Historical place archive

Danzig in History

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

5 records4 event labels3 people1733–1939

Historical events in Danzig

1733

2 June 1733
Capture of Danzig
Augustus III · Polish Succession

Russian forces capture Danzig after a siege of 8 months

2 June 1733
Siege of Danzig
Augustus III · Polish Succession

Russian forces capture Danzig after a siege of 8 months

1813

28 November 1813
Siege of Danzig
Jozef Bem · Napoleonic Wars

The French surrender the city of Danzig to Russians

1939

4 August 1939
Invasion of Poland
Wladyslaw Sikorski · World War, 2nd

German troops concentrate on the Polish border after the Polish ultimatum to Danzig

4 August 1939
Ultimatum
Wladyslaw Sikorski · Government of Poland

Poland orders Danzig to close its borders to east Prussia, Danzig complies

Provenance

About these place records

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