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Gdansk in History

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

39 records26 event labels9 people1308โ€“1988

Historical events in Gdansk

1308

1308
Massacre
Wladyslaw I ยท Poland-Teuton War

The Teutonic Knights massacre Poles in Gdansk

1308
Siege of Gdansk
Wladyslaw I ยท Poland-Teuton War

The Teutonic Knights invade Gdansk

1308
Teutonic Knights
Wladyslaw I ยท Poland-Teuton War

The Teutonic Knights massacre Poles in Gdansk. The Teutonic Knights invade Gdansk

1320

1320
Capture of Gdansk
Wladyslaw I ยท Civil War

Wladyslaw I captures Gdansk

1320
Siege of Gdansk
Wladyslaw I ยท Civil War

Wladyslaw I captures Gdansk

1466

1466
Capture of Gdansk
Casimir IV ยท House of Lithuania

Gdansk after defeating the Teutonic Knights

1466
Rule of Gdansk
Casimir IV ยท House of Lithuania

Gdansk after defeating the Teutonic Knights

1466
Teutonic Knights
Casimir IV ยท House of Lithuania

Gdansk after defeating the Teutonic Knights

1641

1641
Gdansk Observatory
Johannes Hevelius ยท Astronomy

Establishes an observatory on the roofs of his Gdansk houses.

1641
Private Astronomical Observatory
Johannes Hevelius ยท Astronomy

Builds a major European centre for naked-eye astronomical observation.

1647

1647
Detailed Lunar Atlas
Johannes Hevelius ยท Astronomy

Introduces influential names and drawings for visible features of the Moon.

1647
Selenographia
Johannes Hevelius ยท Astronomy

Publishes a detailed study and atlas of the lunar surface.

1668

1668
Comet Observations Catalogue
Johannes Hevelius ยท Astronomy

Creates an extensive seventeenth-century reference work on cometary astronomy.

1668
Cometographia
Johannes Hevelius ยท Astronomy

Publishes observations and historical accounts of numerous comets.

1673

1673
Astronomical Instruments Treatise
Johannes Hevelius ยท Astronomy

Documents large precision instruments used before telescopic sights became standard.

1673
Machina Coelestis
Johannes Hevelius ยท Astronomy

Publishes a description of his observatory, instruments and observing methods.

1690

1690
Star Atlas Publication
Johannes Hevelius ยท Astronomy

Provides one of the most elaborate celestial atlases of its period.

1690
Uranographia
Johannes Hevelius ยท Astronomy

His star atlas is published posthumously with newly defined constellations.

1930

6 March 1930
Capture of Gdansk
Josef Klemens Pilsudski ยท Government of Poland

Poland occupies Gdansk

1939

March 1939
Rule of Gdansk
Josef Beck ยท Government of Poland

Hitler lays claim to the free City of Danzig

1970

1970
Demonstrations
Marian Spychalski ยท Government of Poland

Foof price riots im Gdansk

1980

1980
Solidarity
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

An independent & democratic trade union by the end of the year has over 10,000 members

August 1980
Civil Rights
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

Led by electrician Lech Walesa, the workers take control of the shipyard and demand labor reform and greater civil rights including the freedom of expression and religion, and the release of political prisoners

August 1980
Solidarnosc
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

16,000 strike for political freedom & lower food prices

August 1980
Solidarnosc
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

Led by electrician Lech Walesa, the workers take control of the shipyard and demand labor reform and greater civil rights including the freedom of expression and religion, and the release of political prisoners

August 1980
Solidarnosc
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

Solidarnosc, the independent trade union that emerged from the Lenin Shipyard strike, becomes a labor movement representing workers led by chairman Walesa

August 1980
Strike
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

16,000 strike for political freedom & lower food prices

August 1980
Strike
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

Led by electrician Lech Walesa, the workers take control of the shipyard and demand labor reform and greater civil rights including the freedom of expression and religion, and the release of political prisoners

August 1980
Strike
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

Solidarnosc, the independent trade union that emerged from the Lenin Shipyard strike, becomes a labor movement representing workers led by chairman Walesa

August 1980
Strike
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

The Communist Government authorizes the increase in food prices for the summer of 1980, a revival of labor disturbances erupts throughout Poland, workers in the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk go on strike

31 August 1980
Gdansk Agreement
Edward Gierek ยท PUWP

The Government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement

31 August 1980
Gdansk Agreement
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

Workers have the right to strike & organise independent unions

31 August 1980
Reform of Political System
Edward Gierek ยท PUWP

The Government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement

31 August 1980
Solidarnosc
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

Workers have the right to strike & organise independent unions

31 August 1980
Strike
Edward Gierek ยท PUWP

The Government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement

1981

September 1981
Chairman
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

Appointed Chairman of Solidarity

September 1981
Congress of Solidarity
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

Solidaritys 1st national congress

1983

22 April 1983
Arrest of Lech Walesa
Lech Walesa ยท Solidarity

Walesa returns to work at the Lenin Shipyard

1988

November 1988
Closure-Shipyards
Wojciech Jaruzelski ยท Government of Poland

The Gdansk shipyards are closed down

Provenance

About these place records

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