Timeline of Vilnius

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

Prior to 17th century

• 1323
• Gediminas relocates Lithuanian capital to Vilnius from Trakai.
• Castle on Gediminas Hill expanded.
• 1330 – Coat of arms of Vilnius granted.
• 1345 – Pyatnitzkaya Church built.
• 1348 – Cathedral of the Theotokos built.
• 1387
• Magdeburg rights granted.
• St. Nicholas Church built.
• 1397 – Cathedral School active (approximate date).
• 1409 – Gediminas' Tower built.
• 1413 – City becomes capital of the newly formed Vilnius Voivodeship by the Union of Horodło.
• 1426 – Church of St. John built.
• 1469 – Church of Saints Bernard and Francis founded.
• 1500 – St. Anne's Church consecrated.
• 1501 – First mentions of Armenians in the city.
• 1522
• City walls and Gate of Dawn built.
• Francysk Skaryna sets up printing press.
• 1555 – Lutheran Church built on Nyemetzkaya Street.
• 1557 – Vilnius Cathedral rebuilt.
• 1560 – St. Paraskeva Church rebuilt.

• 1570 – Jesuit library established.
• 1572 – Synagogue built.
• 1579 – Alma Academia et Universitas Vilnensis Societatis Iesu founded.
• 1588 – Plague.
• 1597 – Monastery of the Holy Ghost founded.

17th-18th centuries

• 1610 – Fire.
• 1626 – Church of St. Theresa founded.
• 1630 – All Saints Church built.
• 1633 – Great Synagogue built.
• 1644 – Biblioteca Sapehana willed to Vilnia University.
• 1653 – Radziwill Palace built.
• 1655 – July: Battle of Vilnius; Russians in power.
• 1656 – Town becomes part of Russia.
• 1658 – Battle of Werki.
• 1697 – Sapieha Palace built.
• 1701 – St. Peter and St. Paul's Church built.
• 1702 – Swedes in power.
• 1710 – Plague.
• 1739 – Green Bridge constructed.
• 1749 – Divine Mercy Sanctuary built.
• 1778 – Lithuanian 5th Infantry Regiment relocated from Pińsk to Wilno.
• 1779 – 5th Infantry Regiment relocated from Wilno to Mścibów.
• 1781 – University Botanical Garden established.
• 1783 – 5th Infantry Regiment relocated from Mścibów back to Wilno.
• 1787 – Lithuanian 4th Infantry Regiment stationed in Wilno.
• 1788 – Russians in power.
• 1790
• 4th Infantry Regiment relocated from Wilno to Borysów.
• Lithuanian 3rd Infantry Regiment relocated from Kowno to Wilno.
• 1791
• Lithuanian 3rd Infantry Regiment relocated from Wilno back to Kowno.
• Lithuanian 7th Infantry Regiment stationed in Wilno.
• 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 the city as a military base.
• Vilnian National Guard formed.
• 5 July: 3rd Light Cavalry Regiment of the Polish Guards founded in Wilno.
• 22 September: Polish 21st Mounted Rifles Regiment founded in Wilno.
• 1823 – Population: 20,900.
• 1825 – Tuskulenai Manor built.
• 1828 – Jewish cemetery established in Uzupis (approximate date).
• 1831 – Uprising.
• 1832 – University closed.
• 1834 – Presidential Palace renovated.
• 1836 – St. George Avenue laid out.
• 1845 – Theatre opens.
• 1852 – Central Archive of Early Register Books established.
• 1855 – Museum of Antiquities established.
• 1856 – Public library established.
• 1861 – Demonstration against Russian Empire.
• 1863 – Uprising against Russian Empire.
• 1866 – St. Nicholas Orthodox Church reconsecrated.
• 1867 – Pretchistenski Cathedral rebuilt.
• 1881 – Population: 89,560.
• 1883 – Population: 93,760.
• 1897 – Jewish Labor Bund founded in Vilnius.
• 1898 – St. Alexander Nevsky Church and District Court built.
• 1900 – Population: 162,633.

20th century

• 1901 – Kaziukas Fair relocates to Place Lukiskim.
• 1903 – Power Plant, Choral Synagogue and Our Lady of the Sign Church built.
• 1904 – LukiÅ¡kės Prison built.
• 1905 – December: Great Seimas of Vilnius held.
• 1906
• Society of Friends of Science organized.
• VileiÅ¡is Palace built.
• 1907 – Lithuanian Art Society founded.
• 1911 – St. Casimir Church, Naujoji Vilnia built.
• 1913
• Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine built.
• Population: 204,290.
• 1915
• 19 September: Germans in power.
• 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.
• Jabłkowski Brothers department store opens.
• 1920 – October: Å»eligowski'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.
• Śmigły Wilno soccer team formed.
• 1939
• 18–19 September: Battle of Wilno (1939) between the Poles and the invading Soviets at the start of World War II.
• Soviets in power.
• 28 October: Lithuanians 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.
• 5 July: Dulag transit camp for prisoners of war deployed in the city.
• August: Dulag transit camp for prisoners of war relocated to Lida.
• August: Subcamp of the Stalag 336 POW camp established by the Germans.
• 9 September: Subcamp of Stalag 336 converted into the Stalag 344 POW camp.
• December: Wehrmacht military prison established.
• 1942 – Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye formed in Vilna Jewish Ghetto.
• 1943 – HKP 562 forced labor camp set up by Germans.

• 1944
• Wehrmacht military prison relocated to Tarnów.
• 6–15 July: Operation Ostra Brama; Soviets in power.
• Airport begins operating.
• 1945 – Music School founded.
• 1946 – Russian Drama Theatre re-established.
• 1950 – Žalgiris Stadium opens.
• 1951 – Vilnius Heat Plant commissioned.
• 1955 – Å eÅ¡kinė village becomes part of the city.
• 1956
• Trolleybuses begin operating.
• Vilnius Gediminas Technical University established.
• 1963
• National Library of Lithuania relocates to Vilnius.
• Polish Theater founded.
• 1964 – Statyba basketball team formed.
• 1965
• ŽirmÅ«nai Bridge constructed.
• Vingis Park renovated.
• Population: 293,000.
• 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.
• 1980 – Seimas Palace and Vilnius TV Tower built.
• 1983 – Vilnius Combined Heat and Power Plant commissioned.
• 1985 – Population: 544,000.
• 1987 – Vilnius Jazz Festival begins.
• 1989 – Jewish State Museum established.
• 1990
• 11 March: Lithuania declares independence from USSR.
• Vilnius Lyceum and Vilniaus lietuvių namai (school) established.
• 1991 – January: City besieged by Soviet forces.
• 1992
• Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania and Verkiai Regional Park established.
• Museum of Genocide Victims opens.
• 1994 – Military Academy of Lithuania established.
• 1995 – Alis VidÅ«nas becomes mayor.
• 1997
• 1 April: Užupis neighborhood declares itself an independent republic.
• Rolandas Paksas becomes mayor.
• Kalnai Park established.
• 1999
• Vilnius Book Fair begins.
• Juozas Imbrasas becomes mayor.
• 2000
• House of the Signatories museum opens.
• ArtÅ«ras 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 the 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.
• ArtÅ«ras Zuokas becomes mayor again.
• 2015 – Remigijus Å imaÅ¡ius becomes mayor.
• 2023
• July: City hosts NATO meeting.

See also

• History of Vilnius
• List of mayors of Vilnius
• Neighborhoods of Vilnius

References

This article incorporates information from the Lithuanian Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, and Russian Wikipedia.

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