The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Radom, Poland.Official webpage of Radom in English at Radom.pl

Middle Ages

1155: first mention about Radom (Pope Adrian IV bull) before 1300: Old Radom granted with Środa Śląska rights (city rights based on those of Środa Śląska) 1233: first written reference to Radom's chief of castle - Marek 1340: Casimir III founds New Radom (Nowy Radom) 1360–1370: Casimir III founds St. John's Church 1364: Radom granted with Magdeburg law 1383: Jadwiga of Poland accepted by a Sejm held in Radom as a king of Poland 1401: First union of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania signed in Radom 1481: Radom becomes a de facto capital of Poland after Casimir IV of Poland moves to Lithuania and his son, Saint Casimir to be, ruled the country in his absence from Radom 1489: Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, John von Tieffen pays tribute to Casimir IV of Poland in Radom castle

Modern period 1505: a Sejm in Radom passes the Nihil novi constitution and Łaski's Statute, the first real bill of rights of Poland 1564: 1800 inhabitants, 180 houses, 14 butchers' shops, two baths and two wells 1613: Radom becomes the place where the Highest Fiscal Courts are held 1628: Great fire destroys the town 1656: Charles X of Sweden stays in town during The Deluge 1660: the city plundered by Sweden; after they leave the town has 395 inhabitants and 37 houses 1724: Augustus II the Strong grant to Radom privilege De non tollerandis judaeis 1737–1756: Kolegium Pijarów [the Piarists College] school founded 1763: Fiscal Tribunal moved to Warsaw; the town has 1370 inhabitants and 137 buildings 1779: 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Polish Crown Army stationed in Radom. 1780: 3rd Infantry Regiment relocated from Radom to Warsaw. 1780s: 3rd Infantry Regiment relocated from Warsaw back to Radom. 1795: After the 3rd Partition Radom is annexed by Austria

1809: Radom becomes capital of a department of the Duchy of Warsaw 1812: Catholic cemetery at Limanowskiego Street founded. 1815: Radom, after the Congress of Vienna, becomes part of Russian-controlled Congress Poland 1817: First lay school founded 1819: Fryderyk August Schnierstein opens a tannery, the date is considered a start of towns industrialisation 1844: Radom becomes the capital of Radom-Kielce government 1846: Saint Casimir hospital founded. 1867: Creation of Radom local government; the sewers are built 1885: Dęblin–Dąbrowa Górnicza railway opened 1901: electricity plant opened 1906: Notable Polish independence fighter Kazimierz Sosnkowski, and future Polish politician and general, escaped from Warsaw to Radom, pursued by the Russian Okhrana, and became the commander of the local Polish Combat Organization.

1908: Population: 39,981. 1910: Radomiak Radom football club founded. 1911: Radom has 51,934 inhabitants 1920–1939: Radom becomes a part of the Central Industrial Area (Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy); Chemical Plant, arms and munitions factory (Łucznik Arms Factory), gas works, telephone and shoe factories are founded 1921 Czarni Radom football club (future multi-sport club) founded. State Railway Technical School moved from Skarżysko-Kamienna to Radom.Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej, p. 8 1922: 72nd Infantry Regiment of the Polish Army stationed in Radom. 1926: Broń Radom football club founded. 1935: Radom–Warsaw railway opened. It significantly shortened rail distance between Warsaw and Kraków 1938: 90,059 inhabitants

World War II 1939 German invasion of Poland, Radom occupied and made the capital of the Radom District of the General Government September 21: German Einsatzgruppe II entered the city to commit various crimes against the population. September: The Germans closed down the local technical high school and established a hospital for wounded Polish and later German soldiers in its place. October 24: The Germans carried out a public execution of 24 Poles.Wardzyńska, p. 250 November 5: The Germans carried out a public execution of 5 Poles. December 2: The Germans carried out a public execution of 19 Poles. December 14: The Germans carried out a public execution of 24 Poles. December 15: The Germans carried out a public execution of 13 Poles. December 19: The Germans carried out a public execution of 16 Poles.

1940 January 12: The Germans carried out a public execution of 10 Polish men. March: Polish Rada Główna Opiekuńcza organization established a kitchen at the railway station that prepared meals for the most needy.Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej, p. 5 March 29: The Germans carried out an execution of 69 Poles from Stefanków in the Firlej district.Wardzyńska, p. 253 March 31: The German Feldgendarmerie carried out an execution of 43 Polish farmers, craftsmen and forest workers from Gałki in the Firlej district. April–May: Around 100 Poles from Radom were murdered by the Russians in the large Katyn massacre. May 16 and 24: The Germans carried out executions of 98 Poles, including teenagers, in the Firlej district.Wardzyńska, p. 252 July 10 and 15: Deportations of Poles from the local prison to the Auschwitz concentration camp.Wardzyńska, p. 261 August 20: Deportation of Poles from the local prison to the Auschwitz concentration camp. October 16: The Germans established a forced labour camp for Jews. November 9: Deportation of Poles from the local prison to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

1941 January: First German execution in the present-day Kosów district.Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej, p. 20 April: Radom Ghetto established. 1942 September: The Germans discovered secret activity of the Polish resistance movement at the local arms factory and carried out mass arrests of its members.Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej, p. 6 October 12–15: The Germans carried out three mass public executions of 50 Poles, including 26 employees of the arms factory, and a pregnant woman.Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej, p. 7, 17 April 23, 1943: Polish resistance successfully assassinated the chief of the local German police.Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej, p. 14 1944 March 1: The Germans carried out an execution of 36 Poles.Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej, p. 17 March-April: Mass arrests of local Poles, including members of the Grey Ranks resistance organization, by the Gestapo.Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej, p. 25 7 July: The Germans carried out a massacre of 30 Polish firefighters.Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej, pp. 24–25 July: Radom Ghetto dissolved. July: Partial evacuation of the German administration to Częstochowa. Deportations of Poles the Dulag 121 camp in Pruszków to Radom, following the Polish Warsaw Uprising. 3,500 Poles expelled from Warsaw stayed in the city, as of November 1, 1944. 1945: January 14: Last transport of prisoners sent from to Radom to Auschwitz, it only reached Częstochowa. January 14: Last German execution in Firlej. January 16: liberation from German occupation January: The Soviet NKVD took over the former Gestapo headquarters.

Contemporary history

September 9, 1945: Polish partisans attacked the communist prison and liberated nearly 500 prisoners. 1948–1975: Theatre (Teatr Dramatyczny) and an engineering school are opened. 1954: City limits were greatly expanded by including several settlements as new districts, including Długojów, Godów, Gołębiów, Halinów, Jeżowa Wola, Kaptur, Michałów, Prędocinek, Wośniki and Żakowice. 1957: Czarni Radom volleyball section founded. 1958: Monument to Polish workers of the local arms factory who were murdered by the Germans during World War II was unveiled.Radomskie miejsca pamięci II wojny światowej, p. 7 1975: the city becomes the capital of Radom Voivodeship 1976: June 25: Huge workers' strike against the communist regime; the city becomes one of the main centres of anti-communist opposition in Poland (see June 1976 protests) July 17: Beginning of court trials of anti-communist protesters, in which 25 people were sentenced to prison. 1981: Monument was unveiled at the site of a German execution of 15 Poles on October 14, 1942. 1984: City limits were greatly expanded by including several settlements as new districts, including Długojów Górny, Huta Józefowska, Janiszpol, Józefów, Kierzków, Kończyce, Krychnowice, Krzewień, Malczew, Mleczna, Nowa Wola Gołębiowska, Nowiny Malczewskie, Stara Wola Gołębiowska, Wincentów, Wólka Klwatecka. 1996: Radomska Wyższa Szkoła Inżynierska promoted to the rank of a Kazimierz Pułaski Technical University of Radom (Politechnika Radomska) 1999: Radom becomes the capital of Radom County of the Masovian Voivodeship 2003: Rosa Radom basketball club founded. 2007: Radom Chamber Orchestra founded.

See also Timelines of other cities in Masovian Voivodeship: Płock, Warsaw List of years in Poland

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