# Stephen Báthory - King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania

URL: https://allhistories.com/estonia/rulers/stephen-bathory
Reign: 1576 – 1586
Born-Died: 1533 - 1586
Dynasty: Poland–Lithuania
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Báthory

Stephen Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, was elected King of Poland and turned the Livonian War against Russia, besieging Pskov in 1581. The Truce of Jam Zapolski (1582) gave southern Estonia, including Tartu, to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Sigismund II Augustus](https://allhistories.com/estonia/rulers/sigismund-ii-augustus)
- Next in list: [Frederick II](https://allhistories.com/estonia/rulers/frederick-ii)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1576 - [Ivo Schenkenberg and the peasant 'Hannibal men'](https://allhistories.com/estonia/timeline/1576-ivo-schenkenberg-and-the-peasant-hannibal-men)
- 1577 - [Ivan IV's great siege of Tallinn](https://allhistories.com/estonia/timeline/1577-ivan-iv-s-great-siege-of-tallinn)
- 1581 - [Swedes storm Narva and massacre its inhabitants](https://allhistories.com/estonia/timeline/1581-swedes-storm-narva-and-massacre-its-inhabitants)
- 1583 - [Jesuit gymnasium opens in Tartu under Polish rule](https://allhistories.com/estonia/timeline/1583-jesuit-gymnasium-opens-in-tartu-under-polish-rule)
- 1583 - [Truce of Plussa ends the Livonian War](https://allhistories.com/estonia/timeline/1583-truce-of-plussa-ends-the-livonian-war)