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Vincas Kudirka

By Emilija Černiauskaitė

  • Birth

    Vincas Kudirka was born in Lithuania

  • Education

    He began studying history and philosophy in Warsaw.

  • Education

    He changed his major and began studying medicine

  • Expelled

    During his studies, he was arrested as a subversive for having a copy of Das Kapital in his possession, and was expelled from the University of Warsaw

  • Poetry

    He began writing poetry

  • Lithuanian national rebirth

    He became more active in Lithuanian national rebirth.

  • The secret society

    Vincas and other Lithuanian students in Warsaw, he founded the secret society Lietuva

  • Gratuated

    He gratuated university of Warsaw
  • Varpas

    Varpas

    The society began publishing the clandestine newspaper Varpas

  • Tautiška Giesmė

    In issue number 6 of Varpas he published the text of Tautiška Giesmė

  • Death

    Vincas Kudirka died at the age 40

  • Lithuanian National Anthem

    Vincas Kudirka's written Tautiška giesmė became the Lithuanian National Anthem