This article lists events that occurred during
1941 in
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
.
Incumbents
Events
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German
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troops took with help of the
Forest Brothers
The Guerrilla war in the Baltic states was an armed struggle which was waged by the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian partisans, called the Forest Brothers (also: the "Brothers of the Wood" and the "Forest Friars"; et, metsavennad, lv, mež ...
Estonia over from the Soviets.
*14 June – mass deportations by
Soviet Union
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authorities take place in Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania.
*22 June –
Germany
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attacked Soviet Union, Estonian partisans (
Forest Brothers
The Guerrilla war in the Baltic states was an armed struggle which was waged by the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian partisans, called the Forest Brothers (also: the "Brothers of the Wood" and the "Forest Friars"; et, metsavennad, lv, mež ...
) started revolting in Southern Estonia.
*28 August – sinking of a Soviet steamer with 3500 Soviet-mobilized Estonian men on board, 598 of them died.
*1 December –
Self-government
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of Estonia, headed by
Hjalmar Mäe, is appointed by German military administration.
Births
*22 January –
Jaan Kaplinski
Jaan Kaplinski (22 January 1941 – 8 August 2021 ) was an Estonian poet, philosopher, politician, and culture critic, known for his focus on global issues and support for left-wing/ liberal thinking. He was influenced by Eastern philosophical s ...
, writer
*25 November –
Tiit Lilleorg
Tiit Lilleorg (25 November 1941 – 15 January 2021) was an Estonian stage, film and television actor and co-founder and director of the Ida Dance School.
Early life
Tiit Lilleorg was born in Tartu, Estonia. His father Toivo Lilleorg was a jour ...
, actor (d. 2021)
*4 December –
Leila Säälik, Estonian actress
*6 December –
Evald Hermaküla, Estonian actor and director (died 2000)
Deaths
References
{{Year in Europe, 1941
1940s in Estonia
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
Years of the 20th century in Estonia