The first known written record of Vilnius as the Lithuanian capital is known from Gediminas ' letters in 1323.

* Lithuania: In the Letters of Gediminas, Vilnius is named as the capital city.

In October 1323, representatives of the archbishop of Riga, the bishop of Dorpat, the king of Denmark, the Dominican and Franciscan orders, and the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order assembled at Vilnius, when Gediminas confirmed his promises and undertook to be baptized as soon as the papal legates arrived.

A compact was then signed at Vilnius, in the name of the whole Christian World, between Gediminas and the delegates, confirming the promised privileges.

Gediminas Tower named after the founder of Vilnius, although it was built considerably later.

When Grand Duke Gediminas finally settled in Vilnius, Senieji Trakai was inherited by his son the Duke Kęstutis.

Gediminas ' Tower () is the only remaining part of the Upper Castle in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Gediminas ' Tower is an important state and historic symbol of the city of Vilnius and of Lithuania itself.

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In 1974, he finished Zemaites High School and continued studies in Vilnius Gediminas Technical Institute.

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The variegate Lithuanian mythology of this time ( legend about emigration of Palemon from Rome to Lithuania, legend about the founding of the capital of Lithuania Vilnius by Duke Gediminas, and other pieces ) had been presented in a spirit of high lucid and virtuous patriotism.

* Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania, 1998

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Lithuanian National Drama Theatre (), located on Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius, is one of the biggest theatres in Lithuania.

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University ( acronym-VGTU ) is a state higher academic school which has the rights of legal entity.

Lithuanian Government adopted a resolution on awarding the Vilnius Technical University the name of an ancient Grand Duke Gediminas and naming it the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.

* 2006 marks the 50th anniversary of the existence of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.

* Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Homepage

Before his death in 1341 Gediminas divided his domains, leaving the youngest son Jaunutis in possession of the capital Vilnius, with a nominal priority.

By the decision of the Lithuanian Supreme Council, the Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute became the Vilnius Technical University ( VTU ).

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She financed a scholarship for twenty Lithuanians to study at Charles University in Prague to help strengthen Christianity in their country, to which purpose she also founded a bishopric in Vilnius.

George Forster, who had been on Cook ’ s second voyage to the Pacific and had been with him when he landed on Norfolk Island, was at the time professor of natural history at the University of Vilna ( or Vilnius ) in Polish Lithuania: Forster discussed the proposed Botany Bay colony in an article written in November 1786, “ Neuholland, und die brittische Colonie in Botany Bay ”.

BI has roughly 1500 students in China through its close relationship with Fudan University in Shanghai, and is also the majority shareholder of the ISM University of Management and Economics ( previously known as International School of Management ) with around 2000 students located in Vilnius and Kaunas in Lithuania.

* Uniwersytet Stefana Batorego ( Stefan Batory University ), now Vilnius University, a university in Lithuania

Following the November Uprising in 1831, Vilnius University was closed and Russian repressions halted the further development of the city.

Vilnius University was reopened under the name Stefan Batory University and the city's infrastructure was improved significantly.

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He taught natural history at the Collegium Carolinum in Kassel ( 1778 – 1784 ), and later at Academy of Vilna ( Vilnius University ) ( 1784 – 1787 ).

However, by 1783 Forster saw that his involvement with the Rosicrucians not only led him away from real science, but also deeper into debt ( it is said he was not good at money ); for these reason Forster was happy to accept a proposal by the Polish Komisja Edukacji Narodowej ( Commission of National Education ) and became Chair of Natural History at Vilnius University in 1784.

While at the University of Vilnius he wrote the article, " Neuholland und die brittische Colonie in Botany-Bay ", published in the Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, ( Berlin, Dezember 1786 ), a remarkably prescient essay on the future prospects of the English colony founded in New South Wales in 1788.

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Compiled at the University of Vilnius, Lithuania

* 1753-Vilnius observatory at Vilnius University, Lithuania

She then attended University of Vilnius to pursue graduate studies in archaeology under Jonas Puzinas, linguistics, ethnology, folklore and literature.

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After being educated at Vilnius University he went abroad to learn the science of war, fighting in Spanish service under Alva, and also under Maurice of Nassau.

After World War II, the excavation works were restarted by Vilnius University in 1979, and then again by the Lithuanian Institute of History between 1980 – 1983.

* Imperial University of Vilna ; now Vilnius University

In 1956 she graduated from the economic faculty of Vilnius University as a financier.

* University of Vilnius