1991 U.S. officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
1991 Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence
1991 Lithuania votes for independence from U.S.S.R.
1991 Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence
1990 Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia hold their 1st joint session
1990 Lithuania declares it's Independence
1990 200,000 demand return of Lithuania's independence
1944 Vilnius, Lithuania, liberated
1944 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kaunas Lithuania
1943 Concentration Camp Kauwen in Lithuania opens
1941 Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania
1941 Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated
1941 Nazi execute entire Jewish population of Grodz, Lithuania
1941 Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono, Lithuania
1941 Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated
1940 Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union
1940 Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
1940 Lithuania becomes Lithuanian SSR
1940 Communist government installed in Lithuania
1940 Soviet Army occupies Lithuania
1940 Kas Garas, born in Kaunas, Lithuania, actor, Hamlyn-Strange Report
1939 Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender
1939 Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany
1939 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania
1934 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against U.S.S.R.
1929 Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact
1925 Jacques Sernas, born in Lithuania, actor, La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy
1924 Memel territories given to Lithuania
1923 Poland annexes Central Lithuania
1923 Lithuania seizes and annexes country of Memel
1922 Vilinus, Lithuania, agrees to separate from Poland
1921 Estonia and Lithuania admitted to League of Nations
1920 Lithuania and U.S.S.R. sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep
1919 Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from Soviet Army
1919 Lithuania gains independence
1918 Lithuania proclaims independence
1918 Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day)
1918 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar
1917 German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia
1915 Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27
1907 Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuania, poet/editor/critic
1905 Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania
1901 Jascha Heifetz, Vilna Lithuania, U.S. violin virtuoso, Carnegie Hall
1887 William Zorach, Lithuania, U.S. sculptor, Spirit of the Dance
1882 Vincas Kreve-Mickievicius, Lithuania, poet/philologist/playwright
1877 Feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder, KGB
1870 Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer
1835 Cesar A. Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer
1563 Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania
1440 Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar, 1462-1505, /conquered Lithuania
1434 Jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies
1370 Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania
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