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In the Middle Ages, Lithuania, unlike other Baltic countries (Latvia and Estonia), had already had its state: the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Magnus Ducatus Lithuaniae). It is generally accepted that the state of Lithuania found its way into the world...
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In 1918, the Council of Lithuania (an interim authority) had enough stamina and determination to sign the Act of independence of Lithuania “re-establishing an independent state based on democratic principles, with Vilnius as its capital city,...
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Lithuania’s steadfast strife for freedom and a peaceful anticommunist movement undermined and brought about the final collapse of the communist empire. The Gorbachiov’s perestroika launched in 1985 had an enormous impact on the developments in...
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Following its EU and NATO membership in 2004, Lithuania again reunited with the European family. Once an EU member, Lithuania has become an official donor country and has been giving aid to Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, South Caucasus, Afghanistan and...
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A. The Rulers of Medieval Lithuania
Mindaugas 1238-1263
Treniota 1263-1264
Vaišalgas (Vaišelga) 1264-1267
Shvarno 1267-1269
Traidenis 1269-1281
Daumantas 1281-1285
Butigeidis 1285-1291
Butvydas (Pucuwer) 1291-1295
Vytenis...
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The first settlers of Lithuania arrived in aproximatelly 10, 000 B.C. (Paleolithic period), when the climate warmed up and glaciers started receding from the territory of Lithuania to Scandinavia. This period marks the beginning of Lithuania’s...
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Having taken advantage of favourable international developments, and driven by its foreign policy aims directed against Lithuanian statehood, the USSR occupied Lithuania in 1940.
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The Birth of Lithuania
“In the year 1009, St Bruno, also known as Boniface, archbishop and monk, during his eleventh year after having become a monk, was killed by pagans at the border of Rus’ and Lithuania on the 9th of March with 18 of his...
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A chronology of key events:
1009 February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
1030 The city of Kaunas in Lithuania is founded.
1251 Mindaugas of Lithuania is baptized, in prelude to his...
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