Events in Gdańsk History
- 1829-04-09 Danzig (Gdańsk) dike break flood kills 1,200
- 1925-01-05 Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdańsk post office
- 1927-02-25 Gdańsk and Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor
- 1933-03-06 Poland occupies the free city of Danzig (Gdańsk)
- 1935-08-07 60% of voters agrees to Nazism in Danzig (Gdańsk)
- 1939-03-21 Nazi Germany demands the return of Danzig (Gdańsk) from Poland
- 1970-12-15 Striking shipyard workers in Gdańsk, Poland set ablaze the ruling Provincial Committee's building; responding soldiers kill 8
- 1970-12-17 Workers returning to shipyard in Gdynia, Poland are met by soldiers who shoot at the crowd, killing at least 18, wounding hundreds
- 1979-12-13 Strikes against price increases in Gdańsk, Poland
- 1980-08-14 17,000 workers go on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, marking the beginning of the Solidarity movement
- 1980-08-31 The Gdańsk Agreement is signed, allowing Polish citizens to bring democratic changes within the communist political structure
Event of Interest
1980-09-17 Polish workers under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa found the Solidarity movement at the Gdańsk Shipyard
- 1994-05-02 A bus crashes into a tree at Gdańsk, Poland, killing 32 people
Music History
2006-08-26 David Gilmour performs with his band and the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra before a crowd of 50,000 at Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland
- 2019-01-14 Pawel Adamowicz, Mayor of Gdańsk, Poland, stabbed on stage at charity event. Dies two days later.
Famous People from Gdańsk
- 1616-02-28 Kaspar Förster, German composer, born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1673)
- 1633-06-16 Nathaniel Schnittelbach, German composer and violinist, born in Gdansk, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1667)
- 1727-03-14 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, German composer, born in Danzig (Gdańsk), Royal Prussia (d. 1756)
- 1766-07-09 Johanna Schopenhauer, German writer and mother of Arthur Schopenhauer, born in Gdańsk, Royal Prussia, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (d. 1838)
- 1788-02-22 Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher ("The World as Will and Representation") known for his philosophical pessimism, born in Danzig (Gdańsk), Poland (d. 1860)
- 1829-05-30 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1897)
- 1835-01-05 Friedrich Richard Faltin, Finnish composer, born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1918)
- 1865-10-04 Max Halbe, German playwright (Jugend), born in Güttland, Gdańsk (d. 1944)
- 1880-07-03 Carl Schuricht, German conductor and composer, born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1967)
- 1897-01-05 Theo Mackeben, German pianist and composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami), born in Starogard Gdański, Poland (d. 1953)
- 1911-05-14 Hans Vogt, German composer, born in Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (d. 1992)
- 1912-08-23 Harry Kissin, Baron Kissin, British businessman and President (GPG), born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1997)
- 1926-10-20 Ursula Happe, German swimmer (Olympic gold 200m backstroke 1956), born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 2021)
- 1936-08-30 Edward Pałłasz, Polish classical, theater, and film composer, born in Starogard Gdański, Poland (d. 2019)
- 1955-12-09 Janusz Kupcewicz, Polish soccer midfielder (20 caps; KS Arka Gdynia, ASSE Saint-Étienne), born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 2022)
- 1957-04-22 Donald Tusk, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (2007-14, 2023-), President of the European Council (2014-19), born in Gdańsk, Poland
Famous Polish People
Agnieszka Radwańska
Albert Sabin
Casimir Pulaski
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
David Ben-Gurion
Frédéric Chopin