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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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