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From the liberation of Vilnius to the basketball championship in Lithuania, from the death of Napoleon to the accident at the Fukushima power plant, we selected a total of 25 events. We hope you enjoy reading.
360 years ago Vilnius was liberated from the Moscow army
1661 In July, the army led by Mykolas Kazimieras Pacas finally drove the Moscow army out of Vilnius. he had occupied the city. It is true that much of the city was reconquered by the GDL army around 1660, but the Muscovites continued to settle in the castles.
During the Moscow rule and the war, Vilnius was badly affected. Many houses were demolished, the city lost almost two-thirds of its population and fled or was killed.
200 years ago St. Napoleon Bonaparte died on the island of Helena.
1821 S t. Napoleon Bonaparte, a French soldier and ruler, died on the island of Helena to which he was exiled. The empire he created before 1815. covered almost all of Europe. It is believed that he died of stomach cancer.
Wikipedia.org Fig. / Reproduction of Jacques David’s painting The inauguration of Emperor Napoleon and the coronation of Empress Josephine in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris on December 2, 1804
190 years of uprising against the Russian Empire
1830 An uprising against the Russian Empire began in Warsaw in 1831. It expanded to Lithuania. The aim of the rebels was to restore the ATR, and some of the commanders tried to abolish the servitude. Initially, the rebels achieved important victories and in 1831. in April they occupied most of Lithuania.
The rebels besieged Vilnius, but failed to occupy the city. The reinforcement of the Russian army sent from Minsk, Daugavpils and other cities reconquered the territories occupied by the rebels.
Photo by Alfred Pliadis / Moment of commemoration of the 180th anniversary of the 1831 uprising
Finally, in 1831. June 12 the rebels suffered a major defeat in the battles of Paneriai near Vilnius. The uprising collapsed and many rebels were killed or exiled. Lithuania faces severe repression.
160 years since the start of the US Civil War.
1861 The southern states of the United States, which opposed the abolition of slavery, announced their secession from the United States and the creation of a new confederation with the capital, Richmond.
Abraham Lincoln, inaugurated as president of the United States, refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Confederacy. The United States Civil War began. The war lasted four years and killed 600-700 thousand. soldiers and about 50 thousand. civilians.
The war was won by the northern states of the United States and slavery was abolished.
Germany joined 150 years ago
1871 In January, the German Länder, which had previously existed as a relatively loosely connected confederation, were formally united into a politically and administratively integrated state, the German Empire. Kaiser Wilhelm I has been declared the leader of a united Germany.
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