Historical place archive

Cracow in History

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

5 records4 event labels4 people996–1973

Historical events in Cracow

996

996
Capture of Cracow
Boleslaw I the Brave · Military

Captures Cracow

1492

July 1492
Burial
Casimir III the Great · House of Lithuania

Buried in Wawel Cathedral in Cracow

1683

29 July 1683
Siege of Vienna
John III · Austria War

Arrives in Cracow where he assembles his Polish army, 27,000 combat troops & 28 cannon

1884

7 April 1884
Birth of Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski · Anthropology

Birth of Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski

1973

1973
Burial
Casimir III the Great · House of Lithuania

Casimir is exhumed, 16 people connected with the exhumation die

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Poland and Cracow. 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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