Complete the sentence about Cēsis with the correct year: During the siege of ______, several hundred people sheltering in the castle killed themselves by igniting gunpowder rather than surrendering to the army of Ivan the Terrible.
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Correct answer: B. 1577
During the siege of 1577 several hundred people sheltering in the castle blew themselves up with gunpowder rather than give up. It was in the Livonian War.
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