Zakroczym

History

* c. 1155 – first mention of the gord and settlement of Zakroczym, property of Benedictine Monastery from Mogilno, * 8 June 1335 – Mazovian dukes Siemowit II and Trojden I renew here truce with Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, Dietrich von Altenburg, * 1374 – Zakroczym becomes capital of a land, part of Masovian Voivodeship, and remains so until 1795, * 1422 – Duke of Mazovia Janusz I of Warsaw grant town charter to Zakroczym, * 1656–1657 – Zakroczym is occupied by Swedish forces (see Swedish invasion of Poland). The town is partially destroyed, * 1709 – Zakroczym is burned by Swedish troops during the Great Northern War, * 1757 – construction of a monastery Order of Friars Minor Capuchin begins, * 1793 – the town is seized by the Russians, * 1795 – Zakroczym becomes part of the Kingdom of Prussia in the Third Partition of Poland, * 1806 – French forces cross the Vistula near Zakroczym, before the Battle of Pułtusk, * 1807 – Zakroczym becomes part of the Polish Duchy of Warsaw, * 1815 – Zakroczym becomes part of Congress Poland, * 1831 – after Russian capture of Warsaw, meetings of Polish government and Sejm take place at the monastery, * 1883–1888 – construction of Fort 1 Zakroczym, first ring of fortifications of the Modlin Fortress, * 20 August 1915 – Russian garrison of the fortress capitulates to Germans, * 1918 – Poland regains independence after World War I, Zakroczym restored to Poland, * 10–28 September 1939 – Battle of Modlin between Poland and Germany during the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II, * 28 September 1939 – Massacre in Zakroczym, Wehrmacht soldiers kill around 600 Polish civilians and prisoners of war by firing squad, * December 1939 – local Polish parish priest Antoni Więckowski deported by the Germans to the…