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Liechtenstein

4000 - 1800 BC: First settlements in Liechtenstein

As of 15 BC: Roman occupation of the Rhine Valley

300 - 700 AD: Alemanni settle in Liechtenstein

1342: Formation of the County of Vaduz

1396: Bestowal of Imperial Immediacy

1499: Swabian War

1647: Thirty Years War

1699: Prince Johann Adam Andreas of Liechtenstein purchases the Lordship of Schellenberg and in

1712: the County of Vaduz

1719: Elevation of Vaduz and Schellenberg to the Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein

1799: Occupation by the French

1806: Sovereignty by membership of the Rhenish Confederation

1815: Member of the German Confederation

1852: Customs Treaty with Austria

1862: New Constitution which provided for a Diet as representative of the people

1866: Dissolution of the German Confederation - Independence

1868: Army disbanded

1914 - 1918: World War I with severe economic consequences for Liechtenstein

1919: Abrogration of the Customs Treaty with Austria

1921: Postal Treaty with Switzerland
Promulgation of the Constitution which in essentially is still valid today

1923: Customs Treaty with Switzerland

1924: Enactment of the Customs Treaty with Switzerland, Swiss Franc official currency

1927: The Rhine inundation, near Schaan

1938: Prince Franz Josef II is the first Prince of Liechtenstein to take up permanent residence in Liechtenstein

1939 - 1945: World War II, Liechtenstein remains neutral as in World War I, but under better economic conditions than in World War I

1945: Beginning of the economic upturn

1950: Membership of the International Court of Justice at The Hague

1960: Participation in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

1972: Supplementary agreement to the agreement between the European Economic Community (EEC) and the Swiss Confederation

1978: Membership of the European Council

1980: Currency agreement between the Principality of Liechtenstein and Switzerland

1982: Signing of the European Human Rights convention for the protection of human rights and basic liberties

1984: Introduction of women's suffrage

1985: Pope John Paul II visits the Principality

1989: Parliament increased to 25 Members
Demise of Prince Franz Josef II; succession of Prince Hans-Adam II on 13 November 1989

1990: Inauguration of Prince Hans-Adam II
Membership of United Nations (UNO)

1991: Membership of EFTA

1995: Membership of the European Economic Area (EEA) and of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)

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 Action 5.1 activity 9 “Support for quality and innovation of the Program Youth.”
Project no: 5.1/R1/2003/06 Made by Hienet working Teams in cooperation with T.E.S.