Riga

Country

Latvia

Coordinates

56.9475, 24.1069

History

• Riga (–1560), Terra Mariana
• Riga (1560–1561)
• Riga (1561–1581), Holy Roman Empire
• Riga (1581–1621), Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Riga (1621–1710), Swedish Empire
• Riga (1710–1721), Tsardom of Russia
• Riga (1721–1917), Russian Empire
• Riga (1917–1918), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
• Riga (1918–1940), Interwar Latvia
• Riga (1940–1941), Soviet Union
• Riga (1941–1944), Reichskommissariat Ostland
• Riga (1944–1990), Soviet Union
• Riga (1990–), Latvia

Composers

• Johann Valentin Meder (1649–1719), died in Riga
• Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728–1788), died in Riga
• Conradin Kreutzer (1780–1849), died in Riga
• Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932), died in Riga
• Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977), was born and died in Riga
• Marc Lavry (1903–1967), was born in Riga
• Jānis Ivanovs (1906–1983), died in Riga
• Volfgangs Dārziņš (1906–1962), was born in Riga
• Ādolfs Skulte (1909–2000), died in Riga
• Gundaris Pone (1932–1994), was born in Riga
• Imants Kalniņš (1941–), was born in Riga
• Georgs Pelēcis (1947–), was born in Riga
• Pēteris Plakidis (1947–2017), was born in Riga
• Aivars Kalējs (1951–), was born in Riga
• Ilona Breģe (1959–), was born in Riga