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This is a sub-article to History of Białystok

The city of Białystok has existed for five centuries, during all this time the fate of the city has passed between various political and economic forces. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Białystok, Poland.

Prior to 19th century

19th century

  • 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 - Town becomes capital of the Belostok Oblast of the Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire.
  • 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.[7]
    • 3 May: The Russians arrested several Polish students during the celebration of the Polish 3 May Constitution Day.[8]
    • 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.[9]
  • 1877 – expanding the city limits: integrated railway station, the village of Piaski and Las Zwierzyniecki
  • 1886 – the railway line Bialystok – Vawkavysk – Baranovichi
  • 1891 – Launch of the first telephone exchange
  • 1895 – launch of three lines of horse tram
  • 1897 - Population: 63,927.[10]
  • 1898 – establishment of the Volunteer Fire Department

20th century

Białystok city center around 1900
Józef Piłsudski's visit to Białystok in 1921
Białystok University of Technology

21st century

See also

References

This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia.

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