Timeline of Vilnius
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Vilnius, Lithuania.
Prior to 17th century[]
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- 1323
- 1330 - Coat of arms of Vilnius granted.
- 1345 - Pyatnitzkaya Church built.[2]
- 1348 - Cathedral of the Theotokos built.
- 1387
- Magdeburg rights granted.
- St. Nicholas Church built.
- 1397 - Cathedral School active (approximate date).
- 1409 - Gediminas' Tower built.
- 1426 - Church of St. John built.[2]
- 1469 - Church of Saints Bernard and Francis founded.[2]
- 1500 - St. Anne's Church consecrated.
- 1522
- City walls and Gate of Dawn built.
- Francysk Skaryna sets up printing press.
- 1555 - Lutheran Church built on Nyemetzkaya Street.[2]
- 1557 - Vilnius Cathedral rebuilt.
- 1560 - St. Paraskeva Church rebuilt.
- 1588 - Plague.[1]
- 1570 - Jesuit library established.
- 1572 - Synagogue built.
- 1579 - Alma Academia et Universitas Vilnensis Societatis Iesu founded.
- 1597 - Monastery of the Holy Ghost founded.[2]
17th-18th centuries[]
- 1610 - Fire.[1]
- 1626 - Church of St. Theresa founded.[2]
- 1630 - All Saints Church built.
- 1633 - Great Synagogue built.
- 1644 - Biblioteca Sapehana willed to Vilnia University.[3]
- 1653 - Radziwill Palace built.
- 1655 - July: Battle of Vilnius; Russians in power.[1]
- 1656 - Town becomes part of Russia.[1]
- 1658 - Battle of Werki.
- 1697 - Sapieha Palace built.
- 1701 - St. Peter and St. Paul's Church built.
- 1702 - Swedes in power.[1]
- 1710 - Plague.
- 1739 - Green Bridge constructed.
- 1749 - Divine Mercy Sanctuary built.
- 1781 - University Botanical Garden established.
- 1788 - Russians in power.[1]
- 1794 - Vilnius Uprising.
- 1795
- Town becomes part of Russia, and capital of Vilna Governorate.
- St. Paraskeva Church rebuilt.
- 1799
- Town Hall rebuilt.
- Romm publishing house relocates to Vilnius.
19th century[]
- 1801
- Rasos Cemetery consecrated.
- Royal Palace demolished.
- 1809 - Antakalnis Cemetery established.
- 1810 - Bernardine Cemetery established.
- 1812
- Napoleon uses city as military base.[4]
- Vilnian National Guard formed.
- 1823 - Population: 20,900.[5]
- 1825 - Tuskulenai Manor built.
- 1828 - Jewish cemetery established in Uzupis (approximate date).
- 1831 - Uprising.[1]
- 1832 - University closed.[1]
- 1834 - Presidential Palace renovated.
- 1836 - St. George Avenue laid out.
- 1845 - Theatre opens.[2]
- 1852 - Central Archive of Early Register Books established.[6]
- 1855 - Museum of Antiquities established.
- 1856 - Public library established.[7]
- 1861 - Demonstration against Russian Empire.
- 1863 - Uprising against Russian Empire.
- 1866 - St. Nicholas Orthodox Church reconsecrated.
- 1867 - Pretchistenski Cathedral rebuilt.[2]
- 1881 - Population: 89,560.[8]
- 1883 - Population: 93,760.[1]
- 1897 - Jewish Labor Bund founded in Vilnius.[9]
- 1898 - St. Alexander Nevsky Church and District Court built.[2]
- 1900 - Population: 162,633.[1]
20th century[]
- 1901 - Kaziukas Fair relocates to Place Lukiskim.
- 1903 - Power Plant, Choral Synagogue and Our Lady of the Sign Church built.
- 1904 - Prison built.
- 1905 - December: Great Seimas of Vilnius held.
- 1906
- Society of Friends of Science organized.
- Vileisis Palace built.
- 1907 - Lithuanian Art Society founded.[10]
- 1911 - St. Casimir Church, Naujoji Vilnia built.
- 1913
- Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine built.
- Population: 204,290.[11]
- 1915
- 19 September: Germans in power.[12]
- City becomes capital of Lithuania District.
- 1916 - Vilna Troupe active.
- 1918
- 16 February: Lithuania declares independence from German Empire.
- Museum of History and Ethnography established.
- 1919
- April: Vilna offensive by Polish army.
- Central Library of Lithuania organized.[13]
- Jablkowski Brothers department store opens.
- 1920 - October: Zeligowski's Mutiny.
- 1925
- Darius Stadium opens.
- Elektrit Radiotechnical Society, Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius, and Yiddish Scientific Institute established.
- 6 May: School massacre.
- 1926 - City becomes capital of Wilno Voivodeship.
- 1928 - Northern Trade Fair begins.
- 1931 - Population: 195,000.
- 1933
- City Museum established.
- Smigly Wilno soccer team formed.
- 1939
- Soviets in power.
- Vilnius Pedagogical Institute established.
- 1940
- City becomes capital of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Vilnius State Theatre established.
- 1941
- June: Germans in power.
- July: Ponary massacre begins.[14]
- 1942 - Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye formed in Vilna Jewish Ghetto.
- 1943 - HKP 562 forced labor camp set up by Germans.
- 1944
- 6–15 July: Operation Ostra Brama; Soviets in power.
- Airport begins operating.
- 1945 - Music School founded.
- 1946 - Russian Drama Theatre reestablished.[citation needed]
- 1950 - Zalgiris Stadium opens.
- 1951 - Vilnius Heat Plant commissioned.
- 1955 - Seskine village becomes part of city.
- 1956
- Trolleybuses begin operating.
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University established.
- 1963
- National Library of Lithuania relocates to Vilnius.[13]
- Polish Theater founded.
- 1964 - Statyba basketball team formed.
- 1965
- Zirmunai Bridge constructed.
- Vingis Park renovated.
- Population: 293,000.[15]
- 1967 - Technika (publisher) established.
- 1968 - Ratilio ensemble formed.
- 1971 - Palace of Concerts and Sports opens.
- 1972 - Valakampiai Bridge constructed.
- 1974
- Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre built.
- Evangelical Cemetery demolished.
- 1979 - Population: 503,000.[16]
- 1980 - Seimas Palace and Vilnius TV Tower built.
- 1983 - Vilnius Combined Heat and Power Plant commissioned.
- 1985 - Population: 544,000.[17]
- 1987 - Vilnius Jazz Festival begins.
- 1989 - Jewish State Museum established.
- 1990
- 11 March: Lithuania declares independence from USSR.
- Vilnius Lyceum and Vilniaus lietuviu namai (school) established.
- 1991 - January: City besieged by Soviet forces.
- 1992
- Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania[18] and Verkiai Regional Park established.
- Museum of Genocide Victims opens.
- 1994 - Military Academy of Lithuania established.
- 1995 - Alis Vidunas becomes mayor.
- 1997
- 1 April: Uzupis neighborhood declares itself an independent republic.
- Rolandas Paksas becomes mayor.
- Kalnai Park established.
- 1999
- Vilnius Book Fair begins.[citation needed]
- Juozas Imbrasas becomes mayor.
- 2000
- House of the Signatories museum opens.
- Arturas Zuokas becomes mayor.
21st century[]
- 2001 - Sportima Arena opens.
- 2002
- Vilnius Ice Palace opens.
- Energy and Technology Museum established.
- 2003
- Mindaugas Bridge opens.
- 750th anniversary of coronation of Mindaugas.
- FK Vetra relocates to Vilnius.
- 2004
- Siemens Arena and Vetra Stadium open.
- European Humanities University relocates to Vilnius.
- Europa Tower built.
- Mykolas Romeris University and Vilnius Academy of Business Law established.
- Vilnius Marathon begins.
- 2005 - Lietuvos rytas Arena opens.
- 2006 - May: City hosts regional democracy conference.
- 2007
- Juozas Imbrasas becomes mayor again.
- Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center opens.
- 2008
- February: City hosts NATO meeting.
- Vilnius Airport railway station opens.
- Gariunai Market pavilion built.
- 2009
- Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania rebuilt.
- City designated a European Capital of Culture.
- 2011
- Vilniaus viesasis transportas (bus company) established.
- Population: 554,060.
- Arturas Zuokas becomes mayor again.[19]
- 2015 - Remigijus Šimašius becomes mayor.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k Britannica 1910.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Baedeker 1910.
- ^ Marcia J. Bates, ed. (2010), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
- ^ E. J. Harrison (1922), "Topographical Outline", Lithuania, past and present, London: Unwin
- ^ Morse 1823.
- ^ Grimsted 1979.
- ^ "Leading Libraries of the World: Russia and Finland". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 477–478.
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- ^ "Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885.
- ^ James C. Docherty; Peter Lamb (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Socialism (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6477-1.
- ^ Chris Michaelides, ed. (2007). "Chronology of the European Avant Garde, 1900─1937". Breaking the Rules: The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900-1937. Online Exhibitions. British Library.
- ^ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- ^ Stephen Pope; Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (1995). "Select Chronology". Dictionary of the First World War. Macmillan. p. 523+. ISBN 978-0-85052-979-1.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "History". Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Vilnius". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
- ^ Henry W. Morton and Robert C. Stuart, ed. (1984). The Contemporary Soviet City. New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-87332-248-5.
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
- ^ "Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania". Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Mayor". Vilniu City. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
This article incorporates information from the Lithuanian Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, and Russian Wikipedia.
Bibliography[]
- Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Wilna", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
- "Wilna", Jewish Encyclopedia, 12, New York, 1907
- "Vilna", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- "Vilna", Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 1328163
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Vilna", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
- Patricia Kennedy Grimsted (1979). "The Archival Legacy of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: The Fate of Early Historical Archives in Vilnius". Slavonic and East European Review. 57.
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