History
Production of vodka
Population
In Estonia. the first written record of alcohol goes back to 1485, when the Reval Great Guild of wine producers issued an order prohibiting the residents of suburban areas to sell spirits in town. This year officially marks the beginning of alcohol production in Estonia. Only members of the Great Guild, merchants, and their widows had the right to produce alcohol for sale.
1485 6 400 l 6 400 lLeonardo da Vinci designed the first aircraft, which could be regarded as the predecessor of the helicopter.
pop: 205 0001688 – first written record of Muddis farm as alcohol producer
1688 7 200 l 7 200 lEdward Lloyd opens the London coffee house that soon becomes a popular meeting place for shipowners, merchants, insurance brokers and underwriters. In time the business association they form will outgrow the coffee house premises, and become Lloyd's of London.
pop: 375 000The barbers of Reval received a permit from Karl XI, the king of Sweden for the production and selling of vodka. The general regulation for producing and selling ethanol was also set.
1669 7 200 l 7 200 lAfter operating successfully for 400 years, the last major sitting of the Hansa Union is held in Lübeck.
pop: 400 000Jekaterina II made a regulation that gave the right to produce vodka only to noble families and none other. 85% of mansions had their own vodka distilleries that's produce was also known abroad and was mostly sold to Russian Empire.
1765 254 000 l 254 000 lIn Paris, the first of which are now known to us as restaurants was opened. It was named Boilanger, after it's owner.
pop: 400 000There were 731 vodka distilleries in Estonia.
1799 816 000 l 816 000 lNapoleon began to rule over France.
pop: 499 000Andreas Lembert made a suggestion to use a steam-powered distillation device for the first time ever in the process of producing ethanol, and also a new type of cooler.
1810 984 000 l 984 000 lThe first higher education facility for engineers was established in the capital of the Russian Empire, St. Petersburg.
pop: 510 000A new law of excise was introduced that carried severe requirements on the produce of vodka distilleries into effect.
1863 765 000 l 765 000 lThe organisation of Red Cross was founded.
pop: 600 000The vodka distillery of Rakvere burned down but was quickly reconstructed as the biggest and most modern vodka distillery.
1874 513 000 l 513 000 lJohn Ernst Worell Keely introduced the world's first perpetual motion machine that later turned out to be a fraud.
pop: 750 000An Estonian pharmacist by the name of Jakob Kurberg bought the manor of Moe, to build a steam powered fine spirit factory.
1886 834 000 l 834 000 lJohn S. Pemberton created a soft drink called Coca Cola and Karl Benz created and patented the first petrol-powered automobile named the Benz Patent Motorwagen.
pop: 825 000There were 277 ethanol factories in Estonia.
1900 1 134 000 l 1 134 000 lThe flight of the first zeppelin.
pop: 960 000Rakvere and Moe distilleries are closed due to World War I to start producing starch.
1914 431 000 l 431 000 lCharlie Chaplin made his debut on the movie screens.
pop: 1 050 000Moe distillery continues to produce pure ethanol.
1920 762 000 l 762 000 lA peace treaty is made between the Republic of Estonia and Soviet Union in which the latter acknowledged the independence of Estonia.
pop: 1 100 000Rakvere distillery was reopened to continue producing ethanol.
1938 1 346 000 l 1 346 000 lThe first Superman comics was published.
pop: 1 280 000The Guiness record for the strongest alcohol was beaten by the Estonian vodka monopoly. The new record was set by an 98% Vol. potato ethanol.
1939 1 489 000 l 1 489 000 lWorld War II started.
pop: 1 300 000Electricity first arrived at the Moe distillery and a boiler house was built.
1948 1 712 000 l 1 712 000 lThe first long-play vinyl records were introduced to the world by Columbia Records.
pop: 980 000The old rectification unit with an output rate of 6000 liters was activated.
1962 2 190 000 l 2 190 000 lThe Cuban Missile Crisis happened.
pop: 1 250 000The equipment in Moe distillery had depreciated.
1972 1 680 000 l 1 680 000 lA hotel was built in Tallinn.
pop: 1 380 000Moe distillery was renovated which increased the production by a large margin.
1973 2 900 000 l 2 900 000 lThe Vietnam war ended.
pop: 1 400 000Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign
1985 5 200 000 l 5 200 000 lRock band "Guns and Roses" was established
pop: 1 485 000Moe distillery made it's production record.
1996 7 300 000 l 7 300 000 lNASA discovered primitive life-forms on a meteorite that likely originated from Mars.
pop: 1 400 000
