Timeline of Independence of Finland (1917-1920)

This is an timeline of the Independence of Finland. Timeline starts from February Revolution and ends with membership of the League of Nations. Events take place in Saint Petersburg and Finland.

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1917

• 7 March: February Revolution starts in Saint Petersburg
• 15 March: Prince Georgy Lvov forms a Provisional government in Saint Petersburg
• 15 March: Czar Nicholas II abdicates
• 16 March: Governor-General of Finland Franz Albert Seyn is removed from his office and arrested
• 20 March: Provisional government imprisons the Imperial family
• 19 March: Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich became new Governor-General of Finland
• 20 March: March manifesto is abolished
• 26 March: Oskari Tokoi is appointed as the Chairmen of the Senate
• 16 April: Vladimir Lenin arrives by train from Switzerland via Germany, to Saint Petersburg
• 16 July: Bolshevik coup fails in Saint Petersburg
• 18 July: Parliament of Finland accepts the Act of Rule of Law
• 21 July: Aleksandr Kerensky becomes the new Premier of the Provisional government of Russia
• 31 July: Provisional government of Russia dissolves the Parliament of Finland
• 17 August: Oskari Tokoi resigns from the Senate
• 17 August: E.N. Setälä becomes the new Chairman of the Senate
• 17 September: Nikolai Nekrasov become the new Governor-General of Finland
• 1-2 October: General elections in Finland; Social Democratic Party loses its majority
• 7 November: Bolshevik coup takes place in Saint Petersburg
• 8 November: Labour movement forms Revolution Councils in Finland
• 15 November: Parliament of Finland declares itself as the supreme authority in Finland
• 4 December: Svinhufvud senate declares Independence of Finland
• 6 December: Parliament accepts the Independence of Finland
• 31 December: Soviet government recognizes the Independence of Finland
• 31 December: Åland Islands declares itself as part of Sweden

1918

• 4 January: Soviet parliament ratified the recognition of Finnish independence
• 4 January: Sweden and France recognizes the Finnish independence
• 6 January: Germany recognizes the Finnish independence
• 10 January: Norway and Denmark recognize the Finnish independence
• 25 January: National Guard is declared as Governments troops
• 27 January: Labour movement takes power in Finland
• 15 February: Swedish Naval ships arrive at the Åland Islands
• 16 May: White Army marches to Helsinki
• 18 May: P.E.Svinhufvud became a State Regent of Finland
• 27 May: J.K. Paasivi becomes Deputy Chairman of the Senate
• 29 May: Blue cross flag became an flag of Finland
• 9 August: Parliament accepts the Constitution of 1772 which starts the process of electing an monarch.
• 9 October: Parliament selects the Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland
• 27 November: Paasikivi Senate resigned
• 12 December: Mannerheim became the new State Regent of Finland
• 14 December: Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse abdicates

1919

• 3 March: General elections in Finland: Republican front gets majority
• 17 April: Kaarlo Castrén becomes the Prime Minister of Finland
• 6 May: United Kingdom recognizes the Independence of Finland
• 7 May: United States recognizes the Independence of Finland
• 21 June: Parliament accepts the Republican form of Government
• 17 July: State Regent Mannerheim ratifies the Republican form of Government
• 25 July: K.J. Ståhlberg becomes the first President of Finland
• 6 December: Finland's independent day becomes 6 December

1920

• 26 July: Finland takes the Åland Islands dispute to the League of Nations
• 14 October: Finland and Soviet Russia sign a peace treaty in Tarto
• 16 December: Finland becomes a member of the League of Nations

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