Warsaw: Timeline

1596   King Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa

ing Sigismund III Vasa of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth [i], Sigismund of Sweden [i] , was the ... 

 moved the capital of Poland Poland

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 from Kraków Kraków

Krakw see also Names of European cities in different languages [i]) is one of the oldest and larges ... 

 to Warsaw.

1609   Warsaw becomes the capital of Poland Poland

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1644   Kolumna Zygmunta (Sigismund's Column) erected in Warsaw to commemorate King Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa

ing Sigismund III Vasa of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth [i], Sigismund of Sweden [i] , was the ... 

, who moved the capital of Poland Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country located in Central Europe [i]. ... 

 from Kraków Kraków

Krakw see also Names of European cities in different languages [i]) is one of the oldest and larges ... 

 to Warsaw in 1596.

1702   Warsaw is conquered by Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII of Sweden

Carl XII, Karl XII or Carolus Rex,, the Alexander of the North, nicknamed in Turkish as De... 

, who later the same year defeat Poland again at the Battle of Kliszow.

1806   Napoleon captures Warsaw.

1861   A crowd in Warsaw protesting Russia Russia

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n rule over Poland Poland

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 is fired upon by Russian troops killing five protesters.

1927   Peter Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, assassinated

1939   Warsaw surrenders to Germany Germany

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; Modlin surrenders day later; last Polish large operational unit surrenders near Kock eight days later.

1942   Holocaust: In Warsaw, two Christian Christianity

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 women, Zofia Kossak and Wanda Filipowicz risk their lives by setting up the Council for the Assistance of the Jews.

1944   Holocaust: Polish Poland

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 insurgents liberate a German Germany

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 labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jew Jew

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ish prisoners.

1945   World War II: Soviets Soviet Union

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 occupy Warsaw

1980   In Poland Poland

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, a plane crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw, killing a 14-man American boxing Boxing

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 team and 73 others.

2005   Lech Kaczynski Lech Kaczynski

Lech Aleksander Kaczynski, is a Polish politician of the conservative [i] party Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc [i] ... 

 is sworn in as the President of Poland in Warsaw.