Timeline of Poznań

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

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Prior to 19th century

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19th century

  • 1803 – Fire.[3]
  • 1806 – Napoleon temporarily headquartered in city.[1]
  • 1807 – Town becomes part of the Duchy of Warsaw.[2]
  • 1815 – Town becomes part of Prussia again.[2]
  • 1828 – Poznań Fortress construction begins.
  • 1829 – Raczyński Library founded.[1]
  • 1839 – Fort Winiary built.
  • 1841 – Scientific Help Society for the Youth of the Grand Duchy of Poznań established.
  • 1842 – Bazar Hotel founded.[1]
  • 1846
    • Cegielski manufactory in business.
    • February: "Insurrection."[3]
  • 1848 – Szczecin–Poznań railway begins operating.[1]
  • 1857
  • 1871 – Grand Duchy of Poznań abolished.[1]
  • 1872 – Kurjer Poznański newspaper begins publication.
  • 1875 – Polski Theatre[5] and Stare Zoo established.
  • 1879 – Poznań Central Station opens.[1]
  • 1885
    • Historical Society of Posen Province founded.[6]
    • Population: 68,315.[7]
  • 1891 – Richard Witting becomes mayor.
  • 1895
    • Drukarnia i Księgarnia św. Wojciecha publisher in business.[8]
    • Population: 73,239.[7]
  • 1896 – Piotrowo and Berdychowo become part of city.
  • 1898 – Electric tramway begins operating.[1]
  • 1900 – Górczyn, Jeżyce, Łazarz, and Wilda become part of city.

20th century

1900–1945

1946–1990s

21st century

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Łęcki 1997.
  2. 1 2 3 Haydn 1910.
  3. 1 2 Townsend 1867.
  4. ↑ "Poznań". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Archived from the original on October 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Don Rubin, ed. (2001). "Poland". World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. 1: Europe. Routledge. p. 634+. ISBN 9780415251570.
  6. 1 2 3 Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.
  7. 1 2 3 Britannica 1910.
  8. 1 2 3 Europa World Year Book 2004. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1857432533.
  9. ↑ "Poland Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  10. ↑ Bernard A. Cook, ed. (2013). "Chronology of Major Political Events". Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-17939-7.
  11. ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
  12. 1 2 "Mayors of the City of Poznań". Poznań City Hall. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  13. ↑ Tina Rosenberg (October 9, 2014), "In This World Cup, the Goal is a Better Life", New York Times

This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Published in 18th–19th centuries
  • Richard Brookes (1786), "Posnania", The General Gazetteer (6th ed.), London: J.F.C. Rivington
  • David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Posen". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
  • "Posen", Leigh's New Descriptive Road Book of Germany, London: Leigh and Son, 1837
  • George Henry Townsend (1867), "Posen (Prussia)", Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
  • "Posen". Handbook for North Germany. London: J. Murray. 1877.
  • "Posen", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany and Austria, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1898
Published in 20th century
  • "City of Posen", Jewish Encyclopedia, 10, New York, 1907
  • "Posen", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
  • "Posen", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Posen", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  • George Lerski (1996). "Poznan". Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Greenwood. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-313-03456-5.
  • Włodzimierz Łęcki (1997), Poznan: a City of History and Fairs, Poznan: GeoCenter Warszawa, ISBN 9788371502835
  • Piotr Wróbel (1998). "Poznan". Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 244. ISBN 978-1-135-92694-6.

in other languages

  • Stadtbuch von Posen (in German), Posen: Eigenthum der Gesellschaft, 1892
  • P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Posen". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
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