The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Warsaw, Poland.
See also: History of Warsaw Early history, 1526-1700, 1700-1795
1390 - St. John's Cathedral construction begins.
1534 - Paper mill established.
1566 - Polish diet relocated to Warsaw from Kraków.
1573 - Sigismund Augustus Bridge built.
1575 - Royal elections in Poland begin in nearby Wola.
1580 - Old City Hall, Warsaw rebuilt.
1596 - Polish royal court relocated to Warsaw from Kraków by Sigismund III Vasa.
1603 - Sigismund Augustus Bridge collapses.
1619 - Royal Castle rebuilt.
1643 - Warsaw Arsenal built.
1644 - Sigismund's Column erected in Castle Square.
1655 - City besieged by Swedish forces.
1656 - July: Battle of Warsaw (1656).
1689 - Warsaw becomes capital of Poland.
1702 - City taken by Swedes.
1727 - Saxon Garden opens.
1747 - Załuski Library founded.
1764 - City taken by Russians.
1785 - Jabłonowski Palace built.
1788 - Lazienki gardens laid out.
1791 - Praga becomes part of city.
1794
17 April: Warsaw Uprising (1794) begins.
4 November: Battle of Praga; city taken by Russians.
1795 - City becomes part of Prussia.
See also: History of Warsaw 1795-1914
1804 - Warsaw Lyceum (school) established.
1806 - City occupied by French forces.
1807 - City becomes capital of Duchy of Warsaw.
1809 - April–June: Austrians in power.
1810 - Music School established.
1813 - 8 February: Russians in power.
1815 - City becomes capital of Kingdom of Poland being in a personal union with the Russian Empire.
1816 - University of Warsaw established.
1817 - Warsaw Mercantile Exchange established.
1819 - Museum and Institute of Zoology established.
1830 - November Uprising (1830–31); Polish–Russian War 1830–31.
1831 - September: Battle of Warsaw (1831).
1833 - Grand Theatre opens.
1845 - Warsaw–Vienna railway begins operating.
1857 - Hotel Europejski in business.
1860
Krasiński Library opens.
Zachęta (art society) founded.
Population: 161,008.
1862
Szkoła Główna Warszawska (school) and Museum of Fine Arts established.
Ha-Tsefirah newspaper begins publication.
1863 - January Uprising.
1865 - Alexander Bridge built.
1866 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
1869 - Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene built in Praga.
1872 - Population: 276,000.
1875 - Sokrates Starynkiewicz becomes mayor.
1878 - Great Synagogue built on Tłomackie Street.
1880 - Evangelical Reformed Parish church built.
1882 - Population: 406,261.
1887 - Population: 436,750.
1897 - Population: 624,189.
1898 - University of Technology opens.
See also: History of Warsaw 1795-1914, World War I, 1918-1939, World War II
1901
Warsaw Philharmonic founded.
Hotel Bristol in business.
Population: 756,426.
1905 - Unrest.
1906 - Yidishes tageblat newspaper begins publication.
1907 - Electric streetlights installed.
1908
Electric streetcar begins operating.
Iluzjon cinema opens.
1913
Hotel Polonia Palace in business.
Aleksander Kakowski becomes Catholic archbishop.
Polish Theatre in Warsaw opens.
1914 - Poniatowski Bridge built.
1916
Wola becomes part of city.
National Museum active.
1917 - Office for the Regulation and Building of the City established.
1919 - 4–5 January: 1919 Polish coup attempt.
1920 - August: Battle of Warsaw (1920).
1921 - Population: 936,713.
1924 - Blok (magazine) begins publication.
1925 - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Warsaw established at Piłsudski Square.
1926 - 12–14 May: May Coup (Poland).
1927 - International Chopin Piano Competition begins.
1928 - Arsenal Synagogue opens.
1930 - Instytut Propagandy Sztuki (art entity) founded.
1931 - Warsaw Railway Museum established.
1933 - Warsaw Cross-City Line (railway) begins operating.
1936 - Museum of Warsaw established.
1938
Kino Femina (cinema) opens.
Coat of arms of Warsaw redesign adopted.
1939
1 September: Bombing of Warsaw in World War II by German forces begins.
8–28 September: Siege of Warsaw (1939) by German forces.
27 September: German occupation begins.
1940 - 16 October: Jewish Warsaw Ghetto established by Germans.
1942 - July: German Grossaktion Warsaw (1942) begins.
1943 - April–May: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
1944
27 July: German Festung Warschau established.
August–October: Warsaw Uprising against German forces; Wola massacre.
Germans conduct planned destruction of Warsaw.
Życie Warszawy newspaper begins publication.
1945
January: Soviet forces take city; German occupation ends.
14 February: Biuro Odbudowy Stolicy (city reconstruction bureau) established.
1948 - Stefan Wyszyński becomes Catholic archbishop.
1949 - Six-Year Plan for the Reconstruction of Warsaw created.
See also: History of Warsaw Modern times
1951 - Białołęka, Okęcie, Wilanów, and Włochy become part of city.
1952 - 22 July: Constitution Square inaugurated.
1953 - Old Town Market Place restored.
1954 - Fryderyk Chopin Museum established.
1955
10th-Anniversary Stadium opens.
Klub Krzywego Koła active.
Palace of Culture and Science built.
International Warsaw Pact military alliance headquartered in city.
1959 - Kampinos National Park created near city.
1961 - Warsaw Chamber Opera founded.
1963 - St. John's Cathedral rebuilt.
1965 - Population: 1,252,558.
1966 - Foksal Gallery of art opens.
1967 - Jerzy Majewski becomes mayor.
1973 - Nusantara Archipelago Museum established.
1974
Łazienkowski Bridge opens.
Hotel Forum built on Marszałkowska Street.
Ujazdów Castle rebuilt.
1975
Warszawa Centralna railway station opens.
Intraco I hi-rise built
1978
Museum of Caricature established.
Intraco II hi-rise built.
1979
15 February: 1979 Warsaw gas explosion.
June: Catholic pope John Paul II visits city.
1980 - Population: 1,596,073.
1981 - Józef Glemp becomes Catholic archbishop.
1985 - Antonina Leśniewska Museum of Pharmacy established.
1989
4 April: Polish Round Table Agreement signed in Warsaw.
Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper begins publication.
Marriott hi-rise built.
1991 - Warsaw Stock Exchange reestablished.
1992 - Warsaw Transport Authority established.
1994
City divided into 11 districts: Bemowo, Białołęka, Bielany, Centrum, Rembertów, Targówek, Ursus, Ursynów, Wawer, Wilanów, and Włochy.
Warsaw Business Journal begins publication.
1995 - Warsaw Metro begins operating.
1996 - Sister city relationship established with San Diego, USA.
1997 - Centrum Handlowe Targówek (shopping centre) opens.
1998
Centrum metro station opens.
Warsaw Financial Center built.
1999
Warsaw Trade Tower built.
City becomes capital of the Masovian Voivodeship.
2000 - Świętokrzyski Bridge and Cinema City Sadyba open.
2001
Kinoteka (cinema) opens.
Atrium Center built.
2002
Wesoła becomes part of city.
Siekierkowski Bridge opens.
Bęc Zmiana New Culture Foundation established.
2003 - InterContinental Warsaw hi-rise built.
2005 - Museum of Modern Art established.
2006
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz becomes mayor.
Rondo 1 hi-rise built.
2007 - Nove Kino Praha (cinema) in business.
2012 - National Stadium opens.
2013
September: Labor demonstration.
Twarda Tower built.
Population: 1,724,404.
2015
December: Political demonstration.
Warsaw Metro Line 2 begins operating.
