Riga: All Data
Riga is a city in Latvia. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Riga: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1202 AD
Mentioned in Event: Danish invasion of northern Germany (1201)
1207 AD
Capital of Terra Mariana (Holy Roman state)
1215 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Riga, part of Livonian Crusade
1216 AD
Capital of Terra Mariana
1350 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Bishropric of Riga Archbishopric, part of Teutonic Order
1350 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Commandry of Riga Stadtmark, part of Teutonic Order
1557 AD
Capital of Livonian Confederation (Poland-Lithuania)
1561 AD
Capital of Duchy of Livonia
1561 AD
Capital of Free Imperial city of Riga
1621 AD
Mentioned in Event: Polish-Swedish War (1621-25)
1621 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Riga (1621), part of Polish-Swedish War (1621-1625)
1629 AD
Capital of Swedish Livonia
1656 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Riga (1656), part of Russo-Swedish War (1656-1658)
1700 AD
Mentioned in Event: Livonian-Estonian Frontier of the Great Northern War
1701 AD
Mentioned in: Crossing of the Düna, part of Livonian-Estonian Frontier of the Great Northern War
1710 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Offensive in the East
1710 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Riga (1709), part of Russian Offensive in the East
1812 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Dahlenkirchen, part of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
1812 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Riga (1812), part of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Livonia, part of Russian Empire
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War I eastern Front
1917 AD
Mentioned in: Christmas Battles, part of World War I
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Faustschlag
1918 AD
Capital of Republic of Latvia
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Bermontian attack
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Latvian and German counteroffensive
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Return of latvian government
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet offensive (Latvian War of Independence)
1919 AD
Capital of Latvia (Germany)
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet occupation of the Baltic states
1939 AD
Capital of Latvia (USSR Protectorate)
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet occupation of the Baltic states
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Siege of Leningrad
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Riga Offensive
1946 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1955 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1989 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State city of Riga, part of Republic of Latvia