First Recorded Use of Lithuania

Date: March 9, 1009 • Location: Eggersdorf, Germany

The first recorded use of the name of Lithuania appeared in Latin in the Annals of Quedlinburg, written in Saxony-Anhalt, present-day Germany.

The first known record of the name of Lithuania was recorded in the Annals of Quedlinburg in a story recording events of 9 March 1009 concerning Saint Bruno. The Chronicle recorded in the form Litua. Although it is clear the name originated from a Baltic language, scholars still debate the meaning of the word.