This is a timeline of the Independence of Finland. Timeline starts from February Revolution and ends with membership of the League of Nations. Events take place in Saint Petersburg and Finland.
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1917 7 March: February Revolution starts in Saint Petersburg 15 March: Prince Georgy Lvov forms a Provisional government in Saint Petersburg 15 March: Czar Nicholas II abdicates 16 March: Governor-General of Finland Franz Albert Seyn is removed from his office and arrested 20 March: Provisional government imprisons the Imperial family 19 March: Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich became new Governor-General of Finland 20 March: March manifesto is abolished 26 March: Oskari Tokoi is appointed as the Chairmen of the Senate 16 April: Vladimir Lenin arrives by train from Switzerland via Germany, to Saint Petersburg 16 July: Protests by pro-Bolshevik forces in Petrograd 18 July: Parliament of Finland accepts the Act of Rule of Law 21 July: Aleksandr Kerensky becomes the new Premier of the Provisional government of Russia 31 July: Provisional government of Russia dissolves the Parliament of Finland 17 August: Oskari Tokoi resigns from the Senate 17 August: E.N. Setälä becomes the new Chairman of the Senate 17 September: Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov become the new Governor-General of Finland 1-2 October: General elections in Finland; Social Democratic Party loses its majority 7 November: Bolshevik revolution in Petrograd 8 November: Labour movement forms Revolution Councils in Finland 15 November: Parliament of Finland declares itself as the supreme authority in Finland with the support of the Soviet government 4 December: Svinhufvud senate declares Independence of Finland 6 December: Parliament accepts the Independence of Finland 31 December: Soviet government recognizes the Independence of Finland 31 December: Åland declares itself as part of Sweden
1918 4 January: Soviet parliament ratifies the recognition of Finnish independence 4 January: Sweden and France recognize Finnish independence 6 January: Germany recognizes Finnish independence 10 January: Norway and Denmark recognize Finnish independence 25 January: National Guard is declared as government troops 27 January: Labour movement takes power in Finland 15 February: Swedish naval ships arrive at Åland 16 May: White Army marches to Helsinki 18 May: P. E. Svinhufvud becomes State Regent of Finland 27 May: J. K. Paasivi becomes Deputy Chairman of the Senate 29 May: Blue cross flag became the flag of Finland 9 August: Parliament accepts the Constitution of 1772 and starts the process of electing a monarch 9 October: Parliament selects Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland 27 November: Paasikivi Senate resigns 12 December: Mannerheim becomes State Regent of Finland 14 December: Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse abdicates
1919 3 March: General elections in Finland: Republican front gets majority 17 April: Kaarlo Castrén becomes the Prime Minister of Finland 6 May: United Kingdom recognizes the Independence of Finland 7 May: United States recognizes the Independence of Finland 21 June: Parliament accepts the Republican form of Government 17 July: State Regent Mannerheim ratifies the Republican form of Government 25 July: K.J. Ståhlberg becomes the first President of Finland 6 December: Finland's independent day becomes 6 December
1920 26 July: Finland takes the Åland Islands dispute to the League of Nations. 14 October: Finland and Soviet Russia sign a peace treaty in Tartu. 16 December: Finland becomes a member of the League of Nations.
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