Timeline of Wrocław

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

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• 990 - Mieszko I of Poland in power.
• 1000
  • Bishopric of Wrocław established.
  • Population: 1,000 (approximate).
• 1037 - Uprising.
• 1038 - Bohemians in power.
• 1054 - Polish in power.
• 1109 - August 24: Battle of Hundsfeld.
• 1163 - Town becomes capital of Duchy of Silesia.^[1]
• 1241 - Town besieged by Mongols.^[2]
• 1242 - Church of St. Giles built.
• 1257 - Church of St. Elizabeth built.^[1]
• 1262 - Magdeburg rights adopted.
• 1272 - Cathedral of St. John the Baptist consecrated.
• 1295 - Kreuzkirche built.^[1]
• 1333 - Town Hall building expanded.
• 1335 - City annexed to Bohemia.^[1]
• 1342 - Fire.
• 1344 - Fire.
• 1348 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor visits town.
• 1351 - Dorotheen Church founded.^[2]
• 1355 - Schweidnitzer Keller (beer hall) in business.^[2]
• 1362 - St. Mary Magdalene Church built.
• 1387 - City joins Hanseatic League.
• 1418 - Guild revolt.
• 1475 - Kasper Elyan sets up printing press.
• 1492 - Staupsaule erected.^[1]

16th-18th centuries

• 1523 - Protestant Reformation.^[2]
• 1527 - City annexed to Austria.^[1]
• 1530 - City coat of arms adopted.
• 1585 - Plague.
• 1672 - House of the Seven Electors built.^[1]
• 1702 - Leopoldina Jesuit college founded.^[3]
• 1717 - Palace built.
• 1741 - Prussians in power.^[3]
• 1742 - Schlesische Zeitung begins publication.^[4]
• 1757 - Austrians in power, succeeded by Prussians.^[3]
• 1760 - City besieged.^[1]

19th century

• 1806 - December: City besieged by forces of the Confederation of the Rhine.^[1]
• 1807 - Old fortifications dismantled.^[2]
• 1811 - Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität established.^[2]
• 1813 - Mobilization against Napoleon of France.^[1]
• 1815 - Royal Museum of Art and Antiquity established.
• 1823 - Population: 76,813.^[5]
• 1824 - Exchange built.^[6]
• 1829 - White Stork Synagogue opens.
• 1833 - Horse racing in Szczytnicki Park begins.
• 1836 - Slavonic Literary Society founded.
• 1841 - Opera House opens.
• 1842 - Upper Silesian Train Station built.
• 1846 - Royal Palace building renovated.^[1]
• 1854 - Jewish Theological Seminary founded.
• 1856 - Jewish Cemetery established in Gabitz.
• 1857 - Central Station opens.
• 1861 - Orchestral Society founded.
• 1863 - Stadhaus built.^[1]
• 1865
  • Zoological Garden opens.
  • Theatre built.^[1]
• 1871
  • City becomes part of German Empire.
  • New Church of St. Michael consecrated.^[1]
  • Opera house rebuilt.
• 1872
  • New Synagogue consecrated.
  • Piast Brewery in business.
• 1873 - Population: 208,025.^[1]
• 1880 - Silesian Museum of Fine Arts established.
• 1883
  • St. Mauritius Bridge constructed.
  • Lutheran Theological Seminar opens.
• 1886 - Viadrina (Jewish student society) formed.
• 1887 - "Government offices" built.^[2]
• 1889 - Dombrücke constructed.
• 1890 - Population: 335,186.^[2]
• 1892 - Monopol Hotel built.
• 1894 - Merchants Club built.^[7]
• 1896 - Kleinburg (Dworek) and Pöpelwitz (Popowice) villages become part of city.
• 1897 - Zwierzyniecki Bridge constructed.
• 1899 - Silesian Museum of Applied Arts established.

20th century

• 1903 - Flood.
• 1904
  • Herdain (Gaj) and Morgentau (Rakowiec) villages become part of city.
  • Barasch Brothers' Department Store opens.
• 1905
  • Population: 470,751.^[2]
  • Wrocław water tower built.
• 1908 - Market Hall built.
• 1909 - Theatre built.
• 1910
  • Grunwaldzki Bridge built.
  • Technische Hochschule was founded.
• 1911 - Gräbschen (Grabiszyn) village becomes part of city.
• 1913
  • Centennial Hall and Exhibition Grounds built.
  • Union of Jewish Liberal Youth organized.^[8]
• 1916 - Turnip winter (food rationing).
• 1919 - City becomes capital of Province of Lower Silesia.
• 1926 - Palace Museum opens.
• 1929 - Workplace and House Exhibition held.

1930s-1940s

• 1930
  • Wertheim Department Store opens.
  • June: City hosts Deutsche Kampfspiele.
• 1932 - Conflict between Communists and Nazis.
• 1933 - January: Riots.^[9]
• 1938
  • July: Deutsches Turn- und Sportfest 1938 held.^[10]
  • November 9–10: Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews.
  • Airport built.
• 1941 - Olimp (organization) formed by Polish minority.
• 1943 - April 23: Polish Zagra-Lin attacks Nazi troop transport.
• 1944 - August: City declared a Nazi fortress.
• 1945
  • February 13-May 6: Siege of Breslau.^[11]
  • Polish Boleslaw Drobner becomes mayor.
  • Expulsion of Germans begins.
• 1946
  • Ossolineum relocates to Wrocław from Lviv.
  • Academy of Fine Arts and Academy for the Dramatic Arts established.
  • Wrocław Puppet Theater active.^[7]
• 1947 - National Museum, Wrocław, and Trade College established.
• 1948 - Iglica installed.

1950s-1990s

• 1950 - Wrocław Medical University established.
• 1951 - Agricultural University established.
• 1956 - Pantomima established.^[12]
• 1959 - Wojewodzki Bridge constructed.
• 1965
  • Museum of Architecture established.
  • Teatr Laboratorium active.^[12]
• 1975 - City becomes capital of Wrocław Voivodeship.
• 1982 - Fighting Solidarity organization founded.
• 1985 - Raclawice Panorama re-opens.
• 1986 - Stefan Skapski becomes mayor.
• 1997 - Flood.^[13]
• 1999 - City becomes capital of Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

21st century

• 2001 - New Horizons Film Festival begins.
• 2002
  • Rafal Dutkiewicz becomes mayor.
  • Land Forces Military Academy established.
• 2003 - March 30: Football riot.
• 2009
  • Multimedia Fountain installed.
  • Renoma department store re-opens.
• 2010 - American Film Festival begins.
• 2011
  • Redzinski Bridge and Municipal Stadium open.
  • Population: 631,235.
• 2012 - City hosts part of UEFA Euro 2012.

See also

• History of Wrocław
• List of mayors of Wrocław
• List of bishops of Wrocław

Other cities in Poland

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

References

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

• "Breslau". Allgemeine Deutsche Real-Encyclopädie für die Gebildeten Stände (in German) (7th ed.). Leipzig: Brodhaus. 1827. 
• George Bradshaw (1898), "Breslau", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany, London: Adams & Sons 

Published in the 20th century

• Ludwig Sittenfeld (1909), Geschichte des Breslauer Theaters von 1841 bis 1900 [History of the Breslau Theatre from 1841 to 1900] (in German), Breslau: Preusz 
• George Lerski (1996). "Wroclaw". Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-03456-5. 
• Piotr Wróbel (1998). "Wroclaw". Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-135-92694-6. 

Published in the 21st century

• Laurențiu Rădvan (2010), "Towns in the Kingdom of Poland: Wroclaw and Krakow", At Europe's Borders: Medieval Towns in the Romanian Principalities, Translated by Valentin Cîrdei, Leiden: Brill, p. 47+, ISBN 9789004180109 

External links

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