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Latvia Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

Latvia is a country with a rich history and culture, making it the perfect setting for a timeline game that challenges players to place events in their correct chronological order.

  • Players must correctly order key events from Latvia’s history
  • Test your knowledge of important dates and milestones in Latvian history
  • Challenge yourself with increasingly difficult levels as you progress through the game
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  • 2000 BCE: Arrival of Baltic tribes in Latvia
  • 12th century: Christianization of Latvia by Germanic crusaders
  • 1435: Livonian Confederation established
  • 1563-1570: Northern Seven Years War
  • 1629: Sweden gains control of Latvia
  • 1700-1721: Great Northern War
  • 1795: Latvia becomes part of Russian Empire
  • 19th century: Latvian National Awakening
  • November 18, 1918: Declaration of Latvian independence
  • 1918-1920: Latvian War of Independence
  • 1940: Occupation of Latvia by Soviet Union
  • 1941: Occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany
  • 1944-1945: Soviet reoccupation of Latvia
  • 1940: Latvian SSR established
  • 1987-1991: Singing Revolution in Latvia
  • August 21, 1991: Latvian independence restored
  • 2004: Latvia joins European Union and NATO
  • January 1, 2014: Latvia adopts the Euro as its currency
  • 2018: Latvia celebrates its centenary of independence
  • 2025: Latvia assumes presidency of EU Council

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