13-14th centuries
1241 – Tartars invasion destroys wooden city, stone church of St.Andrew and the Castle remain
1257 – location of Krakow on Magdeburg’s Law , to help rebuilt the city Prince Boleslaw gives many privileges to the settlers in Krakow the old city gets its present chessboard shape
13th century end – work on the city wall and new towers
1320 – the first royal coronation in the Wawel Cathedral – Ladislas’ the Short; beginning of construction of a new Cathedral
1333 – King Ladislas dies – first chronicled Royal funeral in the Wawel Cathedral
1333-1370 – reign of Casimir the Great
1335 – Kazimierz founded as a separate town, Krakow district from 18th
1364 – the foundation of Academy, later named Jagiellonian University
1366 – Kleparz village founded, later part of Krakow
1386 – young Jadwiga (the future Saint) becomes the King of Poland,then she marries Lithuanian prince Jogailla (Władysław after christianising ) giving the start of
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth which lasts until 1795