PoliticalLegal & treatiesCulturalSpace
- 1918Independence16 February 1918 (from Soviet Russia and Germany); 11 March 1990 (declared from the Soviet Union); 6 September 1991 (recognized by the Soviet Union); notable earlier dates: 6 July 1253 (coronation of MINDAUGAS, traditional founding date); 1 July 1569 (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created)CIA World Factbook
- 1991Ratified the ICCPR (civil & political rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1992Ratified the Convention on the Rights of the ChildUN Treaty Collection
- 1994Ratified CEDAW (women’s rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1994First UNESCO World Heritage siteVilnius Historic CentreUNESCO World Heritage
- 1996Ratified the Genocide ConventionUN Treaty Collection
- 2003Joined the ICC (Rome Statute)UN Treaty Collection
- 2014First space object launchedLitsat-1GCAT
- 2017Ratified the Paris Climate AgreementUN Treaty Collection
- 2023Most recent World Heritage inscriptionModernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939UNESCO World Heritage
- 2023Most recent space launchGCAT
- 2024Most recent legislative election2024-10-13IPU Parline
