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Contents 1 Wikipedia 2 Year articles about Estonia 3 Other Articles

[edit] Wikipedia

H2ppyme has been an user here for years, he doesn't really remember when he first came here. This user was created in the beginning of 2006, but for some reason was forgotten for half a year from July 2006 to January 2007. The person using this username has been editing Wikipedia without loggung in for a long time. This person is too lazy to write longer articles, but he wherever he sees something missing, he fixes it. H2ppyme has mostly been adding information about Estonia to "international articles". His special interest are years. Most of edits in year articles about Estonia are done by this person.

[edit] Year articles about Estonia

Currently H2ppyme has collected over a hundred year articles that have something to do with Estonia. He wants to share them with everyone (If you know any else, please add):

• 600 - King Ingvar of Sweden invades Estonia but is killed by the locals.
• 967 - Olaf Tryggvason flees Norwey with his mother only to be attacked by Estonian vikings
• 972 - A battle between Estonian and Icelandic vikings in Saaremaa described in Njál's saga.
• 1008 - Olav Haraldsson, the future king of Norway lands on Saaremaa island in Estonia, wins a battle there and forces the inhabitants to pay tribute.
• 1030 - The city of Tartu in Estonia is founded.
• 1034 - Vsevolod Mstislavich of Novgorod defeats the Chuds and captures Tartu.
• 1061 - Estonians destroy the castle of Yuryev in Tartu and carrie out raids in the Pskov region in Russia.
• 1170 - Danes make an attack against Estonia.
• 1187 - Estonians, Curonians and Karelians destruct Sigtuna and kill the archbishop.
• 1194 - Danes make an attack against Estonia.
• 1197 - Danes make an attack against Estonia.
• 1206 - King Valdemar II and archbishop Andreas Sunonis raid Saaremaa island, Estonia, forcing the islanders to submit. The Danes build a fortress, but finding no volunteers to man it, they burn it down themselves and leave the island.
• 1208 - With the help of the newly converted local tribes of Livs and Letts, the crusaders initiated raids into part of what is present-day Estonia and ancient fight for independence begins (-1227).
• 1211 - Troops led by Estonian resistance fighter Lembitu of Lehola destroy a garrison of missionaries in the historical Estonian region of Sakala and raid the Russian town of Pskov.
• 1217 - Battle of St. Matthew's Day between Germans and Estonians.
• 1218 - Livonian Brothers of the Sword begin to conquer Estonia.
• 1219 - Danish crusaders led by king Waldemar II conquer Tallinn in the Battle of Lyndanisse. The Flag of Denmark allegedly fell from the sky during that battle.
• 1220 - Battle of Lihula in Estonia between Estonians and Swedes.
• 1223 - For a short time all Germans are forced out of Estonia.
• 1224 - Livonian Brothers of the Sword conquers Latgallians and the stronghold of Tartu from Ugaunian and Russian troops.
• 1227 - Estonian ancient fight for independence ends with foreign rule in the country for next 7 centuries.
• 1248 - Tallinn (Reval) receives Lübeck Rights.
• 1302 - Rakvere, Estonia, receives Lübec city rights.
• 1343 - St. George's Night Uprising in Estonia (-1345).
• 1344 - Vesse, the rebel King of Saaremaa island in Estonia, is hanged.
• 1345 - Narva, Estonia, receives Lübec city rights.
• 1345 - St. George's Night Uprising is forced down in Estonia.
• 1346 - Denmark sells Northern-Estonia to the Teutonic Knights. See Danish Estonia.
• 1492 - Russians build a fortress in Ivangorod, on the eastern banks of the Narva river.
• 1531 - Kõpu lighthouse is completed.
• 1535 - First book in Estonian - Wanradt's and Koell's catechism is written.
• 1558 - City of Tartu, capital of the Bishopric of Dorpat, now in Estonia, surrenders to Russia.
• 1575 - Russians occupy Pernau in Western Estonia and the fortress of Weissenstein.
• 1581 - A mercenary army of Sweden under Pontus de la Gardie capture Narva from Russia.
• 1601 - A famine (-1603) kills about half the Estonian population.
• 1632 - University of Tartu in Estonia founded.
• 1645 - Treaty of Brömsebro is signed between Sweden and Denmark-Norway ceding Jemtland, Herjedalen, Gotland and Ösel (Saaremaa) to Sweden, and holding the province of Halland for a period of 30 years as a guarantee.
• 1696 - A famine wipes out almost a third of the population of Finland and a fifth of the population of Estonia.
• 1700 - Great Northern War: Battle of Narva - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats the army of Czar Peter the Great at Narva.
• 1704 - Russian troops under czar Peter the Great capture Tartu and Narva in the Great Northern War.
• 1708 - Fearful of Swedish attack, Russians blow up the city of Tartu in Estonia.
• 1710 - Estonia is annexed by Russia.
• 1739 - First Bible in Estonian is published.
• 1790 - Battle of Reval: King Gustav III of Sweden sent the battlefleet to eliminate the Russian squadron wintering at Reval (Estonia), but is defeated: killing 8 Russians, 51 Swedes are killed, 250 captured, and 2 ships are sunk.
• 1816 - Emancipation from serfdom in Estonia.
• 1819 - Serfdom is abolished in Livonia.
• 1857 - Biggest Estonian newspaper Postimees is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
• 1858 - Mahtra War in the Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire - peasants revolt against serfdom, that was officially abolished in 1816.
• 1861 - Estonian national epic Kalevipoeg is published.
• 1869 - First Estonian song festival takes place in Tartu.
• 1884 - Estonian flag is consecrated as the flag of the Estonian Students Society.
• 1896 - A causeway is opened between the islands of Saaremaa and Muhu in Estonia.
• 1904 - The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
• 1905 - Russian Revolution of 1905: Russian army opens fire in a meeting on a street market in Estonia, killing 94 and injuring over 200.
• 1918 - After 7 centuries of foreign rule, Estonia declares its independence from the Russian Empire. The country is occupied by Germany the next day.
• 1918 - Estonian Freedom War: Bolshevist Russia invades Estonia, beginning of the war. A socialist republic is established in Narva the next day.
• 1919 - Estonian Freedom War: Soviet Army forces make their greatest penetration before Estonian forces counterattack.
• 1919 - Estonian Freedom War: The Red Army is expelled from the entire territory of Estonia.
• 1919 - The Constituent Assembly of Estonia convenes its first session.
• 1919 - Estonian Freedom War: Estonian army wins the Battle of Wenden in Northern Latvia against the German Landeswehr.
• 1920 - Estonian Freedom War: Tartu Peace Treaty is signed, ending the war and recognizing Estonian independence.
• 1920 - Bolshevik Russia recognizes independent Estonia and Latvia.
• 1924 - Failed communist coup attempt in Estonia.
• 1928 - Estonia changes its currency from mark to kroon.
• 1934 - New Constitution of Estonia enters into force.
• 1934 - A coup in Estonia by Konstantin Päts and general Johan Laidoner. All parties are banned.
• 1936 - Army laboratory explodes in Estonia - 60 dead.
• 1937 - 17 students die and 50 are injured in Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia, after a cinefilm takes fire in an elementary school.
• 1938 - New Constitution of Estonia enters into force.
• 1938 - Konstantin Päts becomes president of Estonia.
• 1938 - Kaarel Eenpalu becomes prime minister of Estonia
• 1939 - Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: Hitler and Stalin agree to divide Europe between themselves (Finland, Estonia, Latvia and eastern Poland to the USSR; Lithuania and western Poland to Germany).so they would not have to fight on two fronts.
• 1939 - Jüri Uluots becomes prime minister of Estonia.
• 1940 - Soviet Army enters Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia.
• 1940 - Estonian SSR, Latvian SSR and Lithuanian SSR are proclaimed.
• 1940 - Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR (August 5) and Estonian SSR (August 6) are incorporated into the Soviet Union.
• 1941 - Mass deportations by Soviet Union authorities take place in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• 1941 - World War II: German troops take over Estonia from the Soviets.
• 1941 - World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing hits an Estonian steamer with 3500 Soviet-mobilized Estonian men on board, killing 598 of them.
• 1941 - Self-government of Estonia, headed by Hjalmar Mäe, is appointed by German military administration.
• 1944 - WWII: Soviet Army planes attack Narva in Estonia, destroying almost the entire old town.
• 1944 - WWII: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
• 1944 - WWII: Jüri Uluots, prime minister in capacity of president of Estonia, escapes to Sweden. Two days later, Tallinn is taken over by the Red Army.
• 1944 - The entire territory of Estonia is taken over by the Red Army.
• 1949 - The extensive deportation campaign was conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Soviet authorities deported more than 92,000 people from Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.
• 1953 - Estonian émigrés found a government in exile in Oslo.
• 1955 - Estonian Television (ETV) begins broadcasting.
• 1978 - The last Forest Brother guerilla movement fighter is discovered and killed in Estonia.
• 1980 - Youth riots in the capital of the Soviet Republic of Estonia are quickly forced down.
• 1988 - In Estonia, 300 000 demonstrate for independence.
• 1988 - The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
• 1988 - Estonian becomes the official language of Estonia.
• 1989 - After 44 years, Estonian flag is raised to the Pikk Hermann castle tower.
• 1989 - Two million indigenous people of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, then still occupied by the Soviet Union, join hands to demand freedom and independence, forming an uninterrupted 600 km human chain called the Baltic Way.
• 1991 - Latvia and Estonia vote for independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: Estonia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1991 - The United States recognizes the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• 1991 - The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic States.
• 1992 - In Estonia, kroon replaces Soviet ruble.
• 1992 - Estonia holds a referendum on its constitution.
• 1992 - Mihkel Mathiesen assumes presidency of the pre-WW II Republic of Estonia in exile, and appoints a new government in pursuit to avoid abolition of the government in exile.
• 1992 - Lennart Meri becomes the first president of re-independent Estonia.
• 1994 - Russian army leaves Estonia.
• 1994 - The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852.
• 2001 - 68 people die in Estonia after drinking bootleg alcohol that contained methanol.
• 2002 - Estonia hosts the first Eurovision Song Contest in a former Soviet republic.
• 2002 - North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit in Prague: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are invited to join NATO.
• 2003 - Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
• 2003 - Kalev Ots succeeds to the presidency of the pre-WW II Republic of Estonia in exile, after the death of Mihkel Mathiesen.
• 2003 - The new Government in Exile of the pre-World War II Republic of Estonia, headed by Ahti Mänd, assumes office.
• 2004 - The largest expansion of North Atlantic Treaty Organization to date takes place, allowing Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia into the organization.
• 2004 - The largest expansion to date of the European Union takes place, extending the Union by 10 member-states: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus.
• 2005 - The same storm which pounded the U.S. earlier in the month hits England, Scandinavia and the Baltic States, leaving 13 dead with widespread flooding and power cuts.
• 2005 - A passenger helicopter en route to Helsinki, Finland crashes into the sea near Tallinn, Estonia, killing 14.
• 2006 - Toomas Hendrik Ilves is elected President of Estonia.
• 2007 - Parliamentary elections take place in Estonia.
• 2007 - Russians riot in Tallinn, Estonia, about moving the Bronze Soldier. Two nights of rioting leave one dead.

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• Estonia at the Olympics
• List of Estonian films