2021/3/14 · By Tim Lambert EARLY ESTONIA The Estonians are a Finno-Ugric people related to the Finns. A first-century Roman writer named Tacitus mentioned the Estonians. He called them the Aesti. Amber was exported from Estonia to other parts of Europe. However, for centuries the tribes of Estonia had little contact with Western civilization. They traded with… Continue …

The most apparent event in Estonian history was when it was split into two. The Teutonic Knights ruled the south of Estonia while the Danes controlled the north. In time, Germanic people gained the power of the ruling class in Estonia until the 20th century. Though there was a rebellion in the St. George’s called the Night Uprising, Estonians ...

2021/9/19 · The history begins with ancient settlers. Shortly after the end of Ice Age in Europe, the first Estonian ancestors settled along the Baltic coast in 9000 B.C. By 800 A.D. traditional Estonian villages and village society had already formed. Many villages established in this era are still inhabited today. The most striking example of the culture ...

Brief History. 1721. Controlled at a variety of times throughout the Middle Ages by Denmark, the German Knights of the Livonian Order, and Sweden, Estonia eventually came to be controlled by the Russian Empire in 1721 at the end of the Great Northern War in which Sweden was attacked and lost its Estonian Territories.

2018/2/8 · 1992: Estonia brings its own money – the kroon – into circulation. 1993: Estonia is admitted to the Council of Europe as the body’s 29th member state. 1994 – August 31, the last Soviet troops leave Estonia. 2004: On March 29, Estonia becomes a full member of NATO. On May 1st, Estonia joins the European Union.

1991/12/21 · In Estonia: History of Estonia. The Estonians are first mentioned by the Roman historian Tacitus (1st century ad) in Germania. Their political system was patriarchal, based on clans headed by elders. The first invaders of the country were Vikings, who from the mid-9th century passed through Estonia and…. Read More.

This is a timeline of Estonian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Estonia and its predecessor states.To read about the background to these events, see History of Estonia. Year Date Event 3,000 BC Finno-Ugric peoples (ancestors of Estonians) started to move from eastern Europe to northeastern coast of Baltic Sea.

Brief History of Estonia: Ancient Estonians lived on the shores of the Baltic Sea for thousands of years. They are one of the longest-settled peoples on the continent of Europe. They remained independent until the 1200s when they were conquered by many ...

2015/7/23 · Song festivals became far bigger events in the Baltic countries than they had ever been in their land of origin. Estonian professional music developed at the end of the 19th century, when the first Estonian composers began studying at the St Petersburg conservatory and established music schools upon their return home.