The Lithuanian-language edition of Wikipedia was started in the early 2000s, when new language editions were being created in rapid succession. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, spoken by around three million people, and is one of the oldest living Indo-European languages, with many archaic features that interest linguists. The edition is written entirely by volunteers and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its articles cover world subjects as well as Lithuanian history, geography, literature and culture, and local groups have organized events to encourage more people to write and edit. It is one of the larger Wikipedias in terms of article count relative to the number of speakers.
Before and after
- 9 February 2003Discovery of Mneme
- 9 February 2003Discovery of Cyllene
- 16 February 2003Release of Serbian Wikipedia
- 16 February 2003Release of Croatian Wikipedia
- 20 February 2003Release of Lithuanian Wikipedia
- from 26 February 2003 to 31 August 2020War in Darfur
- 6 March 2003Air Algérie Flight 6289
- 8 March 2003Release of Galician Wikipedia
- from 20 March 2003 to 1 May 20032003 invasion of Iraq
More in Science & technology
- 1949Discovery of berkelium
- December 1952Discovery of fermium
- 1958Discovery of nobelium
- c. 1980sInvention of laptop
- 9 November 1994Discovery of darmstadtium
- 8 December 1994Discovery of roentgenium
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 21st century.