The History of the Livonians in Dates
| ca. 1100 | first mention of the Livonians in the Russian Chronicle of Nestor |
| ca. 1180 | Germans land at the mouth of the Daugava |
| 1186 | Crusade against the Livonians started |
| 1201 | the city of Riga, dividing the territory of the Livonians into two, founded to be the centre of Christianisation |
| 1206 | uprising of the Livonians, resulting in the occupation of all Livonian lands by the Teutonic Order |
| 1525 | first mention of printed text in Livonian |
| 1789 | first presrved text (the Lord's prayer) in Livonian written |
| 1846 | first expedition to the Livonians of Courland and Salaca undertaken by Academician A.J.Sjögren |
| 1861 | a dictionary and grammar of the Livonian language published by A.J.Sjögren and F.J.Wiedemann |
| 1863 | first books in Livonian published (London) |
| 1868 | death of supposed last Salaca Livonian |
| 1920 | first expedition to the Livonians undertaken by Professor Lauri Kettunen and Oskar Loorits |
| 1923-1940 | Livonian taught as an optional subject in the schools of the Livonian Coast |
| 1923, Apr. 2 |
Livonians' Union (Livõd It) founded |
| 1923, Nov. 18 |
the Livonian flag introduced |
| 1931, Jan. 26 |
first church service in Livonian |
| 1931, Dec. 23 |
publishing of the Livonian newspaper Livli started |
| 1938 | Lauri Kettunen's dictionary of the Livonian language published in Helsinki |
| 1939, Aug. 6 |
the Livonian House officially opened in Ire (Mazirbe) |
| 1940 | Livonians' Union (Livõd It) suppressed by the Soviet occupation authorities Liivlaste Liit, the Livonian House expropriated |
| 1950 | the Soviet law on the border zone passed, Livonian fishermen deprived of their traditional livelihood and forced to seek employement elsewhere |
| 1972 | Livonian singing choirs founded in Ventspils and Riga, their first joint appearance at the Riga open air museum in August |
| 1988, Nov. 26 |
Livonians' Union (Livõd It) restored |