2020-FEB-22

Polity Timeline
BALTIC SEA STATES

Flag or logo changes:

1900-01-01:

RIGA City

(Riga)

- RIGA

1914-06-06:

German Forces in The East : OBER-OST

(Tannenberg)

- EASTERN FRONT

1919-08-14:

German Military Administrations in THE EAST

(Mariampol)

- GERMAN BALTIC LANDS

1919-12-13:

Allied Forces in THE BALTIC SEA

(Baltic Sea)

- BALTIC SEA

1919-12-31:

Independent City of RIGA

(Riga)

- RIGA

1940-08-25:

RIGA City

(Riga)

- RIGA

1941-06-01:

Imperial Ministry for The Occupied Eastern Territories : BALTIC LAND

(Riga)

- BALTENLAND

1941-07-17:

German Imperial Commission of Eastland : OSTLAND

(Riga)

- OSTLAND

1945-02-20:

LATVIAN National Council [German Army Group of Courland]

(Potsdam ^x + Windau ^m)

- LETTLAND

1945-05-08:

ESTONIAN Representatives-in-Exile

(London)

- FREE ESTONIA

1974-01-01:

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission : HELSINKI COMMISSION

(Helsinki)

- BALTIC SEA

1980-05-03:

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission : HELCOM

(Helsinki)

- BALTIC SEA

1992-03-05:

Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- BALTIC SEA STATES

Emblem or Symbol changes:

1914-06-06:

German Forces in The East : OBER-OST

(Tannenberg)

- EASTERN FRONT

1919-09-27:

German Military Administrations in THE EAST : German Troops in Lithuania

(Mariampol)

- GERMAN BALTIC LANDS

1919-12-13:

Allied Forces in THE BALTIC SEA

(Baltic Sea)

- BALTIC SEA

1941-06-01:

Imperial Ministry for The Occupied Eastern Territories : BALTIC LAND

(Riga)

- BALTENLAND

1941-07-17:

German Imperial Commission of Eastland : OSTLAND

(Riga)

- OSTLAND

1945-02-02:

German Army Group of COURLAND

(Windau)

- GERMAN COURLAND

1945-02-20:

LATVIAN National Council [German Army Group of Courland]

(Potsdam ^x + Windau ^m)

- LETTLAND

1945-03-19:

Autonomous State of LATVIA [German Protectorate – Latvian National Council]

(Potsdam ^x + Windau ^m)

- LETTLAND

1945-05-08:

ESTONIAN Representatives-in-Exile

(London)

- FREE ESTONIA

1992-03-05:

Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- BALTIC SEA STATES

Sovereignty changes:

Capital Local Name changes:

1900-01-01:

Riga

1914-06-06:

Tannenberg

1915-08-18:

Kowno

1917-12-11:

Mariampol

1919-12-13:

Baltic Sea

1919-12-31:

Riga

1944-10-13:

Windau

1945-02-20:

Potsdam + Windau

1945-04-30:

(Potsdam) + Windau

1945-05-07:

Windau

1945-05-08:

London

1953-01-12:

Oslo

1953-03-03:

Oslo + Augustdorf

1954-09-20:

Oslo + New York

1974-01-01:

Helsinki

1992-03-05:

Stockholm

Local Name of Country changes:

1900-01-01:

RIGA

1914-06-06:

OBER OST

1919-01-21:

BALTLANDS

1919-09-21:

OSTEN

1919-12-13:

BALTIC SEA

1919-12-31:

RIGA

1941-06-01:

BALTENLAND

1941-07-17:

OSTLAND

1945-02-02:

KURLAND

1945-02-20:

LETTLAND

1945-05-08:

EESTI

1974-01-01:

HELCOM

1992-03-05:

CBSS

Status changes:

1900-01-01:

RIGA City

1914-06-06:

German Forces in The East : OBER-OST

1915-07-06:

Supreme Command of All German Forces in The East : OBER-OST

1918-12-26:

German Forces in The East : OBER-OST

1919-01-21:

German Military Administrations in THE EAST

1919-09-21:

German Military Administrations in THE EAST : German Troops in Lithuania

1919-12-13:

Allied Forces in THE BALTIC SEA

1919-12-31:

Independent City of RIGA

1920-01-13:

RIGA City

1941-06-01:

Imperial Ministry for The Occupied Eastern Territories : BALTIC LAND

1941-07-17:

German Imperial Commission of Eastland : OSTLAND

1945-02-02:

German Army Group of COURLAND

1945-02-20:

LATVIAN National Council [German Army Group of Courland]

1945-03-19:

Autonomous State of LATVIA [German Protectorate – Latvian National Council]

1945-05-08:

ESTONIAN Representatives-in-Exile

1953-01-12:

ESTONIAN Government-in-Exile

1953-03-03:

Republic of ESTONIA-in-Exile

1974-01-01:

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission : HELSINKI COMMISSION

1980-05-03:

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission : HELCOM

1992-03-05:

Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

1998-01-29:

Secretariat of the Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

Ruler changes:

1941-07-17:

German Imperial Commission of Eastland : OSTLAND

(Riga)

- Hinrich Lohse
(Hinrich Lohse)

1944-09-26:

German Imperial Commission of Eastland : OSTLAND

(Riga)

- Erich Koch
(Erich Koch)

1944-10-13:

German Imperial Commission of Eastland : OSTLAND

(Windau)

- (Erich Koch)
((Erich Koch))

1945-02-02:

German Army Group of COURLAND

(Windau)

-
()

1945-02-20:

LATVIAN National Council [German Army Group of Courland]

(Potsdam ^x + Windau ^m)

- Oskar Danker
(Oskars Jēkabs Dankers)

1945-05-08:

ESTONIAN Representatives-in-Exile

(London)

-
()

1992-03-05:

Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- FI
(FI)

1994-01-01:

Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- EE
(EE)

1995-01-01:

Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- SE
(SE)

1996-01-01:

Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- LV
(LV)

1997-01-01:

Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- DK
(DK)

1998-01-01:

Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- LT
(LT)

1998-08-15:

Secretariat of the Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- DG Jacek Starosciak (pl)
(DG Jacek Starościak (pl))

2002-09-15:

Secretariat of the Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- DG Hannu Halinen (fi)
(DG Hannu Halinen (fi))

2005-09-01:

Secretariat of the Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- DG Gabriele Koetschau (de)
(DG Gabriele Kötschau (de))

2010-09-01:

Secretariat of the Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- DG Jan Lundin (se)
(DG Jan Lundin (se))

2016-06-02:

Secretariat of the Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- Bernd Hemingway (se)
(Bernd Hemingway (se))

2016-09-01:

Secretariat of the Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- DG Maira Mora (lv)
(DG Maira Mora (lv))

2021-09-01:

Secretariat of the Council of The Baltic Sea States : CBSS

(Stockholm)

- DG Grzegorz Marek Poznanski (pl)
(DG Grzegorz Marek Poznański (pl))