Historical place archive

Stralsund in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Stralsund in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records4 event labels3 people1368–1990

Historical events in Stralsund

1368

1368
Hanseatic Mobilization
Stralsund · Danish Hanseatic War

Stralsund supports the anti Danish Hanseatic campaign

1626

1626
Siege of Stralsund
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein · Thirty Years War

Leads a siege against Stralsund which is the only belligerent port on the Baltic which had the facilities to build a fleet large enough to take the Danish islands

1628

1628
Invasion of Stralsund
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein · Thirty Years War

Fails to capture Stralsund, which got help from Swedish troops, a blow that denies access to the Baltic

1990

December 1990
Unification
Angela Dorothea Merkel · Christian Democratic Union

At the first post-reunification general election Merkel is elected to the Bundestag from a constituency which includes the districts of Nordvorpommern and Regen, as well as the city of Stralsund

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and Stralsund. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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