page_title: History of Pomerania
section_title: Timeline 1806–1933
hierarchical_section_title: History of Pomerania / Modern Age / Timeline 1806–1933
caption_attribution_description: English: Binz on Rügen - spa hotelDeutsch: Binz auf Rügen - Kurhaus
context_page_description: The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Poland. The name Pomerania comes from the Slavic po more, which means Land at the Sea.
  Settlement in the area started by the end of the Vistula Glacial Stage, about 13,000 years ago. Archeological traces have been found of various cultures during the Stone and Bronze Age, of Veneti and Germanic peoples during the Iron Age and, in the Middle Ages, Slavic tribes and Vikings. Starting in the 10th century, Piast Poland on several occasions acquired parts of the region from the south-east, while the Holy Roman Empire and Denmark reached the region in augmenting their territory to the west and north.
  In the High Middle Ages, the area became Christian and was ruled by local dukes of the House of Pomerania and the Samborides, at various times vassals of Denmark, the Holy Roman Empire and Poland.
context_section_description: 1806–1813: Napoleonic Wars in Pomerania
  1806: Gustavia constructed
  1806/7: French forces take Province of Pomerania except for Kolberg
  1807: Battle of Stralsund and Siege of Kolberg
  1807: Peace of Tilsit, Prussia surrenders
  1808: French troops withdraw from the Province of Pomerania
  1809: Ferdinand von Schill killed in the Battle of Stralsund (1809)
  1812: French forces invade Swedish Pomerania and again occupy the Prussian Province of Pomerania
  1812: Convention of Tauroggen, Pomeranian corps led by Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg turns against France
  1813: Mobilization in the Prussian parts of Pomerania against France, Russian forces occupy the Prussian Province of Pomerania, French forces withdraw
  1815: Congress of Vienna: Prussia gains Swedish Pomerania
  1815: reorganization of the Province of Pomerania: Swedish Pomerania and the Dramburg and Schivelbein counties merged into the former province, administrative reforms implemented.
  1815: With the Kingdom of Prussia, the Province of Pomerania and West Prussia join the German Confederation (1815–1866)
  1829–1878: West Prussia merged with East Prussia into Province of Prussia
  since 1840: introduction of a railway system
  1839: Marcin Dunin archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno, primate of Poland is imprisoned by Prussian authorities in Kołobrzeg
  1846: 100 Kashubians led by Florian Ceynowa fail in an attempt to take the Prussian garrison Preußisch Stargard (Starograd Gdański) as part of anti-Prussian uprising
  1848: Poles stage an uprising in southern Pomerelia, engage in fights Tuchola Forest against Prussian soldiers.
  1862: Oder and Swine deepened, heavy industry settled in Stettin
  1867: With the Kingdom of Prussia, the Province of Pomerania and Pomerelia within the Province of Prussia join the North German Confederation (1867–1871)
  since 1870: considerable tourism at the Baltic coast, former fishing villages are turned into seaside resorts
  1871: With the Kingdom of Prussia, the Province of Pomerania and Pomerelia within the Province of Prussia join the German Empire (1871–1918)
  1872, 1875, 1891: administrative reforms
  1878: West Prussia reestablished
  1918: November Revolution after World War I, "soldiers' and workers' councils" take over most Pomeranian towns
  1919: Treaty of Versailles: West Prussia dissolved, Pomerelia becomes part of the Second Polish Republic as part of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Danzig (Gdańsk) made Free City of Danzig
  1919: Counter-revolution, Freikorps active in German Pomerania
  1920: new democratic constitution of the Free State of Prussia now within the Weimar Republic
  1920: Pomeranian Freikorps participate in the Kapp-Putsch
  since 1920: Poles construct Gdynia  as their port city in Pomerelia (then the Pomeranian Voivodeship) and connect it to Upper Silesian industry by the Polish Coal Trunk-Line
  1920s: economic recession in the German parts of Pomerania
  1932: Regierungsbezirk Stralsund merged into Regierungsbezirk Stettin
caption: Since the late 19th century, the Pomeranian coast is a tourist resort. In Binz, tourism started in the 1860s.
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