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.179417 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.1860Krasiński Library opens.Zachęta (art society) founded.Population: 161,008.1862Szkoła 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
1901Warsaw Philharmonic founded.Hotel Bristol in business.Population: 756,426.1905 - Unrest.1906 - Yidishes tageblat newspaper begins publication.1907 - Electric streetlights installed.1908Electric streetcar begins operating.Iluzjon cinema opens.1913Hotel Polonia Palace in business.Aleksander Kakowski becomes Catholic archbishop.Polish Theatre in Warsaw opens.1914 - Poniatowski Bridge built.1916Wola 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.1938Kino Femina (cinema) opens.Coat of arms of Warsaw redesign adopted.19391 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.194427 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.1945January: 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.195510th-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.1974Łazienkowski Bridge opens.Hotel Forum built on Marszałkowska Street.Ujazdów Castle rebuilt.1975Warszawa Centralna railway station opens.Intraco I hi-rise built1978Museum of Caricature established.Intraco II hi-rise built.197915 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.19894 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.1994City 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.1998Centrum metro station opens.Warsaw Financial Center built.1999Warsaw Trade Tower built.City becomes capital of the Masovian Voivodeship.2000 - Świętokrzyski Bridge and Cinema City Sadyba open.2001Kinoteka (cinema) opens.Atrium Center built.2002Wesoła 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.2006Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz becomes mayor.Rondo 1 hi-rise built.2007 - Nove Kino Praha (cinema) in business.2012 - National Stadium opens.2013September: Labor demonstration.Twarda Tower built.Population: 1,724,404.2015December: Political demonstration.Warsaw Metro Line 2 begins operating.