1517 - Mikołaj and Feliks
Zamoyski purchased from Jan Ostrowski a settlement named Skokowka with a
small castle, situated on the flood plains of Labunka and Topornica rivers
(formerly called Kalinowka and Wieprzec) and the sorrounding villages.
1542 - 19 III - Jan
Zamoyski - the future founder of the town of Zamosc was born in Skokowka.
1580 - 110 IV - Jan
Zamoyski, then the Crown Chancellor issued a location act establishing a
town called New Zamosc (to be differentiated from Old Zamosc - a nearby
settlement which belonged to another line of the Family). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamo%C5%9B%C4%87).
1648 - 6-24 XI - a siege of
Zamosc by the Cossack and Tatar armies under Bohdan Chmielnicki. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohdan_Chmielnicki).
1649 - King Jan Kazimierz
stopped in Zamosc on his way to relieve the besieged Zbaraz.
1656 - 26 II - 1 III -
successful defence of the fortress (...) during a siege of Zamosc by the
Swedish army led by the King Karol X Gustaw. (http://www.allempires.com/empires/polish_lit_full/polish_lit2.htm;
http://copernicus.subdomain.de/Charles_X_of_Sweden).
Beginning of the XVIII c.
During the Northern Wars, Zamosc was pressed hard for contributions, twice
occupied by the Swedish (1704) and Saxon (1715-16) Armies;
also, Russian detachments attempted to conquer it
by deceit(1706). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_War).
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1772 - at the time of the
I-st Partitioning of Poland, Zamosc was occupied by Austria
and incorporated into the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. (http://www.polishroots.org/genpoland/polhistory.htm;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitions_of_Poland).
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1809 - Zamosc was declared
a "National Fortress" and manned by the Austrian
military who requisitioned all churches, which formerly belonged
to the religous orders. The only ones left open were the Collegiate Church,
an Orthodox Church and a Synagogue. During several following years, Zamosc
was the site of the Central Interim Military Government. On May 20,
the town was liberated by the Polish Army of
Prince Jozef Poniatowski (who was associated with Napoleon), under the
command of Gen. Pelletier. Three-fourths of the suburbs were burnt during
the siege. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Warsaw;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Poniatowski).
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1813 - defence of Zamosc
against an 8-month long siege by the Russian
Army; defence was led by General Maurycy Hauke and was followed
by a surrender on November 25.
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1815 - after the Vienna
Congress, Zamosc was incorporated into the "Congress Kingdom"
(Kingdom of Poland - under the Russian control). (http://www.polishroots.org/genpoland/kpol.htm;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_Poland).
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1817-31 - Zamosc is
converted (by the Russians) into a strong fortress of strategic importance near
the border with Austria. At the same time, the fortress served as a main
military prison of the Kingdom.
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1831 - during the
November 1830 Uprising, the Zamosc fortress
under the command of Gen. Jan Krysinski, was a base for successful
military operations of the Polish Insurgent Forces in the south-eastern
region of the country and it was the site of administration authorities for
the Lublin Voivodship. Zamosc finally surrendered on November 21, 1831, as
the last site of resistance in the country. The suburbs were destroyed during
the fighting.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_Uprising#Poland_before_the_uprising).
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1833 - all permanent
structures were demolished within a 1200 meter wide perimeter around the
fortifications. Permits were being issued only for the construction of
wooden structures in the more distant suburbs.
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1831-66 - Zamosc remains a
strong fortress, constantly modernized, manned by the Russian Army.
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1856 - Cholera epidemics -
about 2000 people died.
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1865 - After suppression of the
January Uprising (1863-1864), its last leader and
commandant - Fr Stanislaw Brzoska was jailed in the fortress (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Uprising).
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1866 - Liquidation of the
fortress as outdated; partial demolition of the fortifications.
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1939 - 1 IX - on the first
day of World War II, Zamosc had 28.100 inhabitants. 3-13 IX - several
German bombing raids, primarily of the strategic objects; over 200 people
were killed. 19-20 IX - an attempt to re-take Zamosc by the Polish
infantry regiment under the command of Lt. Col. Stanisław Gumowski was not
successful. After temporary withdrawal of the German forces, Zamosc was
occupied for a short period of time, from 27 IX to 5 X by the Soviet Army.
8 X - German military returned. XII - beginning of extermination of the
Jews: appointment of the Judenrat, registration of the Jewish population
and establishment of a Ghetto.
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1940 - first transports of
Jews arrive from cities of Western Poland (which were incorporated into
the German Reich). VI - first mass arrests of Polish intelligentsia and
social activists in the course of an action under the cryptonim A-B and incarcerating
them in the Rotunda. Rotunda served initially as a transitional camp,
changed in 1943 to an extermination camp.
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1941 - after the start of
German-Soviet war, Germans organized in Zamosc the POW camps for the
Soviet soldiers.
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1942 - XI - liquidation of
the Jewish Ghetto located in Nowa Osada. 27 IX - first transport of
displaced families, expelled from the Zamosc region, to a camp at the
Okrzei street; this was an action associated with the creation of a German
Settlement District.
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1943 - Rotunda became an
extermination camp; the Nazis started a cover-up by burning bodies at the
stakes.
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1944 - mass shooting
executions in Rotunda connected with the German action "Sturmwind" directed
against the partisan groups. 25 VII - Zamość was liberated by the
detachments of the 3rd Soviet Guard Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front; the
city also welcomed enthusiastically Polish partisan detachments of the
Home Army (AK).
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1973 - change of the city
borders - included were parts of villages: Sitaniec, Płoskie, Wólka
Infułacka.
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1992 - erection of the
Zamosc-Lubaczow Diocese.
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