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Timeline Of Riga
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Riga, Latvia. 12th–14th centuries * 1158 CE – Area settled by Bremen merchants. * 1190 – Augustinian monastery established. * 1201 – Town built by Catholic bishop Albert. * 1202 ** Bishopric of Livonia relocates to Riga from Üxküll. ** Order of the Brethren of the Sword founded. * 1209 – St. Peter's Church active. * 1211 – Church of the Virgin construction begins. * 1225 ** active (approximate date). ** St. James's Church dedicated. * 1234 – St. John's Chapel built (approximate date). * 1255 – Archbishopric of Riga established. * 1260 – St. Mary Magdalene's Church built. * 1282 – Riga joins Hanseatic League. * 1330 – Brotherhood of Blackheads organized. 16th century * 1510 – December: Christmas tree displayed in marketplace. * 1515 – Riga Castle rebuilt. * 1524 – Public library established. * 1541 – Riga joins League of Schmalkalden. * 1547 – Sigismund II of Poland in power. * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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-Timelines Regional timelines Historical timelines Urban planning cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigismund II Of Poland
Sigismund II Augustus ( pl, Zygmunt II August, lt, Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the last male monarch from the Jagiellonian dynasty. Sigismund was the only son of Italian-born Bona Sforza and Sigismund the Old. From the beginning he was groomed and extensively educated as a successor. In 1529 he was crowned ''vivente rege'' while his father was still alive. Sigismund Augustus continued a tolerance policy towards minorities and maintained peaceful relations with neighbouring countries, with the exception of the Northern Seven Years' War which aimed to secure Baltic Sea, Baltic trade. Under his patronage, culture flourished in Poland; he was a collector of tapestries from the Low Countries and collected military memorabilia as well as swords, armours and jewellery. Sigismund A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Of Nystad
The Treaty of Nystad (russian: Ништадтский мир; fi, Uudenkaupungin rauha; sv, Freden i Nystad; et, Uusikaupunki rahu) was the last peace treaty of the Great Northern War of 1700–1721. It was concluded between the Tsardom of Russia and the Swedish Empire on in the then Swedish town of Nystad ( fi, Uusikaupunki, in the south-west of present-day Finland). Sweden had settled with the other parties in Stockholm (1719 and 1720) and in Frederiksborg (1720). During the war Peter I of Russia had occupied all Swedish possessions on the eastern Baltic coast: Swedish Ingria (where he began to build the soon-to-be new Russian capital of St. Petersburg in 1703), Swedish Estonia and Swedish Livonia (which had capitulated in 1710), and Finland. In Nystad, King Frederick I of Sweden formally recognized the transfer of Estonia, Livonia, Ingria, and Southeast Finland ( Kexholmslän and part of Karelian Isthmus) to Russia in exchange for two million silver thaler, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Riga (1710)
With the Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia in 1710 the Dominions of Sweden, Swedish dominions Swedish Estonia, Estonia and Swedish Livonia, Livonia were integrated into the Russian EmpireLuts (2006), p. 159 following their conquest during the Great Northern War.Frost (2000), p. 294 The Baltic Noble Corporations, Livonian nobility and the city of Riga capitulated on 4 July (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.)Luts (2006), p. 160 / 15 July 1710 (Old Style and New Style dates, N.S.),Bushkovitch (2001), p. 294 Pernau (Pärnu) in August, and the Baltic Noble Corporations#Estonia Noble Corporation, Estonian nobility and the city of Reval (Tallinn) on 29 September (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.)Luts (2006), p. 161 / 10 October (Old Style and New Style dates, N.S.). Russia left the local institutions in place and confirmed the traditional privileges of the German nobles and Burgher (title), burghers as was established in Privilegium Sigismundi Augusti, especially with respect to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Gate, Riga
The Swedish Gate ( lv, Zviedru vārti) is situated in Riga, Latvia, and was erected 1698 as a part of the Riga Wall to provide access to barracks outside the city wall. These gates are the only remaining gates from the former eight. They are located on Torņa street 11 (Torņa iela 11). Kurt Wallander visits the site in the novel Dogs of Riga. Legends Rendezvous One of the legends about this structure tells about the origins of the name of the gates, which goes as following: it has been told that young ladies were forbidden to date soldiers, but one romantic relationship between a girl and a Swedish soldier did develop. And so that happened that these gates were their meeting spot. Once, the young man did not arrive at the usual place, and the locals, knowing that the girl has been involved in this prohibited affinity, took her and built her into the wall of the gates. Since then, the rumor goes that in the midnight her cries can be heard by those whose love is pure and uncon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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