MuscovyWars and battles
Battle of Vedrosha
A Russian army under the voivode Daniil Shchenya crushed the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; its commander, Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski, was taken prisoner.
- Date
- 14 July 1500exact dateDate in the Julian calendar
- Place
- Vedrosha River near Dorogobuzhapproximate locationtoday: Smolensk Oblast, Russia · Eastern Europe
- Participants
- Daniil Vasilyevich Shchenya, Konstanty Ostrogski, Grand Duchy of Moscow, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Threads
- Muscovy
It was the main battle of the Lithuanian–Muscovite War of 1500–1503, which ended with about a third of the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania passing under Ivan III’s rule. The exact site of the battle is still debated by historians.
Connections
Related events
- Battle of Orsha8 September 1514 · Eastern EuropeHetman Ostrogski, taken prisoner at Vedrosha, escaped to Lithuania in 1507 and in 1514 defeated the Russian army at Orsha
Same participants
- Sudebnik of 1497September 1497 · Eastern Europevia Grand Duchy of Moscow
- Annexation of Pskov by Moscow13 January 1510 · Eastern Europevia Grand Duchy of Moscow
- Capture of Smolensk (1514)between 30 July and 1 August 1514 · Eastern Europevia Daniil Vasilyevich Shchenya
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Middle East and Egypt
Africa
- Askia Muhammad’s pilgrimage to Meccabetween 1495 and 1497 – between 1497 and 1498
Central and Northern Asia
- Shaybani Khan destroys the Timurid Empire1500 – 27 May 1507
South Asia
- Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut20 May 1498
North America
- Voyages of the Corte-Real brothers to Newfoundland1500–1502
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Latin America
- Discovery of Brazil by Cabral’s expedition22 April 1500