Year | Date | Event | 1610 | Ingrian War: The war began. |
1611 | Gustavus Adolphus became king of Sweden. |
1617 | Ingrian War: The war ended. |
1655 | Second Northern War: The war began. |
1660 | Second Northern War: The war ended. |
1661 | The Treaty of Cardis was signed with the Russian Empire. |
1695 | The Great Famine of 1695–1697 began. |
1697 | The Great Famine of 1695–1697 ended with one-third of the population dead.[4] |
1700 | Great Northern War: The war began.[5] |
Year | Date | Event | 1919 | 26 July | Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg became the 1st president of Finland.[8] |
1920 | 14 October | Treaty of Tartu was signed to improve relations with the Soviet Union. |
31 December | The Treaty of Tartu became effective. |
1925 | 2 March | Lauri Kristian Relander became president of Finland.[8] |
1931 | 2 March | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud became president of Finland.[8] |
1932 | Mäntsälä rebellion took place.[9] |
1937 | 1 March | Kyösti Kallio became president of Finland.[8] |
1939 | 30 November | Winter War: The war began. |
1940 | 13 March | Winter War: The war ended. |
19 December | Risto Ryti became president of Finland.[8] |
1941 | 25 June | Continuation War: The war began against Soviet Union. |
10 July | Finnish conquest of East Karelia (1941): The conquest began. |
September | Finland conquered East Karelia. |
6 December | Finnish conquest of East Karelia (1941): The conquest ended. |
1944 | 4 August | Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim became president of Finland.[8] |
15 September | Lapland War: The war began against Nazi Germany. |
19 September | Continuation War: The war ended with soviet victory. |
1945 | 27 April | Lapland War: The last of the German troops left the country and thus, ending the war in Finland. |
1946 | 11 March | Juho Kusti Paasikivi became president of Finland.[8] |
1947 | 10 February | The Paris Peace Treaties were signed and restored borders from 1 January 1941. |
1952 | Finland entered into a passport union. |
1956 | 1 March | Urho Kekkonen became president of Finland.[8] |
1961 | Finland requested membership for the European Free Trade Association. |
1975 | Finland signed the Helsinki Accords. |
1982 | 27 January | Mauno Koivisto became president of Finland.[8] |
1986 | Finland became a member of the European Free Trade Association. |
1991 | A depression took place after an overheating of the economy. |
1994 | 1 March | Martti Ahtisaari became president of Finland.[8] |
1995 | Finland joined the European Union. |
1999 | Finland joined the Eurozone. |
2000 | 1 March | Tarja Halonen became president of Finland.[8] |
Year | Date | Event | 2006 | 15 January | A presidential election took place. |
2009 | 31 December | The Sello mall shooting occurred. |
2010 | 12 February | In the 2010 Winter Olympics, 95 athletes competed. |
2011 | 17 April | The Finnish parliamentary election was held. |
16 October | The Ålandic legislative election was held. |
26 December | Cyclone Dagmar struck Finland, making it the worst storm that struck Finland after 10 years.[10] |
2012 | 1 March | Sauli Niinistö became president of Finland.[8] |
26 May | The Hyvinkää shooting occurred. |
2013 | 30 January | The Jyväskylä library stabbing occurred. |
15 November | The 2013 Nordic storms struck Finland. |
2014 | 9 June | Vladimir Putin said Finland could join NATO but Russia would have to react.[11] |
24 July | Two Finnish women were killed working in Herat, Afghanistan. |
28 November | Same sex marriage was legalized.[12] |
2018 | 28 January | A presidential election was held. |
1. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.museovirasto.fi/fi/|title=Museovirasto|website=museovirasto.fi}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M92PDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA206#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Cremation and the Archaeology of Death|first1=Jessica|last1=Cerezo-Román|first2=Anna|last2=Wessman|first3=Howard|last3=Williams|date=15 June 2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|via=Google Books}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.muinaismuistoyhdistys.fi/|title=Suomen muinaismuistoyhdistys ry.|website=muinaismuistoyhdistys.fi}}
4. ^Jutikkala, Eino and Pirinen, Kauko. A History of Finland. Dorset Press, 1988, p. 108
5. ^Antti Kujala, "The Breakdown of a Society: Finland in the Great Northern War 1700–1714," Scandinavian Journal of History, Mar–June 2000, Vol. 25 Issue 1/2, pp. 69–86
6. ^ B. R. Mitchell, European Historical Statistics, 1750–1970 (Columbia U.P., 1978) p. 4
7. ^Günther Gassmann et al. Historical dictionary of Lutheranism (2001) p. 296
8. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite web|url=http://www.tpk.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=44829&culture=en-US&contentlan=2|title=Former Presidents of the Republic of Finland – The President of the Republic of Finland: Former Presidents|website=tpk.fi}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/topic/Lapua-Movement|title=Lapua Movement – Finnish fascist movement}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://gamla.hbl.fi/nyheter/2011-12-26/stormskadorna-racker-lange-att-atgarda|title=phpinfo()|website=gamla.hbl.fi}}
11. ^https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-finland-nato-putin/putin-hints-russia-will-react-if-finland-joins-nato-idUSKCN0ZH5IV
12. ^{{cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/finnish_parliament_approves_same-sex_marriage/7657759 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=15 June 2018 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619193258/http://yle.fi/uutiset/finnish_parliament_approves_same-sex_marriage/7657759 |archivedate=19 June 2016 |df= }}