Historical place archive

Danzig in History

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

2 records2 event labels2 people1807–1945

Historical events in Danzig

1807

9 July 1807
Independence of Danzig
Alexander I · Napoleonic Wars

Under the Tilsit settlement, Danzig becomes a nominally free city under French influence.

1945

1945
Capture of Danzig
Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky · World War, 2nd

Commands the Army Group of the Byelorussian Front & captures Danzig, April

Provenance

About these place records

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