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Subject: Short History of Lithuania
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linuxe 6.04.09 - 12:14pm
1009 Lithuania is first mentioned in written sources, the Quedlinburg Annals.
1253 Grand Duke Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania. Now the 6th of June is the Statehood Day. Commemorates the coronation of the countrys only king, King Mindaugas.
1323 During Grand Duke Gediminas reign Vilnius is first mentioned as the capital of Lithuania.
1495 The first goldsmith and sewing shops were established. Vilnius starts to develop as a centre of trade, industry and culture of Eastern Europe.
1522 Francis Skoryna established the first printing press in the city. The city became one of the most famous book-printing centres in Europe
1579 The Collegium, an institution of higher education, was founded by the Jesuits in Vilnius and was upgraded to the level of Academy, by the Pope. It was the first university in the Baltic countries and became the most important cultural centre in the region.
1795 After the third Partition of the Republic of the Two Nations, Lithuania was annexed by Russia and the name Lithuania was applied to a Russian imperial province. Many city-dwellers were either killed or deported to the eastern regions of the Russian Empire.
On the 16th February 1918 the Council of Lithuania proclaimed the restoration of an independent Lithuanian state.
1939-1940 on the basis of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact with Germany, the Soviet Union compelled Lithuania to sign a mutual as*istance treaty, which allowed Red Army units to be stationed on Lithuanian territory. As a result of this alliance, Lithuania regained Vilnius but was incorporated into the Soviet Union.
On the 11th of March 1990 the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania declared the restoration of Lithuanias independence.
In May 2004 Lithuania became a member of the European Union and NATO, and Vilnius became the capital of the Member State of the EU and NATO. *
vsight 12.04.12 - 11:55am
Rich history indeed :)) *
