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Warsaw in History

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

34 records25 event labels15 people1764โ€“1968

Historical events in Warsaw

1764

1764
Election
Catherine II the Great ยท House of Holstein

Secures the election of her nominee King Stanislas Poniatowski to the throne of Poland

1764
Rule of Poland
Catherine II the Great ยท House of Holstein

Secures the election of her nominee King Stanislas Poniatowski to the throne of Poland

1768

1768
Reballion of Rebels in Warsaw
Catherine II the Great ยท Revolution of Russia

Stanislas Poniatowski is elected King but Prince Repnin imposes Catherines rule

1768
Reballion of Rebels in Warsaw
Catherine II the Great ยท Military

Stanislas Poniatowski is elected King but Prince Repnin imposes Catherines rule

1768
Rule of Poland
Catherine II the Great ยท Military

Stanislas Poniatowski is elected King but Prince Repnin imposes Catherines rule

1795

1795
Reballion of Warsaw
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov ยท Revolution of Russia

Suppresses the Warsaw revolt

1795
Reballion of Warsaw
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov ยท Military

Suppresses the Warsaw revolt

9 November 1795
Occupation
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov ยท Civil War

Marches his forces into Warsaw having crushed the Kosciuszko revolt

1815

1815
King of Poland
Alexander I ยท House of Holstein

Becomes King of the newly created Kingdom of Poland in personal union with the Russian crown.

27 November 1815
Constitution of Poland
Alexander I ยท House of Holstein

Grants the Kingdom of Poland a constitution providing a parliament and limited civil guarantees.

1830

29 November 1830
November Uprising
Nicholas I ยท Military

Faces the outbreak of the Polish November Uprising against Russian rule.

30 November 1830
Withdrawal from Warsaw
Konstantin Pavlovich ยท Military

Withdraws Russian forces from Warsaw after the uprising begins.

1846

1846
Military Governor
Mikhail Dmitrievich ยท Military

Appointed Military Governor of Warsaw

1856

1856
Governor
Mikhail Dmitrievich ยท Government of Russia

Appointed governor-general of Poland

1860

30 May 1860
Death of Mikhail Dmitrievich
Mikhail Dmitrievich ยท Military

Death of Mikhail Dmitrievich and is buried, in accordance with his own wish, at Sevastopol

1863

1863
Constitution of Russia
Alexander II ยท Russia War

Refuses demands for a Polish constitution while the January Uprising challenges Russian authority.

1863
Independence of Poland
Alexander II ยท Russia War

Rejects Polish constitutional demands as the January Uprising seeks greater national autonomy.

1863
Reballion of forces suppress the
Alexander II ยท Russia War

Russian forces suppress the uprising in Warsaw while the imperial government rejects Polish constitutional demands.

1863
Reballion of Rebels in Warsaw
Alexander II ยท Revolution of Russia

Russian authorities suppress the insurgent administration centred on Warsaw during the January Uprising.

1863
Rule of Poland
Alexander II ยท Russia War

Strengthens Russian control over Poland after suppressing the January Uprising.

1905

1905
Polish Revolution
Jozef Pilsudski ยท Revolution of Russia

Polish socialist action grows during the empire-wide revolution.

1905
Warsaw Unrest
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ยท Revolution of Russia

Takes part in revolutionary socialist activity in Russian Poland.

12 January 1905
Strike
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov ยท Revolution of Russia

Strikers in Warsaw loot and burn shops, 93 are killed by Russian troops

14 January 1905
Strike
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov ยท Revolution of Russia

93 are killed during strikes in Warsaw

1914

11 November 1914
Siege of Warsaw
Paul Karlovitch Rennenkampf ยท World War, 1st

The Russians had repulsed the Germans and saved Warsaw, which had been the objective of the original German offensive, the Germans, for their part, had caused the Russians to abandon their offensive into Silesia

1915

19 July 1915
Invasion of Poland
Nicholas II ยท World War, 1st

Russian troops evacuate Warsaw

1944

1944
Siege of Warsaw
Joseph Stalin ยท World War, 2nd

Stalin allows the Nazis to crush the Warsaw rebellion so he can occupy a weaker Poland

1 August 1944
Reballion of Warsaw
Joseph Stalin ยท Military

Warsaw rebels against the Germans, Stalin encourages it but does not provide support

1 August 1944
Reballion of Warsaw
Joseph Stalin ยท World War, 2nd

Warsaw rebels against the Germans, Stalin encourages it but does not provide support

1955

14 May 1955
Treaty of Friendship
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev ยท Government of Russia

8 Communist countries sign a Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation & Mutual Assistance

14 May 1955
Warsaw Pact Created
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev ยท Government of Russia

The Soviet Union and seven Eastern European allies establish the Warsaw Pact.

1956

19 October 1956
Polish October Negotiations
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev ยท Government of Russia

Travels to Warsaw during the Polish October crisis and accepts Wladyslaw Gomulka's return to power.

1968

July 1968
Warsaw Letter to Czechoslovakia
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev ยท Communist Party Government

Supports a Warsaw Pact warning demanding that Czechoslovak leaders defend the Communist political system.

November 1968
Limited Sovereignty Speech
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev ยท Communist Party Government

Publicly articulates the principle of limited sovereignty later widely known as the Brezhnev Doctrine.

Provenance

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