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Warsaw: History, Former Names & Timeline

A city on the Vistula that became Poland's capital after 1596; almost razed in the Second World War and rebuilt.

Map showing Warsaw in 1938Warsaw
Border map for 1938. See Europe in 1938.

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Former names of Warsaw

FromNameNote
1300Warszawa

Timeline of Warsaw

YearEvent
1596Sigismund III moves the capital to Warsaw
1791The Constitution of 3 May is adopted
1944The Warsaw Uprising
1955The Warsaw Pact is signed

Who ruled Warsaw

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–199Bell-shaped burials culture
200–699Unclaimed / no data
700–799Polanes
800–899Slavonic tribes
900–999Slavic tribes
1000–1399Poland
1400–1649Poland-Lithuania
1650–1782Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1783–1799Poland
1800–1814Prussia
1815–1919Russian Empire
1920–todayPoland

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