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History of Lithuania

23 recorded states lay in what is now Lithuania, from the Sudovians (100 CE) to the Republic of Lithuania. 4 of them have a full profile, and 8 outside powers ruled here.

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Profiles

Empires that ruled here

Timeline

2nd century

  1. Sudovians100 CE – 1283 CE · tribal confederation

7th century

  1. Curonians600 CE – 1267 CE · tribal confederation
  2. Selonians600 CE – 1208 CE · tribal confederation
  3. Semigallians600 CE – 1290 CE · tribal confederation

9th century

  1. Nadruvians800 CE – 1277 CE · tribal confederation
  2. Scalovians800 CE – 1277 CE · tribal confederation

13th century

  1. State of the Teutonic Order1226 CE – 1525 CE · profile
  2. Grand Duchy of Lithuania1236 CE – 1795 CE · profile
  3. Kingdom of Lithuania1251 CE – 1263 CE · kingdom

14th century

  1. Duchy of Trakai1337 CE – 1413 CE · duchy

18th century

  1. Kingdom of Prussia1701 CE – 1918 CE · profile
  2. Governorate of Courland1795 CE – 1918 CE · other

20th century

  1. Ober Ost1915 CE – 1918 CE · other
  2. Kingdom of Lithuania (1918)1918 CE – 1918 CE · kingdom
  3. Republic of Lithuania1918 CE – present · profile
  4. Republic of Lithuania (1918-1940)1918 CE – 1940 CE · republic
  5. Second Polish Republic1918 CE – 1939 CE · republic
  6. Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR1919 CE – 1919 CE · republic
  7. Klaipėda Region1920 CE – 1939 CE · other
  8. Republic of Central Lithuania1920 CE – 1922 CE · republic
  9. Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic1940 CE – 1990 CE · other
  10. Provisional Government of Lithuania (1941)1941 CE – 1941 CE · other
  11. Reichskommissariat Ostland1941 CE – 1945 CE · other

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Shared histories

States that also lay in other present-day countries:

States of Scandinavia and the Baltic → States of Poland, Lithuania and Russia → All country histories →

Cite this page
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of Lithuania. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/lithuania
MLA
“History of Lithuania.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/lithuania. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “History of Lithuania.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/lithuania.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of Lithuania’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/lithuania (Accessed: ).