Siege of Wesenberg

Name: Siege of Wesenberg
Start: 1574-01
End: 1574-03

Jan 1574 – Mar 1574 · 59.35° N, 26.36° E

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When: Jan 1574 – Mar 1574
Kind: Siege
Coordinates: 59.35° N, 26.36° E
Description: 1574 military conflict in Estonia during Livonian War

Siege of Wesenberg (1574)

1574 military conflict in Estonia during Livonian War

The siege of Wesenberg, Rakvere, or Rakovor, was an abortive Swedish siege of the Russian-held town of Wesenberg in Estonia from January through March 1574, during the Livonian War. The siege is infamous for a brawl and subsequent combat between German and Scottish mercenaries within the besieging army, which claimed the lives of about 1,500 Scots. Wesenberg was seized in a renewed Swedish assault in 1581.

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Livonian War17 Jan 1558 · War

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