Alūksne (-Latvian, German: Marienburg, Estonian: Aluliina) is a town on the shores of Lake Alūksne in northeastern Latvia near the borders with Estonia and Russia. It is the seat of Alūksne County and has a population of 9,435 as of 2004. Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. ... AlÅ«ksne county (Latvian: AlÅ«ksnes rajons) is an administrative division of Latvia, located in the north-east of the country 202 km from capital city Riga. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The region around Lake Alūksne by originally settled by Finno-Ugric tribes, but became settled by Latgalian tribes from the 8th-12th centuries. Actual settlement at the current location of the town, then known as Alyst and Volyst, dates from chronicles from Pskov in 1284. The later name Alūksne comes from the Latgalian word olūksna, meaning a spring in the forest. Geographical distribution of Finno-Ugric (Finno-Permic in blue, Ugric in green). ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order. ... The Trinity Cathedral (1682-99) is a symbol of Pskovs former might and independence. ... // Events War and politics King Charles II of Naples is captured in a naval battle off Naples by Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon. ... Latgalian (a language) can mean one of two things: 1) It was a language spoken by Latgallians in a great part of the area what now is Latvia. ...

The Latgallian inhabitants of the settlement were conquered by the German crusaders of the Livonian Order in 1342. They built a castle named Marienburg (after Mary, the mother of Jesus) on a nearby island which served to protect trade routes from Riga to Pskov. The town which developed near the castle also became known as Marienburg. This article is about the medieval crusades. ... The Livonian Brothers of the Sword (Latin Fratres militiae Christi, literally the brothers of the army of Christ), also known as the Christ Knights, Sword Brethren or The Militia of Christ of Livonia, was a military order started in 1202 by Albert von Buxhövden, bishop of Riga (or Prince-Bishop... Events May - Pope Clement VI elected John III Comnenus becomes emperor of Trebizond Louis becomes king of Sicily and duke of Athens Constantine IV becomes king of Armenia Patriarch of Antioch transferred to Damascus under Ignatius II Kitzbühel becomes part of Tyrol Louis I becomes king of Hungary Births... The main gatehouse of Harlech Castle, Wales. ... Saint Mary redirects here. ... Riga (Latvian: RÄ«ga), the capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of River Daugava, at 56°58′N 24°8′E. Riga is the largest city in the Baltic states and serves as a major cultural, educational, political, financial, commercial and industrial center...

During the Livonian War, Marienburg was sacked by the troops of Ivan IV of Russia in 1560, but was incorporated into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1582. The town became part of the Swedish Empire in 1629. The Reformation reached Livonia in the 1520s. ... Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible. ... Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Peace of Westphalia See also: Peace of Westphalia It was the exploits of Axel Oxenstierna and Johan Banér which alone enabled Sweden to obtain even what she did obtain at the great Peace of Westphalia congress in 1648. ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ...

The peasant girl Marta Skavronska worked in Marienburg for the Baltic German administrator Glück during the Swedish administration, as well as for the Russian army led by Sheremetyev after they captured the town in 1702 during the Great Northern War. She would later become Empress Catherine I of Russia. The Baltic Germans (German: Deutsch-Balten, Deutschbalten, sometimes incorrectly Baltendeutsche), were ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea which forms today the countries of Estonia and Latvia. ... Boris Petrovich Sheremetyev (Russian: Борис Петрович Шереме́тьев), born 1692, died 1719. ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... The Great Northern War was the war fought between a coalition of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland (from 1715 also Prussia and Hanover) on one side and Sweden on the other side from 1700 to 1721. ... H.I.M. Ekaterina I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias Catherine I (In Russian: Екатерина I Алексеевна) (April 15, 1683/1684 – May 17, 1727), the second wife of Peter the Great, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death. ...

The town's island is known as Pils Island (Castle Island) and Maria Island. The castle is now used as an open air theater. For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed...

External link

• Municipal website

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