Warsaw - History

History

Warsaw Timeline

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 Foundation of Załuski Library
  • 1788 Great Sejm begins
  • 1791 Constitution is passed by the Sejm
  • 1794 Warsaw Uprising and Massacre of Praga
  • 1795 Third partition of Poland
  • 1807 Warsaw Duchy established
  • 1815 Congress Poland established
  • 1830 November Uprising
  • 1863 January Uprising
  • 1914 World War I begins
  • 1918 Capital of the Second Polish Republic
  • 1920 Battle of Warsaw
  • 1925 Polskie Radio starts
  • 1934 Opening of Chopin Airport
  • 1939 World War II begins
  • 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
  • 1952 Warsaw is recognized as the capital of the PRL
  • 1955 Signature of the Warsaw Pact
  • 1989 Polish Round Table Agreement
  • 1990 Capital of the Third Polish Republic
  • 2012 Championship Euro 2012

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