2014 Event Andrus Ansip resigns as Prime Minister of Estonia; Ansip presided over the entry of Estonia into the eurozone and has served the longest to date among the prime ministers of the European Union 2013 Event Estonia becomes the first country in the world to establish a national electric car charging network , with cars charging in less than 30 minutes 2010 Event The European Union announces that on January 1, 2011, it will make Estonia the seventeenth member of the euro 1995 Event Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election 1994 Event Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed 1994 Event Estonia government of Laar flees 1994 Event Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia and Latvia 1991 Event U.N. admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North and South Korea, Marshall Islands and Micronesia 1991 Event U.S. officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 1991 Event Estonia declares it's independence from U.S.S.R. itself independent 1991 Event Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the U.S.S.R. 1990 Event Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia hold their 1st joint session 1988 Event Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs 1988 Event 1/3 of population argues for Estonia autonomy 1978 Birthday Kristiina Heinmets, Miss Estonia Universe 1997 1974 Death Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73 1944 Event Soviet forces occupy Estonia 1943 Event Concentration Camp Vaivara in Estonia opens 1941 Event Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia 1940 Event Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union 1940 Event Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire 1940 Event Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 1940 Event U.S.S.R. occupies Estonia 1939 Event Estonia accepts Soviet military bases 1937 Birthday Neeme Jarvi, born in Tallinn, Estonia, conductor, Estonia Opera 1971 1935 Birthday Arvo Part, born in Paide, Estonia, classical composer, celebrated for minimalist style, influenced by European jazz, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Bartok 1934 Event Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against U.S.S.R. 1934 Event Acting President Constantine Pats commits coup in Tallinn Estonia 1932 Birthday Jaan Raats, born in Tartu, Estonia, composer, composed Estonian language films, wrote 'Aeg elada aeg armastada' 1930 Birthday Velio Tormis, born in Estonia, composed music based on traditional ancient Estonian folksongs, most important composer in 20th century Estonia 1930 Birthday Eino Tamberg, born in Estonia, composer, neoclassical Estonian music, teacher, Estonian Academy of Music, wrote ballet, 'Johanna tentate' 1929 Event U.S.S.R., Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania sign Litvinov Pact 1925 Event Estonia forbids communist Party 1922 Event 1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champ (Tallinn, Estonia) 1921 Event Estonia and Lithuania admitted to League of Nations 1920 Event Peace treaty gives Estonia independence 1920 Event Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace) 1918 Event Estonia declares independence from Russia 1918 Event Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar 1903 Birthday Nikolai Lopatnikoff, born in Revel Estonia, composer, Variaioni Concertanto 1900 Birthday Evald Aav, born in Talinn, Estonia, composer, studied music with Artur Kapp, composed Estonian opera Vikerlased (The Vikings), modeled after Tchaikovsky's composition style 1898 Birthday Ivan Triesault, born in Estonia, actor, Cry of the Werewolf, Black Parachute 1897 Birthday Knudage Riisager, Port Kunda Estonia, Danish composer, Quaarrtsiluni 1891 Birthday Yuri Losmann, Estonia, marathon runner, Olympic-silver 1920 1891 Birthday August Gailit, Estonia, writer, Ekke Moor 1882 Birthday Mart Saar, born in Hupassaare, Estonia, composer, organist, combined folk music with contemporary sounds, composed choir, solo, piano music 1684 Birthday Catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia 1582 Event Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland, loses access to Baltic 1242 Event Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia
