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1009 The first written instance of the name of Lithuania in the Annals of Quedlinburg (Germany)
Circa 1235 Lithuanian lands were united under the rule of one of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Mindaugas
1251 Baptism of Mindaugas
1253 Mindaugas was crowned King of Lithuania at the behest of Pope Innocent IV
1385 Polish-Lithuanian Union was created through royal marriage by signing the Krėva Act
1387 The last pagan nation in Europe - part of the ethnic Lithuanian lands - adopted Christianity and joined the Latin civilization sphere of the Christian Europe.
1392-1430 The Grand Duchy of Lithuania reached its peak of power and its greatest territorial extent, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, during the reign of Vytautas the Great
1410 The Battle of Grunwald ended in the victory of the joint Polish Lithuanian army over the Knights of the Teutonic Order
1529, 1566, 1588 Three editions of modern legal codes - the Statutes of Lithuania - were drafted and published
