Timeline of Vilnius

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

14th century

15th century

16th century

Late-16th-century view of the city

17th century

18th century

1770s and 1780s

  • 1778 – Lithuanian 5th Infantry Regiment relocated from Pinsk to Vilnius.[5]
  • 1779 – 5th Infantry Regiment relocated from Vilnius to Mścibów.[5]
  • 1781 – University Botanical Garden established.
  • 1783 – 5th Infantry Regiment relocated from Mścibów back to Vilnius.[5]
  • 1787 – Lithuanian 4th Infantry Regiment stationed in Vilnius.[5]
  • 1788 – Russians in power.[1]

1790s

  • 1790
    • 4th Infantry Regiment relocated from Vilnius to Barysaw.[5]
    • Lithuanian 3rd Infantry Regiment relocated from Kaunas to Vilnius.[5]
  • 1791
    • Lithuanian 3rd Infantry Regiment relocated from Vilnius back to Kaunas.[5]
    • Lithuanian 7th Infantry Regiment stationed in Vilnius.[6]
  • 1794 – Vilnius uprising.

Long 19th century

1820s

1830s and 1840s

1850s

  • 1852 – Central Archive of Early Register Books established.[12]
  • 1855 – Museum of Antiquities established.
  • 1856 – Public library established.[13]

1860s

1880s–1890s

1900s

  • 1900 – Pop.: 162,633.[1]

1910s

World Wars and occupations

Polish troops in Vilnius following the capture of the city from the Soviets

Interwar

World War II

Soviet occupation

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Independent Lithuania

21st century

  • 2026
    • Pop.: 617,984 (city proper) and 747,864 (urban area)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Britannica 1910.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Baedeker 1910.
  3. ↑ Stopka, Krzysztof (2000). Ormianie w Polsce dawnej i dzisiejszej (in Polish). Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka. p. 120. ISBN 83-7188-325-0.
  4. ↑ Marcia J. Bates, ed. (2010), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-8493-9712-7
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gembarzewski 1925, p. 34.
  6. ↑ Gembarzewski 1925, p. 35.
  7. ↑ E. J. Harrison (1922), "Topographical Outline", Lithuania, past and present, London: Unwin
  8. ↑ Gembarzewski 1925, p. 57.
  9. ↑ Gembarzewski 1925, p. 52.
  10. ↑ Gembarzewski 1925, p. 64.
  11. ↑ Morse 1823.
  12. ↑ Grimsted 1979.
  13. ↑ "Leading Libraries of the World: Russia and Finland". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 477–478. Vilna
  14. ↑ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1885). "Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469.
  15. ↑ James C. Docherty; Peter Lamb (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Socialism (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6477-1.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  18. ↑ Stephen Pope; Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (1995). "Select Chronology". Dictionary of the First World War. Macmillan. p. 523+. ISBN 978-0-85052-979-1.
  19. 1 2 "History". Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  20. ↑ "Vilnius". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  21. 1 2 Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
  22. 1 2 Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
  23. 1 2 Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 646–647. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
  24. ↑ "About Us". Old Theatre of Vilnius. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  25. ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
  26. ↑ 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.
  27. ↑ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  28. ↑ "Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania". Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  29. ↑ "Mayor". Vilniu City. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

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