Estonia



=8000 – 5000 BC=
 * Kunda culture

=5000 BC=
 * Narva culture

=4000 BC=
 * Comb Ceramic Culture

=1800 BC=
 * Finnic people and the Balts

=0 AD=
 * Aesti and Chude

=100-1200=
 * Oeselians

=1207-1561=
 * Conquered and occupied by Denmark (1219-1343)
 * Terra Mariana (1207–1561)

=1561–1721=
 * Duchy of Estonia under Dominion of the Swedish Empire
 * Duchy of Livonia
 * Vassal of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1561-1569)
 * then of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1621).
 * then under Dominion of the Swedish Empire (1629–1721)

=1721–1917=
 * Governorate of Estonia and Governorate of Livonia part of the Russian Empire

=1917= Occupied by German Empire

=1917–1918= Gained local autonomy

=1918= Independence declared in 1918, and officially recognized 1920

=1940–1941= Occupied by Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

=1941–1944= Occupied by Nazi Germany

=1944–1991= Occupied by Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

=1991–Current= Independence restored in 1991