Timeline of Gdańsk

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

Middle Ages

* c. VII century - Settlement is established on the Motława river.
* c. X century - Gdańsk becomes a defensive fort for Kashubian dukes.
* 997 - Saint Adalbert baptises the citizens of ''urbs Gyddannyzc''.
* 1013 - Poland loses influence over the region.
* 1047 - Casimir I takes back control over Gdańsk.
* 1186 - Cistercians establish a monastery in Oliwa.
* 1216 - Swiętopełk II takes control of Pomerania.
* 1224 - Gdańsk granted city rights.
* 1226 - Monastery in Oliwa is raided by pagan Old Prussians.
* 1227 - Dominican Monastery founded in Gdańsk.
* 1253 - Oliwa is raided by the Teutonic Order.
* 1260 - St. Dominic's Fair begins.
* 1263 - The village of Wrzeszcz, today's borough of Gdańsk, mentioned for the first time.
* 1271 - First mention of Polanki and Przymorze.
* 1294, 1295 - Visits of Polish King Przemysł II.
* 1308 - November 13: Teutonic takeover of Gdańsk.
* 1325 - Brzeźno is mentioned for the first time.
* 1326 - St. Catherine's Church built.
* 1327 - Construction of the Gdańsk Town Hall begins.
* 1343 - Casimir III the Great agrees to give Pomerelia to the Teutonic order.
* 1346 - Gaol Tower built.
* 1350 - Artus Court built (approximate date).
* 1360 - City joins Hanseatic League (approximate date).
* 1380 - First Scots settled in the city, founding what would eventually become a significant Scottish diaspora in Poland.
* 1391 - Foundation of the Marienbrunn Abbey.
* 1410 - The city recognized Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło as rightful ruler.
* 1411 - The city came under Teutonic rule again.
* 1416 - A revolt against the local government happens due to its weak management.
* 1440 - City joins the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation.
* 1454
** 11 February: Townspeople captured the local castle.
** 6 March: City reincorporated to the Kingdom of Poland by King Casimir IV Jagiellon upon the request of the Prussian Confederation.
** March: City authorized by the Polish king to mint Polish coins.
** June: City solemnly pledged allegiance to the King in Elbląg, recognizing the Teutonic annexation and rule as unlawful.
* 1455 - Danzig law in effect (approximate date).
* 1458 - Truce between Poland and Denmark signed, after Denmark initially sided with the Teutonic Knights in the Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466).
* 1463 - The fleets of Elbląg and Gdańsk defeat the Teutonics on the Vistula Lagoon.
* 1465 - St. John's Church built.
* 1481 - Artus Court rebuilt.
* 1494 - Hall of the Brotherhood of St. George built.

16th to 18th centuries

* 1502 - St. Mary's Church completed.
* 1504 - Nicolaus Copernicus visited the city several times.
* 1514 - Trinity Church built.
* 1520 - During the Polish-Teutonic War, the Landsknecht coordinated an attack on Gdańsk.
* 1525 - The Gdańsk Tumult - Lutherans organise a revolt against mayor Eberhard Ferber.
* 1526
** January - The council is overthrown by the revolt.
** April - King Sigismund I enters the city with eight thousand men, executing the rebels and asserting his power over the region.
** July: Nicolaus Copernicus visited the city.
* 1537 - Franz Rhode sets up printing press.
* 1540 - '' Narratio Prima'', an abstract of Nicolaus Copernicus' heliocentric theory published.
* 1557 - Sigismund II grants Protestants equal rights.
* 1558 - Academic Gymnasium established.
* 1561 - Main Town Hall tower built, with a gilded statue of Polish King Sigismund II Augustus placed at its top.
* 1568 - Green Gate built.
* 1569
** City becomes part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
** Mennonite Church founded.
* 1575 - Danzig rebellion begins.
* 1577
** April 17: Battle of Lubieszów.
** Siege of Danzig by Stephen Báthory of Poland.
* 1588 - Highland Gate erected.
* 1594 - Oliwa Cathedral consecrated.
* 1596 - Bibliotheca Senatus Gedanensis established.
* 1605 - Arsenal built at the Coal Market Square.
* 1606 - Der Lachs distillery in business.
* 1614 - Golden Gate built.
* 1621 - Jesuit College established in the present-day neighbourhood of Stare Szkoty.

* 1627 - Battle of Oliwa during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629), won by Poland.
* 1633 - Neptune's Fountain installed at the Long Market.
* 1640 - Jan Heweliusz established his astronomical observatory in the Old Town.
* 1655 - Deluge (Swedish invasion of Poland): Siege of Danzig (1655–1660) begins.
* 1660 - Treaty of Oliva signed.
* 1677 - An alliance treaty between Poland and Sweden signed.
* 1681 - Royal Chapel of the Polish King John III Sobieski built.
* 1703–1711 - Large scale arms smuggling for Hungarian insurgents during the Rákóczi's War of Independence against Austria.
* 1709 - Bubonic plague.
* 1711–1712 - Stay of Hungarian national hero Francis II Rákóczi in the city following the Rákóczi's War of Independence.
* 1734 - Siege of Danzig by Russians during the War of the Polish Succession.
* 1742
** Experimental Physics Society organized.
** Corn exchange opens in Artus Court.
* 1756 - Abbot's Palace expanded.
* 1772 - After the First Partition of Poland the city became separated from the rest of Poland, it remained a Polish exclave.
* 1793
** Second Partition of Poland - city annexed by Prussia.
** Municipal Library established.
* 1797 - Attempt of student uprising against Prussia, crushed quickly by the Prussian authorities.

19th century

* 1807
** March 19-May 24: Siege of Danzig by French-Polish- Italian-Saxon- Baden forces.
** 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.
* 1815 - City becomes administrative capital of Danzig (region).
* 1831
** October 18–19: 2nd and 4th Polish Cavalry Brigades of the November Uprising stopped near the city on their way to their final internment places.
** November 10: Several further cavalry units of the 1st and 2nd Polish Cavalry Brigades stopped near the city on their way to their final internment places.
* 1832
** May: 52 Polish insurgents depart partitioned Poland on ship to Bordeaux, France (see ''Great Emigration'').
** 23 June: Over 450 Polish insurgents depart partitioned Poland on ship to Bordeaux, France.
** Summer: Polish insurgents imprisoned by the Prussians at Biskupia Górka.
** Trade academy established.
* 1833, November - Over 500 Polish insurgents depart partitioned Poland on ships to France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
* 1852 - Königliche Werft Danzig in business.
* 1871
** City becomes part of German Empire.
** Franciscan monastery building restored.
* 1880 - Westpreussische Provinzial-Museum opens.
* 1885 - Population: 114,805.
* 1887 - Great Synagogue built.
* 1896 - Old fortifications dismantled in north and west of city.
* 1899 - Harbor built at Neufahrwasser (Nowy Port).
* 1900 - Main railway station opens.

20th century

1900–1939

* 1901
** Königliche Staatsarchiv für Westpreussen (National Archives) opens.
** House of the Sheriffs restored.
* 1903 - Fußball Club Danzig formed.
* 1904 - Königliche Technische Hochschule founded.
* 1905 - Population: 159,088.
* 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
** Mass anti-Polish discrimination by Germans: employing Poles by German companies prohibited, already employed Poles fired.
** October: Pogrom against Jews by the Germans.
* 1938, May 3: Over 100 German attacks on Polish homes on the day of the Polish 3 May Constitution Day.
* 1939
** March: Ban and mass requisition of Polish press.
** SS Heimwehr Danzig and SS Wachsturmbann "Eimann" units of the SS established by the Germans.

World War II (1939–1945)

* 1939
** September 1: Battle of the Danzig Bay; Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig.
** September 1–7: Battle of Westerplatte.
** September: The Germans established a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp in the present-day neighborhood of .
** October 5: The Germans executed 39 Polish defenders of the Polish Post Office in the present-day district of Zaspa.
** October 8: City occupied by Nazi Germany; city becomes capital of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia.
** October: The Germans established a Nazi camp for Romani people.
* 1940
** The Germans established a forced labour subcamp of the Stalag XX-A prisoner-of-war camp in Biskupia Górka, initially for Polish POWs, and later mostly for French POWs.
** Subcamp of the Stalag XX-A POW camp redesignated as a subcamp of the Stalag XX-B POW camp.
** The Germans established two subcamps of the Stutthof concentration camp in Westerplatte and Suchanino.
** The Germans established a subcamp of the Stalag XX-B POW camp for Allied POWs in VII Dwór.
* 1941
** Lufttwaffensportverein Danzig formed.
** The subcamps of the Stutthof concentration camp in Maćkowy and Westerplatte were dissolved.
* 1943–1944 - The local Polish resistance movement facilitated escapes of endangered Polish resistance members and British prisoners of war who fled from German POW camps via the city's port to neutral Sweden.
* 1944
** August 26: The Germans established a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp at the main shipyard.
** August 27: AGSSt 32 and 33 assembly centers for Allied POWs established in the city by the Germans (later relocated).
** September 13: The Germans established a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp at the Schichau shipyard.Gliński, p. 176
** October 16: The Germans established a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp on the Ostrów Island.
** October 18: Dulag 154 transit POW camp evacuated from Tapa in German-occupied Estonia to Gdańsk by the Germans.
* 1945
** February: Most prisoners of the Schichau subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp were evacuated towards Lębork, while some were sent back to Stutthof main camp; subcamp dissolved.
** March: The subcamps of the Stutthof concentration camp at the main shipyard and Ostrów Island were dissolved.
** March 27–30: City taken by forces of Soviet Union.
** Gdańsk becomes part of Republic of Poland.

1945–1990s

* 1945
** City becomes capital of Gdańsk Voivodeship.
** Franciszek Kotus-Jankowski becomes mayor.
** Gdańsk Shipyard, Akademia Lekarska, Baltia Gdańsk (Lechia Gdańsk) and Stoczniowiec Gdańsk football clubs, Gdańsk Symphony Orchestra, and Academy of Fine Arts established.
* 1945-1946 Expulsion of the city's German-speaking majority in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement.
* 1946
** August 28: Execution of Danuta Siedzikówna and Feliks Selmanowicz, members of the Polish resistance movement in World War II and the anti-communist resistance movement, Polish national heroes, by the communists.
** October 1: Gdańsk College of Education established.
* 1949 - Four transports of Greeks and Macedonians, refugees of the Greek Civil War, arrived at the port of Gdańsk, from where they were transported to new homes in Poland.
* 1951 - Wybrzeże Gdańsk handball team established.

* 1952
** Gdańsk Zaspa, Gdańsk Przymorze-Uniwersytet and Gdańsk Politechnika railway stations opened.
** City becomes part of Polish People's Republic.
* 1953
** Baltic State Opera and Philharmonic formed.
** Stoczniowiec Gdańsk ice hockey team established.
* 1956
** 1 May: Lechia Gdańsk rugby union team established.
** Manifestation of support for the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Mass raising of funds, medical supplies and blood donation for Hungarian insurgents.
* 1957 - Wybrzeże Gdańsk motorcycle speedway team established.
* 1960 - Lechia Gdańsk wins its first Polish rugby championship.
* 1962 - National Maritime Museum established.
* 1963 - Gdańsk hosts the 1963 World Fencing Championships.
* 1965 - Abbot's Palace rebuilt.
* 1966
** Wybrzeże Gdańsk wins its first Polish handball championship.
** Westerplatte Monument unveiled.
* 1970
** University of Gdańsk established.
** Gdańsk Power Station commissioned.
** Hala Olivia arena opens.
* 1972 - National Museum, Gdańsk established.
* 1974
** Airport opens.
** Population: 402,200.
* 1975 - Gdańsk Żabianka railway station opened.
* 1977 - Monument of Polish poet Maria Konopnicka unveiled.
* 1979
** Museum of the Polish Post ('' Muzeum Poczty Polskiej'') established at the site of the 1939 defence of the Polish Post Office.
** Defenders of the Polish Post Office Monument unveiled.
* 1980
** Summer: Shipbuilders strike.
** August 31: Solidarity (Polish trade union) founded; Gdańsk Agreement signed.
** Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970 unveiled.
* 1982 - August 31: Anti-government demonstration.
* 1983 - Father Eugeniusz Dutkiewicz SAC Hospice founded.
* 1985 - SS Soldek museum opens.
* 1989 - City becomes part of Republic of Poland.

* 1991 - Franciszek Jamroż becomes mayor.
* 1993 - Gdańsk Shakespeare Days begin.
* 1994
** May: Gdańsk hosts the 1994 European Judo Championships.
** July: Tomasz Posadzki becomes mayor.
* 1996 - International Festival of Street & Open-Air Theatres begins (approximate date).
* 1997 - Gdańsk hosts the 1997 European Fencing Championships.
* 1998
** Paweł Adamowicz becomes mayor.
** Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art founded.
* 1999
** Gdańsk becomes capital of Pomeranian Voivodeship.
** Solidarity Centre Foundation established.

21st century

* 2001
** Wybrzeże Gdańsk wins its tenth Polish handball championship.
** Third Millennium John Paul II Bridge opens.
* 2002
** The Monument Cemetery of the Lost Cemeteries installed.
** Lechia Gdańsk wins its tenth Polish rugby championship.
* 2004 - May 1: Poland becomes part of European Union.
* 2005 - Trefl Gdańsk volleyball team established.
* 2007
** Deepwater Container Terminal Gdańsk launched.
** Tricity Charter signed.

* 2009 - Gdańsk co-hosts the EuroBasket 2009.
* 2010
** Ergo Arena opens.
** Population: 455,830.
* 2011
** July: City hosts the final round of the 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League.
** August: Baltic Arena opens.
** October: Gdańsk hosts the 2011 European Table Tennis Championships.
* 2012 - Gdańsk co-hosts the UEFA Euro 2012.
* 2013 - Gdańsk co-hosts the 2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
* 2014
** August: European Solidarity Centre opens.
** September: Gdańsk co-hosts the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.
** September: Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre opens.
* 2015
** April 1: Gdańsk Śródmieście railway station opened.
** August 30: Monument of Danuta Siedzikówna unveiled in the Orunia district.
** December: Honorary Consulate of Bulgaria opened.

* 2016
** January: Gdańsk co-hosts the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.
** August 28: State burial of Polish national heroes Danuta Siedzikówna and Feliks Selmanowicz in the 70th anniversary of their execution.
* 2017
** March: Museum of the Second World War opened.
** Gdańsk co-hosts the 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
* 2018 - Cursed soldiers monument unveiled.
* 2019
** 10 May: Monument to the victims of the Ponary massacre unveiled.
** 17 September: Witold Pilecki monument unveiled.
* 2020
** June: Medieval ''Pietas Domini'' altar, stolen by Germany during World War II, restored from Berlin to the St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk.
** 22 October: Consulate-General of Hungary opened.
* 2021 - Gdańsk co-hosts the 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
* 2023
** January: Gdańsk co-hosts the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
** July: Gdańsk hosts the final round of the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League.

See also

* History of Gdańsk
* List of mayors of Danzig, 1308 to 1945
* List of mayors of Gdańsk, pre-1308 and post-1945
* List of Gdańsk aristocratic families
* Timelines of cities in Poland (in Polish)

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