Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)

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The Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918) was the declaration by the Lithuanian Council restoring an independent Lithuanian state after centuries of foreign rule, laying the foundation for modern Lithuania.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf declaration of independence
historical document
adoptedBy Council of Lithuania
alsoKnownAs Act of 16 February
Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)
surface form: February 16 Act of Independence of Lithuania
archivalLocation Central State Archive of Lithuania (original Lithuanian text)
Political Archive of the German Foreign Office
surface form: Political Archive of the German Foreign Office (German text copy)
assertedPrinciple self-determination of the Lithuanian nation
sovereignty of Lithuania
chairmanOfSigningSession Jonas Basanavičius
commemoratedOn February 16
country Lithuania
dateSigned 1918-02-16
declared establishment of Lithuania as a democratic state
restoration of an independent Lithuanian state
followedPeriodOf German occupation during World War I
Partitions of Poland
surface form: Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Russian Empire rule over most of Lithuania
historicalSignificance foundation document of modern Lithuanian statehood
influencedBy German occupation authorities in Ober Ost
influencedByEvent World War I
language German
Lithuanian
legalFoundationFor establishment of the modern Republic of Lithuania
nationalHoliday Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (1990)
surface form: Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania
numberOfSignatories 20
placeSigned Vilnius
predecessorDocument Act of 11 December 1917
recognizedBy Germany
Russian SFSR
surface form: Soviet Russia (de jure in 1920)

Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Western Allies (de facto and de jure in early 1920s)
region Eastern Europe
rejected state ties with other nations imposed in the past
restoredStatehoodOf Lithuania
signatory Aleksandras Stulginskis
Alfonsas Petrulis
Antanas Smetona
Donatas Malinauskas
Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Vailokaitis
Jonas Vileišis
Steponas Kairys
surface form: Jurgis Šaulys

Justinas Staugaitis
Kazimieras Bizauskas
Kazimieras Steponas Šaulys
Mykolas Biržiška
Petras Klimas
Pranas Dovydaitis
Saliamonas Banaitis
Stanisław Narutowicz
Steponas Kairys
Vladas Mironas
signedByBody Council of Lithuania
signedInBuilding House of the Signatories
statedFormOfGovernment democratic republic
superseded Act of 11 December 1917
year 1918

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Lithuanians historicalEvent Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)
Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic relatedDocument Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)
this entity surface form: Act of Declaration of Independence of Lithuania
History of Lithuania includesTopic Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)
Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918) alsoKnownAs Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)
this entity surface form: February 16 Act of Independence of Lithuania