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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