1386		Polish-Lithuanian Union created by royal marriage
1795		Lithuania divided between Prussia and Imperial Russia
December 1915		German Army occupies Lithuania
16 February 1918		Lithuania declares independence from Russia
3 March 1918		Treaty of Brest-Litovsk recognises Lithuanian independence
11 November 1918		Germany surrenders and withdraws from Lithuania
22 November 1918		Soviet Army attacks Lithuania
5 January 1919		Vilnius captured by Soviet Army
1919		Polish forces help eject Soviet Army from Lithuania
12 July 1920		Treaty of Moscow - Soviet Union recognises Lithuanian independence
7 October 1920		Treaty with Poland over Lithuanian borders
11 January 1923		Seaport of Memel seized from League of Nations control
17 December 1926		Military coup overthrows government
Spring 1939		Nazi Germany annexes Memel
15 June 1940		Soviet Union invades and occupies Lithuania
17 June 1940		Soviet Union invades and occupies Estonia
1941		Advance of the German Army into the USSR reaches Lithuania
1944		Soviet Army re-occupies Lithuania
January 1945		Soviet Army restores Memel to Lithuanian control
May 1989		Lithuanian Supreme Soviet declares sovereignty
11 March 1990		Lithuanian parliament declares independence from Soviet Union
13 January 1991		14 people killed by Soviet troops in Lithuania
February 1991		Lithuanian referendum approves move to independence
6 September 1991		Soviet Union recognises independence of Lithuania
31 August 1993		Last Soviet troops leave Lithuania
2 April 2004		Lithuania joins NATO