Timeline of Aleksandrów Łódzki

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• c. 6500 B.C. – Oldest traces of humans - settlement of ancient hunters on dunes near the Rąbień reserve.
• 11th-12th century – First villages founded in the current area of Aleksandrów Łódzki commune: Rąbień, Bełdów, Brużyca Wielka, Prawęcice and Zgniłe Błoto.
• 14th-15th century - More villages and Church of All Saints in Bełdów founded.
• 1782 – First German settlers arrived in Brużyca Wielka, many colonies founded.
• 1793 – Territory annexed by Prussia in the Second Partition of Poland.

Monument of Rafał Bratoszewski, founder of the town

• 1807 – Territory included within the Duchy of Warsaw.
• 1815 – Territory included within so-called Congress Poland under Russian rule.
• c. 1816 – Owner of Brużyca Wielka – Polish nobleman Rafał Bratoszewski of Sulima coat of arms founded a new town settlement on a sandy and forestry hill – this was the future Aleksandrów. A rectangular marketplace was made along with few streets. Squire Bratoszewski founded the catholic parish of St. Rafael and Michael.
• 22 March 1822 – New settlement gained city rights and was named Aleksandrów in the name of then-ruling tzar of Russia and king of Poland – Alexander I of Russia. Aleksandrów had then 3,086 citizens, the majority of them were weavers.
• 1824 - Neo-classical town hall built during the mayor Gedeon Goedel's term.
• 6 December 1824 - Founder of Aleksandrów Rafał Bratoszewski died and was buried in the local church. Aleksandrów became the property of the Kossowski family of Dołęga coat of arms.
• 1825 – The city as an example of perfect weaving center was visited by the tzar of Russia and king of Poland Alexander I of Russia.
• 1828 - A huge evangelic church built, Fryderyk Jerzy Tuve became the first pastor.
• 1830–1831 – Citizens along with Gedeon Goedel supported the November Uprising by sending uniforms, a squad and a doctor to Warsaw.
• 25 October 1833 - Izrael Poznański was born in Aleksandrów.
• 1858-1860 - A new road leading to Łódź via the new suburbs Bałuty built.
• 1863-1864 - January Uprising – few citizens took part in fighting and the city was taken twice by the uprising soldiers.
• 1866 - Chanoch Henich ha-Kohen Lewin settled in Aleksandrów. Since then the town has become a major Jewish religious centre.
• 1869 - Aleksandrów lost its city rights.
• 1888 - The first mechanical stocking factory built by Roman Paschke.

• 1903 - Voluntary Fire Brigade and "Lutnia" singer association formed.
• 1905 - Strikes of workers and teachers against Russification.
• 1910 - An electric tram line connected Aleksandrów with Łódź.
• 11 November 1918 - A group of firefighters disarmed a German military outpost. The beginnings of independence of Poland.
• 1924 - Aleksandrów regained city rights and it is now called Łódzki.
• 1927 - A new school opened at Bankowa street.

World War II memorial

• 1939
  • 7 September: German troops entered the town at the start of World War II. Beginning of German occupation.
  • 14 September: 5 Poles and 26 Jews executed by German soldiers.
  • 9 November: Aleksandrów annexed to Nazi Germany. The synagogue along with monuments of Tadeusz Kościuszko and Józef Piłsudski destroyed, Polish and Jewish schools closed.
  • 27 December: Jews deported to General Government where most of them died in German concentration camps.
• 1943 - Aleksandrów renamed to Wirkheim (home of the weavers).
• 1945
  • 17 January: Aleksandrów liberated by Soviet tank squads.
  • 24 January: Józef Janiak became the first post-war mayor of Aleksandrów.
  • 16 February: The first high school opened - State Coeducational Gymnasium. Currently the Mikołaj Kopernik High School.
• 1945-1947 - Germans forcibly moved to Germany in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement. For the first time in its history Aleksandrów became a solely Polish town.
• 1951-1953 - Airport built.
• 1959 - Primary school no. 4 opened.
• 1970s and 1980s - Bratoszewskiego, Sikorskiego and Słoneczne estates built in eastern parts of the city.
• 1974 - A youth community center opened.
• 1979 - Friends of Aleksandrów Association founded.
• 1983 - The first Days of Aleksandrów held.
• 27 May 1990 - The first free elections to the city council won by Aleksandrowska Akcja Społeczna. Krzysztof Czajkowski became the mayor.
• 8 December 1991 - A local newspaper "Czterdzieści i cztery" issues its first edition.
• 1991-1995 - The tram connection to Łódź discontinued. Currently, the cities are connected by bus line no. 78.
• 1998 Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki football club founded.
• 1999 - Aleksandrów Association of Entrepreneurs 2000 founded.
• 27 October 2000 - Local elections won by the Platforma Obywatelska. Jacek Lipiński became the mayor.

• 2006 - Elections won again by the Platforma Obywatelska. Jacek Lipiński elected for his second term.

This article incorporates information from the Polish Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.