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by Paul Wingenbach\ completed by Otto Riehl
Dates are given until 02/14/1918 according to the Julian calendar valid in Krasna (Russia).
| 12/04/1762 | First settlement manifesto of Tsarina Catherine II |
| 07/22/1763 | Beginning of the German emigration to the Volga region |
| 05/16/1812 | Peace of Bucharest after the Russian-Turkish war. Bessarabia falls to Russia. |
| 11/29/1813 | Second settlement manifesto of Tsar Alexander I |
| 1814/1815 | Foundation of the first three German settlements in Bessarabia Krasna = 133 families Borodino = 115 families Tarutino = 136 families |
| 1818 | Building of a stone prayer house and a pastorate in Krasna. |
| 1825 | 19 Lutheran families leave Catholic Krasna and move to Katzbach. |
| 1827 | Quartering during the Russian-Turkish war. |
| 1836 | Building of a schoolhouse in the center of Krasna village. |
| 1839 | Building of a municipal office in Krasna. |
| 1840 | Planting of vineyards east of the village of Krasna in the Nedje valley, later also on the opposite side. |
| 1844 | Building of a storehouse not far from the schoolhouse in Krasna. |
| 1862 | Exodus of a smaller group from Krasna to Tschemtschelly. |
| 1866 | Exodus of 25 families from Krasna to Patruka (Marienfeld; Schalier), Bender County. 1886 Further exodus to Kainari and founding of the Emmental Colony. |
| 1866 | Completion of the parish church in Krasna. |
| 1868 | Exodus of a smaller group from Krasna to New-Krasna, Kuban. |
| 1871 | Abolition of colonist privileges and subordination to general Russian laws; official correspondence in Russian. |
| 1874 | Introduction of compulsory military service. |
| 1874 | Exodus of a large number of families from Krasna to Karamurat in Dobrudscha, Romania. |
| 03/03/1887 | Peace with Turkey; South Bessarabia falls to Russia. |
| 1881 | Building of a new rectory in Krasna. |
| 1907 | Exodus of a smaller group from Krasna to Siberia. |
| 1908 | Exodus of a smaller group from Krasna to the Caucasus. |
| 1887-1914 | Exodus of 94 families and 29 single persons from Krasna to the USA and Canada. In North Dakota settlements at Krassna and Strasburg. |
| 01/02/1915 02/13/1915 | Expropriation and liquidation laws of Russia. |
| 12/13/1915 | Land expropriation laws are extended to Bessarabia. |
| 11/06/1917 | The “Deutsche Zeitung Bessarabiens” is published. |
| 12/02/1917 | Bessarabia declares its independence. |
| 01/24/1918 | Declaration of independence of Bessarabia. |
| 03/29/1918 | Annexation of Bessarabia to Romania. |
| 04/09/1918 | The Germans of Bessarabia declare their allegiance to Romania. |
| 10/06/1919 | Repeal of the land expropriation laws by royal decree of Romania. |
| 07/13/1920 | Establishment of the German-Bessarabian Committee. |
| 07/30/1920 | Founding meeting of the German-Bessarabian Committee, creation of the first People's Program. |
| 09/18/1920 | Establishment of the Association of Germans in Greater Romania. |
| 1925 | Emigration of 25 families from Krasna to Brazil. |
| 1929 | Emigration of more families from Krasna to Brazil. |
| 1929 | Emigration of some families from Krasna to Canada. |
| 04/27/1934 | People's program of the Germans of Bessarabia. |
| 06/28/1940 | Occupation of Bessarabia by Russia (ultimatum to Romania to vacate Bessarabia within 4 days.) |
| 07/02/1940 | Official annexation of Bessarabia to the USSR |
| 09/03/1940 | Agreement on the resettlement of the ethnic German population of Bessarabia via northern Bukovina to the German Reich. |
| 09/15/1940 | Call for “voluntary” resettlement to Germany, establishment of the Resettlement Command (3 Germans and 2 Russians). |
| 09/24/1940 | 1st resettlement transport from Krasna by buses to Kilia. |
| 09/29/1940 | 2nd resettlement transport from Krasna with buses to Kilia. |
| 10/04/1940 | 3rd resettlement transport from Krasna with buses to Kilia. |
| 10/05/1940 | 4th resettlement transport from Krasna with buses to Kilia (rest women). |
| 10/13/1940 | 5th resettlement transport from Krasna, big trek with about 500 carts to Galatz (male youth and young men). |
| 11/14/1940 | Strong earthquake in Bessarabia, destruction of many houses. |