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Siege of Fellini

Siege of Fellini was a siege conducted in July 1560 at Viljandi, in what is now Estonia. It was part of the Livonian War, which ran from 1558 to 1583. The recorded result: Russian victory.

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FoughtJuly 1560
WhereViljandi, Estonia58.363N, 25.596E
OutcomeRussian victory
Belligerents20px Tsardom of Russiaagainst18px Livonian Confederation
Part ofLivonian War1558 to 1583

Where it sits in the Livonian War

Siege of Narva, 1558Siege of Fellini, 1560Battle of Ergeme, 1560Battle of Nevel, 1562Battle of Ula, 1564Siege of Reval, 1570Siege of Weissenstein, 1572Battle of Lode, 1573Siege of Wesenberg, 1573Battles of Wenden, 1578Siege of Polotsk, 1579Siege of Velikiye Luki, 1580Battle of Toropets, 1580Battle of Zavolotchia, 1580Siege of Narva, 1581Battle of Shklov, 1581Battle of Mogilev (1581), 1581Siege of Pskov, 158115581581Siege of Fellini, 1560
19 placed engagements of the Livonian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateJuly 1560 (month precision)
PlaceViljandi, Estonia
58.363N, 25.596E
KindSiege, early modern
Commanders
  • Andrey Kurbsky
Siege of FelliniSiege of FelliniSiege of ViljandiBattle of ViljandiBattle of ViljandiSiege of FellinBattle of St. Matthew's DaySiege of ViljandiBattle of St. Matthew's DayTallinnPskovNarvaKohtla-JärveSlantsyHaapsalu100 km58.363N, 25.596E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1211 and 1602.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1560

Siege of Fellini is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 74 in present-day Estonia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q15710003, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Fellin (1560), revision 1370741130, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.