Poznań: All Data
Poznań 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
Poznań: 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.
1620 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Poznań Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1655 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Northern War
1701 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Poznań Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1704 AD
Mentioned in Event: War against Augustus II
1704 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Poznań, part of Great Northern War
1793 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Partition of Poland
1806 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of the Holy Roman Empire
1815 AD
Capital of Grand Duchy of Posen
1870 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Posen, part of Kingdom of Prussia
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: Unification of Germany (1871)
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Greater Poland uprising (1918-19)
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Republic proclamation in Germany
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: German administration of eastern teritories during World War II
1939 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Gau of Posen, part of Nazi Germany
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: Invasion of Poland
1939 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Poznan, part of Second Polish Republic
1940 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Gau of Wartheland, part of Nazi Germany
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (Eastern Theatre)
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of World War II in Europe
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Greater Poland Voivodeship, part of Republic of Poland