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Siege of Krakow
Krakow is burnt to the ground by the Tartars
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Krakow in Poland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Krakow is burnt to the ground by the Tartars
Crowned King of Poland
Casimir III succeeds his father Wladyslaw I as King of Poland
Wladyslaw I dies after restoring the Polish kingdom
Casimir faces the continuing Bohemian claim to the Polish crown
Casimir begins a long reign focused on law administration and territorial recovery
Casimir inherits disputes with the Teutonic Order over Pomerelia and Kujawy
Casimir III is crowned King of Poland
Receives training that supports his later work on planetary motion.
Begins university studies in mathematics, astronomy and related liberal arts.
Charles XII captures Krakow
Calls a Polish rebellion against Russia
Buried in Krakow
Co-achieves the first stable liquefaction of oxygen.
Demonstrates laboratory production of a previously permanent gas in liquid form.
Advances low-temperature chemistry through successful production of liquid nitrogen.
Co-achieves the first stable liquefaction of nitrogen.
Co-identifies the strong physiological effects of adrenal gland extracts.
Provides early experimental evidence for the hormone later called adrenaline.
Completes doctoral work and begins a major career in modern mathematics.
Develops early research interests in number theory and mathematical analysis.
Demonstratons & strikes break out because of high inflation, the PPS take over Krakow
Demonstratons & strikes break out because of high inflation, the PPS take over Krakow
Founds Acta Astronomica as an international research journal.
Creates a durable publication forum for Polish and international astronomy.
John Paul II is ordained
Appointed Assistant Pastor
Appointed Auxiliarty Bishop
Appointed Chair of Ethics at the Catholic University
Identifies faint clouds later named the Kordylewski clouds.
Reports observations of diffuse dust concentrations near Earth-Moon equilibrium points.
Appointed Acting Archbishop
Provenance
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