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  1. Complete the sentence about Vilnius with the correct year: The city has been the capital of Lithuania since at least ______, when it was first mentioned as such in a letter of the Lithuanian Grand Duk…
  2. Complete the sentence about Vilnius with the correct year: As of ______, around two thirds of Vilnius' residents were Lithuanians.
  3. Complete the sentence about Vilnius with the correct year: Vilnius was a ______ European Capital of Culture with Linz in Austria.
  4. Complete the sentence about Kaunas with the correct year: Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of Kaunas County in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since…
  5. Complete the sentence about Klaipėda with the correct year: In the Treaty of Melno of ______, the city's name was listed as Cleupeda.
  6. Complete the sentence about Šiauliai with the correct year: Thus, the city's founding date is now considered to be 22 September ______, the same date when the battle took place near Šiauliai.
  7. Complete the sentence about Šiauliai with the correct year: After the Battle of Grunwald in ______, the raids stopped and Šiauliai developed as an agricultural settlement.
  8. Complete the sentence about Panevėžys with the correct year: After the Uprising of ______ the old symbolism was erased from the seals of the county centers.
  9. Complete the sentence about Alytus with the correct year: The first historical record of Alytus dates back to ______, when it was mentioned in the Chronicles of Wigand of Marburg under the name of Ali…
  10. Complete the sentence about Alytus with the correct year: On 15 June ______, Stephen Báthory, the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, granted the town the city rights based on the Magdeburg La…
  11. Complete the sentence about Alytus with the correct year: In the third partition of Poland and Lithuania, in ______, the town was divided between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia.
  12. Complete the sentence about Alytus with the correct year: Although the semi-autonomous state was tied with a personal union with Russia, both parts of the town remained completely separate until the J…
  13. Complete the sentence about Marijampolė with the correct year: The earliest recorded name of the present-day city of Marijampolė was Stara Būda, this name is attested from ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about Marijampolė with the correct year: The arrival of the Marian Fathers in ______ accelerated the town's growth, and the settlement was named Marijanpolė in their honour.
  15. Complete the sentence about Marijampolė with the correct year: On 9 April ______, by decree of the Soviet authorities, Marijampolė was renamed Kapsukas in honour of the Lithuanian communist activist V…
  16. Complete the sentence about Mažeikiai with the correct year: In ______ an Eastern Orthodox church was built, and a synagogue had been founded several years earlier.
  17. Complete the sentence about Mažeikiai with the correct year: In ______ Latvian claims for the town were rejected by an international commission.
  18. Complete the sentence about Jonava with the correct year: Around ______, Napoleon and his army invaded the town and its surrounding villages.
  19. Complete the sentence about Jonava with the correct year: In ______ there were 250 shops owned by Jewish families, a Jewish bank, 7 synagogues and a Jewish school.
  20. Complete the sentence about Jonava with the correct year: The Jews of the city were killed in two massacres, in August and September ______.
  21. Complete the sentence about Telšiai with the correct year: Until ______, Telšiai County formed the Duchy of Samogitia within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
  22. Complete the sentence about Telšiai with the correct year: First mentions of Telšiai date back to ______, but the oldest archeological findings in the area of the city are from the Stone Age.
  23. Complete the sentence about Kėdainiai with the correct year: In ______ a short-lived treaty with Sweden, the Union of Kėdainiai, was signed by two members of Radziwiłł family in their Kėdainiai castle…
  24. Complete the sentence about Kėdainiai with the correct year: The 1st Lithuanian National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town in ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Kėdainiai with the correct year: In ______, the town was invaded and occupied by the Soviet Union.
  26. Complete the sentence about Kėdainiai with the correct year: During Operation Barbarossa, Kėdainiai was occupied by the German Army in the summer of ______.
  27. Complete the sentence about Palanga with the correct year: Eventually in ______ Palanga passed to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania under the Treaty of Melno.
  28. Complete the sentence about Palanga with the correct year: The first small wooden Catholic church in Palanga was built in ~______ at the behest of Grand Duchess Anna Jagiellon.
  29. Complete the sentence about Druskininkai with the correct year: In ______ the castle was conquered by the Teutonic Knights and destroyed, causing a depopulation of the area.
  30. Complete the sentence about Druskininkai with the correct year: In ______, the area of Druskininkai came under Polish influence.
  31. Complete the sentence about Druskininkai with the correct year: The first written mention of Druskininkai dates back to ______.
  32. Complete the sentence about Druskininkai with the correct year: In ______ Tsar Nicholas I of Russia bestowed upon Druskininkai the status of a spa, and construction of pensions and hostels started.
  33. Complete the sentence about Trakai with the correct year: Trakai Historical National Park was founded on 23 April ______ to preserve Trakai as a centre of Lithuanian statehood as well as the park's au…
  34. Complete the sentence about Trakai with the correct year: Aukštadvaris Regional Park was founded in ______ to preserve the valuable landscapes in the upper reaches of Verknė and Strėva.
  35. Complete the sentence about Birštonas with the correct year: Since ______, the jazz festival coming here every two years have long earned the resort a name of the Lithuanian jazz Mecca.
  36. Complete the sentence about Kernavė with the correct year: A Lithuanian state cultural reserve was established in Kernavė in ______.
  37. Complete the sentence about Kernavė with the correct year: The town was first mentioned in ______ in written sources, when, as the seat of the Grand Duke Traidenis, it was besieged by the Teutonic Kni…
  38. Complete the sentence about Nida, Lithuania with the correct year: In ______, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian…
  39. Complete the sentence about Nida, Lithuania with the correct year: In ______, the village had a population of 655, mostly living off fishing, with fish being sold mainly to nearby Klaipėda and other c…
  40. Complete the sentence about Rumšiškės with the correct year: In ______ Teutonic knights by returning from siege of Vilnius were attacked by Lithuanians who prevented their crossing of the river Nemuna…
  41. Complete the sentence about Rumšiškės with the correct year: In ______ in the letter of Jogaila to Skirgaila, Rumšiškės was mentioned as village.
  42. Complete the sentence about Vilnius Cathedral with the correct year: After the cathedral was destroyed by fire in ______, Vytautas had a substantially larger Gothic hall church built in its place.
  43. Complete the sentence about Vilnius Cathedral with the correct year: In ______, the cathedral was renovated, and a bell tower was built on top of the Lower Castle defensive tower.
  44. Complete the sentence about Vilnius Cathedral with the correct year: In ______ Sigismund II Augustus was elevated as Grand Duke of Lithuania in the cathedral, it was the last such ceremony.
  45. Complete the sentence about Gediminas' Tower with the correct year: The first brick castle was completed in ______ by Grand Duke Vytautas.
  46. Complete the sentence about Gediminas' Tower with the correct year: The flag of Lithuania was re-hoisted atop the tower on 7 October ______, during the independence restoration movement.
  47. Complete the sentence about Gate of Dawn with the correct year: In ______, a Discalced Carmelite monastery with the Church of St.
  48. Complete the sentence about Gate of Dawn with the correct year: In ______, the chapel was destroyed by fire, but the image was saved and transferred to the Church of St.
  49. Complete the sentence about Church of St. Anne, Vilnius with the correct year: Originally intended for the use of Catholic Germans and other visiting Catholics, it was destroyed by a fire in ______.
  50. Complete the sentence about Church of St. Anne, Vilnius with the correct year: A reconstruction of the church, funded by Mikołaj Radziwiłł the Black and Jerzy Radziwiłł, was carried out following seve…
  51. Complete the sentence about Church of St. Anne, Vilnius with the correct year: In ______, the church underwent a repair under the supervision of Johann Christoph Glaubitz.
  52. Complete the sentence about Trakai Island Castle with the correct year: The castle suffered major devastation during an attack by the Teutonic knights in ______.
  53. Complete the sentence about Trakai Island Castle with the correct year: Soon after the reconciliation between Jogaila and Vytautas, the second phase of construction started and continued until ______.
  54. Complete the sentence about Hill of Crosses with the correct year: When the old political structure of Eastern Europe fell apart in ______, Lithuania once again declared its independence.
  55. Complete the sentence about Hill of Crosses with the correct year: In December ______, a tourist from China removed and tossed away a cross believed to be set up by the Hong Kong pro-democracy camp.
  56. Complete the sentence about Kaunas Castle with the correct year: On Easter Sunday in ______, the Knights conducted a Mass at the castle to commemorate their victory.
  57. Complete the sentence about Kaunas Fortress with the correct year: The fortress was battle-tested in ______ when Germany attacked the Russian Empire, and withstood eleven days of assault before captur…
  58. Complete the sentence about Pažaislis Monastery with the correct year: In ______ the addition of the towers and the dome was funded by the king's chamberlain Michał Jan Pac.
  59. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The construction was completed in ______, overseed by Michał Jan Pac.
  60. Complete the sentence about Pažaislis Monastery with the correct year: In ______ the monastery was closed by the Russian authorities and later converted into an Orthodox church.
  61. Complete the sentence about Pažaislis Monastery with the correct year: The author of the Imperial Russian national anthem God Save the Tsar, Alexei Lvov, was interred there in ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about Pažaislis Monastery with the correct year: After ______ the ruined monastery returned to Roman Catholics and was restored by sisters of the Lithuanian convent of St.
  63. Complete the sentence about Ninth Fort with the correct year: At the end of the 19th century the city of Kaunas was fortified and by ______ was encircled by eight forts and nine gun batteries.
  64. Complete the sentence about Ninth Fort with the correct year: In ______, the Germans operated special Jewish squads to dig mass graves and burn the remaining corpses.
  65. Complete the sentence about Ninth Fort with the correct year: In ______, an exhibition was prepared in four cells, telling of the Nazi war crimes carried out in Lithuania.
  66. Complete the sentence about Church of Vytautas the Great with the correct year: During the World War I, the Imperial German Army captured Kaunas in ______, and the church's roof was torn off.
  67. Complete the sentence about Curonian Spit with the correct year: From c. 800 to ______, the Spit was the location of Kaup, a major pagan trading centre which has not yet been excavated.
  68. Complete the sentence about Curonian Spit with the correct year: In ______, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region into the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian…
  69. Complete the sentence about Curonian Spit with the correct year: Alarmed by these problems, the Prussian government sponsored large-scale revegetation and reforestation efforts, which started in _____…
  70. Complete the sentence about Curonian Lagoon with the correct year: In ______, King and Grand Duke Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region into the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-T…
  71. Complete the sentence about Neman with the correct year: Nemunas Delta Regional Park was created in the delta in ______.
  72. Complete the sentence about Neman with the correct year: The border between the State of the Teutonic Order and Lithuania was fixed in ______ by the Treaty of Lake Melno and remained stable for centur…
  73. Complete the sentence about Neman with the correct year: The Treaty of Tilsit between Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I was signed on a raft in the river in ______.
  74. Complete the sentence about Nemunas Delta with the correct year: To safeguard the delta's wildlife and facilitate research, the Nemunas Delta Regional Park was created in ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Nemunas Delta with the correct year: Since ______, the Lithuanian Society of Ornithologists and the Nemunas Delta Regional Park Administration have been organizing bird cou…
  76. Complete the sentence about Nemunas Delta with the correct year: One of the first bird ringing stations in Europe was opened there in ______ by a Lithuanian zoologist, Tadas Ivanauskas.
  77. Complete the sentence about Aukštaitija National Park with the correct year: Established in ______, it is the oldest of the five national parks in Lithuania.
  78. Complete the sentence about Aukštaitija National Park with the correct year: In ______ four other parks were established and were named after ethnographic regions of Lithuania.
  79. Complete the sentence about Baltic Sea with the correct year: Denmark gradually gained control over a large portion of the Baltic coast, until it lost many of its possessions after being defeated in t…
  80. Complete the sentence about Juodkrantė with the correct year: After ______, the sources do not mention the town along the Baltic Sea shore any more.
  81. Complete the sentence about Aukštaitija with the correct year: Aukštaitija was mentioned as Austechia in Chronicon terrae Prussiae, written around ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about Lithuania Minor with the correct year: The Lithuanian Province was named Klein Litau, Klein Litauen, Preussisch Litthauen, Little Lithuania, Litvania in the maps of Prussia…
  83. Complete the sentence about Anykščiai with the correct year: Anykščiai was first mentioned on 7 November ______ as a possession of Grand Duke of Lithuania Casimir IV Jagiellon.
  84. Complete the sentence about Anykščiai with the correct year: In summer ______, two mass executions of the local Jewish population occurred.
  85. Complete the sentence about Rambynas with the correct year: In ______, the fort was attacked and destroyed by the Teutonic Order.
  86. Complete the sentence about Rambynas with the correct year: The ______ Treaty of Melno established the border between Teutonic Order and Lithuania.
  87. Complete the sentence about Rambynas with the correct year: In ______, cartographer Caspar Hennenberger published an explanation to his map of Prussia.
  88. Complete the sentence about Rambynas with the correct year: Therefore, Birutė Society purchased a plot of land in ______ and the same year organized a larger festival on the hill.
  89. Complete the sentence about Rambynas with the correct year: In ______, Prussian Lithuanians established a society that collected money to buy the entire hill and charged 10 pfennigs for the admission…
  90. Complete the sentence about Plungė Manor with the correct year: In ______ Alexandrovich Zubov family sold Plungė estate to Michał Mikołaj Ogiński.
  91. Complete the sentence about Plungė Manor with the correct year: In ______, he ordered the main mansion to be built, designed by architect Karl Lorenz, who was of German origin.
  92. Complete the sentence about Plungė Manor with the correct year: In ______, Michał Ogiński suddenly fell ill and died while getting treatment in Nice, France.
  93. Complete the sentence about Žemaitukas with the correct year: The Ogińskis popularized the breed and exhibited it at the Paris International Agricultural Show in ______ where the horses won two gold m…
  94. Complete the sentence about Žemaitukas with the correct year: A new challenge was presented by the dissolution of the Soviet Union and rapid de-collectivization in ______.
  95. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian Hound with the correct year: The breed was first mentioned in written sources in ______ when a forester from Hrodna sued over a stolen hound.
  96. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian Hound with the correct year: The first Lithuanian Hound exhibition was organized in ______; it had 62 dogs participating.
  97. Complete the sentence about Lithuanian Hound with the correct year: After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the breed decreased to around 150 individuals by ______.
  98. Complete the sentence about White stork with the correct year: The asiatica population of about ______ birds is restricted to a region in central Asia between the Aral Sea and Xinjiang in western Chin…
  99. Complete the sentence about White stork with the correct year: The Xinjiang population is believed to have become extinct around ______.
  100. Which place completes this sentence about Kaunas? Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of Kaunas County in the Duchy of ______ of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413.

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