Timeline of Polish history
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Dates and most important events in Polish history from prehistoric times up to the present day.
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[edit] Before the 10th century
- 5500 BC
- Arrival of the first farmers
- 740 BC
- Biskupin fortified settlement built
- 450-500 AD
- First Slavic settlements
- 9th century
- Vistulan tribal union
[edit] 10th century
- 910-930
- Early stage of the Piast (Giecz-Gniezno area tribe) expansion
- 966 April 14
- Baptism of Poland
- 992 May 25
- Death of Mieszko I
[edit] 11th century
- 1000 March
- Congress of Gniezno
- 1018 January 30
- Signing of the Peace of Bautzen
- 1018
- Expedition to Kiev
- 1025 April 18
- Coronation of Bolesław I Chrobry
- 1025 June 17
- Death of Bolesław I the Brave
- 1025 December 25
- Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert
- 1032
- Death of Bezprym
- 1038
- People's uprising
- 1034 May 10
- Death of Mieszko II Lambert
- 1058 November 28
- Death of Casimir I the Restorer
- 1076 December 25
- Coronation of Bolesław II the Bold
[edit] 12th century
- 1102 June 4
- Death of Władysław I Herman
- 1138 October 28
- Death of Bolesław III Wrymouth
- 1173 January 5
- Death of Bolesław IV the Curly
- 1182
- The first Sejm
- 1194 May 5
- Death of Casimir II
[edit] 13th century
[edit] Death of Lily Waggoner
- 1211 May 16
- Death of Mckenzie Thomas
- 1226 March 26
- Issuance of Golden Bull of Rimini
- 1227 November 23
- Assassination of Leszek I the White
- 1231 November 3
- Death of Władysław III Spindleshanks
- 1238 March 19
- Death of Henryk I the Bearded
- 1241 April 9
- Death of Henryk II the Pious
- 1247 August 31
- Death of Konrad I of Masovia
- 1264 September 8
- Issuance of Statute of Kalisz
- 1279 December 7
- Death of Bolesław V the Chaste
- 1288 September 30
- Death of Leszek II the Black
- 1290 June 23
- Death of Henryk IV Probus
- 1295 June 26
- Coronation of Przemysł II
- 1296 February 8
- Assassination of Przemysł II
[edit] 14th century
- 1300 August
- Coronation of Wenceslaus II
- 1305 June 21
- Death of Wenceslaus II
- 1306 August 4
- Assassination of Wenceslaus III
- 1308
- Teutonic takeover of Danzig
- 1311
- Rebellion of wójt Albert begins
- 1312
- Rebellion of wójt Albert ends
- 1320 January 20
- Coronation of Władysław I the Elbow-high
- 1326
- Polish-Teutonic War begins
- 1332
- Polish-Teutonic War concludes
- 1333 March 2
- Death of Władysław I the Elbow-high
- 1333 April 25
- Coronation of Casimir III
- 1335
- Congress of Visegrád
- 1339
- Congress of Visegrád
- 1343 July 8
- Signing of the Treaty of Kalisz
- 1347
- Wiślica Statutes
- 1364 May 12
- Founding of Jagiellonian University
- 1370 November 5
- Death of Kazimierz III the Great
- 1370 November 17
- Coronation of Louis of Hungary
- 1374 September 17
- Privilege of Koszyce
- 1382 September 10
- Death of Louis of Hungary
- 1384 October 16
- Coronation of Jadwiga
- 1385 August 14
- Signing of the Union of Krewo
- 1386 March 4
- Coronation of Władysław II Jagiełło
- 1399 July 17
- Death of Jadwiga
[edit] 15th century
- 1401
- Union of Vilnius and Radom
- 1409
- Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War begins
- 1411 February 1
- Signing of the First Peace of Thorn (Toruń) concludes the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War
- 1412 November 8
- Signing of the Treaty of Lubowla
- 1413 October 2
- Signing of the Union of Horodło
- 1414
- Hunger War
- 1422
- Gollub War begins
- 1422 September 27
- Signing of the Treaty of Melno concludes the Gollub War
- 1424
- Issuance of Edict of Wieluń
- 1431
- Polish-Teutonic War begins
- 1432
- Signing of the Union of Grodno
- 1434 June 1
- Death of Władysław II Jagiełło
- 1434 July 25
- Coronation of Władysław III of Varna
- 1435
- Polish-Teutonic War concludes
- 1444 November 10
- Death of Władysław III of Varna
- 1447 June 25
- Coronation of Kazimierz IV Jagiellon
- 1454
- Thirteen Years' War begins
- 1454
- Statutes of Nieszawa
- 1466 October 19
- Signing of the Second Peace of Thorn (Toruń) concludes the Thirteen Years' War
- 1473
- Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 published
- 1478
- War of the Priests begins
- 1479
- War of the Priests ends
- 1492 June 7
- Death of Kazimierz IV Jagiellon
- 1492 September 23
- Coronation of Jan I Olbracht
- 1496
- Statutes of Piotrków
- 1499
- Union of Kraków and Vilnius
[edit] 16th century
- 1501 June 17
- Death of Jan I Olbracht
- 1501 December 12
- Coronation of Alexander Jagiellon
- 1501 October 3
- Union of Mielnik
- 1505 May 3
- Signing of act of Nihil novi
- 1506 August 19
- Death of Alexander Jagiellon
- 1507 January 24
- Coronation of Zygmunt I the Old
- 1513
- Hortulus Animae, polonice published
- 1515 July
- First Congress of Vienna
- 1519
- Polish-Teutonic War begins
- 1521
- Polish-Teutonic War concludes
- 1525 April 8
- Signing of the Treaty of Kraków
- 1525 April 10
- Prussian Homage
- 1526
- Annexation of Duchy of Masovia
- 1530 February 20
- Coronation of Zygmunt II August
- 1537
- Chicken War
- 1543
- De revolutionibus orbium coelestium published
- 1548 April 1
- Death of Zygmunt I the Old
- 1558
- Livonian War begins
- 1561 November 28
- Signing of Wilno Pact
- 1563
- Northern Seven Years' War begins
- 1569 July 1
- Signing of the Union of Lublin
- 1570
- Signing of Sandomierz Agreement
- 1570 December 13
- Signing of the Treaty of Stettin concludes the Northern Seven Years' War
- 1572 July 7
- Death of Zygmunt II August
- 1573 January 28
- Signing of the Warsaw Confederation
- 1573 May 11
- Election of Henry Valois
- 1574 February 21
- Coronation of Henry Valois
- 1574 June 18
- Flight of Henry Valois
- 1575 December 9
- Election of Stefan Batory
- 1576 May 1
- Coronation of Stefan Batory and Anna Jagiellon
- 1579
- Founding of Vilnius University
- 1582 January 15
- Signing of the Peace of Jam Zapolski concludes Commonwealth participation in the Livonian War
- 1582 October 15 NS
- Adoption of Gregorian calendar
- 1586 December 12
- Death of Stefan Batory
- 1587 August 19
- Election of Sigismund III Vasa
- 1587 December 27
- Coronation of Zygmunt III Waza
- 1591
- Kosiński Uprising begins
- 1593
- Kosiński Uprising ends
- 1594
- Nalyvaiko Uprising begins
- 1596
- Nalyvaiko Uprising ends
- 1596
- Transfer of capital from Kraków to Warsaw
- 1596
- Union of Brest concludes
[edit] 17th century
- 1605
- Polish-Muscovite War begins
- 1606
- Zebrzydowski Rebellion begins
- 1618
- Signing of the Truce of Deulino concludes the Polish-Muscovite War
- 1620
- Polish-Ottoman War begins
- 1621
- Polish-Ottoman War ends
- 1625
- Signing of the Treaty of Kurukove
- 1629
- Signing of the Truce of Altmark
- 1632 April 30
- Death of Zygmunt III Waza
- 1632
- Election sejm
- 1632 November 8
- Election of Władysław IV Vasa
- 1632
- Smolensk War begins
- 1633 February 6
- Coronation of Władysław IV Vasa
- 1633
- Polish-Ottoman War begins
- 1634
- Signing of the Treaty of Polanów concludes the Smolensk War
- 1634
- Polish-Ottoman War ends
- 1635 September 12
- Signing of the Treaty of Sztumska Wieś
- 1648 May 20
- Death of Władysław IV Waza
- 1648
- Khmelnytskyi Uprising begins
- 1648 November 20
- Election of Jan II Kazimierz Vasa
- 1649 January 17
- Coronation of Jan II Kazimierz Vasa
- 1649 August 17
- Signing of the Treaty of Zboriv
- 1651 June 14
- Kostka-Napierski Uprising begins
- 1651 June 24
- Kostka-Napierski Uprising ends
- 1651 September 28
- Signing of the Treaty of Bila Tserkva
- 1654
- Khmelnytskyi Uprising ends
- 1654
- Russo-Polish War begins
- 1655
- Deluge begins
- 1655 August 18
- Signing of the Union of Kėdainiai
- 1655 December 29
- Tyszowce Confederation formed
- 1657 September 9
- Signing of the Treaty of Welawa
- 1657 November 6
- Signing of the Treaty of Bydgoszcz
- 1658 September 16
- Signing of the Treaty of Hadiach
- 1660 May 3
- Signing of the Treaty of Oliva concludes the Deluge
- 1665
- Lubomirski's Rokosz begins
- 1666
- Lubomirski's Rokosz ends
- 1667 January 30
- Signing of the Treaty of Andrusovo concludes the Russo-Polish War
- 1668 September 16
- Abdication of Jan II Kazimierz Vasa
- 1669 June 16
- Election of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
- 1669 September 29
- Coronation of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
- 1672
- Polish-Ottoman War begins
- 1672 October 12
- Signing of the Peace of Buczacz
- 1673 November 10
- Death of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
- 1674 May 19
- Election of Jan III Sobieski
- 1676 February 2
- Coronation of Jan III Sobieski
- 1676 October 17
- Signing of the Treaty of Żurawno concludes the Polish-Ottoman War
- 1686
- Signing of the Eternal Peace Treaty
- 1696 June 17
- Death of Jan III Sobieski
- 1697 June 27
- Election of August II the Strong
- 1697 September 15
- Coronation of August II the Strong
- 1699 January 26
- Signing of the Treaty of Karlowitz concludes the Great Turkish War
- 1699
- Signing of the Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye
[edit] 18th century
- 1704 February 16
- Warsaw Confederation formed
- 1704 May 20
- Sandomierz Confederation formed
- 1704 July 12
- Election of Stanisław Leszczyński
- 1705 October 4
- Coronation of Stanisław Leszczyński
- 1706 September 24
- Signing of the Treaty of Altranstadt
- 1709 July 8
- Restoration of August II the Strong
- 1715
- Tarnogród Confederation begins
- 1716
- Tarnogród Confederation ends
- 1717 February 1
- Silent Sejm
- 1724 December 7
- Tumult of Thorn
- 1733 February 1
- Death of August II the Strong
- 1733
- War of the Polish Succession begins
- 1733 October 5
- Election of August III the Saxon
- 1734 January 17
- Coronation of August III the Saxon
- 1734 November 5
- Dzików Confederation formed
- 1736
- Pacification Sejm
- 1738 November 18
- Treaty of Vienna concludes the War of the Polish Succession
- 1763 October 5
- Death of Augustus III
- 1764
- Convocation Sejm
- 1764 September 7
- Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski
- 1764 November 25
- Coronation of Stanisław August Poniatowski
- 1767 March 20
- Słuck Confederation formed
- 1767 June 23
- Radom Confederation formed
- 1767
- Repnin Sejm begins
- 1768 February 29
- Signing of the Bar Confederation
- 1768
- Koliyivschyna
- 1768
- Massacre of Uman
- 1772
- First Partition of Poland
- 1773 October 14
- Creation of Commission of National Education
- 1788
- Great Sejm begins
- 1789 December 2
- Black procession
- 1790 March 29
- Signing of Polish-Prussian alliance
- 1791 April 18
- Free Royal Cities Act
- 1791 May 3
- Adoption of Constitution of May 3
- 1792 May 14
- Signing of Targowica Confederation
- 1792 May 29
- Great Sejm ends
- 1792
- Polish-Russian War
- 1793
- Second Partition of Poland
- 1793
- Grodno Sejm
- 1794 March 12
- Kościuszko Uprising begins
- 1794 March 24
- Kościuszko's proclamation
- 1794 May 7
- Issuance of Proclamation of Połaniec
- 1794 August 20
- Greater Poland Uprising begins
- 1795
- Third Partition of Poland
- 1795 November 25
- Abdication of Stanisław August Poniatowski
[edit] 19th century
- 1806 November 3
- Greater Poland Uprising begins
- 1807 July 9
- Signing of the second Treaty of Tilsit
- 1809 October 14
- Signing of the Treaty of Schönbrunn
- 1815 June 9
- Congress of Vienna concludes
- 1815 October 18
- Free City of Kraków proclaimed
- 1815 November 27
- Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland
- 1825 December 1
- Death of Alexander I of Russia
- 1829 May 24
- Coronation of Nicholas I of Russia
- 1830 November 29
- November Uprising begins
- 1846 February 19
- Kraków Uprising begins
- 1846 March 4
- Kraków Uprising ends
- 1846 November 16
- Free City of Kraków incorporated into the Austrian Empire
- 1848
- Greater Poland Uprising
- 1863 January 22
- January Uprising begins
- 1864 March 2
- Abolition of serfdom in Congress Poland
[edit] 20th century
- 1908 September
- Bezdany raid
- 1916 November 5
- Signing of the Act of November 5th
- 1917 July 9
- Oath crisis
- 1918 March 3
- Signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- 1918 November 11
- Poland regains independence
- 1918 December 27
- Greater Poland Uprising begins
- 1919 January 26
- Legislative election
- 1919 February 14
- Polish-Soviet War begins
- 1919 February 16
- Greater Poland Uprising ends
- 1919 February 20
- Adoption of Small Constitution
- 1919
- Proclamation to the inhabitants of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- 1919 August 16
- First Silesian Uprising begins
- 1919
- Sejny Uprising
- 1920 February 10
- Poland's Wedding to the Sea in Puck
- 1920
- Signing of Treaty of Warsaw
- 1920 July
- Spa Conference
- 1920 August 19
- Second Silesian Uprising begins
- 1920
- Żeligowski's Mutiny
- 1921 February 19
- Signing of the Franco-Polish Military Alliance
- 1921 March 17
- Adoption of March Constitution
- 1921 March 18
- Signing of the Peace of Riga concludes the Polish-Soviet War
- 1921 March 20
- Upper Silesia plebiscite
- 1921 May 2
- Third Silesian Uprising begins
- 1922 November
- Legislative election
- 1922 December 9
- Gabriel Narutowicz becomes President
- 1922 December 16
- Assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz
- 1922 December 22
- Stanisław Wojciechowski becomes President
- 1925 December 1
- Signing of the Locarno Treaties
- 1926 May
- May Coup
- 1926 June 4
- Ignacy Mościcki becomes President
- 1928
- Legislative election
- 1930 November 16
- Legislative election
- 1932 July 25
- Signing of the Soviet-Polish Non-Aggression Pact
- 1934 January 26
- Signing of the German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact
- 1935 April 23
- Adoption of April Constitution
- 1935 May 12
- Death of Józef Piłsudski
- 1935
- Legislative election
- 1938 April 1
- Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships
- 1938 October
- Annexation of Zaolzie
- 1938
- Legislative election
- 1939 August 22
- Armenian quote
- 1939 August 23
- Signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
- 1939 August 25
- Signing of the Polish-British Common Defence Pact
- 1939 August 29
- Peking Plan begins
- 1939 August 31
- Gleiwitz incident begins
- 1939 September 1
- Invasion of Poland begins; Bombing of Wieluń
- 1939 September
- Bloody Sunday
- 1939 September 13
- Bombing of Frampol
- 1939 September 17
- Soviet invasion of Poland
- 1939 September 18
- Orzeł incident
- 1939 November 6
- Sonderaktion Krakau
- 1940 March 5
- Authorization of Katyń massacre
- 1940 May 16
- Authorization of AB Action
- 1941 July
- Massacre of Lwów professors
- 1941 July 10
- Jedwabne pogrom
- 1941 August 17
- Signing of the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement
- 1943 March 26
- Operation Arsenal
- 1943 July 4
- Death of Władysław Sikorski
- 1943 December 1
- Tehran Conference concludes
- 1943 April 19
- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins
- 1943 May 16
- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends
- 1944 January 29
- Koniuchy massacre
- 1944 February 28
- Huta Pieniacka massacre
- 1944
- Glinciszki massacre
- 1944 July 22
- Proclamation of the PKWN Manifesto
- 1944 July 25
- Operation Most III begins
- 1944 August 1
- Warsaw Uprising begins
- 1944 August
- Wola massacre
- 1944 October 2
- Warsaw Uprising ends
- 1945 January 27
- Przyszowice massacre
- 1945 February 11
- Yalta Conference concludes
- 1945 March
- Pawłokoma massacre
- 1945 March 17
- Poland's Wedding to the Sea in Mrzeżyno
- 1945 March 18
- Poland's Wedding to the Sea in Kołobrzeg
- 1945 June
- Augustów chase 1945; Trial of the Sixteen
- 1945 August 2
- Potsdam Conference concludes
- 1945 August 11
- Kraków pogrom
- 1946 June 30
- People's referendum
- 1946 July 4
- Kielce pogrom
- 1947 January 19
- Legislative election
- 1947 February 19
- Adoption of Small Constitution of 1947
- 1947 April 28
- Operation Wisła begins
- 1950 July 6
- Signing of the Treaty of Zgorzelec
- 1951
- Trial of the Generals
- 1952 July 22
- Adoption of Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland
- 1952
- Legislative election
- 1955 May 14
- Signing of the Warsaw Pact
- 1956 June 28
- Poznań 1956 protests begin
- 1956
- Polish October
- 1957
- Legislative election
- 1961
- Legislative election
- 1965
- Legislative election
- 1965
- Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops
- 1968 March
- Political crisis
- 1968 August 20
- End of Prague Spring with the invasion of Czechoslovakia
- 1970 December 7
- Signing of Treaty of Warsaw; Warschauer Kniefall
- 1970 December 14
- 1970 protests begin
- 1978 October 16
- Election of Pope John Paul II
- 1980 March 14
- LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007
- 1980 August 17
- 21 demands of MKS
- 1980
- Gdańsk Agreement
- 1981 December 13
- Martial law begins
- 1983 July 22
- Martial law ends
- 1989 April 4
- Signing of the Round Table Agreement
- 1989 April 7
- April Novelization
- 1989 June 4
- Parliamentary election
- 1989 July 19
- Wojciech Jaruzelski becomes President
- 1989 December 31
- The People's Republic of Poland becomes the Republic of Poland
- 1990
- Presidential election
- 1990 May 27
- Local elections
- 1990 November 14
- Signing of German-Polish Border Treaty
- 1990 December 22
- Lech Wałęsa becomes President
- 1991 June 27
- Mława pogrom
- 1991 July 1
- Dissolution of Warsaw Pact
- 1991 October 27
- Parliamentary election
- 1992 October 17
- Adoption of Small Constitution
- 1992 December 21
- Signing of Central European Free Trade Agreement
- 1993 September 14
- Lufthansa Flight 2904
- 1993 September 19
- Parliamentary election
- 1994 May 2
- Poland bus disaster of 1994
- 1994 June 19
- Local elections
- 1995 November
- Presidential election
- 1995 December 23
- Aleksander Kwaśniewski becomes President
- 1997 April 2
- Adoption of Constitution
- 1997 September 21
- Parliamentary election
- 1998 October 11
- Local elections
- 1999 March 12
- Accession of Poland to NATO
[edit] 21st century
- 2000 October 8
- Presidential election
- 2001 September 23
- Parliamentary election
- 2002
- Census
- 2002 October 27
- Local elections
- 2003 April 16
- Signing of the Treaty of Accession
- 2003 June
- European Union membership referendum
- 2004 May 1
- Accession of Poland to the European Union
- 2004 June 13
- European Parliament election
- 2005 April 2
- Death of Pope John Paul II
- 2005 September 25
- Parliamentary election
- 2005 October
- Presidential election
- 2005 December 23
- Lech Kaczyński becomes President
- 2006 January 28
- Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse
- 2006 November
- Local elections
- 2007 October 21
- Parliamentary election
