city Potsdam: All Data

Potsdam is a city in Germany. 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

Potsdam: 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.

962 AD
Mentioned in Event: Incoronation of Otto I
1241 AD
1341 AD
1619 AD
1631 AD
Mentioned in Event: Swedish Period
1637 AD
Mentioned in Event: North German Front (Sweden)
1643 AD
Mentioned in Event: North German Front (Sweden)
1644 AD
Mentioned in Event: North German Front (Sweden)
1656 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Northern War
1675 AD
Mentioned in Event: Swedish-Brandenburg War
1870 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Brandenburg, part of Kingdom of Prussia
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: Unification of Germany (1871)
1918 AD
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Allied occupation of Germany
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: The Surrender of German forces
1949 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of World War II in Europe
1949 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Brandenburg, part of Democratic Republic of Germany
1952 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Bezirk of Bezirk Potsdam, part of Democratic Republic of Germany
1990 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Reunification
1990 AD
Subdivision Capital of the State of Brandenburg, part of Federal Republic of Germany