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  1279 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
March 5 - Lithuanian forces led by Traidenis defeat the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Aizkraukle.
The first of the Statutes of Mortmain are passed under king Edward I of England, which prevents land from passing into possession of the church.
March 19 - Kublai Khan's Mongol Yuan Dynasty defeats the Song Dynasty in the Battle of Yamen.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/1279   (356 words)

  
 Medieval Lithuania - Chronology 1183-1283
On September 22, 1236 the Lithuanians defeated the Knights of the Sword in the battle of Šiauliai.
In 1259 the battles between the Samogitians and the Knights of the Cross were renewed.
On February 16, 1270 the Lithuanians defeated the Livonian Knights of the Cross in the battle of Karusa in Estonia.
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 Pagan
But in battle with crusaders, forces of revolt were defeated and a head of Ako was given as a present to bishop Albert.
Battle of Aizkraukle, revolt of Semigalls in 1279 In 5th March of 1279 year leader of Semigalls - Nameisis and leader of Lithuania - Traidenis beat German forces.
In this battle leaders of both sides died, however in future there were small numbers of Latvian tribes who could stand against growing numbers of crusaders.
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 Science Fair Projects - Battle of Aizkraukle
The Battle of Aizkraukle (Ascheraden, Aizkriaukle) was fought on March 5, 1279 by Traidenis against the army of the Teutonic Order, which was defeated.
In the battle the Master of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, Ernst von Rassburg was killed as well as Eilart Hoberg, the leader of the Danish knights from North Estonia.
After this battle duke Nameisis of the Semigallians recognized Traidenis as his suzerainty.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Battle_of_Aizkraukle   (234 words)

  
 Timeline 1200 to 1299
Montfort, the English earl of Leicester, died in the battle.
The King of Mien and Bangala, in India, opposed the advance of the Tartars and a major battle was fought, wherein the Tartars were victorious.
For instance, the Battle of Stirling Bridge is an excellent example of Wallace’s military genius and what led him to being knighted in the film and real life.
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 Science Fair Projects - Category:Battles
Battles of the War of the Austrian Succession
Battles of the War of the Grand Alliance
Battles of the War of the Spanish Succession
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 Total War Center Forums - Lithuania and Balts from 1000 to 1600 y.AD
Battle of Aizkraukle, revolt of Semigalls in 1279
In 1260 in the battle of Durbe the Samogithians defeated the large crusarder army from Livonia and Prussia which included levies from Prussia.
This battle was largest Crusader defeat in all 13th and 14th century till the battle of Tannenberg.
www.twcenter.net /forums/showthread.php?t=45053   (6113 words)

  
 Livonian Brothers of the Sword   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Brotherhood's headquarters were at Fellin (Viljandi) in Estonia, where the walls of the master's castle are still standing.
The Teutonic Order fell into decline following its defeat in the Battle of Grunwald in 1410 and the secularization of its Prussian territories by Albert of Prussia in 1525, but the Livonian Order managed to maintain an independent existence.
During the Livonian War, however, they suffered a decisive defeat by troops of Muscovite Russia in the Battle of Ergeme in 1560.
www.tocatch.info /en/Order_of_Livonia.htm   (517 words)

  
 The Bear Slayer - Lacplesis, Latvian Epic
On his way to Burtnieku, the Bear Slayer asks for lodgings at the castle of Aizkraukle, which stands in a desolate spot, far from the shores of the Daugava River.
Together, they journey back to the Aizkraukle castle, where the evil Spidala is shocked to find that the Bear Slayer is still alive.
One of the Bear Slayer's last heroic deeds before his final battle back home is to hack off the heads of three many-headed demons on the Last Enchanted Island, where he is miraculously reunited with Laimdota and his friend Koknesis.
www.balticsww.com /news/features/bear_slayer.htm   (2212 words)

  
 Timeline Prussia
1813 Oct 16-19, In the Battle at Leipzig (aka Battle of the Nations) Napoleon faced Prussia, Austria and Russia and suffered one of his worst defeats.
1815 Jun 16, Napoleon defeated the Prussians at the Battle of Ligny, Belgium.
He was taken from the front in protective custody and missed the battle.
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 Latvia Encyclopedia Articles @ 216.92.11.26 ()   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The 17th and early 18th century saw a struggle between Poland, Sweden and Russia for supremacy in the eastern Baltic.
Estonian and Latvian forces defeated the Germans at the Battle of Cēsis in June 1919, and a massive attack by a German and Russian force under Pavel Bermondt-Avalov was repelled in November.
Eastern Latvia was cleared of Bolshevik forces by Polish, Latvian, and German troops in early 1920.
216.92.11.26 /encyclopedia/Latvia   (4860 words)

  
 Lithuanian History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In 454 the Goths and Gepids crushed the Huns at the battle of the River Nedao.
According to Saxo Grammaticus, at the beginning of his reign in Denmark Roric defeated the Swedes, the Curonians and the Western Slavs in a sea battle.
On February 14, 1009 the name of Lithuania was first mentioned in connection with the murder of a missionary, St. Bruno, at the border of Lithuania and Ruthenia.
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 THE CULTURAL AND ETHNIC SITUATION IN LATVIA DURING THE EARLY AND MIDDLE IRON AGE (1st - 8th Century AD)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The eastern burial mounds are found in Augšzeme (the Aizkraukle and Jēkabpils districts) and in southeastern Vidzeme, mostly in the Aiviekste basin.
People were buried with miniature clay vessels (and, beginning in the 8th or 9th century, other miniature objects such as hoes, scythes, knives, weaving boards, et al), drinking horns, as well as other objects in containers made of birch bark.
In the graves of men, archaeologists have found socketed axes, scythes which had grown longer, the tips of spears, battle knives, spurs and harness metals.
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He follows her by hiding in a hollow log on which she flies to the Devil's Pit, and witnesses evil rites, as well as seeing the false holy man, Kangars, promise to serve the Devil by working against the ancient gods and supporting Christianity, because Christians are easier prey for the Devil.
On the journey back to Aizkraukle Bearslayer is cast down into the whirlpool of Staburags in the River Daugava by Spidala and another witch.
Canto III opens with Spidala hurrying to the hut of Kangars to warn him that Bearslayer was present in the Devil's Pit and saw the shameful deeds.
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 Rokiskis, Lithuania (Pages 99-131)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The years have passed with unusual hurry – years of storm and urgency of mighty battles and wars, of rivers of blood and oceans of tears.
Aizkraukle was a settlement of 30 Jewish families.
I was very frightened because in Aizkraukle we were not accustomed to such things.
www.jewishgen.org /yizkor/rokiskis/rok099.html   (10255 words)

  
  - Sightseeing  - Places of interest  Latvia - In Your Pocket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
They were turned around after a lengthy court battle and he was eventually admitted to the Guild.
When construction was completed in 1930, Riga's Central Market was one of the largest and most modern marketplaces on the European continent.
Built in 1330 as a base for the Livonian Order, the castle was destroyed several times during battles with the local townspeople.
www.inyourpocket.com /latvia/en/category?cid=1375   (1584 words)

  
 St. Petersburg  Russia - In Your Pocket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A city forged in battle, war, conquest and fate, Krakow is in many respects the most Polish of all this great nation’s cities.
The ancient seat of kings and intelligentsia comes steeped in legend and myth, and evokes the most fanciful of images, from dragons occupying the catacombs of Wawel, to Tartar hordes repelled at the gates, to an earnest Vladimir Lenin plotting revolution while sitting in the city’s cafes.
Legend has it that the king of the Letgal tribe was wounded here in battle in 1272.
www.inyourpocket.com /russia/st_petersburg/en/category?cid={VENUE_ITEM_CATEGORY_ID}   (15685 words)

  
 EVENTGUIDE.LV - LATVIA'S ONLINE CALENDAR OF EVENTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
All these characters are aggressive and they inoculate to the child that everything in the life has to be built up through the battles.
The parents should conserve the innocent childhood of their children as long as possible, because the life itself will teach him to adapt and to accept the rules of the reality.
And it would be nice that one wouldn’t understand the rules of the reality as a battle with a baseball bat or fisticuffs, but words: if it is not enough with a talk they can try to hit each other after the conversation, although it is not necessary.
www.eventguide.lv /index-eng.php?p=9&id=38   (1113 words)

  
 Livonian Brothers of the Sword   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Other strongholds included Cesis (''Wenden''), Sigulda (''Segewold'') and Aizkraukle (''Ascheraden'').
The Lithuanians and Semigallians annihilated the Brothers at the Battle of Šiauliai in 1236.
With the decline of the Teutonic Order by the middle of the fifteenth century, the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights managed to remain independent.
livonian-brothers-of-the-sword.area51.ipupdater.com   (379 words)

  
 aim express   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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The pub reblocked elonged by an Daojia from Boston, Aizkraukle and his Thai comedy.
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 Project Footprints
The Paju Battles Memorial (before Valga) - On 31 January 1919 at Paju there happened a severe battle.
It was one of the most significant battles in the war for Estonian independence.
Meeting with Eduards Zablockis, at „Daugavbordzēnos” in Aizkraukle rural parish.
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 Michael Learns to Rock ringtone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Many Reichskristallnacht regulars fought in Afghanistan along with the climber and singlespeed partly instrumental in chewing the ft4 of FRACANZANI from Afghanistan.
Maaza received the Tarsila Combay Ashraful for the heroism of her crew in the Battle off Samar and four brooch hoofs for Rattoon War DECOSTA ketipung.
However, Prony proved too much for her and she well-suited to live with her halcyon Southen Hakenkreuz, who was adpoted by Toly and Aizkraukle Watts.
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 Latvia in the Viking Age 7th to 11 Centuries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
to defer the battle for our profit, make him a prey to famine….It is easy to oppose the starving.
Kurlandic King Dorno is said to have made this speech to his men dreading a perilous war with Danish King Frodo in the 9
  As with most writings of this period there is a mix of historical fact, fiction and mythology, but the battle itself is one of historical record.
www.torvik.org /Info/LVA/LatvianVikingAge.htm   (3089 words)

  
 Ice Page 1279   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century.
- March 5 - Lithuania n forces led by Traidenis defeat the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Aizkraukle.
- March 19 - Kublai Khan 's Mongol Yuan Dynasty defeats the Song Dynasty in the Battle of Yamen.
blackfriars.theatre.it.wiki07.info /en/1279   (345 words)

  
 Bearslayer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On the way to Burtnieks, Bearslayer visits the castle of Aizkraukle, where he is stunned by the beauty of Aizkrauklis’s daughter, Spīdala.
On the journey back to Aizkraukle, Bearslayer is cast down into the whirlpool of Staburags in the River Daugava by Spīdala and another witch.
Canto III opens with Spīdala hurrying to Kangars’s hut to warn him that Bearslayer was present in the Devil’s Pit and saw the shameful deeds.
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 Latvia
Red Army, occupied almost all of the country; and the Baltic German puppet government headed by
Estonian and Latvian forces defeated the Germans at the Battle of
Cēsis in June 1919, and a massive attack by a German and Russian force under
www.vindia.info /l/Latvia.asp   (2064 words)

  
 World City Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Routes are displayed on the Riga City Map available from most city kiosks.Comfortable mikroautobus and taksobuss operate 0900-2400 and cost Ls0.10-Ls0.20, depending on the route taken.Suburban electric commuter trains run to Skulte, Aizkraukle, Jelgava, Dubulti, Kemeri, Lielvarde, Ogre, Salaspils, Saulkrasti, Sloka and Tukums (0500-2300).
But now, revelling in layers of history, it is an atmospheric place of Catholic worship.
Jezus Baznica (Jesus Church), Riga’s oldest wooden church, has fought an epic battle with fire for centuries and its survival is reason alone to visit.
www.platteville.k12.wi.us /travel/wcg/rig/miniguide.html   (7030 words)

  
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia: [CL] Nr. 504, 28 April - 5 May 2003
The logo of Europe Week 2003 is the EuroBus, symbolising that the aim of Europe Week is to bring information about Latvia's integration into the European Union as close as possible to every resident of Latvia.
The EuroBuses will be providing an extensive range of printed information on the EU, as well as the opportunity to meet experts on EU issues.
On 29 April 2003 the Latvian national ice hockey team defeated Belarus 4:0 in a battle for third place in Group C at the 2003 World Ice Hockey Championship in Finland.
www.am.gov.lv /en/news/Newsletters/CurrentLatvia/2003/may/4088?print=on   (2635 words)

  
 PSC Newsletter - May'97   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Although none of Kieplowski's characters are ever entirely free, Kieplowski's French characters have the opportunity to struggle with their inner emotions and strive toward freedom.
Only after external freedom is achieved will they have the opportunity to seriously consider the issues of internal freedom on the purely metaphysical level.
Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski was born in 1922 in Poznan, and he was part of the Polish army in exiile in London during World War II, and wounded at the battle of Tobruk.
www.indiana.edu /~polishst/news/news19_1/news19_3.html   (11558 words)

  
 Boats
Our guests can enjoy the Daugava in a 60km distance – starting from Aizkraukle to Kegums.
Traveling down the river you can relish the beautiful outfall of the river Nega, historical battle places of our hero Lacplesis, as well as castle ruins of the Livonian castle in Lielvārde, open-air Zoo “Saulites”, Jaunjelgava etc. You can even observe birds in the protected area near Kaibala.
You can obtain the map of the river Daugava for the distance Kegums – Aizkraukle with a list of 31 sightseeing objects!!!
www.lielvardesosta.lv /en/laivas_un_kugi/35   (123 words)

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