Baltic States

Estonia

Jan 9, 1816

Serfdom is abolished in Estonia. It was abolioshed from 1816-1819.It was a kind of experiment in the Russian Empire, arranged to see how the process of setting the peasantry free should take place and what are the consequences.

Estonia

Nov 28, 1869

Estonia makes national movements toward independance. It is approaching the War of Revoloution.

Latvia

Jul 28, 1914

World War 1 occurs in Latvia, 700,000 people become refugees and most of them flee to Russia while Latvia falls under German occupation.

Lithuania

Jul 1, 1915

Lithuania was occupied by German troops during World War I.

Estonia

Feb 13, 1918

Germany occupies Estonia. It occured right after the first world war when the German Imperial Army occuopied the West Estonian Archipelago.

Estonia

Nov 20, 1918

The Estonian war of Independance occurs. It was an Estonian defensive war against the Soviet Union. The war ended with Estonia gaining their Independance and it being concluded in the Treaty of Tartu.

Latvia

May 1, 1920

The Constitutional Assembly began to work as a legeslative body to work on writing a constitution. The Peace Treaty is signed with Soviet Russia which leads to everyone noticing Latvian Independence and sovereignty.

Lithuania

Jun 24, 1940

The Nazi Army invades and occupies Lithuania. The Holocaust begins and ends up killing over 200,000 Jews.

Latvia

Aug 5, 1940

Latvia becomes the 15th Republic of the USSR, offical Latvian legeslation as well as the diplomatic representations still work.

Latvia

Jun 14, 1988

For the first time during when the Soviet Ruled, the take over of Latvia on June 17, 1940 is announced to be a de-facto occupation. The Latvian flag is carried openly throughout the streets for the first time along with the national anthem of Latvia being sung.

Lithuania

Oct 7, 1988

Sajudis First National Congress occurs. The reform leaders declare that its goal is to break away from the Soviet Union and have Lithuania be free and independent. Vytautas Landsbergis is appointed Chairman.

Lithuania

Mar 11, 1990

Lithuania declares indepences from the USSR, which a year later was recognized as a new state.

Lithuania

Sep 6, 1991

Lithuania becomes a member of the United Nations and OSCE becuase the Soviet Union recognized the independent Republic of Lithuania.

Lithuania

Nov 20, 2002

Nato summit in Prague invites 7 states to join their alliance, which includes Lithuania.

Lithuania

Mar 24, 2005

President Adamkus declined the invitation to attend the ceremony in Moscow in May marking the end of World War II.

Lithuania

Sep 14, 2005

A Russian fighter jet crashed on Lithuanian territory, raising diplomatic tension with Moscow. The situation defused as the investigation found out that it was a technical and human error to blame.

Estonia

Aug 24, 2008

Estonians win 1 gold medal (for men’s discus throw) and 1 silver medal (for rowing, men’s double sculls) in Beijing Olympic Games.

Lithuania

Apr 10, 2009

The National statistics office publishes some figures showing that Lithuania's GDP has plunged 12.6% in the first quarter of 2009. Which is compared to the same period as last year.

Latvia

Feb 1, 2012

The Latvian Secretariat for the Latvian Presidency of the council of the European Union is formed to report to the foreign minister of Latvia.

Lithuania

Jun 18, 2012

The Government, adviser Virgis Valentinavicius says that Lithuania is on track to adopt the euro currency in 2014, although President Grybauskaite says the goal is "unrealistic" given an inflation rate of over four per cent.