Timeline of Gdańsk

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

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Map of Danzig area, 1730

• 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.
• 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 - 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 - 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 - Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre opens.^[10]

See also

• History of Gdansk
• List of mayors of Danzig, 1308 to 1945
• List of mayors of Gdansk, pre-1308 and post-1945

Other cities in Poland

• Timeline of Łódź
• Timeline of Poznań
• Timeline of Warsaw
• Timeline of Wrocław
• Category:Timelines of cities in Poland (in Polish)

References

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

• Johannes Bolte (1895), Das Danziger Theater im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert [Danzig Theatre in the 16th and 17th Centuries] (in German), Hamburg: L. Voss 

Published in the 20th century

• "Danzig", Jewish Encyclopedia 4, New York, 1907 
• Max Foltz (1912), Geschichte des Danziger Stadthaushalts [History of the Danzig City Budget] (in German), Danzig: A.W. Kafemann, OCLC 12495569 
• 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. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gdańsk.

• Europeana. Items related to Gdansk, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Gdansk, various dates
• "Danzig Collection". New York: Jewish Museum. 

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