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Riga: History, Former Names & Timeline

A trading city at the mouth of the Daugava, founded by Bishop Albert of Bremen as a base of the Livonian Crusade.

Map showing Riga in 1600Riga
Border map for 1600. See Europe in 1600.

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Former names of Riga

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1201Riga

Timeline of Riga

YearEvent
1201Bishop Albert founds the city
1282Joins the Hanseatic League
1621Gustavus Adolphus takes Riga
1710Taken by Russia
1918Latvia declares independence

Who ruled Riga

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–199Brushed Pottery culture
200–699Unclaimed / no data
700–799Balts
800–899Ests
900–999Chuds
1000–1099Baltic tribes
1100–1299Unclaimed / no data
1300–1599Teutonic Knights
1600–1649Poland-Lithuania
1650–1782Sweden
1783–1799Poland
1800–1919Russian Empire
1920–1944Latvia
1945–1993USSR
1994–todayLatvia

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