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The cluster includes all the forms of the country since the Middle Ages. The period of union with Poland is covered in the cluster poland-lithuania.
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Duchy of Lithuania
Kingdom of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Republic of Lithuania
Kingdom of Lithuania (Germany)
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Establishment
January 1238: Lithuania, taking advantage of the conflict between the Teutonic and Livonian Orders, launched an attack on Ruthenia and successfully annexed the regions of Navahrudak and Hrodna.
Chronology
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Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.
1.1.Mongol Invasions of Germany
Were a series of Mongol raids in Germany.
1.1.1.First Mongol Invasion of Germany
Was a Mongol raid in the Holy Roman Empire.
May 1241: The Mongols invaded the Holy Roman Empire without major clash of arms.The army invaded eastern Germany, and crossed the March of Moravia in April-May 1241.
June 1241: The Mongols left eastern Germany and Moravia.
1.2.Mongol Invasions of Lithuania
Was a Mongol raid in Lithuania.
January 1259: The Mongol invasion of Lithuania in 1258-1259 was led by the Mongol Empire under the command of Batu Khan. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania, ruled by Mindaugas at the time, suffered significant devastation during the invasion.
February 1259: The Mongols leave Lithuania after a devastating raid.
January 1276: Mongols raided Lithuania in 1275, 1279 and 1325.
February 1276: Mongols raided Lithuania in 1275, 1279 and 1325.
January 1280: Mongols raided Lithuania in 1275, 1279 and 1325.
February 1280: Mongols raided Lithuania in 1275, 1279 and 1325.
January 1326: Mongols raided Lithuania in 1275, 1279 and 1325.
February 1326: Mongols raided Lithuania in 1275, 1279 and 1325.
Expansion during the rule of Gediminas in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1321: Expansion of Lithuania by 1320.
January 1321: The last prince of Vitebsk was Jaroslav Vasilkovich, whose daughter Mary was married to a Lithuanian prince. Jaroslav died in 1320 without heirs and Vitebsk was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1321: The Principality of Toropets was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1322: In 1321, Gediminas of Lithuania captured Kiev, sending Stanislav, the last Rurikid to rule Kiev, into exile.
January 1324: Lutsk is occupied by the troops of Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.
January 1327: Expansion of Lithuania by 1326.
January 1337: Expansion of Lithuania by 1336.
January 1341: Expansion of Lithuania by 1340.
January 1341: Incorporation of the Principality of Turov into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Were several wars fought in the years 1340-1392 over the succession in the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia.
January 1345: Direct conflict between Poland and Lithuania renewed, but soon a peace treaty was signed: Volhynia was assigned to Liubartas and Galicia to Casimir.
February 1348: After the Lithuanians were defeated in the Battle of Strėva by the Teutonic Knights in 1348, Liubartas lost all territories except for eastern Volhynia with Lutsk to Casimir .
November 1352: Another truce, rather favorable to the Lithuanians, was signed in fall 1352: Lubartas received not only Volhynia and Podolia, but also Belz and Chełm.
November 1366: In fall 1366, a treaty was signed by Poland and Lithuania: Liubartas of Lithuania retained only eastern Volhynia with Lutsk.
January 1371: In 1370, Liubartas took advantage of Casimir's death and captured all of Volhynia, including Volodymyr-Volynskyi.
January 1377: In 1376 the war resumed: Liubartas, Kęstutis, and Yuri of Belz attacked Sandomierz and Tarnów, reaching as far as Kraków.
February 1377: In 1376, the war resumed between the Kingdom of Poland (Hungary) and the Lithuanian rulers Liubartas, Kęstutis, and Yuri of Belz. They attacked Sandomierz, Tarnów, and even reached Kraków, causing turmoil in the region.
January 1383: After Louis death in 1382, Liubartas captured castles ruled by Hungarians (including Kremenets and Przemyśl).
3.1.Union of Krewo
Was a treaty that created a personal union between Poland and Lithuania.
August 1385: Union of Krewo: Personal union of poland and lithuania.
Expansion during the rule of Algirdas in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1353: Eventually by the mid-14th century, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania divided up the region between them: King Casimir III took Galicia and Western Volhynia, while the sister state of Eastern Volhynia together with Kyiv came under Lithuanian control, 1352-66.
January 1356: Expansion of Lithuania by 1355.
January 1357: Expansion of Lithuania by 1356.
January 1357: The Bryansk Principality became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1357: In 1356, during civil strife, the Bryansk principality was seized by the Grand Duke of Lithuania Olgerd.
January 1358: Briansk was taken in 1356 by the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Olgierd, and the principality lost its autonomy.
January 1360: Expansion of Lithuania by 1359.
January 1361: Karachev principality conquered by Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1363: Expansion of Lithuania by 1362.
January 1363: The Principality of Novgorod-Seversk became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1363: In 1362, after the Battle of Blue Waters, the Putivl Principalitybecame part of Greater Lithuania.
December 1363: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led by Grand Duke Algirdas and his brother Kęstutis, launched a successful campaign against the Golden Horde in 1363. The Battle of Blue Waters resulted in the capture of Kiev and Podolia, expanding the territory of the Grand Duchy.
January 1364: In 1363 after the Battle of Blue Waters, the Pereyaslavl principality became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .
January 1364: Western Podolia conquered by Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1369: The prince of Obolensk died in 1368 during an attack on the city by the Grand Duke of Lithuania Olgerd, who incorporated the city into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1371: In the 60s of the XIV century, the Rila Principality became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Were a series of wars between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow (later the Tsardom of Russia).
5.1.Lithuanian-Muscovite War (1368-1372)
Were a series of military invasions of the the Grand Duchy of Moscow by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
5.1.1.Invasion of Russia by Algirdas
Was a military campaign launched by Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas in Russia.
November 1368: The Lithuanians defeated the Russian defense forces on the Trosna River.
December 1368: The Lithuanians surrounded the Kremlin of Moscow, burned and looted it.
January 1369: In 1368, Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania gathered a large army, which included his brother Kęstutis and forces from Tver and Smolensk. The army was assembled in secret and marched quietly so that not to give an advance warning to the Russians. After crossing the Lithuania-Russia border, Lithuanians began pillaging and burning various villages.
June 1372: Prince of Moscow Dmitry Donskoy marched with his army to meet the invading Lithuanian army, which was stopped near Lyubutsk.
5.1.2.Russian counterattack against Algirdas
Was the Russian counterattack to the Lithuanian invasion started in 1368.
December 1368: The Lithuanian army retreated from all Russian territories without a serious attempt at taking the Moscow Kremlin.
April 1370: In early 1370, Moscow attacked Tver and Bryansk which belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
November 1370: On November 26, the Lithuanian army besieged Volokolamsk. The battle continued for two days. Lithuanians killed Prince Vasily Ivanovich Berezuysky, commander of the city's defenses, but did not succeed in capturing the city.
December 1370: The Lithuanian army led by Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, besieged Moscow on December 6. Algirdas' forces burned and pillaged, but did not succeed in taking the city's Kremlin where the Prince of Moscow, Dmitry Donskoy, had retreated.
December 1370: A truce between Russia and Lithuania was concluded. Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas retreated from the occupied territories.
5.1.3.Kęstutis' raid
Was a military campaign launched by Kęstutis, the brother of Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas, in Russia.
June 1372: Mikhail II prince of Tver (allied with Lirhuania) attacked the city of Dmitrov.
June 1372: The armies of Lithuania and Tver attacked Kashin and its duke acknowledged Tver's suzerainty.
June 1372: In spring 1372, Lithuanians raided Russian lands again. This time Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, did not participate. The Lithuanian Army was commanded by Kęstutis (Algirdas' brother) and his son Vytautas and Algirdas' son Andrei of Polotsk. They attacked Pereslavl-Zalessky, burned the posad and churches, looted and extracted a ransom.
5.1.4.Truce - Lithuanian-Muscovite War (1368-1372)
Was a treaty that ended the Lithuanian-Muscovite War (1368-72).
September 1372: The Treaty of Lyubutsk was a peace treaty signed in summer of 1372 between Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and Dmitri Donskoi, Prince of Moscow. The treaty ended the Lithuanian-Muscovite War (1368-72) and resulted in a seven-year peace period. Lithuanian forces left the occupied territories.
Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.
6.1.World War I eastern Front
Was the theatre of war in eastern Europe during World War I.
February 1918: The Council of Lithuania declared Lithuania's independence on February 16, 1918. The country was de facto occupied by German troops all the time.
November 1918: On 4 June 1918, the Lithuanian parlament voted to offer the Lithuanian throne to the German noble Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach. He accepted the offer in July 1918 and took the regnal name Mindaugas II. However, the Kingdom of Lithuania was officially dissolved in November 1918.
6.2.Aftermath of World War I
Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.
November 1918: The Republic of Latvia was established on 18 November 1918 when it broke away from the Russian Empire and declared independence in the aftermath of World War I.
6.2.1.Aftermath of World War I in Poland
Events that happened shortly after the end of World War I in Poland.
6.2.1.Lithuanian War of Independence
Events that happened shortly after the end of World War I in Lithuania leading to the independence of the country.
January 1919: The German occupying army withdrew from Vilnius and turned the city over to local Polish self-defense forces.
6.2.1.1.Lithuanian-Soviet War
Was a war between Lithuania and the Russian SFSR. Russia considerd Lithuania, that had recently declared independence, a secessionist state. At the end of the war Russia recognized the independency of Lithuania.
July 1920: Soviet-Lithuanian Peace Treaty signed between Lithuania and Soviet Russia. In exchange for Lithuania's neutrality and permission to move its troops in the territory that was recognised during its war against Poland, Soviet Russia recognized the sovereignty of Lithuania. Lithuania officially maintained that its de jure borders were those delineated by the treaty although a large territory, the Vilnius Region, was controlled by Poland.
January 1921: The Lithuanians claimed the southern shore of Daugava, including Grīva and Daugavpils, despite Latvian protests.
6.2.1.1.1.Soviet offensive (Lithuanian War of Independence)
Was the military invasion of Lithuania by the Russian SFSR that started the Lithuanian-Soviet War.
December 1918: Zarasai and Švenčionys conquered by RSFSR.
December 1918: Utena conquered by RSFSR.
December 1918: Rokiškis was taken over by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR).
January 1919: Ukmergė and Panevėžys are occupied by Russian Bolshevik forces.
January 1919: Šiauliai conquered by RSFSR.
January 1919: To prevent fights in Lithuania between retreating Germans and the Red Army, the Soviets and Germans signed a treaty on January 18. The treaty drew a temporary demarcation line that went through Daugai, Stakliškės, and 10 kilometres east of the Kaišiadorys-Jonava-Kėdainiai railway.
January 1919: Telšiai conquered by RSFSR.
February 1919: Russian operations to take Kaunas began on February 7.
February 1919: Soviet 7th Riflemen Regiment (900 men) took over Jieznas, south of Kaunas.
February 1919: A joint Lithuanian and German forces captured Šėta and forced the Red Army to retreat.
February 1919: The Bolshevik 3rd and 4th Riflemen Regiments (about 2,000 men) attacked Alytus.
February 1919: Lithuanians retreated, were reinforced by new Lithuanian and Saxon Volunteers, attacked again, and took Jieznas on February 13.
February 1919: On the night of February 14-15, German forces and one company of the Lithuanians returned to Alytus and retook the city.
April 1919: The Red Army retook Panevėžys on April 4.
6.2.1.1.2.German/Lithuanian Offensive (Lithuanian-Soviet War)
Was a joint German-Lithuanian offensive against the the Soviet invasion, during the Lithuanian-Soviet War.
February 1919: The movement of the Bolsheviks towards East Prussia worried Germany, and they sent volunteers. At the end of February, the Lithuanian partisans, supported by German artillery, took Mažeikiai and Seda, and pursued the Bolsheviks to Kuršėnai.
March 1919: Before mid-March, the Germans took Kuršėnai, Šiauliai, Radviliškis, Šeduva, Joniškis.
March 1919: The Bolshevik morale underwent deeper declines and, between March 19 and March 24, their forces left Panevėžys. Lithuanian forces entered the city on March 26.
6.2.1.1.3.Lithuanian offensive
Was a Lithuanian offensive in the territories of the Russian SFSR, during the Lithuanian-Soviet War.
May 1919: On May 3, the Separate Panevėžys Volunteer Regiment, supported by the 18th Regiment of Saxon Volunteers, had secured the town of Ukmergė.
May 1919: On May 7, Lithuanians entered Širvintos.
May 1919: Lithuanians and Poles mounted a joint operation to take Giedraičiai.
May 1919: The reorganized Lithuanian army carried out its first operation. The Vilkmergė Group captured Kurkliai and Anykščiai.
May 1919: The Panevėžys Group launched a drive towards Panevėžys on May 18 and secured the city the following day.
May 1919: The Lithuanians lost Panevėžys to a Bolshevik counterattack.
May 1919: The Soviets left Panevėžys to Lithuanian forces without a fight.
May 1919: Lithianian forces charged towards Kupiškis and secured Subačius.
May 1919: Joniškėlis' partisans broke through the Soviet lines and took Rokiškis in Soviet rear.
June 1919: Bolshevik forces, afraid that they could be encircled, left Kupiškis on the night of May 30-31, and Lithuania secured that city on June 1.
June 1919: The drive towards Utena resumed on May 31, and the city was secured on June 2 by Lithuanian forces.
June 1919: Another Soviet push came on June 20 and the front stabilized.The Soviets were cornered in a small region around Zarasai.
6.2.1.1.4.Final Battles of the Lithuanian-Soviet War
Were the final battles of the Lithuanian-Soviet War.
August 1919: The Ukmergė Group attacked first and captured Zarasai.
6.2.1.2.War against the Bermontians
Was the war between the Bermontians, a pro-German military formation, and Lithuania.
July 1919: In June 1919, the Bermontians crossed the Lithuanian-Latvian border and took the town of Kuršėnai.
November 1919: By October, the Bermontians had taken considerable territories in western Lithuania, including the cities of Šiauliai, Biržai, and Radviliškis.
December 1919: The Bermontians were completely removed from Lithuania.
6.2.1.3.Polish-Lithuanian War
Was a war between newly-independent Lithuania and Poland following World War I.
January 1920: On October 7, 1920, an agreement was signed by Poland and Lithuania, establishing a truce, known as the Suwałki Agreement: it temporarily accepted the Foch Line.
August 1920: Lithuanians conquered Suwalki.
August 1920: Knowing that the Polish Army was busy preparing for the Battle of the Nemunas River, the Lithuanian authorities decided to capture the city of Augustów, an event which took place on August 26.
August 1920: The 1st Polish Infantry Regiment assaulted the Lithuanian defenders of the city of Augustów by surprise and disarmed a company of the 10th Lithuanian Infantry Regiment, securing control of the town.
August 1920: Polish Colonel Nieniewski entered the city of Suwałki with his soldiers.
August 1920: On August 31, Sejny was conquered by the Polish army.
September 1920: Polish forces retreated from Sejny further south.
September 1920: The Lithuanian army reached Augustów.
September 1920: The Lithuanian forces advancing from Sejny were routed and Augustów again fell into Polish hands.
September 1920: Sejny is acquired by Poland at the end of the Polish-Lithuanian War.
September 1920: Polish forces recaptured Sejny.
September 1920: End of the Polish-Lithuanian War.
6.2.2.Sejny Uprising
Was a Polish uprising against the Lithuanian authorities in August 1919 in the ethnically mixed area surrounding the town of Sejny.
September 1919: After several military skirmishes, Polish forces secured Sejny and the Lithuanians retreated behind the Foch Line.
Was a Civil War in Russia that involved varios factions but mainly the Bolsheviks and the conservative White Army in the core Russian territories, as well as a multitude of local secessionist states. At the end of war the Bolsheviks were victorious and established the Soviet Union.
7.1.Pro-independence movements in the Russian Civil War
Local independence movement caused several secessions and revolts during the Russian Civil War.
7.1.1.Establishment of the Republic of Perloja
Was the creation of the small Republi of Perloja, in Lithuania, during the Russian Civil War.
December 1918: In November 1918, the locals of Perloja established a self-governing parish committee, often called the Republic of Perloja (Perlojos respublika), chaired by Jonas Česnulevičius, veteran of the Imperial Russian Army.
January 1924: In 1923, Perloja was divided along the Merkys River, leaving one bank to Lithuania and another to the Second Polish Republic.
7.2.Polish-Soviet War
Was a war between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in the aftermath of World War I and during the Russian Civil War.
July 1919: Polish armies attacked Mołodeczno and captured it on 4 July.
January 1920: The new Latvian government requested Polish help in capturing Dyneburg, and it was, after heavy fighting by the Polish 1st and 3rd Legion Divisions under Rydz-Śmigły. The city was then handed to the Latvians.
Refers to several different events that led to the stabilization of the border between Latvia and Lithuania after World War I.
October 1919: In September 1919, during attack against the Soviets, Lithuanian army occupied much of Ilūkste Municipality.
April 1921: On March 1921, Lithuania was given the port town Palanga, the village of Šventoji, parts of Rucava Municipality and the railroad junction of Mažeikiai on Rīga - Jelgava- Liepāja railroad line, which meant that Latvia had to build a new railway line. Latvia received the town of Aknīste and some smaller territories in Aknīste Municipality, Ukri parish and Bauska Municipality. Latvia gave up 283,3 square km, while receiving 290 km2.
Was a revolt in the Klaipėda region that had been placed under provisional French administration after World War I. After the revolt the territory was unified with Lithuania.
February 1923: Faced with the fait accompli, the League of Nations had to resolve to accept the transfer of the Memel Territory to Lithuania as an autonomous region.
By late 1938, Lithuania had lost control over the situation in the Memel Territory. In the early hours of 23 March 1939, after a political ultimatum had made a Lithuanian delegation travel to Berlin, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Juozas Urbšys and his German counterpart Joachim von Ribbentrop signed the Treaty of the Cession of the Memel Territory to Germany in exchange for a Lithuanian Free Zone in the port of Memel, using the facilities erected in previous years.
March 1939: By late 1938, Lithuania had lost control over the situation in the Memel Territory. In the early hours of 23 March 1939, after a political ultimatum had made a Lithuanian delegation travel to Berlin, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Juozas Urbšys and his German counterpart Joachim von Ribbentrop signed the Treaty of the Cession of the Memel Territory to Germany in exchange for a Lithuanian Free Zone in the port of Memel, using the facilities erected in previous years.
Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.
11.1.World War II (Eastern Theatre)
Was the Eastern European theatre of World War II.
11.1.1.Soviet occupation of the Baltic states
Was the Soviet invasion of the Baltic states in the early phase of World War II as agreed by Germany and the USSR in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
June 1939: On 15 June the USSR invaded Lithuania.
June 1939: A new "popular front" governments were formed in each Baltic country.
August 1940: Lithuania was incorporated into the Soviet Union.
January 1241: Principality of Volkovyysky under Lithuanian princes.
January 1241: In 1240 Polotsk became a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1241: Principality of Novogrudok under Lithuanian princes.
January 1243: Trying to avoid the Tatar Yoke, the Principality of Minsk sought the protection of their Lithuanian allies and in 1242, Minsk was peacefully annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
July 1251: Indaugas succeeded in convincing the Livonian Order not only to provide military assistance but also to secure for him the royal crown of Lithuania in exchange for his conversion to Catholicism and some lands in western Lithuania. The status of a kingdom was granted on 17 July 1251, when the Bishop of Chełmno was ordered to crown Mindaugas by Pope Innocent IV.
January 1254: The consolidation of the Lithuanian lands began in the late 12th century. Mindaugas, the first ruler of the Grand Duchy, was crowned as Catholic King of Lithuania in 1253.
January 1255: The Livonian Order partly subdued the Semigallians in 1254.
December 1263: Mindaugas and two of his sons were assassinated in 1263. The country reverted to paganism and its status as a kingdom was lost. The state survived as the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1267: The Curonian resistance in Southern Courland was led by the Semigallian chief, Dabrelis. In 1266, the Teutonic Order successfully subdued the resistance, leading to the partition of Courland between the Livonian Order and the Archbishop of Riga.
January 1277: From 1274 to 1276 Leo of Galicia fought a war with the new Lithuanian ruler Traidenis but was defeated, and Lithuania annexed the territory of Black Ruthenia with its city Navahrudak.
January 1278: The Teutonic Knights proceeded to conquer other Baltic tribes: the Nadruvians and Skalvians in 1274-1277.
January 1282: In 1281, Grand Duke Traidenis of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania conquered Jersika Castle, located in present-day Preiļi District. Jersika Castle was a key stronghold in the region, and its capture solidified Traidenis' control over the territory.
January 1283: The Teutonic Order agreed to exchange the Jersika Castle for the Dinaburg Castle.
January 1284: The territory of the Yotvingians (a Western Baltic people who were closely tied to the Old Prussians) conquered by the Teutonic Order.
January 1284: From 1274 to 1283 the Teutonic Knights conquered Skalvians, Nadruvians, and Sudovians/Yotvingians.
January 1296: In 1295, Butigeidis, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, transferred Vaŭkavysk to Galicia-Volhynia in exchange for peace with the Kingdom of Rus' (Golden Horde). This decision was part of the complex political dynamics and power struggles in the region during that time.
January 1301: At the beginning of the XIV century, the Dubrovitsky principality became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .
January 1301: At the end of the XIII century, the Principality of Borisov became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1314: The Order captured the Dynaburg Castle, controlled by Lithuanians since 1281, in 1313.
January 1316: Expansion of Lithuania by 1315.
January 1351: In the middle of the XIV century, the Myshegodsky Principality fell into dependence onThe Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1361: In 1360, Meshchovsk became part of the Principality of Mezets.
January 1364: The Starodub principality is acquired by Moscow.
January 1366: One of the principalities disintegrated at the end of the XIV century Mologa principality.
January 1367: In 1366, Casimir of Poland, allied with Siemowit III of Masovia, and resumed the war with Lithuania. He occupied Eastern Volhynia together with Kyiv.
January 1378: Conquest of Lithuanian territories by the Grand Duchy of Moscow (based on maps).
January 1381: In the 1370s the lands of the Ustiv princes came under the control of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
January 1384: Serrey was a dominion in present-day Lithuania, which belonged to the Teutonic Order from 1383 to 1398.
March 1990: On 11 March 1990, a year before the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union, Lithuania became the first Baltic state to proclaim its independence, resulting in the restoration of the independent State of Lithuania.
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