Timeline of Białystok

The city of Białystok has existed for five centuries, during all this time the fate of the city has passed between various political and economic forces. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Białystok, Poland.

This is a sub-article to History of Białystok

Prior to 19th century

19th century

  • 1805 – Institute of Obstetrics established based on the midwifery school[3]
  • 1807 - Town becomes part of Russia, per Peace of Tilsit;[1] and capital of the Belostok Oblast.
  • 14 February 1808 – Izabella Poniatowska-Branicka dies
  • 3 July 1812 – Napoleon's army enters the city,
  • 13 July 1812 – Declaration of the inhabitants of communication with the Commonwealth,
  • 4 August 1812 – Russian army enters the city
  • 8 August 1812 – giving a new coat of the city by Tsar Alexander I
  • 13 December 1830 – announcement of martial law by the Russian authorities in connection with the outbreak of the November Uprising,
  • 1 February 1831 – setting up headquarters in the Russian army commander, Field Marshal Hans Karl von Diebitsch, whose task was to suppress the November Uprising
  • 1834 – a ban on teaching in schools in the Polish language
  • 1842 - Town becomes capital of the Belostok Oblast of the Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire.
  • 1845 - Woollen mill built.[1]
  • 1857 - Population: 13,787.[1]
  • 15 December 1859 – Ludwik Zamenhof, the creator of the international language Esperanto, was born
  • 13 June 1860 – the beginning of a patriotic demonstration under the banner of national unity and fight against colonization,
  • 9 June 1861 – arrive in the city representative of the Whites, Andrzej Artur Zamoyski
  • 1862 – Opening of the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway through the city
  • 24 April 1863 – the beginning of the January Uprising in the Bialystok area
  • 1877 – expanding the city limits: integrated railway station, the village of Piaski and Las Zwierzyniecki
  • 1886 – the railway line Bialystok – Vawkavysk – Baranovichi
  • 1891 – Launch of the first telephone exchange
  • 1895 – launch of three lines of horse tram
  • 1897 - Population: 63,927.[6]
  • 1898 – establishment of the Volunteer Fire Department

20th century

Białystok city center around 1900
Józef Piłsudski's visit to Białystok in 1921

21st century

See also

References

This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia.

  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. George Lerski (1996). "Bialystok". Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-26007-0.
  3. Jacek Kusznier, Elektrycy w historii Politechniki Białostockiej, "Maszyny Elektryczne - Zeszyty Problemowe", Nr 4/2018, p. 164 (in Polish)
  4. "Plejada gwiazd w nowym teatrze. Piotr Dąbrowski otwiera Komedialnię". Białystok Online (in Polish). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. Jacek Kusznier, Elektrycy w historii Politechniki Białostockiej, "Maszyny Elektryczne - Zeszyty Problemowe", Nr 4/2018, p. 163 (in Polish)
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  7. "Białystok". Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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  9. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Bialystok", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 213, OL 6112221M
  10. "Poland: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 3463+. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
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  12. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
  13. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Poland". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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