Timeline of Białystok
- 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
- 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
- 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.[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
- 1889 - Population: 56,629.[1]
- 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
1901–1939
- 1901 - Population: 65,781.[1]
- 1905 - Chernoe Znamia political group formed.
- 1906 - 14–16 June: Białystok pogrom of Jews by the Russians.[11]
- 1910 - Białystok Power Station commissioned.
- 1912
- 1913 - Great Synagogue built.
- 1915 - City becomes capital of the Bialystok-Grodno District of the German-controlled territory of Ober-Ost during World War I.
- 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.[14]
- 1928 - Polmos Białystok founded.
- 1934 - Seweryn Nowakowski, considered one of the greatest mayors of Białystok, becomes mayor.[15]
- 1937
- Podlaska Cavalry Brigade of the Polish Army formed and stationed in Białystok.
- Population: 100,101.[14]
- 1938 - Białystok Municipal Theatre built.
World War II (1939–1945)
- 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.[16]
- 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.[15]
- November: City annexed to the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic;[2] and capital of the Belastok Voblast.
- 1940 - 17 July: Ryszard Kaczorowski, member of the local Polish resistance movement and future President of Poland in exile, arrested by the NKVD.[17]
- 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)).[18]
- 1941
- 27 June: City occupation by German forces begins.
- City becomes capital of Bezirk Białystok.
- July: Jewish ghetto established by occupying Nazi Germans.[11]
- 1942 - 2 November: The Germans established a forced labour camp for Jewish men.[19]
- 1943
- February: The German Sicherheitspolizei begins deporations of Poles including teenage boys from the local Nazi prison to the Stutthof concentration camp.[20]
- 16 August: Białystok Ghetto Uprising.[2]
- 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.[21]
- 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.[21]
- 12 November: deportation of 1,014 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to Ostashkov.[22]
- 24 November: deportation of 900 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to Ostashkov.[22]
- 27 December: deportation of 790 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to Novomoskovsk (then Stalinogorsk).[22]
- 1945 - 30 January: deportation of 1,242 arrested Poles by the Russians from the local prison to Skopin.[22]
1945–2000
- 1946 - Population: 56,759.[14]
- 1948 - Hetman Białystok football club formed.
- 1949 - Podlaskie Museum founded.
- 1950 - Medical University of Białystok established.
- 1951 - Gazeta Współczesna newspaper begins publication.[23]
- 1953 - Białystok Puppet Theatre established.[24]
- 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).[25]
- 1960 - Islamic Religious Community in Białystok established.
- 1972 - Białystok City Stadium opens.
- 1974
- Białystok University of Technology active.
- Population: 187,100.[26]
- 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.[27]
- 1992 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Białystok elevated to Archdiocese.
- 1998 - Population: 283,937 (estimate).[23]
- 1999 - City becomes capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship.
21st century
- 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.
- 2012 - Population: 294,900.[28]
- 2018
- 1 March: Danuta Siedzikówna monument unveiled.[29]
- 11 April: Monument to the victims of Soviet deportations of Poles during World War II unveiled at the Białystok Fabryczny railway station.[18]
- 2020 - Monument to Polish mothers deported to Siberia unveiled.[30]
- 2022 - Monument to soldiers of the pre-war Polish 42nd Infantry Regiment-footballers of Jagiellonia Białystok unveiled in front of the municipal stadium.[31]
See also
- History of Białystok
- Other names of Białystok, e.g. Belostok, Bielostok, Byelostok
References
This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia.
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- ^ Drywa, Danuta (2020). "Germanizacja dzieci i młodzieży polskiej na Pomorzu Gdańskim z uwzględnieniem roli obozu koncentracyjnego Stutthof". In Kostkiewicz, Janina (ed.). Zbrodnia bez kary... Eksterminacja i cierpienie polskich dzieci pod okupacją niemiecką (1939–1945) (in Polish). Kraków: Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Biblioteka Jagiellońska. p. 187.
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- ^ "Odsłonięto tablicę upamiętniającą solidarność białostoczan z narodem węgierskim". Radio Białystok (in Polish). 19 December 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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- ^ "Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland 2014". Central Statistical Office of Poland.
Review Tables: Cities
- ^ "Pomnik Inki w Białymstoku". Białystok - Oficjalny Portal Miasta (in Polish). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "W Białymstoku odsłonięto pomnik upamiętniający Bohaterskie Matki Sybiraczki [zdjęcia]". Radio Białystok (in Polish). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Przy stadionie odsłonięto pomnik żołnierzy 42. Pułku Piechoty". Eska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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