800 BC - 146 BC: Ancient Greece
1803 - 1886:Ferdinand Berthier (FR)
1834: The First Silent Banquet in Paris (Banquet Silencieux, FR)
1861 - 1918: Francis Maginn (UK)
1890: British Deaf Association (BDA)
1893: Fédération Nationale des Sourds de France (FNSF) National Federation of France for the Deaf
1905: Kuurojen Liittoo ry, Finnish Association of the Deaf
1907: The Nordic Council of the Deaf
1911: Founding of the RNID (UK)
1913: Österreichische Gehörlosenbund (ÖGLB) (AT)
1918 - 2007: A.F. Dimmock (UK)
1918: Norges Døveforbund (NDF) Norwegian Association of the Deaf
1919: Asociatia Nationala a Surzilor din România (ANSR) Romanian National Association for the Deaf
1922: Eesti Kurtide Liit Estonian Association of the Deaf
1922: Sveriges Dövas Riksförbund (SDR), Swedish National Association of the Deaf
1927: Deutscher Gehoerlosen-Bund e.V. (DGB) German Association of the Deaf
1934: СЪЮЗ НА ГЛУХИТЕ В БЪЛГАРИЯ (SGB) Union of the Deaf in Bulgaria
1935: Danske Døves Landsforbund (DDL) Danish Deaf Association
1936: Doof Vlaanderen (BE)
1946: Schweizerischer Gehöerlosenbund / Fedération Suisse des Sourds / Federazione Svizzera dei Sordi (SGB-FSS) Swiss Federation of the Deaf
1948: Polski Związek Głuchych (PZG) Board of the Polish Association of the Deaf
1951: World Federation of the Deaf established in Rome
1953, 1999: Dovenschap Nieuwe Stijl Deaf Association of the Netherlands
1958: International Week of the Deaf launched by the World Federation of the Deaf
1960: Felag heyrnarlausra Icelandic Association of the Deaf
1973: Għaqda Persuni Neqsin mis-Smigħ Maltese Deaf People's Association
1977: Fédération Francophone des Sourds de Belgique (FFSB)
1981: Irish Deaf Society (IDS)
1985: Foundation of the European Union of the Deaf (EUD)
1987: Foundation of the EUDY (European Union of the Deaf Youth)
1988: Deaf President Now (USA)
1988: European Parliament Resolution on Sign Languages
1989 - 1989: Jeff Labes President of the EUD
1990 - 2005: Knud Søndergaard President of EUD
1990: Svaz Neslyšících a Nedoslýchavých v Čr (UDHH) Czech Republic Union of Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1991: Asociácia Nepočujúcich Slovenska (ANEPS) ; Slovak Association of the Deaf
1993: Federação Portuguesa das Associações de Surdos (FPAS) Portuguese Federation of Associations of the Deaf
2003: Paddy Lad, "Deafhood"
2004: Ομοσπονδία Κωφών Κύπρου Cyprus Deaf Federation
2005 - 2007: Helga Stevens President of EUD
2006: Adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the UN (UN CRPD)
2007 - 2013: Berglind Stefánsdóttir President of EUD
2009: Dr. Ádám Kósa first Deaf member of the European Parliament
2010: UN CRPD ratification by the EU
2013 - now: Dr Markku Jokinen President of EUD
2013: Dr. Liisa Kauppinen receives United Nations Human Rights Award Prize
2014: Helga Stevens second Deaf Member of the European Parliament
2015: European Parliament supports full implementation of UN CRPD
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