Second Prussian Uprising Begins

Date: September 20, 1260 • Location: Moscow, Russia

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1260–1261.

The second of two major uprisings by the Old Prussians, a Baltic tribe, began against the Teutonic Knights.

The Prussian uprisings were two major and three smaller uprisings by the Old Prussians, one of the Baltic tribes, against the Teutonic Knights that took place in the 13th century during the Prussian Crusade. The crusading military order, supported by the Popes and Christian Europe, sought to conquer and convert the pagan Prussians. In the first ten years of the crusade, five of the seven major Prussian clans fell under the control of the less numerous Teutonic Knights. However, the Prussians rose against their conquerors on five occasions.