List of interesting Lithuania battles



List of interesting Lithuania battles. Battle of Durbe Battle. Date 1260 Place Battle fought near Durbe. Battle of Durbe. Battle of Karuse. Date 1270 Place On. Battle of Blue Waters. Date 1362/1363 Place Near. Battle of the Vorskla River. Date1399 Place Vorskla River (now located in Ukraine) Opposing forces Tatars. Battle of Pabaiskas. Date1435 Place two armies. Battle of Kletsk. Date1506 Place Near Kletsk. Battle of Kircholm. Date 1605 Place In. Kėdainiai battle. Date 1919 Place Kėdainiai Opposing forces Bolsheviks and Lithuanians. The end.
Battle of Durbe Battle of Karuse Battle of Blue Waters Battle of the Vorskla River Battle of Pabaiskas Battle of Kletsk Battle of Kircholm Kėdainiai battle.
Date: 1260 Place: Battle fought near Durbe, 23 km east of Liepāja. Opposing forces: Samogitians, the Teutonic Knights from Prussia and Livonian Order from Livonia. Reasons: The desire to combine Samogitia and to unite the lands of both parts of the Order. Course of the battle Aftermath: In the aftermath of the defeat, Duke Treniota is alleged to have convinced his uncle Mindaugas, King of Lithuania, to deny his Christianity and break the peace with the Teutonic Order.
Date: 1362/1363 Place: Near Torhovytsia, Ukraine. Opposing forces: Army of Lithuanian pagans and three Tatar warlords Reasons:After the death of its ruler Berdi Beg Khan in 1359 the Golden Horde began fracturing into separate districts. Grand Duke Algirdas of Lithuania organized a campaign into Tatar lands. Course of the battle Aftermath: The victory brought the city of Kiev and a large part of present-day Ukraine, including sparsely populated Podolia and Dykra, under the control of the expanding Grand Duchy of Lithuania.