The Teutonic Knights massacre Poles in Gdansk
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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.
The Teutonic Knights massacre Poles in Gdansk
The Teutonic Knights invade Gdansk
The Teutonic Knights massacre Poles in Gdansk. The Teutonic Knights invade Gdansk
Wladyslaw I captures Gdansk
Wladyslaw I captures Gdansk
Gdansk after defeating the Teutonic Knights
Gdansk after defeating the Teutonic Knights
Gdansk after defeating the Teutonic Knights
Establishes an observatory on the roofs of his Gdansk houses.
Builds a major European centre for naked-eye astronomical observation.
Introduces influential names and drawings for visible features of the Moon.
Publishes a detailed study and atlas of the lunar surface.
Creates an extensive seventeenth-century reference work on cometary astronomy.
Publishes observations and historical accounts of numerous comets.
Documents large precision instruments used before telescopic sights became standard.
Publishes a description of his observatory, instruments and observing methods.
Provides one of the most elaborate celestial atlases of its period.
His star atlas is published posthumously with newly defined constellations.
Poland occupies Gdansk
Hitler lays claim to the free City of Danzig
Foof price riots im Gdansk
An independent & democratic trade union by the end of the year has over 10,000 members
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
16,000 strike for political freedom & lower food prices
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
Solidarnosc, the independent trade union that emerged from the Lenin Shipyard strike, becomes a labor movement representing workers led by chairman Walesa
16,000 strike for political freedom & lower food prices
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
Solidarnosc, the independent trade union that emerged from the Lenin Shipyard strike, becomes a labor movement representing workers led by chairman Walesa
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
The Government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement
Workers have the right to strike & organise independent unions
The Government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement
Workers have the right to strike & organise independent unions
The Government is forced to negotiate the Gdansk Agreement
Appointed Chairman of Solidarity
Solidaritys 1st national congress
Walesa returns to work at the Lenin Shipyard
The Gdansk shipyards are closed down
Provenance
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