Short answers, pulled from the story.
The name Lithuania first appeared in written history on the 7th of May 1009, recorded in the Annals of Quedlinburg. Scholars debate whether this name derived from Lietava, a small stream near Kernavė that served as an early capital.
Mindaugas was crowned Catholic King of Lithuania on the 6th of July 1253 after years of consolidation. He united Baltic tribes in the 1230s to create the Kingdom of Lithuania before his assassination in 1263.
The Commonwealth was partitioned three times between 1772 and 1795, dissolving both independent Lithuania and Poland from the political map. These partitions followed disastrous military losses known as the Deluge during the mid-17th century.
Lithuania declared restoration of independence on the 11th of March 1990 through the Supreme Council announcement. This made Lithuania the first Soviet-occupied state to announce restitution of independence a year before formal dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Citizens voted in a referendum on the 25th of October 1992 to adopt the current constitution. Algirdas Brazauskas became the first president after restoration of independence following direct general elections on the 14th of February 1993.