LithuaniaandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
2 SHARED EVENTSLatvia

Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · LTU LEFT · LVA RIGHT

1. 1621

   Swedish conquest of Riga

   Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden captured Riga and most of Livonia from Poland-Lithuania, opening the period of Swedish rule remembered by Latvians as the 'good Swedish times'.

   War & Rupture · from the Latvia chronicle · Poland, Sweden, Courland and the Russian Empire · REFS 2 — Latvia: History, History of the Port of Riga

2. 1795

   Courland annexed by Russia

   In the third partition of Poland-Lithuania the Duchy of Courland was incorporated into the Russian Empire, completing Russian rule over all the Latvian lands.

   Politics & Power · from the Latvia chronicle · Poland, Sweden, Courland and the Russian Empire · REFS 2 — Latvia: History, History of Latvia