This is a sub-article to History of Białystok
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Białystok, Poland.
Prior to 19th century
1320 - Settlement founded in Lithuania. 1569 – part of the Lesser Poland Province of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland 1692 – Białystok granted city rights by Polish King John III Sobieski 1697 - Branicki Palace built. 1745 – the first military technical school in Poland founded in Białystok 1748 – one of the oldest theaters in Poland, the Komedialnia, founded 1749 – King Augustus III of Poland extended the city limits 1753 - Center of the city burns down 1756 - Jan Klemens Branicki, owner of Białystok, divorces his third wife 1763–1768 – Municipal hospital founded by Jan Klemens Branicki. 13 July 1769 – , part of the War of the Bar Confederation 1770 – midwifery school founded under the auspices of Izabella Poniatowska 9 October 1771 – Jan Klemens Branicki dies 1789 – the epidemic of smallpox, the 22 children died 1795 – City annexed by Prussia in the Third Partition of Poland and made the administrative seat of the Białystok Department 26 January 1796 – Prussian administration takes over the town, but it remains formally owned by Izabella Poniatowska-Branicka
19th century
1805 – Institute of Obstetrics established based on the midwifery school
1807 - Town becomes part of Russia, per Peace of Tilsit; and capital of the Belostok Oblast. 14 February 1808 – Izabella Poniatowska-Branicka dies 3 July 1812 – Napoleon's army enters the city, 13 July 1812 – Declaration of the inhabitants of communication with the Commonwealth, 4 August 1812 – Russian army enters the city 8 August 1812 – giving a new coat of the city by Tsar Alexander I 13 December 1830 – announcement of martial law by the Russian authorities in connection with the outbreak of the November Uprising, 1 February 1831 – setting up headquarters in the Russian army commander, Field Marshal Hans Karl von Diebitsch, whose task was to suppress the November Uprising 1834 – a ban on teaching in schools in the Polish language 1842 - City becomes administratively part of the Grodno Governorate. 1845 - Woollen mill built. 1857 - Population: 13,787. 15 December 1859 – Ludwik Zamenhof, the creator of the international language Esperanto, was born 13 June 1860 – the beginning of a patriotic demonstration under the banner of national unity and fight against colonization, 1861 16 March: Prayers were held by local Poles and Jews in memory of Polish protesters massacred by the Russians in Warsaw a few weeks earlier. 3 May: The Russians arrested several Polish students during the celebration of the Polish 3 May Constitution Day. 9 June: Andrzej Artur Zamoyski, representative of the Whites, arrives in the city 1862 – Opening of the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway through the city 24 April 1863 – the beginning of the Polish January Uprising in the Białystok area 15 February 1864 - Battle of the January Uprising was fought near Białystok. 1877 – expanding the city limits: integrated railway station, the village of Piaski and Las Zwierzyniecki 1886 – the railway line Bialystok – Vawkavysk – Baranovichi 1889 - Population: 56,629. 1891 – Launch of the first telephone exchange 1895 – launch of three lines of horse tram 1897 - Population: 63,927. 1898 – establishment of the Volunteer Fire Department
20th century
1901–1939
1901 - Population: 65,781. 1905 - Chernoe Znamia political group formed. 1906 - 14–16 June: Białystok pogrom of Jews by the Russians. 1910 - Białystok Power Station commissioned. 1912 Tsarist prison built. Population: 98,170. 1913 - Great Synagogue built. 1915 - City becomes capital of the Bialystok-Grodno District of the German-controlled territory of Ober-Ost during World War I. 1919 Białystok part of the re-established Polish state, capital of the Białystok Voivodeship Białostoczek becomes part of city. 1920 22 September: Battle of Białystok - Polish victory over the invading Russian forces. Jagiellonia Białystok football club formed.
1921 - Białystok confirmed as part of Poland. 1928 - Polmos Białystok founded. 1934 - Seweryn Nowakowski, considered one of the greatest mayors of Białystok, becomes mayor. 1937 Podlaska Cavalry Brigade of the Polish Army formed and stationed in Białystok. Population: 100,101. 1938 - Białystok Municipal Theatre built.