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Rule of Poland
Boleslas I accepts the suzerainty of Otto I
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Warsaw in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Boleslas I accepts the suzerainty of Otto I
Augustus organises resistance to the approaching Swedish campaign in Poland.
Augustus abandons Warsaw as the Swedish army approaches.
When the French arrived in Poland, the local people hailed them as liberators. The Russian general Bennigsen worried that French forces might cut him off from Buxhoevdens army, so he abandoned Warsaw and retreated to the right bank of the Vistula. French troops under Murat enter Warsaw
The French pursued the fleeing Russians from Warsaw and a significant battle developed around Pultusk. The result remained in doubt, but Bennigsen wrote to the Tsar that he had defeated 60,000 French troops, and as a result he gained overall command of the Russian armies in Poland
Russia supports Austria's efforts to crush the revolutions of 1848
Mackensen reaches the Vistula River by October 9 and is only 12 miles away from Warsaw
The Germans advance on Warsaw but retreat a week later
The Germans were unfamiliar with the land and unable to bring sufficient reinforcements to the Ninth Army, allowing Ruzsky to concentrate his front against Mackensen. On October 17, Hindenburg orders a retreat, and by the 31st the battle is over
The Russians had repulsed the Germans and saved Warsaw, which had been the objective of the original German offensive, the Germans, for their part, had caused the Russians to abandon their offensive into Silesia
Commands the Army which captures Warsaw
Has the task of seizing the Polish Corridor & threatening Warsaw from the north
Has the task of destroying Polish forces on the border before approaching Warsaw
Has the task of seizing the Polish Corridor & threatening Warsaw from the north
Has the task of destroying Polish forces on the border before approaching Warsaw
The German Tenth Army are within 40 miles of Warsaw
The German Tenth Army are within 40 miles of Warsaw
The 4th Panzer Div launches the 1st attack on Warsaw
The 4th Panzer Div launches the 1st attack on Warsaw
Warsaw is heavilly bombed
Artillery bombardment of a city is introduced for the 1st time against Warsaw
Warsaw is surrounded by German troops, Hitler orders its bombardment
The Poles refuse to surrender Warsaw
Warsaw surrenders to the Germans
Orders the execution of 4,300 Poles
Orders the execution of 4,300 Poles
Orders the public execution of 33 Polish partisans
Assassinated by Polish partisans
Death of Franz Kutschera, assassinated by Polish partisans
Frank & Himmler are given the responsibility for suppressing the Warsaw insurgents
Appointed military Governor of Warsaw
Appointed Military Governor of Warsaw
Provenance
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