Lublin

capital of Lublin Voivodeship in eastern Poland

10 dated entries naming Lublin, drawn from 9 separate years between 1287 CE and 1980 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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13th century

1287Winter – Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongol forces (some 30,000 men) under Talabuga Khan and Nogai Khan, attack Poland for the third time. The cities of Lublin, Sandomierz and Sieradz are devastated by the invaders. Nogai Khan besieges Kraków and launches an unsuccessful assault on the fortified city, suffering heavy casualties in the process.source

14th century

1341Casimir III of Poland builds a masonry castle in Lublin, and encircles the city with defensive walls.source
1386February 1 – Meeting at Lublin, the nobles of Poland elect Grand Duke Jogaila as King of Poland.source

16th century

1580The first session of the Jewish Vaad (Council of Four Lands) is held in Lublin, Poland; 70 delegates of Jewish local qahals meet to discuss taxation, and other issues important to Jewish communities.source

17th century

1655October 15 – The Jews of Lublin are massacred.source

18th century

1712December 7 – The charter of Buchach Monastery in Ukraine, founded by Stefan Aleksander Potocki and his wife Joanna née Sieniawska, is signed in Lublin.source

20th century

1931July 20 – A violent tornado strikes the city of Lublin, Poland.source
1942March 17 – The Holocaust: Operation Reinhard – The Nazi German Bełżec extermination camp opens in occupied Poland, about 1 km south of the railroad station at Bełżec in the Lublin district of the General Government. At least 434,508 people are killed here up to December 1942.source
194217 March — Holocaust: the Nazi German extermination camp Belzec opens in occupied Poland about 1 km south of the local railroad station of Belzec in the Lublin district of the General Government. Between March 1942 and December 1942, at least 434,508 people were killed there.source
1980July 8 – A wave of strikes begins in Lublin, Poland.source