Lithuanian Victory in Livonian War

Date: January 26, 1564 • Location: Chashniki, Belarus

Livonian War: A Lithuanian surprise attack resulted in a decisive defeat of numerically superior Russian forces.

The Livonian War (1558–1583) concerned the control of Old Livonia. The Tsardom of Russia faced a varying coalition of the Dano-Norwegian Realm, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Union of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland.