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The following is a [[:Category:City timelines|timeline]] of the [[History of Białystok|history]] of the [[List of cities and towns in Poland|city]] of [[Białystok]], [[Poland]]. |
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* 1320 - Settlement founded in [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Lithuania]].{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |
* 1320 - Settlement founded in [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Lithuania]].{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |
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* 1569 – part of the [[Lesser Poland Province of the |
* 1569 – part of the [[Lesser Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Lesser Poland Province]] of the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland]] |
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* 1692 – Białystok granted city rights by Polish King [[John III Sobieski]] |
* 1692 – Białystok granted city rights by Polish King [[John III Sobieski]] |
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* 1697 - [[Branicki Palace, Białystok|Branicki Palace]] built.<ref name="Lerski1996">{{cite book |author= George Lerski |title=Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood |isbn=978-0-313-26007-0 |chapter=Bialystok |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QTUTqE2difgC |author-link=Jerzy Jan Lerski}}</ref> |
* 1697 - [[Branicki Palace, Białystok|Branicki Palace]] built.<ref name="Lerski1996">{{cite book |author= George Lerski |title=Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood |isbn=978-0-313-26007-0 |chapter=Bialystok |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QTUTqE2difgC |author-link=Jerzy Jan Lerski}}</ref> |
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* 1745 – the first military technical school in Poland founded in Białystok<ref name=JK164>Jacek Kusznier, ''Elektrycy w historii Politechniki Białostockiej'', "Maszyny Elektryczne - Zeszyty Problemowe", Nr 4/2018, p. 164 (in Polish)</ref> |
* 1745 – the first military technical school in Poland founded in Białystok<ref name=JK164>Jacek Kusznier, ''Elektrycy w historii Politechniki Białostockiej'', "Maszyny Elektryczne - Zeszyty Problemowe", Nr 4/2018, p. 164 (in Polish)</ref> |
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* 1748 – one of the oldest theaters in Poland, the ''Komedialnia'', founded<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bialystokonline.pl/plejada-gwiazd-w-nowym-teatrze-piotr-dabrowski-otwiera-komedialnie,artykul,68828,2,1.html|title=Plejada gwiazd w nowym teatrze. Piotr Dąbrowski otwiera Komedialnię|website=Białystok Online| |
* 1748 – one of the oldest theaters in Poland, the ''Komedialnia'', founded<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bialystokonline.pl/plejada-gwiazd-w-nowym-teatrze-piotr-dabrowski-otwiera-komedialnie,artykul,68828,2,1.html|title=Plejada gwiazd w nowym teatrze. Piotr Dąbrowski otwiera Komedialnię|website=Białystok Online|access-date=31 October 2019|language=pl}}</ref> |
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* 1749 – King [[Augustus III of Poland]] extended the city limits<ref>Jacek Kusznier, ''Elektrycy w historii Politechniki Białostockiej'', "Maszyny Elektryczne - Zeszyty Problemowe", Nr 4/2018, p. 163 (in Polish)</ref> |
* 1749 – King [[Augustus III of Poland]] extended the city limits<ref>Jacek Kusznier, ''Elektrycy w historii Politechniki Białostockiej'', "Maszyny Elektryczne - Zeszyty Problemowe", Nr 4/2018, p. 163 (in Polish)</ref> |
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* 1753 - Center of the city burns down |
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* 1756 [[Jan Klemens Branicki]] |
* 1756 - [[Jan Klemens Branicki]], owner of Białystok, divorces his third wife |
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* 1763–1768 – Municipal hospital founded by Jan Klemens Branicki.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/bialystok-dom-staromiejski|title=Dom staromiejski|website=Zabytek.pl|author=Grażyna Rogala|access-date=6 September 2021|language=pl}}</ref> |
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* 13 July 1769 – [[Battle of Białystok]] part of the [[War of the Bar Confederation]] ({{Interlanguage link multi|Battle of Białystok (1769)|pl|3=Bitwa pod Białymstokiem}}) |
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* 13 July 1769 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Battle of Białystok (1769)|pl|3=Bitwa pod Białymstokiem}}, part of the [[War of the Bar Confederation]] |
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* 1770 – [[midwifery]] school founded under the auspices of [[Izabella Poniatowska]]<ref name=JK164/> |
* 1770 – [[midwifery]] school founded under the auspices of [[Izabella Poniatowska]]<ref name=JK164/> |
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* 9 October 1771 – [[Jan Klemens Branicki]] dies |
* 9 October 1771 – [[Jan Klemens Branicki]] dies |
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* 1776 – Polish 5th Regiment of [[Fusilier]]s of Crown Artillery stationed in Białystok.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gembarzewski|first=Bronisław|title=Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831|year=1925|language=pl|publisher=Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej|location=Warszawa|page=27}}</ref> |
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* 1789 – the epidemic of smallpox, the 22 children died |
* 1789 – the epidemic of smallpox, the 22 children died |
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* 1795 – City annexed by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] in the [[Third Partition of Poland]] and made the administrative seat of the [[Białystok Department]]{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |
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* 26 January 1796 – Prussian administration takes over the town, but it remains formally owned by [[Izabella Poniatowska|Izabella Poniatowska-Branicka]] |
* 26 January 1796 – Prussian administration takes over the town, but it remains formally owned by [[Izabella Poniatowska|Izabella Poniatowska-Branicka]] |
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* 1 February 1831 – setting up headquarters in the Russian army commander, Field Marshal [[Hans Karl von Diebitsch]], whose task was to suppress the [[November Uprising]] |
* 1 February 1831 – setting up headquarters in the Russian army commander, Field Marshal [[Hans Karl von Diebitsch]], whose task was to suppress the [[November Uprising]] |
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* 1834 – a ban on teaching in schools in the Polish language |
* 1834 – a ban on teaching in schools in the Polish language |
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* 1842 - City becomes administratively part of the [[Grodno Governorate]]. |
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* 1845 - Woollen mill built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |
* 1845 - Woollen mill built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |
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* 1857 - Population: 13,787.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |
* 1857 - Population: 13,787.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |
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* 15 December 1859 – [[L. L. Zamenhof|Ludwik Zamenhof]], the creator of the international language [[Esperanto]], was born |
* 15 December 1859 – [[L. L. Zamenhof|Ludwik Zamenhof]], the creator of the international language [[Esperanto]], was born |
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* 13 June 1860 – the beginning of a patriotic demonstration under the banner of national unity and fight against colonization, |
* 13 June 1860 – the beginning of a patriotic demonstration under the banner of national unity and fight against colonization, |
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* 9 June 1861 – arrive in the city representative of the [[Whites (January Uprising)|Whites]], [[Andrzej Artur Zamoyski]] |
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** 16 March: Prayers were held by local Poles and Jews in memory of Polish protesters massacred by the Russians in [[Warsaw]] a few weeks earlier.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Katalog miejsc pamięci powstania styczniowego w województwie podlaskim|year=2013|language=pl|location=Białystok|publisher=Towarzystwo Opieki nad Zabytkami Oddział Białystok|page=8|isbn=978-83-88372-50-6}}</ref> |
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** 3 May: The Russians arrested several Polish students during the celebration of the Polish [[3 May Constitution Day]].<ref>''Katalog miejsc pamięci powstania styczniowego w województwie podlaskim'', p. 9</ref> |
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** 9 June: [[Andrzej Artur Zamoyski]], representative of the [[Whites (January Uprising)|Whites]], arrives in the city |
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* 1862 – Opening of the [[Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway]] through the city |
* 1862 – Opening of the [[Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway]] through the city |
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* 24 April 1863 – the beginning of the [[January Uprising]] in the |
* 24 April 1863 – the beginning of the Polish [[January Uprising]] in the Białystok area |
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* 15 February 1864 - Battle of the January Uprising was fought near Białystok.<ref>''Katalog miejsc pamięci powstania styczniowego w województwie podlaskim'', p. 13</ref> |
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* 1877 – expanding the city limits: integrated railway station, the village of Piaski and Las Zwierzyniecki |
* 1877 – expanding the city limits: integrated railway station, the village of Piaski and Las Zwierzyniecki |
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* 1886 – the railway line Bialystok – Vawkavysk – Baranovichi |
* 1886 – the railway line Bialystok – Vawkavysk – Baranovichi |
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* 1889 - Population: 56,629.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |
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* 1891 – Launch of the first telephone exchange |
* 1891 – Launch of the first telephone exchange |
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* 1895 – launch of three lines of horse tram |
* 1895 – launch of three lines of horse tram |
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==20th century== |
==20th century== |
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===1901–1939=== |
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[[File:1900-ca-bialystok-marketplace.jpg|thumb|Białystok city center around 1900]] |
[[File:1900-ca-bialystok-marketplace.jpg|thumb|Białystok city center around 1900]] |
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* 1901 - Population: 65,781.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |
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* 1905 - [[Chernoe Znamia]] political group formed. |
* 1905 - [[Chernoe Znamia]] political group formed. |
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* 1906 - 14–16 June: [[Białystok pogrom]] of Jews.<ref name=yivo /> |
* 1906 - 14–16 June: [[Białystok pogrom]] of Jews by the Russians.<ref name=yivo /> |
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* 1910 - [[Białystok Power Station]] commissioned. |
* 1910 - [[Białystok Power Station]] commissioned. |
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* 1912 |
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* 1912 - Population: 98,170.<ref>{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440 |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book }}</ref> |
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** Tsarist prison built.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zabytek.pl/pl/obiekty/bialystok-zespol-wiezienia-carskiego-ob-areszt-sledczy|title=Zespół więzienia carskiego, ob. areszt śledczy|website=Zabytek.pl|author=Grażyna Rogala|access-date=6 September 2021|language=pl}}</ref> |
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* 1913 - [[Great Synagogue, Białystok|Great Synagogue]] built. |
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** Population: 98,170.<ref>{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Russia: Principal Towns: European Russia |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440 |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book }}</ref> |
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* 1915 - City becomes capital of the [[Bialystok-Grodno District]] of the [[Germany|German]]-controlled territory of [[Ober-Ost]] during [[World War I]]. |
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* 1913 |
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** City's first Polish scout troop founded.<ref name=jd151>{{cite book|last=Dworakowski|first=Jan|editor-last1=Cymbalisty|editor-first1=Wojciech Jan|editor-last2=Waczyński|editor-first2=Józef|year=2017|title=Polskie tradycje niepodległościowe Choroszczy i okolic|language=pl|location=Rogówek|publisher=Fundacja Pole Kultury|page=151|chapter=Początki harcerstwa na Białostocczyźnie (1913-1923)|isbn=978-83-949254-2-0}}</ref> |
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** [[Great Synagogue, Białystok|Great Synagogue]] built. |
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** City becomes capital of the [[Bialystok-Grodno District]] of the [[Germany|German]]-controlled territory of [[Ober-Ost]] during [[World War I]]. |
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** 29 November: Polish Real [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] founded.<ref name=jd151/> |
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** 11–13 November: Poles disarmed the Germans following the restoration of Polish independence.<ref name=jd154>Dworakowski, p. 154</ref> |
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** 14 November: City re-occupied by Germany.<ref name=jd154/> |
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* 1919 |
* 1919 |
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** Białystok part of the re-established Polish state, capital of the [[Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)|Białystok Voivodeship]] |
** Białystok part of the re-established Polish state, capital of the [[Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)|Białystok Voivodeship]] |
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** [[Osiedle Białostoczek, Białystok|Białostoczek]] becomes part of city.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} |
** [[Osiedle Białostoczek, Białystok|Białostoczek]] becomes part of city.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} |
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* 1920 |
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** 22 September: [[Battle of Białystok]]. |
** 22 September: [[Battle of Białystok]] - Polish victory over the invading [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian]] forces. |
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** [[Jagiellonia Białystok]] football club formed. |
** [[Jagiellonia Białystok]] football club formed. |
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[[File:Wizyta Naczelnika Państwa w Białymstoku (22-323-8).jpg|thumb|[[Józef Piłsudski]]'s visit to Białystok in 1921]] |
[[File:Wizyta Naczelnika Państwa w Białymstoku (22-323-8).jpg|thumb|[[Józef Piłsudski]]'s visit to Białystok in 1921]] |
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* 1921 - Białystok confirmed as part of Poland.<ref name=lippincott1952 /> |
* 1921 - Białystok confirmed as part of Poland.<ref name=lippincott1952 /> |
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* 1928 - [[Polmos Białystok]] founded. |
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* 1937 - Population: 100,101.<ref name=lippincott1952 /> |
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* 1934 - Seweryn Nowakowski, considered one of the greatest mayors of Białystok, becomes mayor.<ref name=sw/> |
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* 1938 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Białystok Municipal Theatre|pl|3=Teatr Dramatyczny im. Aleksandra Węgierki w Białymstoku}} built. |
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** [[Podlaska Cavalry Brigade]] of the [[Polish Army]] formed and stationed in Białystok. |
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** Population: 100,101.<ref name=lippincott1952 /> |
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* 1938 - [[Aleksandr Węgierki Drama Theatre in Białystok|Białystok Municipal Theatre]] built. |
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===World War II (1939–1945)=== |
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* 1939 |
* 1939 |
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** [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)| |
** September: [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German occupation]] after the [[invasion of Poland]], which started [[World War II]] |
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** 20–21 September: The German ''[[Einsatzgruppen|Einsatzgruppe IV]]'' entered the city to commit [[Nazi crimes against the Polish nation|crimes against the population]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|page=55}}</ref> |
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** November: City annexed to the [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic]];<ref name="Lerski1996" /> and capital of the [[Belastok Voblast]]. |
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** 22 September: City handed over by the Germans to the Soviet Union in accordance with the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]]. Soviet occupation begins. |
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** October: Pre-war mayor Seweryn Nowakowski arrested by the [[NKVD]] and probably deported to the USSR; his fate remains unknown.<ref name=sw>{{cite web|url=https://dzieje.pl/wystawy/wystawa-seweryn-nowakowski-zaginiony-prezydent-bialegostoku-od-piatku|title=Wystawa "Seweryn Nowakowski – zaginiony prezydent Białegostoku" – od piątku|website=Dzieje.pl|author=Sylwia Wieczeryńska|access-date=6 September 2021|language=pl}}</ref> |
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** November: City annexed to the [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic]];<ref name="Lerski1996" /> and capital of the [[Belastok Region]]. |
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* 1940 - 17 July: [[Ryszard Kaczorowski]], member of the local [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish resistance movement]] and future President of Poland [[Polish government-in-exile|in exile]], arrested by the [[NKVD]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwb.edu.pl/ryszard-kaczorowski-1919-2010|title=Ryszard Kaczorowski (1919 - 2010)|website=Uniwersytet w Białymstoku|access-date=6 September 2021|language=pl}}</ref> |
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* 1940–1941 - Mass deportations of some 20,000 Polish citizens by the Russians from the Białystok Fabryczny railway station to the USSR, incl. [[Siberia]] (see ''[[Soviet repressions of Polish citizens (1939–1946)]]'').<ref name=dziej>{{cite web|url=https://dzieje.pl/aktualnosci/w-bialymstoku-odslonieto-pomnik-przy-dworcu-z-ktorego-odbywaly-sie-deportacje-na-wschod|title=W Białymstoku odsłonięto pomnik przy dworcu, z którego odbywały się deportacje na Wschód|website=Dzieje.pl|access-date=10 July 2022|language=pl}}</ref> |
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** 27 June: City [[German occupation of Poland|occupation]] by German forces begins. |
** 27 June: City [[German occupation of Poland|occupation]] by German forces begins. On that day, approximately 2,000 to 3,000 of Białystok's Jews [[1941 Białystok massacres|were massacred]] by the [[Ordnungspolizei]]. |
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** City becomes capital of [[Bezirk Białystok]]. |
** City becomes capital of [[Bezirk Białystok]]. |
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** July: Jewish ghetto established by occupying Nazi Germans.<ref name=yivo>{{cite |
** July: Jewish ghetto established by occupying Nazi Germans.<ref name=yivo>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Białystok |title= Białystok |encyclopedia=[[The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe|Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe]] |publisher=[[Yivo Institute for Jewish Research]] |location=New York |access-date= 30 April 2015 }}</ref> |
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** Autumn: Oflag 57 [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|prisoner-of-war camp]] moved from [[Ostrołęka]] to Białystok.<ref name=ushm216>{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=216|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}}</ref> |
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* 1943 - 16 August: [[Białystok Ghetto Uprising]].<ref name="Lerski1996" /> |
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** 25 May: Oflag 57 POW camp dissolved.<ref name=ushm216/> |
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** July: Stalag 316 POW camp moved from [[Wołkowysk]] to Białystok.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=304|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}}</ref> |
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** 2 November: The Germans established a [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] camp for Jewish men.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=440|title=Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Bialystok|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=6 September 2021|language=de}}</ref> |
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* 1943 |
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** February: The German ''[[Sicherheitspolizei]]'' begins deporations of Poles including teenage boys from the local Nazi prison to the [[Stutthof concentration camp]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Drywa|first=Danuta|editor-last=Kostkiewicz|editor-first=Janina|year=2020|title=Zbrodnia bez kary... Eksterminacja i cierpienie polskich dzieci pod okupacją niemiecką (1939–1945)|language=pl|location=[[Kraków]]|publisher=[[Jagiellonian University|Uniwersytet Jagielloński]], [[Biblioteka Jagiellońska]]|page=187|chapter=Germanizacja dzieci i młodzieży polskiej na Pomorzu Gdańskim z uwzględnieniem roli obozu koncentracyjnego Stutthof}}</ref> |
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** 20 February: Stalag 316 POW camp dissolved.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=306|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}}</ref> |
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** 16 August: [[Białystok Ghetto Uprising]].<ref name="Lerski1996" /> |
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** 21 August: [[Transport of Białystok children]]. Jewish children deported by the occupiers from Białystok to [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]] in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. |
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[[File:Soviet bombing damages in German occupied Białystok 1.jpg|thumb|Soviet bombing damages in 1944]] |
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* 1944 |
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** July: occupied by the Soviets |
** July: occupied by the Soviets |
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** mass arrests of Polish resistance members by the Soviets, around 1,200 Poles placed in the local prison by 7 November.<ref name=mz98>{{cite magazine|last=Zwolski|first=Marcin|year=2005|title=Deportacje internowanych Polakow z wojewodztwa białostockiego 1944–1945|magazine=Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość|volume=2 |language=pl|publisher=IPN|issue=8|page=98|issn=1427-7476}}</ref> |
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** September: the city returned to Poland, capital of the part of the [[Białystok Voivodeship (1945–75)|Białystok Voivodeship]] |
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** September: the city returned to Poland, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime, capital of the part of the [[Białystok Voivodeship (1945–75)|Białystok Voivodeship]] |
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** 8 November: deportation of 1,030 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to [[Ostashkov]].<ref name=mz98/> |
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** 12 November: deportation of 1,014 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to Ostashkov.<ref name=mz99>Zwolski, p. 99</ref> |
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** 24 November: deportation of 900 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to Ostashkov.<ref name=mz99/> |
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** 27 December: deportation of 790 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to [[Novomoskovsk, Russia|Novomoskovsk]] (then ''Stalinogorsk'').<ref name=mz99/> |
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* 1945 - 30 January: deportation of 1,242 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to [[Skopin, Russia|Skopin]].<ref name=mz99/> |
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===1945–2000=== |
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* 1946 - Population: 56,759.<ref name=lippincott1952>{{Citation |publisher = Columbia University Press |location = New York |editor = Leon E. Seltzer |title = Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World |date = 1952 |ol=6112221M |page= 213 |chapter= Bialystok }}</ref> |
* 1946 - Population: 56,759.<ref name=lippincott1952>{{Citation |publisher = Columbia University Press |location = New York |editor = Leon E. Seltzer |title = Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World |date = 1952 |ol=6112221M |page= 213 |chapter= Bialystok }}</ref> |
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* 1948 - [[Hetman Białystok]] football club formed. |
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* 1949 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Podlaskie Museum|pl|3=Muzeum Podlaskie w Białymstoku}} founded. |
* 1949 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Podlaskie Museum|pl|3=Muzeum Podlaskie w Białymstoku}} founded. |
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* 1950 - [[Medical University of Białystok]] established. |
* 1950 - [[Medical University of Białystok]] established. |
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* 1951 - ''[[Gazeta Współczesna]]'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name="europa2004">{{cite book|title= Europa World Year Book |year=2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-85743-255-8 |chapter=Poland: Directory |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C |page=3463+ }}</ref> |
* 1951 - ''[[Gazeta Współczesna]]'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name="europa2004">{{cite book|title= Europa World Year Book |year=2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-85743-255-8 |chapter=Poland: Directory |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C |page=3463+ }}</ref> |
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* 1953 - [[Białystok Puppet Theatre]] established.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://culture.pl/en/search/site/białystok |title=Culture.pl |publisher=Adam Mickiewicz Institute |location=Warsaw |access-date= 30 April 2015 }}</ref> |
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* 1956 - Manifestation of support for the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]]. Mass raising of funds, food, medical supplies and [[blood donation]] for Hungarian insurgents (see also ''[[Hungary–Poland relations]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radio.bialystok.pl/wiadomosci/index/id/150643|title=Odsłonięto tablicę upamiętniającą solidarność białostoczan z narodem węgierskim|website=Radio Białystok|date=19 December 2017|access-date=30 July 2022|language=pl}}</ref> |
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* 1960 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Islamic Religious Community in Białystok|pl|3=Muzułmańska Gmina Wyznaniowa w Białymstoku}} established. |
* 1960 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Islamic Religious Community in Białystok|pl|3=Muzułmańska Gmina Wyznaniowa w Białymstoku}} established. |
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* 1972 - [[Białystok City Stadium]] opens. |
* 1972 - [[Białystok City Stadium]] opens. |
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* 1974 |
* 1974 |
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** [[Bialystok University of Technology|Białystok University of Technology]] active. |
** [[Bialystok University of Technology|Białystok University of Technology]] active. |
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** {{Interlanguage link multi|Białystok History Museum|pl|3=Muzeum Historyczne w Białymstoku}} founded. |
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Białystok History Museum|pl|3=Muzeum Historyczne w Białymstoku}} founded. |
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** {{Interlanguage link multi|Lech Rutkowski|pl}} becomes mayor. |
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Lech Rutkowski|pl}} becomes mayor. |
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** {{Interlanguage link multi|Piłsudski monument, Białystok|pl|3=Pomnik marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego w Białymstoku}} installed at |
** {{Interlanguage link multi|Piłsudski monument, Białystok|pl|3=Pomnik marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego w Białymstoku}} installed at [[Kościuszko Square in Białystok|Kościuszko Square]]. |
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* 1991 - [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Białystok|Roman Catholic |
* 1991 - [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Białystok|Roman Catholic Diocese of Białystok]] established.<ref name=katolsk>{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Poland |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/poland |publisher=Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese) |location=Norway |access-date= 30 April 2015 }}</ref> |
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* 1992 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Białystok elevated to Archdiocese. |
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* 1998 - Population: 283,937 (estimate).<ref name="europa2004" /> |
* 1998 - Population: 283,937 (estimate).<ref name="europa2004" /> |
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* 1999 - City becomes capital of the [[Podlaskie Voivodeship]]. |
* 1999 - City becomes capital of the [[Podlaskie Voivodeship]]. |
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==21st century== |
==21st century== |
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[[File:Bazylika w Białymstoku - Emilia Ernst.jpg|thumb|Białystok city center in 2017]] |
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* 2004 - City divided into 27 administrative [[Districts of Białystok|districts]]. |
* 2004 - City divided into 27 administrative [[Districts of Białystok|districts]]. |
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* 2006 - [[Tadeusz Truskolaski]] becomes mayor. |
* 2006 - [[Tadeusz Truskolaski]] becomes mayor. |
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** [[The Ludwik Zamenhof Centre|Zamenhof Centre]] opens. |
** [[The Ludwik Zamenhof Centre|Zamenhof Centre]] opens. |
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** [[World Congress of Esperanto]] held in city. |
** [[World Congress of Esperanto]] held in city. |
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* 2011 - 4 March: Honorary Consulate of [[Croatia]] opened (see ''[[Croatia–Poland relations]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mvep.gov.hr/wiadomosci/bialystok-otwarcie-konsulatu/172679|title=Bialystok, otwarcie konsulatu|date=4 March 2011|access-date=11 December 2023|language=pl}}</ref> |
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* 2012 - Population: 294,900.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/statistical-yearbooks/statistical-yearbooks/concise-statistical-yearbook-of-poland-2014,1,15.html |title=Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland 2014 |publisher=[[Central Statistical Office of Poland]] |quote=Review Tables: Cities }}</ref> |
* 2012 - Population: 294,900.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/statistical-yearbooks/statistical-yearbooks/concise-statistical-yearbook-of-poland-2014,1,15.html |title=Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland 2014 |publisher=[[Central Statistical Office of Poland]] |quote=Review Tables: Cities }}</ref> |
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* 2013 - 10 July: Honorary Consulate of [[Finland]] opened (see ''[[Finland–Poland relations]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/pol/aktualnosci/-/asset_publisher/h5w4iTUJhNne/content/suomen-uusin-kunniakonsulaatti-avattiin-bialystokissa/384951|title=Najnowszy Konsulat Honorowy Finlandii otwarto w Białymstoku|website=Finland Abroad|date=11 July 2013|access-date=11 December 2023|language=pl}}</ref> |
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* 2015 - December: Honorary Consulate of [[Luxembourg]] opened (see ''[[Luxembourg–Poland relations]]''). |
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* 2018 |
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** 1 March: [[Danuta Siedzikówna]] monument unveiled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bialystok.pl/pl/wiadomosci/aktualnosci/pomnik-inki-w-bialymstoku.html|title=Pomnik Inki w Białymstoku|website=Białystok - Oficjalny Portal Miasta|access-date=10 July 2022|language=pl}}</ref> |
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** 11 April: Monument to the victims of Soviet deportations of Poles during World War II unveiled at the Białystok Fabryczny railway station.<ref name=dziej/> |
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* 2020 - Monument to Polish mothers [[Sybirak|deported to Siberia]] unveiled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radio.bialystok.pl/wiadomosci/index/id/189347|title=W Białymstoku odsłonięto pomnik upamiętniający Bohaterskie Matki Sybiraczki [zdjęcia]|website=Radio Białystok|access-date=10 July 2022|language=pl}}</ref> |
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* 2021 - 19 September: [[Khachkar]] commemorating the victims of the [[Armenian genocide]] and Armenian soldiers fallen in the battle for [[Republic of Artsakh|Artsakh]] unveiled.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Chaczkar stanął w Białymstoku|magazine=Awedis|issue=48|year=2021|language=pl|page=2}}</ref> |
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* 2022 |
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** 29 May: Monument to soldiers of the pre-war Polish [[42nd Infantry Regiment (Poland)|42nd Infantry Regiment]]-footballers of [[Jagiellonia Białystok]] unveiled in front of the [[Białystok Stadium|municipal stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eska.pl/bialystok/odsloniety-zostal-pomnik-zolnierzy-42-pulku-piechoty-aa-yu2T-2odm-9Ngx.html|title=Przy stadionie odsłonięto pomnik żołnierzy 42. Pułku Piechoty|website=Eska.pl|access-date=10 July 2022|language=pl}}</ref> |
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** 23 June: Honorary Consulate of [[Kazakhstan]] opened (see ''[[Kazakhstan–Poland relations]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/uw-podlaski/otwarcie-konsulatu-kazachstanu-w-bialymstoku|title=Otwarcie konsulatu Kazachstanu w Białymstoku|website=Portal Gov.pl|date=23 June 2022|access-date=11 December 2023|language=pl}}</ref> |
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** 29 June: Honorary Consulate of [[Serbia]] opened (see ''[[Poland–Serbia relations]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/uw-podlaski/otwarcie-konsulatu-honorowego-republiki-serbii-w-bialymstoku|title=Otwarcie Konsulatu Honorowego Republiki Serbii w Białymstoku|website=Portal Gov.pl|date=29 June 2022|access-date=11 December 2023|language=pl}}</ref> |
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* 2023 |
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** 24 May: Polish–Uzbekistani Historical Commission founded (see ''[[Poland–Uzbekistan relations]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/uzbekistan/powolanie-polsko-uzbekistanskiej-komisji-historycznej|title=Powołanie Polsko-Uzbekistańskiej Komisji historycznej|website=Portal Gov.pl|date=29 May 2023|access-date=13 September 2024|language=pl}}</ref> |
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** 23 November: Honorary Consulate of [[Latvia]] opened (see ''[[Latvia–Poland relations]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://podlaskie.eu/region/w-bialymstoku-powstal-konsulat-republiki-lotewskiej.html|title=W Białymstoku powstał Konsulat Republiki Łotewskiej|website=Podlaskie.eu|date=23 November 2023|access-date=13 September 2024|language=pl}}</ref> |
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* 2024 - 25 May: [[Jagiellonia Białystok]] won its first [[List of Polish football champions|Polish football championship]]. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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==Bibliography== |
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* {{citation |title=Jewish Encyclopedia |location=New York |
* {{citation |title=Jewish Encyclopedia |location=New York |volume=3 |year= 1907 |chapter= Byelostok |
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* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Byelostok |volume= 4 | page = 895 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}} |
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* {{Cite book |publisher = [[List of Baedeker Guides|Karl Baedeker]] |location = Leipzig |title = Russia |date = 1914 |oclc = 1328163 |chapter= Bialystok |via=HathiTrust |
* {{Cite book |publisher = [[List of Baedeker Guides|Karl Baedeker]] |location = Leipzig |title = Russia |date = 1914 |oclc = 1328163 |chapter= Bialystok |via=HathiTrust |
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* {{Citation |publisher = Russian Outlook |author=William Henry Beable |date = 1919 |location = London |title = Russian Gazetteer and Guide |chapter= Byelystok | |
* {{Citation |publisher = Russian Outlook |author=William Henry Beable |date = 1919 |location = London |title = Russian Gazetteer and Guide |chapter= Byelystok |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/russiangazetteer00beabiala#page/58/mode/2up }} |
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* {{cite book|author= Rebecca Kobrin |title=Jewish Bialystok and its Diaspora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9B1C3Q08o8C|date=7 May 2010|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-00428-4 |
* {{cite book|author= Rebecca Kobrin |title=Jewish Bialystok and its Diaspora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9B1C3Q08o8C|date=7 May 2010|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-00428-4 |
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* [http://dp.la/item/176a7327e0d7005ef169be2c2394d2ed Map of Bialystok], 1967 (via [[Digital Public Library of America]]) |
* [http://dp.la/item/176a7327e0d7005ef169be2c2394d2ed Map of Bialystok], 1967 (via [[Digital Public Library of America]]) |
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Latest revision as of 09:25, 13 September 2024
- This is a sub-article to History of Białystok
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Białystok, Poland.
Prior to 19th century
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- 1320 - Settlement founded in Lithuania.[1]
- 1569 – part of the Lesser Poland Province of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
- 1692 – Białystok granted city rights by Polish King John III Sobieski
- 1697 - Branicki Palace built.[2]
- 1745 – the first military technical school in Poland founded in Białystok[3]
- 1748 – one of the oldest theaters in Poland, the Komedialnia, founded[4]
- 1749 – King Augustus III of Poland extended the city limits[5]
- 1753 - Center of the city burns down
- 1756 - Jan Klemens Branicki, owner of Białystok, divorces his third wife
- 1763–1768 – Municipal hospital founded by Jan Klemens Branicki.[6]
- 13 July 1769 – Battle of Białystok (1769) , part of the War of the Bar Confederation
- 1770 – midwifery school founded under the auspices of Izabella Poniatowska[3]
- 9 October 1771 – Jan Klemens Branicki dies
- 1776 – Polish 5th Regiment of Fusiliers of Crown Artillery stationed in Białystok.[7]
- 1789 – the epidemic of smallpox, the 22 children died
- 1795 – City annexed by Prussia in the Third Partition of Poland and made the administrative seat of the Białystok Department[1]
- 26 January 1796 – Prussian administration takes over the town, but it remains formally owned by Izabella Poniatowska-Branicka
19th century
[edit]- 1805 – Institute of Obstetrics established based on the midwifery school[3]
- 1807 - Town becomes part of Russia, per Peace of Tilsit;[1] and capital of the Belostok Oblast.
- 14 February 1808 – Izabella Poniatowska-Branicka dies
- 3 July 1812 – Napoleon's army enters the city,
- 13 July 1812 – Declaration of the inhabitants of communication with the Commonwealth,
- 4 August 1812 – Russian army enters the city
- 8 August 1812 – giving a new coat of the city by Tsar Alexander I
- 13 December 1830 – announcement of martial law by the Russian authorities in connection with the outbreak of the November Uprising,
- 1 February 1831 – setting up headquarters in the Russian army commander, Field Marshal Hans Karl von Diebitsch, whose task was to suppress the November Uprising
- 1834 – a ban on teaching in schools in the Polish language
- 1842 - City becomes administratively part of the Grodno Governorate.
- 1845 - Woollen mill built.[1]
- 1857 - Population: 13,787.[1]
- 15 December 1859 – Ludwik Zamenhof, the creator of the international language Esperanto, was born
- 13 June 1860 – the beginning of a patriotic demonstration under the banner of national unity and fight against colonization,
- 1861
- 16 March: Prayers were held by local Poles and Jews in memory of Polish protesters massacred by the Russians in Warsaw a few weeks earlier.[8]
- 3 May: The Russians arrested several Polish students during the celebration of the Polish 3 May Constitution Day.[9]
- 9 June: Andrzej Artur Zamoyski, representative of the Whites, arrives in the city
- 1862 – Opening of the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway through the city
- 24 April 1863 – the beginning of the Polish January Uprising in the Białystok area
- 15 February 1864 - Battle of the January Uprising was fought near Białystok.[10]
- 1877 – expanding the city limits: integrated railway station, the village of Piaski and Las Zwierzyniecki
- 1886 – the railway line Bialystok – Vawkavysk – Baranovichi
- 1889 - Population: 56,629.[1]
- 1891 – Launch of the first telephone exchange
- 1895 – launch of three lines of horse tram
- 1897 - Population: 63,927.[11]
- 1898 – establishment of the Volunteer Fire Department
20th century
[edit]1901–1939
[edit]- 1901 - Population: 65,781.[1]
- 1905 - Chernoe Znamia political group formed.
- 1906 - 14–16 June: Białystok pogrom of Jews by the Russians.[12]
- 1910 - Białystok Power Station commissioned.
- 1912
- 1913
- City's first Polish scout troop founded.[15]
- Great Synagogue built.
- 1915
- City becomes capital of the Bialystok-Grodno District of the German-controlled territory of Ober-Ost during World War I.
- 29 November: Polish Real Gymnasium founded.[15]
- 1918
- 1919
- Białystok part of the re-established Polish state, capital of the Białystok Voivodeship
- Białostoczek becomes part of city.[citation needed]
- 1920
- 22 September: Battle of Białystok - Polish victory over the invading Russian forces.
- Jagiellonia Białystok football club formed.
- 1921 - Białystok confirmed as part of Poland.[17]
- 1928 - Polmos Białystok founded.
- 1934 - Seweryn Nowakowski, considered one of the greatest mayors of Białystok, becomes mayor.[18]
- 1937
- Podlaska Cavalry Brigade of the Polish Army formed and stationed in Białystok.
- Population: 100,101.[17]
- 1938 - Białystok Municipal Theatre built.
World War II (1939–1945)
[edit]- 1939
- September: German occupation after the invasion of Poland, which started World War II
- 20–21 September: The German Einsatzgruppe IV entered the city to commit crimes against the population.[19]
- 22 September: City handed over by the Germans to the Soviet Union in accordance with the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. Soviet occupation begins.
- October: Pre-war mayor Seweryn Nowakowski arrested by the NKVD and probably deported to the USSR; his fate remains unknown.[18]
- November: City annexed to the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic;[2] and capital of the Belastok Region.
- 1940 - 17 July: Ryszard Kaczorowski, member of the local Polish resistance movement and future President of Poland in exile, arrested by the NKVD.[20]
- 1940–1941 - Mass deportations of some 20,000 Polish citizens by the Russians from the Białystok Fabryczny railway station to the USSR, incl. Siberia (see Soviet repressions of Polish citizens (1939–1946)).[21]
- 1941
- 27 June: City occupation by German forces begins. On that day, approximately 2,000 to 3,000 of Białystok's Jews were massacred by the Ordnungspolizei.
- City becomes capital of Bezirk Białystok.
- July: Jewish ghetto established by occupying Nazi Germans.[12]
- Autumn: Oflag 57 prisoner-of-war camp moved from Ostrołęka to Białystok.[22]
- 1942
- 25 May: Oflag 57 POW camp dissolved.[22]
- July: Stalag 316 POW camp moved from Wołkowysk to Białystok.[23]
- 2 November: The Germans established a forced labour camp for Jewish men.[24]
- 1943
- February: The German Sicherheitspolizei begins deporations of Poles including teenage boys from the local Nazi prison to the Stutthof concentration camp.[25]
- 20 February: Stalag 316 POW camp dissolved.[26]
- 16 August: Białystok Ghetto Uprising.[2]
- 21 August: Transport of Białystok children. Jewish children deported by the occupiers from Białystok to Theresienstadt concentration camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia.
- 1944
- July: occupied by the Soviets
- mass arrests of Polish resistance members by the Soviets, around 1,200 Poles placed in the local prison by 7 November.[27]
- September: the city returned to Poland, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime, capital of the part of the Białystok Voivodeship
- 8 November: deportation of 1,030 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to Ostashkov.[27]
- 12 November: deportation of 1,014 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to Ostashkov.[28]
- 24 November: deportation of 900 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to Ostashkov.[28]
- 27 December: deportation of 790 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to Novomoskovsk (then Stalinogorsk).[28]
- 1945 - 30 January: deportation of 1,242 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to Skopin.[28]
1945–2000
[edit]- 1946 - Population: 56,759.[17]
- 1948 - Hetman Białystok football club formed.
- 1949 - Podlaskie Museum founded.
- 1950 - Medical University of Białystok established.
- 1951 - Gazeta Współczesna newspaper begins publication.[29]
- 1953 - Białystok Puppet Theatre established.[30]
- 1956 - Manifestation of support for the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Mass raising of funds, food, medical supplies and blood donation for Hungarian insurgents (see also Hungary–Poland relations).[31]
- 1960 - Islamic Religious Community in Białystok established.
- 1972 - Białystok City Stadium opens.
- 1974
- Białystok University of Technology active.
- Population: 187,100.[32]
- 1975 - City becomes capital of the Białystok Voivodeship (1975–98).
- 1990
- Białystok History Museum founded.
- Lech Rutkowski becomes mayor.
- Piłsudski monument, Białystok installed at Kościuszko Square.
- 1991 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Białystok established.[33]
- 1992 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Białystok elevated to Archdiocese.
- 1998 - Population: 283,937 (estimate).[29]
- 1999 - City becomes capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship.
21st century
[edit]- 2004 - City divided into 27 administrative districts.
- 2006 - Tadeusz Truskolaski becomes mayor.
- 2008 - Jewish Heritage Trail in Białystok created.
- 2009
- Zamenhof Centre opens.
- World Congress of Esperanto held in city.
- 2011 - 4 March: Honorary Consulate of Croatia opened (see Croatia–Poland relations).[34]
- 2012 - Population: 294,900.[35]
- 2013 - 10 July: Honorary Consulate of Finland opened (see Finland–Poland relations).[36]
- 2015 - December: Honorary Consulate of Luxembourg opened (see Luxembourg–Poland relations).
- 2018
- 1 March: Danuta Siedzikówna monument unveiled.[37]
- 11 April: Monument to the victims of Soviet deportations of Poles during World War II unveiled at the Białystok Fabryczny railway station.[21]
- 2020 - Monument to Polish mothers deported to Siberia unveiled.[38]
- 2021 - 19 September: Khachkar commemorating the victims of the Armenian genocide and Armenian soldiers fallen in the battle for Artsakh unveiled.[39]
- 2022
- 29 May: Monument to soldiers of the pre-war Polish 42nd Infantry Regiment-footballers of Jagiellonia Białystok unveiled in front of the municipal stadium.[40]
- 23 June: Honorary Consulate of Kazakhstan opened (see Kazakhstan–Poland relations).[41]
- 29 June: Honorary Consulate of Serbia opened (see Poland–Serbia relations).[42]
- 2023
- 24 May: Polish–Uzbekistani Historical Commission founded (see Poland–Uzbekistan relations).[43]
- 23 November: Honorary Consulate of Latvia opened (see Latvia–Poland relations).[44]
- 2024 - 25 May: Jagiellonia Białystok won its first Polish football championship.
See also
[edit]- History of Białystok
- Other names of Białystok, e.g. Belostok, Bielostok, Byelostok
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