Timeline of Warsaw

Historical affiliations     Year   Event 1200 Warsaw is founded 1413 Capital of Mazovia 1573 Warsaw Confederation and the first free election 1596 Capital of Poland 1641 Prussian Homage 1655 Deluge 1700 Great Northern War 1747 Załuski Library founded 1788 Great Sejm begins 1791 Polish Constitution passed 1794 Warsaw Uprising and Massacre of Praga 1795 Third partition of Poland 1800 Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning founded 1807 Warsaw Duchy established 1815 Congress Poland established 1816 University of Warsaw founded 1826 Warsaw University of Technology founded 1830 November Uprising 1862 National Museum founded 1863 January Uprising 1866 Warsaw Tramway started 1914 World War I 1920 Battle of Warsaw 1925 Polskie Radio started 1928 National Library established 1934 Warsaw Chopin Airport started 1939 World War II 1939 Siege of Warsaw 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 1944 Warsaw Uprising 1944 The expulsion of the population and planned destruction of Warsaw by German Army 1945 Rebuilding of Warsaw begins 1955 Warsaw Pact signed 1989 Polish Round Table Agreement 1991 Warsaw Stock Exchange established 1995 Warsaw Metro started

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

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Prior to 19th century

See also: History of Warsaw Early history, 1526-1700, 1700-1795

• 1390 - St. John's Cathedral construction begins.
• 1534 - Paper mill established.
• 1566 - Polish diet relocated to Warsaw from Kraków.
• 1573 - Sigismund Augustus Bridge built.
• 1575 - Royal elections in Poland begin in nearby Wola.
• 1580 - pl rebuilt.
• 1596 - Polish royal court relocated to Warsaw from Kraków by Sigismund III Vasa.
• 1603 - Sigismund Augustus Bridge collapses.
• 1619 - Royal Castle rebuilt.
• 1643 - Warsaw Arsenal built.
• 1644 - Sigismund's Column erected in Castle Square.
• 1655 - City besieged by Swedish forces.
• 1656 - July: Battle of Warsaw (1656).
• 1689 - Warsaw becomes capital of Poland.
• 1702 - City taken by Swedes.
• 1727 - Saxon Garden opens.
• 1747 - Załuski Library founded.
• 1764 - City taken by Russians.
• 1785 - Jabłonowski Palace built.
• 1788 - Lazienki gardens laid out.
• 1791 - Praga becomes part of city.
• 1794
  • 17 April: Warsaw Uprising (1794) begins.
  • 4 November: Battle of Praga; city taken by Russians.
• 1795 - City becomes part of Prussia.

19th century

See also: History of Warsaw 1795-1914

• 1804 - Warsaw Lyceum (school) established.
• 1806 - City occupied by French forces.
• 1807 - City becomes capital of Duchy of Warsaw.
• 1809 - April-June: Austrians in power.
• 1810 - Music School established.
• 1813 - 8 February: Russians in power.
• 1815 - City becomes capital of Kingdom of Poland being in a personal union with the Russian Empire.
• 1816 - University of Warsaw established.
• 1817 - Warsaw Mercantile Exchange established.
• 1819 - Museum and Institute of Zoology established.
• 1830 - November Uprising (1830–31); Polish–Russian War 1830–31.
• 1831 - September: Battle of Warsaw (1831).
• 1833 - Grand Theatre opens.
• 1845 - Warsaw–Vienna railway begins operating.
• 1857 - Hotel Europejski in business.
• 1860
  • Zachęta (art society) founded.
  • Population: 161,008.
• 1862
  • pl (school) and Museum of Fine Arts established.
  • Ha-Tsefirah newspaper begins publication.
• 1863 - January Uprising.
• 1865 - Alexander Bridge built.
• 1866 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
• 1869 - Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene built in Praga.
• 1872 - Population: 276,000.
• 1875 - Sokrates Starynkiewicz becomes mayor.
• 1878 - Great Synagogue built on Tłomackie Street.
• 1880 - Evangelical Reformed Parish church built.
• 1882 - Population: 406,261.
• 1887 - Population: 436,750.
• 1897 - Population: 624,189.
• 1898 - University of Technology opens.

20th century

1900s–1940s

See also: History of Warsaw 1795-1914, World War I, 1918-1939, World War II

• 1901
  • Warsaw Philharmonic founded.
  • Hotel Bristol in business.
  • Population: 756,426.
• 1905 - Unrest.
• 1906 - Yidishes tageblat newspaper begins publication.
• 1907 - Electric streetlights installed.
• 1908
  • Electric streetcar begins operating.
  • Iluzjon cinema opens.
• 1913
  • Hotel Polonia Palace in business.
  • Aleksander Kakowski becomes Cathoic archbishop.
  • Polish Theatre in Warsaw opens.
• 1914 - Poniatowski Bridge built.
• 1916
  • Wola becomes part of city.
  • National Museum active.
• 1917 - Office for the Regulation and Building of the City established.
• 1919 - 4-5 January: 1919 Polish coup attempt.
• 1920 - August: Battle of Warsaw (1920).
• 1921 - Population: 936,713.
• 1924 - pl begins publication.
• 1925 - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Warsaw established at Piłsudski Square.
• 1926 - 12-14 May: May Coup (Poland).
• 1927 - International Chopin Piano Competition begins.
• 1928 - pl opens.
• 1930 - pl (art entity) founded.
• 1931 - Warsaw Railway Museum established.
• 1933 - Warsaw Cross-City Line (railway) begins operating.
• 1936 - Museum of Warsaw established.
• 1938
  • pl (cinema) opens.
  • Coat of arms of Warsaw redesign adopted.
• 1939
  • 1 September: Bombing of Warsaw in World War II by German forces begins.
  • 8-28 September: Siege of Warsaw (1939) by German forces.
  • 27 September: German occupation begins.
• 1940 - 16 October: Jewish Warsaw Ghetto established by Germans.
• 1942 - July: German Grossaktion Warsaw (1942) begins.
• 1943 - April-May: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
• 1944
  • 27 July: German Festung Warschau established.
  • August-October: Warsaw Uprising against German forces; Wola massacre.
  • Germans conduct planned destruction of Warsaw.
  • Życie Warszawy newspaper begins publication.
• 1945
  • January: Soviet forces take city; German occupation ends.
  • 14 February: pl (city reconstruction bureau) established.
• 1948 - Stefan Wyszyński becomes Catholic archbishop.
• 1949 - Six-Year Plan for the Reconstruction of Warsaw created.

1950s–1990s

See also: History of Warsaw Modern times

• 1951 - Białołęka, Okęcie, Wilanów, and Włochy become part of city.
• 1952 - 22 July: Constitution Square inaugurated.
• 1953 - Old Town Market Place restored.
• 1954 - Fryderyk Chopin Museum established.
• 1955
  • 10th-Anniversary Stadium opens.
  • pl active.
  • Palace of Culture and Science built.
  • International Warsaw Pact military alliance headquartered in city.
• 1959 - Kampinos National Park created near city.
• 1961 - Warsaw Chamber Opera founded.
• 1963 - St. John's Cathedral rebuilt.
• 1965 - Population: 1,252,558.
• 1966 - Foksal Gallery of art opens.
• 1967 - pl becomes mayor.
• 1973 - Nusantara Archipelago Museum established.
• 1974
  • Łazienkowski Bridge opens.
  • pl built on Marszałkowska Street.
  • Ujazdów Castle rebuilt.
• 1975
  • Warszawa Centralna railway station opens.
  • Intraco I hi-rise built
• 1978
  • Museum of Caricature established.
  • Intraco II hi-rise built.
• 1979
  • 15 February: 1979 Warsaw gas explosion.
  • June: Catholic pope John Paul II visits city.
• 1980 - Population: 1,596,073.
• 1981 - Józef Glemp becomes Catholic archbishop.
• 1985 - Antonina Leśniewska Museum of Pharmacy established.
• 1989
  • 4 April: Polish Round Table Agreement signed in Warsaw.
  • Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper begins publication.
  • Marriott hi-rise built.
• 1991 - Warsaw Stock Exchange reestablished.
• 1992 - Warsaw Transport Authority established.
• 1994
  • City divided into 11 districts: Bemowo, Białołęka, Bielany, Centrum, Rembertów, Targówek, Ursus, Ursynów, Wawer, Wilanów, and Włochy.
  • Warsaw Business Journal begins publication.
• 1995 - Warsaw Metro begins operating.
• 1996 - Sister city relationship established with San Diego, USA.
• 1997 - Centrum Handlowe Targówek (shopping centre) opens.
• 1998
  • Centrum metro station opens.
  • Warsaw Financial Center built.
• 1999
  • Warsaw Trade Tower built.
  • City becomes capital of the Masovian Voivodeship.

21st century

• 2000 - Świętokrzyski Bridge and Cinema City Sadyba open.
• 2001
  • Kinoteka (cinema) opens.
  • Atrium Center built.
• 2002
  • Wesoła becomes part of city.
  • Siekierkowski Bridge opens.
  • pl established.
• 2003 - InterContinental Warsaw hi-rise built.
• 2005 - Museum of Modern Art established.
• 2006
  • Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz becomes mayor.
  • Rondo 1 hi-rise built.
• 2007 - pl (cinema) in business.
• 2012 - National Stadium opens.
• 2013
  • September: Labor demonstration.
  • Twarda Tower built.
  • Population: 1,724,404.
• 2015
  • December: Political demonstration.
  • Warsaw Metro Line 2 begins operating.

See also

• History of Warsaw
• List of mayors of Warsaw
• List of bishops and archbishops of Warsaw

References

This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia and Dutch Wikipedia.

Further reading

Published in the 18th and 19th centuries

Published in the 20th century

Published in the 21st century

• Barbara Czarniawska. (2002) Remembering while forgetting: The role of automorphism in city management in Warsaw. Public Administration Review, 62(2): 163-173.

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Warsaw, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Warsaw, various dates.