2011 Event A team of divers discover the wreck of a Swedish warship, possibly Mars, the head of king Erik XIV's fleet which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1564 1991 Event U.S.S.R. recognizes independence of the 3 Baltic republics 1991 Event Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former U.S.S.R. Baltic reps 1955 Event Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea 1944 Birthday James Buckley, CEO, Baltic Exchange 1943 Birthday A H Harper, CEO, Baltic Exchange 1941 Event All Jews living in Baltic States are obligated to wear a Jewish Star 1941 Event Germany attacks the Soviet Union and occupies the Baltic states 1934 Event Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against U.S.S.R. 1918 Event Germany claims Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia 1904 Event Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur 1857 Death Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 1823 Event Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London 1784 Birthday Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven 1777 Birthday Thomas Campbell, poet, Hohenlinden, Battle of the Baltic 1582 Event Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland, loses access to Baltic
