December 20 โ the unsuccessful winter campaign of Ivan the Terrible against Kazan began (lasting until March 7 of the following year).
Ivan the Terrible attempted to invite European craftsmen and artisans to Moscow, which was obstructed by the Livonian Order.
A raid by the Kazan Murza Arak-bogatyr on the Kostroma region was repelled.
1 Kopeck 1548.
