Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)

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The Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918) was the declaration by the Lithuanian Council restoring an independent Lithuanian state after centuries of foreign rule, laying the foundation for modern Lithuania.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf declaration of independence ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
adoptedBy Council of Lithuania ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Act of 16 February ⓘ
February 16 Act of Independence of Lithuania ⓘ
archivalLocation Central State Archive of Lithuania (original Lithuanian text) ⓘ
Political Archive of the German Foreign Office (German text copy) ⓘ
assertedPrinciple self-determination of the Lithuanian nation ⓘ
sovereignty of Lithuania ⓘ
chairmanOfSigningSession Jonas Basanavičius ⓘ
commemoratedOn February 16 ⓘ
country Lithuania ⓘ
dateSigned 1918-02-16 ⓘ
declared establishment of Lithuania as a democratic state ⓘ
restoration of an independent Lithuanian state ⓘ
followedPeriodOf German occupation during World War I ⓘ
Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Russian Empire rule over most of Lithuania ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation document of modern Lithuanian statehood ⓘ
influencedBy German occupation authorities in Ober Ost ⓘ
influencedByEvent World War I ⓘ
language German ⓘ
Lithuanian ⓘ
legalFoundationFor establishment of the modern Republic of Lithuania ⓘ
nationalHoliday Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania ⓘ
numberOfSignatories 20 ⓘ
placeSigned Vilnius ⓘ
predecessorDocument Act of 11 December 1917 ⓘ
recognizedBy Germany ⓘ
Soviet Russia (de jure in 1920) ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

Western Allies (de facto and de jure in early 1920s) ⓘ
region Eastern Europe ⓘ
rejected state ties with other nations imposed in the past ⓘ
restoredStatehoodOf Lithuania ⓘ
signatory Aleksandras Stulginskis ⓘ
Alfonsas Petrulis ⓘ
Antanas Smetona ⓘ
Donatas Malinauskas ⓘ
Jonas Basanavičius ⓘ
Jonas Vailokaitis ⓘ
Jonas Vileišis ⓘ
Jurgis Šaulys ⓘ
linked to: Steponas Kairys

Justinas Staugaitis ⓘ
Kazimieras Bizauskas ⓘ
Kazimieras Steponas Šaulys ⓘ
Mykolas Biržiška ⓘ
Petras Klimas ⓘ
Pranas Dovydaitis ⓘ
Saliamonas Banaitis ⓘ
Stanisław Narutowicz ⓘ
Steponas Kairys ⓘ
Vladas Mironas ⓘ
signedByBody Council of Lithuania ⓘ
signedInBuilding House of the Signatories ⓘ
statedFormOfGovernment democratic republic ⓘ
superseded Act of 11 December 1917 ⓘ
year 1918 ⓘ

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Lithuanians → historicalEvent → Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918) ⓘ
Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → relatedDocument → Act of Declaration of Independence of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)
History of Lithuania → includesTopic → Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918) ⓘ
Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918) → alsoKnownAs → February 16 Act of Independence of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)
Antanas Smetona → participantIn → Act of Independence of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)
Antanas Smetona → signatory → Act of Independence of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)
Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940) → establishedBy → Act of Independence of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)