Krakau: All Data
Krakau is a city in Poland. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Krakau: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1038 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Poland
1241 AD
Mentioned in: Sack of Kraków, part of First Mongol Invasion of Poland
1260 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Mongol Invasion of Poland
1300 AD
Capital of Poland (Bohemia)
1327 AD
Mentioned in Event: Polish-Teutonic War (1326-1332)
1370 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Poland (Hungary)
1377 AD
Mentioned in Event: Galicia-Volhynia Wars
1385 AD
Capital of Poland-Lithuania
1569 AD
Capital of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1587 AD
Mentioned in Event: War of the Polish Succession (1587-88)
1620 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Kingdom of Kingdom of Poland, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1620 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Kraków Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1655 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Northern War
1655 AD
Mentioned in: First Battle of Kraków, part of Second Northern War
1657 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Kraków, part of Second Northern War
1701 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Kraków Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1702 AD
Mentioned in Event: War against Augustus II
1772 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Partition of Poland
1794 AD
Mentioned in Event: Revolt proper (Kościuszko Uprising)
1804 AD
Mentioned in Event: French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
1806 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of the Holy Roman Empire
1809 AD
Mentioned in Event: Austro-Polish War
1815 AD
Capital of Free City of Cracow
1914 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kraków, part of World War I
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I in Poland
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I in Poland
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: German administration of eastern teritories during World War II
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: Invasion of Poland
1939 AD
1939 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Krakow, part of Second Polish Republic
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of World War II in Europe
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Vistula-Oder Offensive
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Lesser Poland Voivodeship, part of Republic of Poland