Warsaw: All Data
Warsaw 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
Warsaw: 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.
1413 AD
Capital of Duchy of Masovia
1520 AD
Mentioned in Event: Teutonic counterattack (1520)
1521 AD
Mentioned in Event: Polish offensive (1521)
1596 AD
Capital of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1620 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Masovian Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1655 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Northern War
1656 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of Warsaw, part of Second Northern War
1656 AD
Mentioned in: First Battle of Warsaw, part of Second Northern War
1701 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Masovian Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1702 AD
Mentioned in Event: War against Augustus II
1704 AD
Mentioned in Event: War against Augustus II
1705 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Warsaw (1705), part of War against Augustus II
1733 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian and Saxon Invasion of Poland
1738 AD
Capital of Poland-Lithuania (Saxony PU)
1764 AD
Capital of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Russia)
1794 AD
Mentioned in Event: Revolt proper (Kościuszko Uprising)
1794 AD
Mentioned in: Warsaw Uprising of 1794, part of Kościuszko Uprising
1795 AD
Mentioned in Event: Third Partition of Poland
1806 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of the Holy Roman Empire
1807 AD
Capital of Duchy of Warsaw
1809 AD
Mentioned in Event: Austro-Polish War
1815 AD
Capital of Congress Poland
1831 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Białołęka, part of November Uprising
1831 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Warsaw (1831), part of November Uprising
1831 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Stoczek, part of November Uprising
1914 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Galicia
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Warsaw, part of Russian Empire
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War I eastern Front
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I in Poland
1917 AD
Capital of Poland (Germany)
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I in Poland
1918 AD
Capital of Second Polish Republic
1920 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Warsaw, part of Battle of Warsaw
1920 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Nasielsk, part of Polish-Soviet War
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: German administration of eastern teritories during World War II
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: Invasion of Poland
1939 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Warsaw (1939), part of World War II
1939 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Warsaw City, part of Second Polish Republic
1939 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Warsaw, part of Second Polish Republic
1943 AD
Mentioned in: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, part of World War II
1944 AD
Mentioned in: Warsaw Uprising, part of World War II
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of World War II in Europe
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (Eastern Theatre)
1947 AD
Capital of Polish People's Republic
1989 AD
Capital of Republic of Poland
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Masovian Voivodeship, part of Republic of Poland