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1009 February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
1030 The city of Kaunas in Lithuania is founded.
1251 Mindaugas
of Lithuania is baptized, in prelude to his crowning as King of Lithuania in 1253.
1252 The Lithuanian city of Klaipeda (''Memel'') is founded by the Teutonic Knights
.
1253 Mindaugas
is crowned as King of Lithuania.
1262 King Mindaugas
of Lithuania renounces Christianity
, returning to his pagan
roots and reverting to Grand Duke of Lithuania.
1263 Mindaugas
, the only Christian
king
of Lithuania, is assassinated by his cousin Treniota.
1279 Lithuanian forces led by Traidenis defeat the Teutonic Knights
in the Battle of Aizkraukle.
1323 Lithuania: Vilnius
becomes capital
1330 Vilnius
in Lithuania received its coat-of-arms. It was granted to the city in the seventh year of its existen
1385 The Union of Krewo established the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland
and Lithuania through the marriage of Queen Jadwiga of Poland
and Grand Prince Jagiello of Lithuania and saw the acceptance of Roman Catholicism
by the Lithuanian elite.
1569 Poland
and Lithuania are united in the Union of Lublin. They form Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
.
1587 Polish
and Lithuanian nobles elect Sigismund III Vasa
as their king
1673 near Chocim (also spelled Khotinin the Ukraine
, Lithuanian and Polish military units defeat the Turkish army. In this battle rockets of Kazimieras Simonavicius were successfully used.
1863 The January Uprising broke out in Poland
, Lithuania and Belarus
. The aim of the national movement was to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth
from occupation of Russia.
1899 Lithuanian
doctor, poet, and national hero Vincas Kudirka dies of tuberculosis
at age 40.
1918 February 16 — Lithuania declares its independence from the Russian Empire
.
1920 Bolshevist Russia
recognizes independent Lithuania.
1923 Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel
1929 Coup ousts Augustinas Voldemaras in Lithuania; new president is Antanas Smetona
1939 Germany
takes Memel from Lithuania
1940 The three Baltic states of Estonia
, Latvia
and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union
.
1941 Mass deportations by Soviet Union
authorities take place in Estonia
, Latvia
and Lithuania.
1949 The extensive deportation campaign was conducted in Estonia
, Latvia
and Lithuania. The Soviet authorities deported more than 92,000 people from Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.
1989 Two million indigenous people of Estonia
, Latvia
and Lithuania, then still occupied by the Soviet Union
, join hands to demand freedom and independence, forming an uninterrupted 600 km human chain.
1990 Two hundred thousand demonstrate in favor of Lithuanian independen
1990 Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union
.
1990 The Soviet Union
announces that Lithuania's declaration of independence is invalid.
1991 Soviet troops assault the Vilnius TV tower in Lithuania and kill 14 unarmed civilians; many more are injured.
1991 Voters in Lithuania support independen
1993 Litas was introduced in Lithuania.
2002 NATO
Summit in Prague
: Bulgaria
, Estonia
, Latvia
, Lithuania, Romania
, Slovakia
and Slovenia
are invited to join NATO.
2004 The largest expansion of NATO
to date takes place, allowing Bulgaria
, Estonia
, Latvia
, Lithuania, Romania
, Slovakia
and Slovenia
into the organization.
2004 The largest expansion to date of the European Union
takes place, extending the Union by 10 member-states: Poland
, Lithuania, Latvia
, Estonia
, the Czech Republic
, Slovakia
, Slovenia
, Hungary
, Malta
and Cyprus
.
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