VILNIUS-AREA AND LITHUANIA: CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE


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1323 Vilnius founded by archduke Gediminas
1386 Personal Union with Poland
1569 Union between Poland and Lithuania
1655 Vilnius destroyd by Russia
1773 Eastern part of Lithuania becomes Russian
1792 Partition of Poland: the rest of Lithuania under Russia
1857, 10 december Introduction of stamps: point-postmarks with number-code
1860 One-ring-postmarks with only cyrillic letters
1903 Double-ring-postmarks
1915, 18 september Vilnius occupied by German troops
1918, 18 february Proclamation of independence, as independence-day: 16 february
1918, 3 march Peace of Brest-Litowsk, Russia cedes Lithuania
1918, 11 november Capitulation of Germany, Lithuania independent with Vilnius as capital
1918, 26 december First Lithuanian post office in Vilnius
1918, 27 december First Lithuanian stamps at the counter in Vilnius
1919, 3-4 january First occupation of Vilnius by Polish warriors
1919, 5 january Government of Lithuania moved to Kaunas
1919, 5 january First occupation of van Vilnius by bolsheviks (LSSR-LITBEL)
1919, 19 april Second Polish occupation of Vilnius
1919 Peace-conference of Paris: Lithuania independent
1920, 12 july Russia recognizes Lithuania with Vilnius (Peace of Moscow)
1920, 25 august Second Lithuanian government-time in Vilnius
1920, 26 august Lithuanian government again in Vilnius
1920, 9 october Third Polish occupation (general Zeligowski)
1920, 10 october Proclamation of state "Central Lithuania"(Vilnius-area)
1922, 16 april Annexation by Poland of the Vilnius-area
1923, 15 january Memel-area becomes Lithanian: Klaipeda
1928 Lithuania declares (by Poland occupated) Vilnius as capital
1939, 22 march Return of Memel to Germany
1939, 19 september Vilnius occupated by Sovjet troops
1939, 9 october Vilnius again by Lithuanis as capital
1940, 21 july Lithuanian Sovjet Republic LTSR
1941, 26 june Occupation of Vilnius by German troops (Ostland)
1944, 13 juli Departure German troops from Vilnius
1945, january Memel captured by Sovjet troops and again by Sovjet-republic Lithuania
1990, 11 march Proclamation of independence
1991, 6 september Again independent











Periodicals:
HBG = Het Baltische Gebied[in Dutch]
Lituania [in German]

Wilna - Zeittafel
In: Lituania 1996 ; nr. 5. - p. 235

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