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Events relating to lithuania
Indo-European tribes, speaking Baltic languages, settle in the regions of modern Lithuania and Latvia
Jogaila inherits a pagan Lithuanian kingdom which has been extended as far south as Kiev
Jadwiga, 12-year-old queen of Poland, marries Jogaila, her 34-year-old pagan neighbour - uniting the crowns of Poland and Lithuania
Jogaila, baptized a Roman Catholic before marrying Jadwiga, brings Lithuania into the Christian fold - the last part of Europe to be converted
Peter the Great falls for a Lithuanian serf, Catherine, who becomes his life-long companion
The first partition of Poland begins the process of Lithuania being progressively absorbed into Russia
Ten new member states (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungrary, Malta, Cyprus) join the European Union