The Danenberg Family

Chronicle

Year by year, everyone in the family: who was born, who moved and where, who married, served and died, as the records and the itineraries tell it, with the history around them in the margin. A year links to the map at that year. A living person's birth is given by year (Peter's list, docs/PRIVACY.md).

1740s

1742

1750s

1758

1760s

1765

1770s

1776

1779

1780s

1786

1790s

1795

  • Courland passes to the Russian Empire in the third partition of Poland.

1798

1800s

1801

1802

1803

1805

1810s

1811

1813

1814

1815

1817

  • Serfdom is abolished in Courland (1817) and in Livonia, including Vidzeme (1819).

1819

1820s

1823

1829

1830s

1830

1832

1833

1836

1838

1839

1840s

1842

1844

1845

  • The Great Famine in Ireland (1845–1852) drives mass emigration to America.
  • Mārcis Sirlaks moved, Lejas-Spāriņi farm → Vīstuči farm

1847

1848

1850s

1852

1853

1855

1856

1857

1860s

1860

1861

1862

1863

1864

1866

1867

1870s

1870

1871

1874

1875

1878

1879

1880s

1880

1881

1882

1883

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890s

1890

1892

1893

1895

1900s

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

  • Revolution sweeps the Baltic provinces; manor houses burn and punitive expeditions follow.
  • Mārtiņš Vilhelms Sirlaks moved, Vīstuči farm → Torņakalns

1907

1908

1909

1910s

1910

1911

1913

1914

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920s

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1928

1929

1930s

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

  • The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (23 August) assigns Latvia to the Soviet sphere; the Second World War begins on 1 September.
  • Valdis Laimdots Sirlaks moved, Vīstuči farm → Priekuļi

1940s

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950s

1950

1951

1952

1953

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960s

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970s

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1977

1978

1979

1980s

1980

1981

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990s

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1999

2000s

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2008

2010s

2011

2014

2015

2017

2018

2019

2020s

2022

2025

2026