Danzig: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Gdańsk: 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.
1241 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Mongol Invasion of Germany
1350 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Commandry of Danzig, part of Teutonic Order
1433 AD
Mentioned in Event: Polish-Teutonic War (1431-1435)
1454 AD
Mentioned in Event: Thirteen Years' War (1454-1466)
1521 AD
Mentioned in Event: Polish offensive (1521)
1628 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Latarnia, part of Polish-Swedish War (1626-29)
1655 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Danzig (1655–1660), part of Second Northern War
1657 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Northern War
1734 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Danzig (1734), part of War of the Polish Succession
1772 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Partition of Poland
1806 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of the Holy Roman Empire
1807 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Danzig (1807), part of War of the Fourth Coalition
1807 AD
Capital of Free City of Danzig (Napoleonic)
1814 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Danzig (1813), part of War of the Sixth Coalition
1815 AD
Mentioned in Event: Congress of Vienna
1870 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Westpreußen, part of Kingdom of Prussia
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: Unification of Germany (1871)
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Republic proclamation in Germany
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Versailles
1920 AD
Capital of Free City of Danzig
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Annexation of Danzig
1939 AD
Mentioned in: Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig, part of World War II
1939 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Gau of Danzig-Westpreußen, part of Nazi Germany
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of World War II in Europe
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Pomeranian Voivodeship, part of Republic of Poland