Timeline of Białystok
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Białystok, Poland.
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- 1320 - Settlement founded in Lithuania.[1]
- 1697 - Branicki Palace built.[2]
- 1769 - 13 July: Battle of Białystok (1769) .
- 1795 - Town becomes capital of the New East Prussia province, Kingdom of Prussia.
- 1807 - Town becomes part of Russia, per Peace of Tilsit;[1] and capital of the Belostok Oblast.
- 1842 - Town becomes capital of the Belоstok Province of the Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire.
- 1845 - Woollen mill built.[1]
- 1857 - Population: 13,787.[1]
- 1897 - Population: 63,927.[3]
20th century
- 1905 - Chernoe Znamia political group formed.
- 1906 - 14–16 June: Białystok pogrom of Jews.[4]
- 1910 - Białystok Power Station commissioned.
- 1912 - Population: 98,170.[5]
- 1913 - Great Synagogue built.
- 1915 - City becomes capital of the Bialystok-Grodno District of the German-controlled territory of Ober-Ost during World War I.
- 1919 - Białostoczek becomes part of city.
- 1920
- 22 September: Battle of Białystok.
- Jagiellonia Białystok football club formed.
- 1921 - Town becomes part of Poland.[6]
- 1937 - Population: 100,101.[6]
- 1938 - Białystok Municipal Theatre built.
- 1939 - November: City becomes part of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic;[2] and capital of the Belastok Voblast.
- 1941
- 27 June: City occupation by German forces begins.
- City becomes capital of Bezirk Białystok.
- July: Jewish ghetto established by occupying Nazi Germans.[4]
- 1943 - 16 August: Białystok Ghetto Uprising.[2]
- 1946 - Population: 56,759.[6]
- 1949 - Podlaskie Museum founded.
- 1950 - Medical University of Białystok established.
- 1951 - Gazeta Współczesna newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1953 - Białystok Puppet Theatre established.[8]
- 1960 - Islamic Religious Community in Białystok established.
- 1972 - Białystok City Stadium opens.
- 1974 - Białystok Technical University active.
- 1975 - City becomes capital of the Białystok Voivodeship (1975–98).
- 1990
- Białystok History Museum founded.
- Lech Rutkowski becomes mayor.
- Piłsudski monument, Białystok installed at Kościuszko Square .
- 1991 - Roman Catholic diocese of Białystok established.[9]
- 1998 - Population: 283,937 (estimate).[7]
- 1999 - City becomes capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship.
21st century
- 2004 - City divided into 27 administrative districts.
- 2006 - Tadeusz Truskolaski becomes mayor.
- 2008 - Jewish Heritage Trail in Białystok created.
- 2009
- Zamenhof Centre opens.
- World Congress of Esperanto held in city.
- 2012 - Population: 294,900.[10]
See also
- History of Białystok
- Other names of Białystok, e.g. Belostok, Bielostok, Byelostok
- Other cities in Poland
- Timeline of Gdańsk
- Timeline of Kraków
- Timeline of Łódź
- Timeline of Lwów (formerly in Poland; now in Ukraine)
- Timeline of Poznań
- Timeline of Szczecin
- Timeline of Warsaw
- Timeline of Wrocław
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Byelostok", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 George Lerski (1996). "Bialystok". Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-26007-0.
- ↑ "Russia: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1898.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Białystok". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved April 2015.
- ↑ "Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Bialystok", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 213, OL 6112221M
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Poland: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- ↑ "Culture.pl". Warsaw: Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Retrieved April 2015.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Poland". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved April 2015.
- ↑ "Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland 2014". Central Statistical Office of Poland.
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This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia.
Further reading
- "Byelostok", Jewish Encyclopedia 3, New York, 1907
- "Bialystok". Russia. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1914. OCLC 1328163 – via Hathi Trust.
- William Henry Beable (1919), "Byelystok", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook
- Rebecca Kobrin (7 May 2010). Jewish Bialystok and its Diaspora. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-00428-4.
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- Map of Bialystok, 1967 (via Digital Public Library of America)
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