Estonia: Polity Style: 1918-2024 |
| 15/28 Nov 1917 |
Provisional Diet (Ajutine Maanõukogu) is proclaimed to be the holder of high state authority, resolution of the Diet of 15/28 Nov 1917 (Maanõukogu Proceedings, 273-274) [1] |
| 10/23 Feb 1918 |
declared an independent state in accordance with a manifesto issued by the Council of Elders (Vanematekogu) on behalf of the Provisional Diet (Ajutine Maanõukogu) in Pärnu (Teataja, No. 1, 12/25 Feb 1918, p. 1) |
| 10/23 Feb 1918 - 12/25 Feb 1918 |
Eesti Vabariik | Republic of Estonia |
| 11/24 Feb 1918 |
national government takes office; independence manifesto is distributed in Tallinn (solemn proclamation follows 12/25 Feb 1918) [2] |
| 12/25 Feb 1918 |
armed forces of the German Reich occupy Tallinn and, subsequently, the territory of Estonia |
| 11 Nov 1918 |
national government takes office in Tallinn |
| 11 Nov 1918 - 21 Jul 1940 |
Eesti Vabariik | Republic of Estonia |
| 21 Jul 1940 - 8 May 1990 |
continued in Estonia (Soviet Republic) |
| 8 May 1990 |
official use of Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik (Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic) is declared invalid, Eesti Vabariik (Republic of Estonia) is restored as official name of the state in accordance with a law passed by the Ülemnõukogu 8 May 1990 with immediate effect (Supreme Council Records, No. 14 [934], 18 May 1990, Art. 239) |
| 8 May 1990 - |
Eesti Vabariik | Republic of Estonia |
| 20 Aug 1991 |
resolution of national legislature on restoration of statehood |
