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Warsaw

City

Capital of Poland on the Vistula, almost completely destroyed in the Second World War.

View on map 52.23° N, 21.01° E Wikipedia

Held by

1789 – October 23, 1795 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth de facto
October 24, 1795 – July 9, 1807 Kingdom of Prussia de facto
July 22, 1807 – June 9, 1815 Duchy of Warsaw de facto
1867 – August 4, 1915 Russian Empire de facto
August 5, 1915 – November 10, 1918 German Empire de facto Military occupation (German capture of Warsaw, 1915)
November 11, 1918 – October 5, 1939 Poland de facto
October 26, 1939 – May 8, 1945 Germany de facto
July 28, 1944 – January 11, 1945 Germany de facto Military occupation
since August 1, 1945 Poland de facto

Capital of

1596 – 1795 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
since 1596 Poland
July 22, 1807 – June 9, 1815 Duchy of Warsaw

Events here 25

August 5, 1772 – October 24, 1795 Partitions of Poland
March 29, 1790 Polish–Prussian alliance
March 24 – November 16, 1794 Kościuszko Uprising
April 17–19, 1794 Warsaw Uprising (1794)
July 13 – September 6, 1794 Siege of Warsaw (1794)
November 4, 1794 Battle of Praga
February 25, 1831 Battle of Olszynka Grochowska
September 6–8, 1831 Battle of Warsaw (1831)
1881 Warsaw pogrom (1881)
May 1905 Alfonse Pogrom
February 14, 1919 – March 18, 1921 Polish–Soviet War
April 21, 1920 Treaty of Warsaw (1920)
August 12–25, 1920 Battle of Warsaw (1920)
May 12–14, 1926 May Coup (Poland)
1929 Warsaw Convention
September 1–27, 1939 Bombing of Warsaw in World War II
September 8–28, 1939 Siege of Warsaw (1939)
April 19 – May 16, 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
August 1 – October 2, 1944 Warsaw Uprising
August 5–8, 1944 Wola massacre
December 7, 1970 Treaty of Warsaw (1970)
December 13, 1981 – July 22, 1983 Martial law in Poland
November 14, 1990 German–Polish Border Treaty
July 8–9, 2016 2016 Warsaw NATO summit
October 22, 2020 – 2021 2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland