Vilna: All Data
Vilna is a city in Lithuania. 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
Vilnius: 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.
1323 AD
Capital of Grand Duchy of Lithuania
1385 AD
Capital of Poland-Lithuania
1534 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fifth Lithuanian-Muscovite border war
1620 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Grand Duchy of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1620 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Vilnius Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1655 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russo-Polish War (1654-1667)
1655 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Vilnius (1655), part of Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618)
1701 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Vilnius Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1702 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Vilnius (1702), part of Great Northern War
1704 AD
Mentioned in Event: War against Augustus II
1792 AD
Mentioned in Event: Northern theatre
1794 AD
Mentioned in Event: Revolt proper (Kościuszko Uprising)
1794 AD
Mentioned in: siege of Vilnius, part of Revolt proper (Kościuszko Uprising)
1794 AD
Mentioned in: Vilnius Uprising, part of Kościuszko Uprising
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Vilna, part of Russian Empire
1915 AD
Mentioned in Event: Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War I eastern Front
1918 AD
Capital of Belarusian People's Republic
1918 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Lithuania (Germany)
1918 AD
Capital of Republic of Lithuania
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Lithuanian-Soviet War
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Lithuanian War of Independence
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Polish-Soviet War
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I in Poland
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Polish-Soviet War
1920 AD
Capital of Republic of Central Lithuania
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I in Poland
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: Invasion of Poland
1939 AD
Capital of Lithuania (USSR Protectorate)
1939 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Wilno, part of Second Polish Republic
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Baltic Operation
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Vilnius Offensive
1946 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1955 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1989 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the County of Vilnius County, part of Republic of Lithuania