Today in History:
Feb 25, 1336 – Four thousand defenders of #Pilėnai commit mass suic_ _ _ rather than be taken captive by the #TeutonicKnights.

(www.ancient-origins.net/history/mass...)

*Duke Margiris defending Pilėnai against Teutonic Knights 1336.
By Władysław #Majeranowski (1817-1874)