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Article: Finland. (Through Time).(significant dates)
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- Faces: People, Places, and Cultures
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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10,000-8,000 B.C. Ancestors of the present-day Sami migrate to the Arctic coast of Finland, where they hunt reindeer.
A.D. 800-1100 Vikings and many other cultural groups arrive in Finland.
1155-1807 Finland is part of the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Finns are converted to Christianity.
1523 Bishop Mikael Agricola introduces Lutheranism.
1807-1917 Russia attacks Finland and takes it from Sweden. Finland is allowed to govern itself without much interference until 1898. Finns continue to think of themselves as Finnish, not Russian.
1812 Helsinki becomes the capital of Finland.
1898 Russian Nicholas Bobrikov is appointed ...
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