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Battle or uprising · 1221

Fourteen days around Toompea

After Easter 1221 a fleet from Saaremaa landed below Tallinn and besieged the Danish garrison on Toompea. Men from Revala, Harju and Viru joined them. They lit many fires to burn the stronghold, and the Danes rushed out again and again, but neither side broke through. After fourteen days four cogs appeared at sea. The islanders took them for the Danish king's army, boarded their ships and sailed home. The Danes then took revenge. Every local elder who had helped the islanders was hanged, and the others had to pay several times the old taxes. The anger this caused fed new uprisings. Toompea Castle stands on the same hill today.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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1221. aasta lihavõttepühade järel maabus saarlaste laevastik Tallinna all ja piiras Toompeal Taani väge. Saarlastega ühinesid revalased, harjulased ja virulased. Nad süütasid palju tulesid, et linnust põlema panna, taanlased tungisid korduvalt välja, kuid kumbki pool läbi ei murdnud. Neljateistkümne päeva pärast ilmus merele neli koget. Saarlased pidasid neid Taani kuninga väeks, läksid laevadele ja sõitsid koju. Seejärel taanlased maksid kätte. Kõik saarlasi aidanud vanemad poodi üles ja ülejäänutele pandi mitu korda suuremad maksud. Sellest kasvanud viha toitis uusi ülestõuse. Samal mäel seisab praegu Toompea loss.

Map of the area around Fourteen days around Toompea
59.43524° N, 24.73798° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Tallinna piiramine (1221); Henry's Chronicle of Livonia. ↗

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