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1918
January
30
Latvian Provisional National Council calls for independence
On 30 January 1918 the Latvian Provisional National Council resolved in Petrograd that Latvia must be an independent republic, but did not yet proclaim it.
March
15
Protectorate over Courland
On 15 March 1918 Wilhelm II recognised the Duchy of Courland, proclaimed a week earlier by a Baltic German council, as a state closely tied to the Reich.
April
12
United Baltic diets
On 12 April 1918 in Riga a united council of Livonia and Estonia, dominated by Baltic Germans, asked for a monarchy in personal union with Prussia.
November
11
Recognition of Latvia and Estonia
On 11 November 1918 Balfour confirmed in writing the recognition of the Latvian National Council. In Tallinn the Estonian Provisional Government resumed work.
1919
June
23
Battle of Cēsis
On 23 June 1919 Estonians and Latvians entered Cēsis (Wenden), having defeated the Landeswehr and General von der Goltz's German Iron Division.