Independence Day of Lithuania

Lithuanian coat of armsOn February 16, 1918, the Declaration of Independence of Lithuania was adopted.

According to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, signed on August 23, 1939, Lithuania ceded to Germany. On September 28, 1939, the treaty was amended and Germany gave Lithuania to the Soviet Union.

On 11 March 1990, the Supreme Council of Lithuania decided to restore the Republic of Lithuania.