*1286: Valga appears for the first time in the credit register of the city of Riga.
*1298, 1329, 1345: Walk suffers from looting raids made by Lithuanians who are led by Grand Duke Gediminas and Algirdas on the second and third occasions.
*1419: Walk becomes the seat of the Landtag of the Livonian Confederation.
*1481: A raid by Russians; the settlement burns down for the fourth time.
*1500: Walk, a settlement in the heart of Old Livonia that is not fortified, is chosen as the location for town assembly days 36 times up to 1500.
*1501: During another raid by Russians the settlement gets burnt down for the fifth time.
*1558: During the Livonian War the medieval settlement of Walk is completely destroyed.
*1584 11 June: Valga is granted the same charter and byelaws as Riga by Stefan Batory, the King of Poland.
*1590 17 April: The King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa, ratifies the charter for the second time. Valga is granted its city arms.
*1600: The first town map, showing 42 house properties. The town is 7 km long and between 0.5 and 0.25 km wide.
*1626: After the Polish-Swedish War Valga becomes the subject of Sweden. On 6 March, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden confirms the existing privileges.
*1657: On 9 July, a Swedish army under Friedrich von Löwen defeats a Russian army under Scheremetchev in the Battle of Walk.
*1721: As the result of the Great Northern War, Valga is subjected to Russian rule together with the rest of Estonia.
*1764 5 October: Empress Catherine II confirms the town's privileges.
*1783: During the Regency of Catherine II the Valga County (Kreis Walk) is formed.
*1780: The first stone buildings are erected: a church, a school and county offices.
*1789: Land surveyor O.S. Engell drafts the map of Valga showing 76 plots with houses.
*1816: The building of St. John's Church is finished.
*1876: Walkscher Anzeiger, the first
