Timeline of Gdańsk

Timeline of Gdańsk
Historical affiliations

Kingdom of Poland 997–1227
Duchy of Pomerelia 1227–1294
Kingdom of Poland 1294–1308
Teutonic Order 1308–1466
Kingdom of Poland 1466–1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793
Prussia 1793–1807
Free City of Danzig 1807–1814
Prussia 1814–1871
German Empire 1871–1918
Weimar Germany 1918–1920
Free City of Danzig 1920–1939
Third Reich 1939–1945
People's Republic of Poland 1945–1989
Republic of Poland 1989–present

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gdańsk, Poland.

Prior to 19th century

Part of a series on the

History of Poland

Topics

Prehistory and protohistory

Middle Ages

Piast period	10th century – 1385
Jagiellonian period	1385–1572

Early Modern

Early elective monarchy	1572–1648
Deluge and decline	1648–1764
Three partitions	1764–95

Modern

Partitioned Poland	1795–1918
World War I	1914–18
Second Republic	1918–39
World War II	1939–45
Communist Poland	1945–89

Contemporary

Third Republic

1989–present

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997 - Gdansk becomes capital of Duchy of Pomerania (approximate date).^[1]
1224 - Gdansk granted city rights.
1260 - St. Dominic's Fair begins.
1308 - November 13: Teutonic takeover of Gdansk.
1326 - St. Catherine's Church built.^[1]
1346 - Stockturm built.^[2]
1350 - Artus Court built (approximate date).
1360 - City joins Hanseatic League (approximate date).^[1]
1455
- City ceded to Kingdom of Poland.^[3]
- Danzig law in effect (approximate date).
1465 - St. John's Church built.^[1]
1481 - Artus Court rebuilt.^[2]
1494 - Hall of the Brotherhood of St. George built.^[2]
1502 - St. Mary's Church built.
1514 - Trinity Church built.^[1]
1537 - Franz Rhode sets up printing press.
1558 - Academic Gymnasium established.
1561 - Rathhaus tower built.^[1]
1568 - Green Gate built.
1569
- City becomes part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- Mennonite Church founded.
1575 - Danzig rebellion begins.
1577
- April 17: Battle of Lubieszow.
- Siege of Danzig by Stephen Báthory of Poland.
1588 - Hohe Thor erected.^[1]
1594 - Oliwa Cathedral consecrated.
1596 - Bibliotheca Senatus Gedanensis established.^[4]
1605 - Arsenal built in Kohlenmarkt.^[1]
1606 - Der Lachs distillery in business.
1612 - Langgasser-Thor built.^[1]
1614 - Golden Gate built.
1627 - Battle of Oliwa.
1633 - Neptune Fountain installed at Long Market.^[2]
1655 - Siege of Danzig (1655–1660) begins.
1681 - Royal Chapel of the Polish King built.
1709 - Bubonic plague.
1734 - Siege of Danzig by Russians.

Map of Danzig area, 1730

1742
- Experimental Physics Society organized.
- Corn exchange opens in Artus Court.^[2]
1756 - Abbot's Palace expanded.
1772 - City separated from Poland.^[3]
1793
- City becomes part of Prussia.^[3]
- Municipal Library established.^[4]

19th century

1807
- March 19-May 24: Siege of Danzig by French forces.^[3]
- September 9: Free City of Danzig established by Napoleon.
1813 - January–December 29: Siege of Danzig by Russian and Prussian forces.
1814 - City becomes part of Prussia again.^[3]
1815 - City becomes administrative capital of Danzig (region).
1832 - Handelsakademie established.^[5]
1852 - Königliche Werft Danzig in business.
1871
- City becomes part of German Empire.
- Franciscan monstery building restored.^[3]
1880 - Westpreussische Provinzial-Museum opens.^[6]
1885 - Population: 114,805.^[3]
1887 - Great Synagogue built.^[7]
1896 - Old fortifications dismantled in north and west of city.^[3]
1899 - Harbor built at Neufahrwasser.^[3]

20th century

1900–1945

1900 - Railway Station opens.
1901
- Königliche Staatsarchiv für Westpreussen (National Archives) opens.^[8]
- House of the Sheriffs restored.^[2]
1903 - Fußball Club Danzig formed.
1904 - Königliche Technische Hochschule founded.
1905 - Population: 159,088.^[3]
1918 - City becomes part of Weimar Germany.
1919 - Free City of Danzig created by Treaty of Versailles.
1920
- Polish Post Office and Sportverein Schutzpolizei Danzig established.
- Volkstag (parliament) becomes active.
1921 - Danziger Werft in business.
1922 - Gedania Danzig football club formed.
1927 - MOSiR Stadium built.
1937 - October: Pogrom against Jews.
1939
- September 1: Battle of the Danzig Bay; Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig.
- September 1–7: Battle of Westerplatte.
- October 8: City occupied by Nazi Germany; city becomes capital of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia.
1941 - Lufttwaffensportverein Danzig formed.
1945
- March 27–30: City taken by forces of Soviet Union.
- Gdansk becomes part of Republic of Poland.
- City becomes capital of Gdansk Voivodeship.
- Franciszek Kotus-Jankowski becomes mayor.
- Gdansk Shipyard, Akademia Lekarska, Baltia Gdansk football club, Gdansk Symphony Orchestra, and Academy of Fine Arts established.

1946–1990s

1946 - Gdansk College of Education established.
1952 - City becomes part of Polish People's Republic.
1953 - Baltic State Opera and Philharmonic formed.
1965 - Abbot's Palace rebuilt.
1970
- University of Gdansk established.
- Gdansk Power Station commissioned.
- Hala Olivia arena opens.
1972 - National Museum, Gdansk established.
1974 - Airport opens.
1980
- Summer: Shipbuilders strike.
- August 31: Solidarity (Polish trade union) founded; Gdansk Agreement signed.
- Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970 unveiled.
1982 - August 31: Anti-government demonstration.
1985 - SS Soldek museum opens.
1989 - City becomes part of Republic of Poland.
1991 - Franciszek Jamroz becomes mayor.
1993 - Gdansk Shakespeare Days begin.
1994 - Tomasz Posadzki becomes mayor.
1996 - International Festival of Street & Open-Air Theatres begins (approximate date).^[9]
1998
- Pawel Adamowicz becomes mayor.
- Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art founded.
1999
- Gdansk becomes capital of Pomeranian Voivodeship.
- Solidarity Centre Foundation established.

21st century

2001 - Third Millennium John Paul II Bridge opens.
2002 - The Monument Cemetery of the Lost Cemeteries installed.
2004 - May 1: Poland becomes part of European Union.
2007
- Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk launched.
- Tricity Charter signed.
2010
- Ergo Arena opens.
- Population: 455,830.
2011 - Baltic Arena opens.
2014
- European Solidarity Centre opens.^[10]
- Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre opens.^[11]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Dantsic", Northern Germany (5th ed.), Coblenz: Karl Baedeker, 1873, OCLC 5947482
1 2 3 4 5 6 Baedeker 1910.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Britannica 1910.
1 2 "Historia" (in Polish). Wojewódzka i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna w Gdansku. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
↑ Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1865), "Danzig", Allgemeine Deutsche Real-Encyklopädie für die Gebildeten Stände (in German) (11th ed.), Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus
↑ H. Conwentz (1905), Das Westpreussische Provinzial-Museum, 1880-1905 (in German), Danzig
↑ "Gdansk". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Archived from the original on December 2014.
↑ "Dzieje Archiwum Panstwowego w Gdansku" (in Polish). Archiwum Panstwowe w Gdansku. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
↑ "FETA". Gdansk. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
↑ "W Gdańsku otwarto Europejskie Centrum Solidarności" (in Polish). Onet.pl. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
↑ Gentle, Peter (20 September 2014). "Bomb scare disrupts Gdansk Shakespeare theatre opening". thenews.pl. Polish Radio External Service. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

In English

Thomas Bartlett (1841). "Dantzic". New Tablet of Memory; or, Chronicle of Remarkable Events. London: Thomas Kelly.
"Danzig", Jewish Encyclopedia, 4, New York, 1907
"Danzig", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
"Danzig", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
Szymon Askenazy (1921), Dantzig & Poland, London: G. Allen & Unwin, Ltd., OCLC 2181707
"Historic Danzig: Last of the City-States", National Geographic Magazine, Washington DC, 76, 1939
"Poland: Gdansk", Eastern and Central Europe (17th ed.), Fodor's, 1996, OL 7697674M
George Lerski (1996). "Gdansk". Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-03456-5.
Piotr Wróbel (1998). "Gdansk". Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-135-92694-6.

In other languages

Johannes Bolte (1895), Das Danziger Theater im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert [Danzig Theatre in the 16th and 17th Centuries] (in German), Hamburg: L. Voss
Max Foltz (1912), Geschichte des Danziger Stadthaushalts [History of the Danzig City Budget] (in German), Danzig: A.W. Kafemann, OCLC 12495569
P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Danzig". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
Wolfgang Adam; Siegrid Westphal, eds. (2012). "Danzig". Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 275+. ISBN 978-3-11-029555-9.

External links

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"Danzig Collection". New York: Jewish Museum.

Gdańsk

Districts	Aniołki Brętowo Brzeźno Chełm i Gdańsk Południe Kokoszki Krakowiec-Górki Zachodnie Letnica Matarnia Młyniska Nowy Port Oliwa Olszynka Orunia-Św. Wojciech-Lipce Osowa Piecki-Migowo Przymorze Małe Przymorze Wielkie Rudniki Siedlce Śródmieście Stogi z Przeróbką Strzyża Suchanino VII Dwór Wrzeszcz Wyspa Sobieszewska Wzgórze Mickiewicza Żabianka-Wejhera-Jelitkowo-Tysiąclecia Zaspa-Młyniec Zaspa-Rozstaje

Attractions	St. Mary's Church Oliwa Cathedral Baltic State Opera Westerplatte Ronald Reagan Park Monument to the Shipyard Workers Laznia Centre

History	Timeline

Coordinates: 54°21′N 18°40′E / 54.350°N 18.667°E / 54.350; 18.667

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