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The history of Lithuania dates back to settlements founded about 10,000 years ago, [1] [2] but the first written record of the name for the country dates back to 1009 AD. [3] ...
This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving Lithuania throughout its history as a kingdom (1251–1263), grand duchy (1236–1251; 1263–1795, although part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during 1569–1795) and a modern republic (1918–1940; 1990 – present), including as well the uprisings of the 19th and 20th centuries to recreate Lithuanian statehood.
Historical events in Lithuania (14 C, 1 P) H. Historiography of Lithuania (4 C, 4 P) S. Historic sites in Lithuania (5 C) ... Pages in category "History of Lithuania"
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The conflict is represented in the opposite way in Lithuania today. [22]: 229 Through the Middle Ages, Lithuanian historians like Jan Długosz based their work on the Lithuanian Chronicles. The chronicles comprise combinations of documents (known as redactions) that reflect official state interpretations of Lithuanian history.
Interest in Lithuanian history, its cultural origins increases among Polish-speaking intellectuals in Lithuania. Archeological and ethnographic research is conducted in Lithuania. 1835–1841 Lithuanian Pole Theodor Narbutt writes a wide, romantically colored History of Lithuania. Being written in Polish and promoting Polish humanitarian values ...
The Lithuanian National Revival, alternatively the Lithuanian National Awakening or Lithuanian nationalism (Lithuanian: Lietuvių tautinis atgimimas), was a period of the history of Lithuania in the 19th century, when a major part of Lithuanian-inhabited areas belonged to the Russian Empire (the Russian partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth).
This was because in Lithuania, unlike in the majority of other European monarchies, the Grand Duke was a sovereign monarch who was accountable to no one, thus de facto king. [14] The full title of Grand Duke of Lithuania was: [16] In Lithuanian: Lietuvos didysis kunigaikštis. In Latin: Magnus Dux Lithuaniae. In English: Grand Duke of the Lithuania