Grand Duchy of Finland

Grand Duchy of Finland was a state in Scandinavia and the Baltic (Europe) that lasted from 1809 to 1917 CE, about 108 years. Its people spoke Uralic languages (Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Sami, Samoyed).

Russia took Finland from Sweden in 1809 and ruled it as an autonomous grand duchy with its own senate, diet and currency. Finland declared independence in December 1917.

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Facts

Dates

1809 to 1917 CE

Duration

108 years

Type

State

Region

Scandinavia and the Baltic, Europe

Language family

Uralic

Capital

Helsinki

Became

• Republic of Finland 1917 CE to the present

Events in Europe during its time

• 1815 Battle of Waterloo
• 1871 Unification of Germany
• 1914 First World War begins
• 1917 Russian Revolution

Neighbours in Europe

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE
• German Empire 1871 to 1918 CE
• First French Empire 1804 to 1815 CE
• Papal States 756 to 1870 CE
• Kingdom of Portugal 1139 to 1910 CE
• Kingdom of Bohemia 1198 to 1918 CE
• Kingdom of Naples 1282 to 1816 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Viceroyalty of Peru 1542 to 1824 CE, South America
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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