccessful for Russians

• The increasingly powerful country of Russia sought access to the sea and they invaded Latvia

• Estonia, russians burnt Narva and attacked more east cities. Sieged and Conquered Tartu town. The tsar reacted to Pozvol by invading Livonia before the alliance would result in an actual mobilization of forces, starting the Livonian War. As a result, Reval (Tallinn) turned to Sweden for protection, Ösel (Saaremaa) was occupied by Denmark-Norway, and the order's grand master Gotthard von Kettler secularized what was left of the Russian-occupied order state, formally subordinated it to Sigismund II Augustus, and established himself as duke of Courland

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