History Trivia

July 13,1174 William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–1174, was captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England. 1260 the Livonian Order, a Catholic and military-political organization of knights of the Teutonic Order, which created a feudal state in the eastern Baltic region that lasted from the 13th through 16th centuries, suffered its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The battle inspired the Great Prussian Uprising which ended in 1274.