Timeline of Wrocław
Timeline of Wrocław
(historical affiliations)
(historical affiliations)
Duchy of Bohemia early 900s – 990
Kingdom of Poland 990–1038
Duchy of Bohemia 1038–1054
Kingdom of Poland 1054–1202
Duchy of Silesia 1202–1335
Kingdom of Bohemia 1335–1526
Habsburg Monarchy 1526–1742
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Kingdom of Prussia 1742–1871
German Empire 1871–1918
Weimar Germany 1918–1933
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Nazi Germany 1933–1945
People's Republic of Poland 1945–1989
Republic of Poland 1989–present
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.[1]
- 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.[2]
- 1241 - Town besieged by Mongols.[3]
- 1242 - Church of St. Giles built.
- 1257 - Church of St. Elizabeth built.[2]
- 1262 - Magdeburg rights adopted.
- 1272 - Cathedral of St. John the Baptist consecrated.
- 1295 - Kreuzkirche built.[2]
- 1333 - Town Hall building expanded.
- 1335 - City annexed to Bohemia.[2]
- 1342 - Fire.
- 1344 - Fire.
- 1348 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor visits town.
- 1351 - Dorotheen Church founded.[3]
- 1355 - Schweidnitzer Keller (beer hall) in business.[3]
- 1362 - St. Mary Magdalene Church built.
- 1387 - City joins Hanseatic League.
- 1418 - Guild revolt.
- 1475 - Kasper Elyan sets up printing press.
- 1492 - Staupsaule erected.[2]
16th-18th centuries
- 1523 - Protestant Reformation.[3]
- 1527 - City annexed to Austria.[2]
- 1530 - City coat of arms adopted.
- 1585 - Plague.
- 1672 - House of the Seven Electors built.[2]
- 1702 - Leopoldina Jesuit college founded.[4]
- 1717 - Palace built.
- 1723 - Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn (publisher) in business.
- 1741 - Prussians in power.[4]
- 1742 - Schlesische Zeitung begins publication.[5]
- 1757 - Austrians in power, succeeded by Prussians.[4]
- 1760 - City besieged.[2]
19th century
- 1806 - December: City besieged by forces of the Confederation of the Rhine.[2]
- 1807 - Old fortifications dismantled.[3]
- 1811 - Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität established.[3]
- 1813 - Mobilization against Napoleon of France.[2]
- 1815 - Royal Museum of Art and Antiquity established.
- 1823 - Population: 76,813.[6]
- 1824 - Exchange built.[7]
- 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.[2]
- 1854 - Jewish Theological Seminary founded.
- 1856 - Jewish Cemetery established in Gabitz.
- 1857 - Central Station opens.
- 1861 - Orchestral Society founded.
- 1863 - Stadhaus built.[2]
- 1865
- Zoological Garden opens.
- Theatre built.[2]
- 1871
- City becomes part of German Empire.
- New Church of St. Michael consecrated.[2]
- Opera house rebuilt.
- 1872
- New Synagogue consecrated.
- Piast Brewery in business.
- 1873 - Population: 208,025.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 1889 - Dombrücke constructed.
- 1890 - Population: 335,186.[3]
- 1892 - Monopol Hotel built.
- 1894 - Merchants Club built.[8]
- 1896 - Kleinburg (Dworek) and Pöpelwitz (Popowice) villages become part of city.
- 1897 - Zwierzyniecki Bridge constructed.
- 1899 - Silesian Museum of Applied Arts established.
20th century
1900-1945
- 1903 - Flood.
- 1904
- Herdain (Gaj) and Morgentau (Rakowiec) villages become part of city.
- Barasch Brothers' Department Store opens.
- 1905
- Population: 470,751.[3]
- 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.[9]
- 1916 - Turnip winter (food rationing).
- 1919 - City becomes capital of Province of Lower Silesia.
- 1926 - Palace Museum opens.
- 1929 - Workplace and House Exhibition held.
- 1930
- Wertheim Department Store opens.
- June: City hosts Deutsche Kampfspiele.
- 12 September: Hitler gives campaign speech at the Centennial Hall.
- 1932 - Conflict between Communists and Nazis.
- 1933 - January: Riots.[10]
- 1938
- July: Deutsches Turn- und Sportfest 1938 held.[11]
- 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.[12]
- Polish Boleslaw Drobner becomes mayor.
- Expulsion of Germans begins.
1946-1990s
- 1946
- Ossolineum relocates to Wrocław from Lviv.
- Academy of Fine Arts and Academy for the Dramatic Arts established.
- Wrocław Puppet Theater active.[8]
- 1947 - National Museum, Wrocław, and Trade College established.
- 1948 - Iglica installed.
- 1950 - Wrocław Medical University established.
- 1951 - Agricultural University established.
- 1956 - Pantomima established.[13]
- 1959 - Wojewodzki Bridge constructed.
- 1965
- Museum of Architecture established.
- Teatr Laboratorium active.[13]
- 1975 - City becomes capital of Wrocław Voivodeship.
- 1982 - Fighting Solidarity organization founded.
- 1985 - Raclawice Panorama re-opens.
- 1986 - Stefan Skapski becomes mayor.
- 1997 - Flood.[14]
- 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
- Category:Timelines of cities in Poland (in Polish)
References
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Baedeker 1873.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 Richard Brookes (1786), "Breslaw", The General Gazetteer (6th ed.), London: J.F.C. Rivington
- ↑ 150 Jahre Schlesische Zeitung, 1742-1892 (in German), W.G. Korn, 1892, OCLC 8658059
- ↑ Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Breslau", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
- ↑ "Breslau", Northern Germany as far as the Bavarian and Austrian frontiers (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
- 1 2 "Historia Teatru" (in Polish). Wrocławski Teatr Lalek. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ↑ Julius H. Greenstone (1931). "Liberal Jewish Youth Association of Breslau". Jewish Quarterly Review. New Series 21.
- ↑ "Riots in Breslau as Corn Returns". New York Times. January 25, 1933.
- ↑ "Nazis Hold Sport Week". New York Times. July 25, 1938.
- ↑ "Soviet Siege Army Captures Breslau; 40,000 Germans Surrender After 84-Day Struggle". New York Times. May 8, 1945.
- 1 2 Robert R. Findlay; Halina Filipowicz (1975). "The 'Other Theatre' of Wrocław: Henryk Tomaszewski and the Pantomima". Educational Theatre Journal. 27.
- ↑ "Poles Hold Off Floodwaters in Wrocław". New York Times. July 14, 1997. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- "Breslau", Northern Germany (5th ed.), Coblenz: Karl Baedeker, 1873, OCLC 5947482
- George Bradshaw (1898), "Breslau", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany, London: Adams & Sons
- "Breslau", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- Robert E Dickinson (1951). "Structure of the German City: Breslau". West European City: a Geographical Interpretation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-25970-8.
- 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.
- 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
in other languages
- "Breslau". Allgemeine Deutsche Real-Encyclopädie für die Gebildeten Stände (in German) (7th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1827.
- "Breslau". Biblioteca geographica: Verzeichniss der seit der Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts bis zu Ende des Jahres 1856 in Deutschland (in German). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. 1858. (bibliography)
- Ludwig Sittenfeld (1909), Geschichte des Breslauer Theaters von 1841 bis 1900 [History of the Breslau Theatre from 1841 to 1900] (in German), Breslau: Preusz
- P. Krauss; E. Uetrecht, eds. (1913). "Breslau". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
- Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte, ed. (1989), Breslau, Deutscher Städteatlas (in German), 4, ISBN 3891150008
- Wolfgang Adam; Siegrid Westphal, eds. (2012). "Breslau". Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum (in German). De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-029555-9.
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