Capital: Vilnius 542,664 (2015)
Population: 2,907,569 (2015)
Area: 65,300 km2
History:
First mention of Lithuania: 9. March 1009.
Coronation of Mindaugas: 6. July1253.
Union with Poland: 2. February 1386
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created: 1. July 1569.
Partitions of the Commonwealth: 24. October 1795.
Independence from Russia/Germany: 16. February 1918.
1st Soviet occupation: 15. June 1940.
Nazi German occupation: 22. June 1941.
2nd Soviet occupation: July 1944.
Independence restored: 11. March 1990.
