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Events on Friday 14 July 1471 1
1471Battle of the Shelon RiverMuscovy breaks the power of NovgorodOn 14 July 1471, forces of Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow defeated the army of the Novgorod Republic on the Shelon River. The defeat forced Novgorod to accept Muscovite overlordship and paved the way for its full annexation seven years later. The battle marked a major step in the unification of the Russian lands under Moscow.