Approximately two million people joined Becoming_a_member their hands to form Cause_to_amalgamate a human chain spanning Expansion across the three Baltic states – Estonia , Latvia , and Lithuania , which were considered at the time to be constituent republics of the Soviet Union .

The event Social_event was organised Arranging by Baltic pro-independence movements : Rahvarinne of Estonia , the Tautas fronte of Latvia , and Sąjūdis of Lithuania .

The Livonian War Hostile_encounter ( 1558–1583 ) was fought Hostile_encounter for control Control of Old Livonia ( in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia ) , when the Tsardom of Russia faced Confronting_problem a varying Change coalition Collaboration of Denmark–Norway , the Kingdom of Sweden , and the Union ( later Commonwealth ) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland .

Swedish Estonia was established Creating despite constant invasion Attack from Russia , and Frederick II of Denmark bought Commerce_buy the old Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek , which he placed Placing under the control Control of his brother Magnus of Holstein .

The following year , Sweden and Russia signed Sign_agreement the Truce of Plussa with Sweden gaining Getting most of Ingria and northern Livonia while retaining Preserving the Duchy of Estonia .

Kazakhstan , Slovenia , and Ukraine , played Competition for the first time , in Group C. Belarus , Croatia , Estonia , and Lithuania all did not make it Causation out of the autumn qualifiers and had to wait at least another year .

Group B 's games were played Competition in Tallinn , Estonia .

Men 's teams from 13 countries participated Participation in the 2009 competition : Belarus , Finland , Kazakhstan , Norway , Russia , Sweden ( group A ) and Canada , Estonia , Hungary , Latvia , Mongolia , the Netherlands and the United States ( group B ) .

Operation Albion was the codename for the German air , land and naval operation Military_operation in October 1917 to occupy Control the West Estonian Archipelago , part of the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia , Russian Republic .

The Tallinn Offensive ( ) was a strategic offensive by the Red Army 's 2nd Shock and 8th Armies and the Baltic Fleet against the German Army Detachment `` Narwa '' and Estonian units in mainland Estonia on the Eastern Front of World War II on 17–26 September 1944 .

The defenders managed Control to slow the Soviet advance sufficient for Army Detachment `` Narwa '' to be evacuated Emptying from mainland Estonia in an orderly fashion .

On 18 September , the constitutional Government of Estonia captured Conquering the government buildings in Tallinn from the Germans and the city was abandoned GiveUp by the German forces Hostile_encounter by 22 September .

The Leningrad Front seized the capital and took Creating the rest of mainland Estonia by 26 September 1944 .

The war Military_operation involved Cause_to_be_included Latvia ( its provisional government supported Supporting by Estonia , Poland and the Western Allies—particularly the navy of United Kingdom ) against the Russian SFSR and the Bolsheviks ' short-lived Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic .

The Soviet Union dissolved Dispersal in December 1991 , resulting in eleven new countries ( Armenia , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Moldova , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Ukraine and Uzbekistan ) , which had declared their independence from the Soviet Union in the course of the year , while the Baltic states ( Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania ) regained their independence in September 1991 .

Gudrun was a powerful storm Catastrophe which hit Attack Denmark and Sweden on 8 January 2005 , and Estonia on 9 January 2005 .

The death Death toll in Sweden was 7 victims Death , making it Causation one of the biggest environmental disasters Catastrophe in Swedish history , while four were killed Killing in Denmark and one in Estonia .

The bottom teams in each group , South Korea and Estonia , were relegated to the lower-level Division II .

Slovakia , Belarus , Croatia , and Estonia all debuted Process_start in Group C , the Slovaks winning Getting the top group , the Estonians winning Getting the bottom group that would be called Group D in two years .

Their position in Group A would be inherited Giving by Russia , while newly independent former Soviet member states Belarus , Estonia , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Lithuania , and Ukraine began Process_start play in 1993 in qualification tournaments Competition for Group C. The tournament Competition itself would change Change significantly after this year as well .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Reval took place Process_start on June 30 , 1602 , during the Polish–Swedish War ( 1600–1611 ) near present-day Tallinn in Estonia .

The last show , on 23 June 2012 was aired Expressing_publicly live via satellite from Croke Park , Dublin to cinemas all across Europe , Ireland , Belgium , the Czech Republic , South Africa , Estonia , Indonesia and Denmark .