Napoleon establishes the Free City of Danzig…
September 1807 CE
This territory is carved out from lands that made up part of the Kingdom of Prussia, consisting of the city of Danzig (now known as Gdańsk) along with its rural possessions on the mouth of Vistula, together with the Hel Peninsula and the southern half of the Vistula Spit.
From late January to November29, 1813, Russian forces will lay siege to the city and the French occupying forces will withdraw on January 2, 1814.