Assumption. The town belonged to the Sapieha family, but their possessions were
confiscated by the authorities of the Russian Empire for their participation
the Uprising of 1831. Town residents also were active in Uprising of 1863 and book
smuggling during the Lithuanian press ban. Poet and bishop Antanas Baranauskas
worked in the town in 1855. The central town square is named in his honor and
the monument was erected in 2000. In 1886, the western part of the town burnt
down. During World War II, on October 6–7, 1944, a battle took place between
Lithuanian Homeland Defense Detachment (Tevynės apsaugos rinktinė) and the
Russian Red Army. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the battle, a monument
was erected to the fallen soldiers in the square near the Church of the
Assumption. In 1950 Seda was granted city rights.
On July 16, 2004, the coat of arms of Seda town was approved by the
presidential decree
