The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Łódź, Poland.
See also: Timeline of Łódź (to 1820)
1793
Town becomes part of South Prussia.
Population: 190.
See also: Timeline of Łódź (1821-1918)
1806 - Town joins the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw.
1815 - Town becomes part of Russian client state Congress Poland per Congress of Vienna.
1820 - Antoni Czarkowski becomes mayor.
1824 - Lodka settlement developed.
1827 - K.F. Wendisch factory in business.
1828 - Slazaki settlement developed.
1829 - Population: 4,273.
1837 - Ludwig Geyer factory in business.
1839 - White Factory built.
1852 - Industrialist Karl Scheibler in business.
1860 - Population: 31,500.
1861 - Stara Synagogue built.
1863 - Lodzer Zeitung German-language newspaper begins publication.
1866 - Koluszki-Łódź railway begins operating.
1867 - Congress Poland becomes part of the Russian Empire.
1868 - Łódź Fabryczna railway station built.
1872 - Moscow-Łódź railway begins operating.
1878 - Manufaktura textile mill built.
1881
Great Synagogue built.
Population: 49,592.
1884 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral built.
1888 - Karl Scheibler's Chapel built.
1892 - Izrael Poznański factory built.
1897 - Population: 314,780.
1899 - Hazomir Choral Society founded.
1900 - Population: 351,570.
See also: Timeline of Łódź (1918–1939), Timeline of Łódź (1939–1945), Timeline of Łódź (1945–1989)
1901 - Krzemiński cinema active.
1902 - Łódź Kaliska railway station built.
1904 - Ezras Israel Synagogue built.
1905 - 21–25 June: Łódź insurrection.
1910 - Widzew Łódź football club formed.
1914
11 November: Battle of Łódź begins near city.
December: Germans in power.
1915 - Bałuty becomes part of city.
1918 - City becomes part of Poland.
1920 - Catholic Diocese of Łódź established.
1922 - City becomes capital of Łódź Voivodeship (province).
1925 - Łódź Airport opens.
1930
Stadion Widzewa (stadium) opens.
Municipal Museum of History and Art inaugurated.
1931 - Museum of Ethnography established.
1939
6–8 September: Battle of Łódź; Germans in power.
12 October – 4 November: City becomes seat of Nazi German General Government of occupied Poland.
November: City becomes part of the German Reich.
City renamed "Litzmannstadt."
Łódź Ghetto formed.
1945
17 January: City taken by the Soviet Army.
Łódź University of Technology and Public Academy of Arts established.
Dziennik Łodzki newspaper begins publication.
1948 - National Film School in Łódź established.
See also: Timeline of Łódź (1945–1989), Timeline of Łódź (since 1989)
1957 - Russkiĭ Golos newspaper begins publication.
1958 - Łódź Heat Power Stations commissioned.
1960 - Central Museum of Textiles established.
1967 - Grand Theatre opens.
1968 - Ballet festival begins.
1973 - National choreographic competition begins.
1975
Stadion ŁKS (stadium) built.
Museum of the City of Łódź active.
1981 - Protest against food shortage.
See also: Timeline of Łódź (since 1989)
2002
Jerzy Kropiwnicki becomes mayor.
Population: 785,134; province 2,612,900.
2004 - Łódź Biennale active.
2006 - Manufaktura shopping mall opens.
2008 - Open-air Museum of the Łódź Wooden Architecture established.
2009 - Arena Łódź opens.
2010 - Hanna Zdanowska becomes mayor.
