Eestimaa kurtide elu läbi aegade
1864 | First deaf children receive education. | Vändra | Ernst Sokolovski | |
1866 | First deaf school was founded. | Vändra | Ernst Sokolovski | |
1899 | First deaf newspaper "Kurttummade Sõber" („Deaf-Mutes’ Friend“). | Vändra | Constantin Hörschelmann | |
1903 | First deaf marriage. | Tallinn | Karl Luht and Marie Luht | |
1909 | Officially unregistered secret association. | Tartu | unknown | |
1918 | Republic of Estonia. | |||
1922 | Estonian Association of the Deaf and Tallinn Association of the Deaf were founded. | Tallinn | Luht, Tomson, Kalm | |
1923 | Deaf people were working in a cement factory. | Advokaat Jüri Kalm (kuulja) | ||
1924 | First deaf sportsman participated in the Olympic Games for hearing people. | Paris | Voldemar Noormägi | |
1925 | Pärnu Society of the Deaf Vaata (’Look’) was founded. | Pärnu | Heinrich Kals | |
1928 |
The Association’s cement factory Liiva-Betoon (’Sand-Concrete’) was founded. | Liiva | Eduard Kalm | |
1928 | A late-deafened person applied for exemption of dog tax. | Tallinn | Karl Luht, Eduard Kalm | |
1930 | Saaremaa Society of the Deaf was founded. | Kuressaare | Karl Luht | |
1931 | The Association’s cement factory Liiva-Betoon (’Sand-Concrete’) was closed. | Liiva | Eduard Kalm | |
1931 | South Estonian Society of the Deaf Sõprus (’Friendship’) was founded. | Tartu | Karl Siitas, Alfred Tohvri, Aarl Anon and Karl Luht | |
1932 | Narva Society of the Deaf Valgus (’Light’) was founded. | Narva | Osvald Vages, August Reisberg, Johannes Reimann, Klaara Jõesaar, Gleb Shukovm, Oskar Tõnurist | |
1933 | First meeting of the Saaremaa Society of the Deaf. | Kuressaare | Johannes Lember | |
1933 | First Estonian Congress of the Deaf-Mutes. | Tallinn | ||
1934 | Second Estonian Congress of the Deaf-Mutes. | Tartu | ||
1934 | Some deaf people from Tallinn compiled the manual alphabet. | |||
1934 | Temporary board of the Association – writing protocols and statutes. | Tallinn | Three people from Tallinn and three from outside | |
1935 | Deaf people were exempted from radio tax. | Tallinn | Evald Martinson | |
1935 | Third Estonian Congress of the Deaf-Mutes. | Pärnu | ||
1935 | Collection for E. Sokolovski’s gravestone. | Tallinn | Karl Luht | |
1936 | Ratifying the statutes of the Association and foundation of the Estonian Association of the Deaf. | |||
1936 | Fourth Estonian Congress of the Deaf-Mutes. | Vändra | ||
1936 | The gravestone for E. Sokolovski was opened. | Vändra | Karl Luht | |
1937 | Fifth Estonian Congress of the Deaf-Mutes. | Tallinn | ||
1940 | Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (ESSR). | |||
1940 | ESSR Centre of the Deaf-Mutes. | |||
1945 | First Congress of the ESSR Centre of the Deaf-Mutes. | |||
1945 | Viljandi County department of the ESSR Centre of the Deaf-Mutes was founded. | Viljandi | Nikolai Rull | |
1945 | Pärnu company of the ESSR Association of Deaf-Mutes was founded. | Pärnu | Ervin Reima | |
1947 | Tartu company of the ESSR Association of Deaf-Mutes was founded. | Tartu | Aleksander Tammet | |
1952 | Official posts were established for sign language interpreters. | |||
1955 | Tallinn company of the ESSR Association of Deaf-Mutes was founded. | Tallinn | ||
1958 | ESSR Society of Deaf-Mutes was founded. | |||
1962 | ESSR Society of the Deaf-Mutes Tartu department’s new club and boarding house were opened. | Tartu | Mihkel Migasto | |
1962 | Tartu Deaf and Blind secondary school offered distance education. | Tartu | ||
1964 | First deaf students obtained secondary education. | Tartu | 6 students | |
1964 | ESSR Society of Deaf-Mutes in Tallinn opened a new club and a company. | Tallinn | ||
1975 | First driving licences. | Tallinn | Ants Maidla, Aavo Ristlaid, Ants Juhkama | |
1975 | ESSR Society of Deaf-Mutes in Pärnu opened a new club, gym, and a company. | Pärnu | ||
1988 |
A sign language dictionary „Kõnelevad käed“ (’talking hands’) was published. A broadcast „Silmside“ (’eye contact’) was first shown on ETV. |
Tallinn | Regina Paabo | |
1991 | The Republic of Estonia regained its independence. | |||
1992 | Estonian Association of the Deaf became a member of the World Federation of the Deaf. | Tallinn | Ants Maidla | |
1993 | Fourteenth Congress of the Estonian Association of the Deaf. That was the last congress. Later meetings of the association were held. | Tallinn | Ants Maidla | |
1996 | Sign language interpretation service was started. | |||
1998 | The news started to be interpreted into sign language on TV. | Tallinn | Viipekeele tõlgid | |
2003 | Annual reunion of pensioners in Estonia | different places | Alfons Kuusk | |
2006 | Conference „140 Years of Deaf Education“ | Vändra and Tallinn | Triin Jõeveer, Argo Purv, Maret Õun | |
2007 | Conference dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Estonian Association of the Deaf. WFD president Markku Jokinen participated in the conference. | Tallinn | Volli Pärnla | |
2007 | Estonian Sign Language was officially recognised (Language Act). Preparation for the recognition of the sign language 2000-2007. |
Estonian Association of the Deaf, Estonian Association of Parents with Hearing Impaired Children, Estonian Association of Sign Language Interpreters, Institute of the Estonian Language, Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn School of the Deaf |
||
2007 | Estonian Association of the Deaf was admitted to the European Union of the Deaf. | Berlin | Volli Pärnla | |
2009 | News in Estonian Sign Language started to be broadcast on TV. | Tallinn | Tiit Papp and Epp Ehand from Estonian National Broadcasting | |
2010 | Estonian troupe participated for the first time in the The European Deaf Arts and Culture Festival SALVIA | Ljubjana, Slovenia | Maret Õun, Jelena Bolshedonova |
15.11.2010 |