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This is a timeline of Polish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Poland and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Poland. See also the list of Polish monarchs and list of prime ministers of Poland.

Centuries: 5th * 6th * 7th * 8th * 9th * 10th * 11th * 12th * 13th * 14th * 15th * 16th * 17th * 18th * 19th * 20th * 21st * See also

## Prehistory

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800,000 BC |  | First known humans on Polish lands
c. 500,000 BC |  | Oldest Stone Tools findings in the Tunel Wielki cave suggest the remnants of Homo heidelbergensis.[1]
2400–2300 BC |  | Early Bronze Age.[2]
750–700 BC |  | Iron Age

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## 5th century

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450 |  | First Slavic settlements (to 500)

## 10th century

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910 |  | Early stage of the Piast (Giecz-Gniezno area tribe) expansion (to 930)
960 |  | Beginning of Polish State
965 |  | Merchant Ibrahim ibn Yaqub mentions the city "Karako" (Currently Kraków)
966 | April 14 | Baptism of Poland.[3]
967 |  | Battle of Mieszko I with Wichmann and Wolinians
970 |  | Denarius becomes the currency of Poland
972 | 24 June | Mieszko I defeats Odo I at the Battle of Cedynia
989 |  | Lesser Poland is conquered
990 |  | After a victory against Boleslaus II, Silesia is annexed
992 | May 25 | Death of Mieszko I
997 |  | St. Adalbert baptises the citizens of Gyddannyzc (currently Gdańsk)
1000 | March | Congress of Gniezno

## 11th century

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1003 |  | Bohemia and Moravia are annexed by Poland
1004 |  | First war with Henry II starts
1007 |  | Second war with Henry II starts
1015 |  | Third war with Henry II starts
1018  | January 30 | Signing of the Peace of Bautzen (Budziszyn) with Henry II
| Bolesław I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis
1025 | April 18 | Coronation of Bolesław I Chrobry
June 17 | Death of Bolesław I Chrobry the Brave
December 25 | Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert
1031  |  | Bezprym organises a coup
| Mieszko II flees
| Russian prince Yaroslav the Wise conquers Cherven Cities, while the Holy Roman Empire regains Lusatia
1032 |  | Mieszko II Lambert returns to the country, duke Bezprym dies
1034 | May 10 | Death of Mieszko II Lambert
1034–39 |  | Pagan uprisings against Christianization
1058 | November 28 | Death of Casimir I the Restorer
1076 | December 26 | Coronation of Bolesław II the Bold

## 12th century

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1102 | June 4 | Death of Władysław I Herman
1138 | October 28 | Death of Bolesław III Wrymouth; birth of Casimir II the Just
1173 | January 5 | Death of Bolesław IV the Curly
1194 | May 5 | Death of Casimir II

## 13th century

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1202 | March 13 | Death of Mieszko III the Old, High Duke of Poland
1211 | May 16 | Death of Mieszko IV Tanglefoot
1226 | March 26 | Issuance of Golden Bull of Rimini
1227 | November 24 | Assassination of Leszek I the White
1231 | November 3 | Death of Władysław III Spindleshanks
1238 | March 19 | Death of Henry I the Bearded
1241 |  | First Mongol invasion of Poland
April 9 | Death of Henry 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
| Władysław I Łokietek (the Elbow-high) inherits the lands of Poland
1290 | June 23 | Death of Henryk IV Probus
1295  | June 26 | Coronation of Przemysł II
| Coat of arms of Poland adopted by the King
1296 | February 8 | Assassination of Przemysł II
1300 | August | Coronation of Wenceslaus II

## 14th century

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1305 | June 21 | Death of Wenceslaus II
1306 | August 4 | Assassination of Wenceslaus III
1308 |  | Teutonic takeover of Danzig
1311–1312 |  | Rebellion of wójt Albert.[4]
1320 | January 20 | Coronation of Władysław I the Elbow-high
1326 |  | Polish–Teutonic War (1326–1332) begins
1332 |  | Polish–Teutonic War concludes
1333 | March 2 | Death of Władysław I the Elbow-high
April 25 | Coronation of Casimir III
1335 |  | The first meeting of Congress of Visegrád
1339 |  | The second meeting of Congress of Visegrád
1343 | July 8 | Signing of the Treaty of Kalisz
1347–1362 |  | Statutes of Casimir the Great.[5]
1364 |  | Founding of Jagiellonian University
1370 | November 5 | Death of Kazimierz III the Great
November 17 | Coronation of Louis of Hungary
1374 | September 17 | Privilege of Koszyce
1382 | September 10 | Death of Louis of Hungary
1382–1386  |  | The first Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland.[6]
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 queen Jadwiga

## 15th century

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1401 |  | Union of Vilnius and Radom
1409 |  | Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War begins
1410 | July 15 | Battle of Grunwald won by Władysław II Jagiełło
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 | 17 July | Golub War begins
September 27 | Signing of the Treaty of Melno concludes the Golub War
1424 |  | Issuance of Edict of Wieluń
1431 |  | Polish–Teutonic War (1431–1435) begins
1432 |  | Signing of the Union of Grodno
1434 | June 1 | Death of Władysław II Jagiełło
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
| Statutes of Nieszawa
1466 | October 19 | Signing of the Second Peace of Toruń concludes the Thirteen Years' War
1473 |  | Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 published
1478–1479 |  | War of the Priests.
1492 | June 7 | Death of Kazimierz IV Jagiellon
September 23 | Coronation of Jan I Olbracht
1496 |  | Statutes of Piotrków
1499 |  | Union of Kraków and Vilnius

## 16th century

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1501 | June 17 | Death of Jan I Olbracht
October 3 | Union of Mielnik
December 12 | Coronation of Alexander Jagiellon
1505 | May 3 | Signing of act of Nihil novi
1506 | August 19 | Death of Alexander Jagiellon
1507 | January 24 | Coronation of Sigismund I the Old
1513 |  | Hortulus Animae, polonice published.
1515 | July | First Congress of Vienna.
1519–1521 |  | Polish–Teutonic War.
1525 | April 8 | Signing of the Treaty of Kraków
April 10 | Prussian Homage
1526 |  | Annexation of Duchy of Masovia
1530 | February 20 | Coronation of Sigismund II Augustus
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
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
May 11 | Election of Henry of Valois
1574 | February 21 | Coronation of Henry Valois
June 18 | Flight of Henry Valois
1575 | December 9 | Election of Stephen Báthory
1576 | 1 May | Coronation of Stephen Batory and Anna Jagiellon
1579 |  | Founding of Vilnius University
1582 | January 15 | Signing of the Truce of Jam Zapolski concludes Commonwealth participation in the Livonian War
October 15 | Adoption of the Gregorian calendar
1586 | December 12 | Death of Stefan Batory
1587 | August 19 | Election of Sigismund III Vasa
December 27 | Coronation of Sigismund III Waza
1591 |  | Kosiński Uprising begins.[7]
1593 |  | Kosiński Uprising ends
1594 |  | Nalyvaiko Uprising begins
1596 |  | Nalyvaiko Uprising ends
| Transfer of capital from Kraków to Warsaw
| Union of Brest concludes

## 17th century

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1606 | 5 August | Zebrzydowski rebellion begins
1609 |  | Polish–Russian War (1609–1618) begins
1618 |  | Signing of the Truce of Deulino concludes the Polish–Russian War
1620–1621 |  | Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621).
1625 |  | Signing of the Treaty of Kurukove
1629 |  | Signing of the Truce of Altmark
1632 | September - November | 1632 Polish–Lithuanian royal election
| Smolensk War begins
April 30 | Death of Sigismund III Waza
November 8 | Election of Władysław IV Vasa
1633 |  | Polish–Ottoman War (1633–1634) begins
February 6 | Coronation of Władysław IV Vasa
1634 | 14 June | Signing of the Treaty of Polyanovka concludes the Smolensk War
| Polish–Ottoman War ends
1635 | September 12 | Signing of the Treaty of Sztumska Wieś
1648 |  | Khmelnytsky Uprising begins
May 20 | Death of Władysław IV Waza
November 20 | Election of John II Casimir Vasa
1649 | January 19 | Coronation of John II Casimir Vasa
August 17 | Signing of the Treaty of Zboriv
1651 | June 14 – June 24 | Kostka-Napierski uprising.
September 28 | Signing of the Treaty of Bila Tserkva
1654 |  | Khmelnytskyi Uprising ends
| Russo-Polish War begins
1655 |  | Deluge begins
August 18 | Signing of the Union of Kėdainiai
December 29 | Tyszowce Confederation formed
1657 | September 9 | Signing of the Treaty of Welawa
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
1665–1666 |  | Lubomirski's rebellion.
1667 | January 30 | Signing of the Treaty of Andrusovo concludes the Russo-Polish War.
1668 | September 16 | Abdication of John II Casimir Vasa
1669 | June 16 | Election of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
September 29 | Coronation of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
1672 |  | Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) begins
October 18 | Signing of the Peace of Buczacz
1673 | November 10 | Death of Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki
1674 | May 19 | Election of John III Sobieski
1676 | February 2 | Coronation of John III Sobieski
October 17 | Signing of the Treaty of Żurawno concludes the Polish–Ottoman War
1683 | September 12 | Battle of Vienna won under command of John III Sobieski
1686 | May 6 | Signing of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace
1696 | June 17 | Death of John III Sobieski
1697 | June 27 | Election of Augustus II the Strong
September 15 | Coronation of Augustus II the Strong
1699 |  | Signing of the Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye
January 26 | Signing of the Treaty of Karlowitz concludes the Great Turkish War

## 18th century

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1704 | February 16 | Warsaw Confederation formed
May 20 | Sandomierz Confederation formed
July 12 | Election of Stanisław Leszczyński
1705 | October 4 | Coronation of Stanisław Leszczyński
1706 | September 24 | Signing of the Treaty of Altranstädt
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 |  | War of the Polish Succession begins
February 1 | Death of August II the Strong
October 5 | Election of August III the Saxon
1734 | January 17 | Coronation of August III the Saxon
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 August III
1764 |  | Convocation Sejm
September 7 | Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski
November 25 | Coronation of Stanisław August Poniatowski
1767 |  | Repnin Sejm begins
March 20 | Słuck Confederation formed
June 23 | Radom Confederation formed
1768 | June | Koliivshchyna.[8]
| Massacre of Uman
February 29 | Signing of the Bar Confederation
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
May 3 | Adoption of Constitution of 3 May
1792 |  | Polish–Russian War
May 14 | Signing of Targowica Confederation
May 29 | Great Sejm ends
1793 |  | Second Partition of Poland
| Grodno Sejm
1794 | March 24 | Kościuszko Uprising begins
March 24 | Kościuszko's proclamation
May 7 | Issuance of Proclamation of Połaniec
August 20 | Greater Poland Uprising begins
1795 |  | Third Partition of Poland
November 25 | Abdication of Stanisław August Poniatowski

## 19th century

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1806 | November 3 | Greater Poland Uprising begins.
| The Town of Łódź became a part of the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw.
1807 | March 19 | Beginning of the Siege of Danzig.
May 24 | End the Siege of Danzig.
July 9 | The second Treaty of Tilsit was signed.
| Białystok was captured by the Russian Empire.
1809 | October 14 | Signing of the Treaty of Schönbrunn.
1815 | June 9 | Congress of Vienna concludes.
October 18 | Free City of Kraków proclaimed.
November 27 | Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
1812 | July 3 | The forces of Napoleon invaded Białystok.
1813 | January | Siege of Danzig occurred.
1814 |  | Prussia captured Gdańsk.
1815 |  | The Republic of Krakow was established.
1820 | January | Kraków Town Hall was demolished excluding the tower.
1824 |  | The Lodka settlement was founded.
1825 | December 1 | Death of Alexander I of Russia.
1829 | 24 May | Coronation of Nicholas I of Russia.
1830 | November 29 | November Uprising begins.
1831 |  | Russian forces occupied Kraków.
1832 |  | Handelsakademie was founded.
1834 |  | Białystok prevented schools from teaching in the Polish language.
1846 | February 19 | Kraków Uprising begins.
March 4 | Kraków Uprising ended.
November 16 | Free City of Kraków incorporated into the Austrian Empire.
1848 |  | Greater Poland Uprising.
1850 | July 18 | Kraków Fire of 1850 caused the destruction of approximately one tenth of the city.[9][10]
1863 | January 22 | January Uprising begins.
1864 | March 2 | Abolition of serfdom in Congress Poland.
1873 |  | The School of Fine Arts and Academy of Learning became active.
1879 |  | The National Museum in Kraków was founded.[11]
1881 |  | Great Synagogue was constructed in Łódź.
1884 |  | Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was constructed.
1888 |  | Karl Scheibler's Chapel was constructed.
1892 |  | Izrael Poznański factory was constructed.
1898 |  | The Volunteer Fire Department was founded.

## 20th century

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1908 | September 26 | Bezdany raid near Vilna on a Russian imperial train
1916 | November 5 | Signing of the Act of 5th November between Germany and Austria
1917 | July 9 | Oath crisis by the departing Polish Legions led by Józef Piłsudski
1918 | March 3 | Signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Soviet Russia
November 11 | Poland regains independence with the formation of the Second Polish Republic following the Armistice of 11 November 1918

### The Second Polish Republic (1918–1939)

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1918  | November 1 | Polish–Ukrainian War begins, ends in 1919
November 11 | Polish Independence Day, Warsaw is free from German troops of the Ober Ost
December 27 | Greater Poland Uprising begins, ends in 1919
1919  | January 23–30 | Polish–Czechoslovak War erupts following border disagreements
January 26 | Legislative election to the Sejm
February 14 | Polish–Soviet War begins
February 16 | Greater Poland Uprising ends
February 20 | Adoption of Small Constitution
April 22 | Proclamation to the inhabitants of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania about Międzymorze
June 28 | Treaty of Versailles (Articles 87–93) and Little Treaty ratify Poland as a sovereign state internationally
August 16 | First Silesian Uprising begins; Silesian Uprisings continue until 1921
August 22 | Sejny Uprising after imperial Germany turned over administration to Lithuanian delegates
1920  | February 10 | Poland's Wedding to the Sea in Puck
April 21 | Signing of Treaty of Warsaw
July 5–16 | Spa Conference in Belgium
August 12–25 | Miracle of the Vistula during the Bolshevik invasion
August 19 | Second Silesian Uprising begins
September 1 | Polish–Lithuanian War continues over the Vilnius and Suwałki Regions
October 6 | Żeligowski's Mutiny resulting in the creation of the Republic of Central Lithuania
1921  | February 19 | Signing of the Franco-Polish alliance
March 3 | Polish–Romanian alliance signed in Bucharest
March 17 | Adoption of March Constitution
March 18 | Signing of the Peace of Riga with Lenin concludes the Polish-Soviet War
March 20 | Upper Silesia plebiscite rigged
May 2 | Third Silesian Uprising begins
1922  | November 5–12 | Legislative election
December 9 | Gabriel Narutowicz becomes President
December 16 | Assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz
December 22 | Stanisław Wojciechowski becomes President
1923 | November 6 | 1923 Kraków riot
1924 | January 11 | Władysław Grabski's monetary reform with Bank Polski SA acting as an issuing bank
1925 | December 1 | Signing of the Locarno Treaties
1926  | May 12–14 | May Coup
June 4 | Ignacy Mościcki becomes President
1928  | March 4–11 | Legislative election
| Piłsudski's Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government election campaign
1930 | November 16 | Legislative election
1932 | July 25 | Signing of the Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact
1934 | January 26 | Signing of the German–Polish declaration of non-aggression
1935  | April 23 | Adoption of April Constitution
May 12 | Death of Józef Piłsudski
September 15 | Legislative election
1938  | April 1 | Territorial changes of Polish Voivodeships
October | Annexation of Trans-Olza
November 6 | Legislative election
1939 | April 2 | Suicide former Prime Minister of Walery Sławek
August 23 | Signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
August 25 | Signing of the Polish–British Common Defence Pact
August 29 | Peking Plan begins, Polish destroyers moved to British ports
August 31 | Gleiwitz incident, pretext for the invasion

### Occupation of Poland (1939–45)

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Main article: Occupation of Poland (1939–45)

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1939  | September 1 | German Invasion of Poland begins; Bombing of Wieluń
September 2 | Massacre in Torzeniec village
September 3 | Bloody Sunday in Bydgoszcz
September 8 | German Massacre in Ciepielów of Polish POW
September 13 | Bombing of Frampol, up to 90% of the town destroyed
September 17 | Soviet invasion of Poland
September 18 | Orzeł incident, ORP submarine escapes to the United Kingdom
September 18 | The Fall of Warsaw
October 1 | General Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski elected President
October 6 | Poland completely occupied
November 6 | Sonderaktion Krakau operation against university professors
1940 | March 5 | Authorization of Katyń massacre
May 16 | Authorization of German AB-Aktion in Poland
1941 | June 30 – July 29 | Lviv pogroms
July 2 | Massacre of Lwów professors
July 10 | Jedwabne pogrom
August 17 | Signing of the Sikorski–Mayski agreement in London
October 12 | Stanisławów Ghetto Bloody Sunday massacre
1942 | March 17 | Bełżec extermination camp begins secretive Operation Reinhard
May 16 | Sobibór extermination camp starts mass gassing operations
July 22 | Treblinka extermination camp becomes ready for the Grossaktion Warsaw deportations
1943 | March 26 | Operation Arsenal, first major operation by the Szare Szeregi
April 19 | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins
May 16 | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends
July 4 | Death of Polish military leader Władysław Sikorski
July 11 | Bloody Sunday, the peak of Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
July 11–12 | Zagaje massacre
December 1 | Tehran Conference concludes in the Soviet embassy in Tehran
1944  | January 29 | Koniuchy massacre by Soviet partisans
February 28 | Huta Pieniacka massacre by Ukrainian Grenadier Division of the Waffen-SS
June 20 | Glinciszki massacre by Lithuanian Auxiliary Police
June 23 | Dubingiai massacre by Home Army
July 22 | Proclamation of the PKWN Manifesto by Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation
July 25 | Operation Most III begins on the German V-2 rocket
August | Wola massacre in the opening phase of the Warsaw Uprising
August 1 | Warsaw Uprising begins
October 2 | Warsaw Uprising ends
1945 | January 26 | Przyszowice massacre
February 11 | Yalta Conference concludes
March | Pawłokoma massacre
March 17 | Poland's Wedding to the Sea in Mrzeżyno
March 18 | Poland's Wedding to the Sea in Kołobrzeg

### Communist takeover, Polish People's Republic

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Main article: Polish People's Republic

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1945  | May 8 | End of World War II in Europe
June 18–21 | Trial of the Sixteen Polish Underground leaders in Moscow
July 10–25 | Augustów roundup of anti-Communist partisans
August 2 | Potsdam Conference concludes between the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States
August 11 | Kraków pogrom with one dead victim
1946 | January 20 | By order of the Minister of National Defence, military district courts (WSR) were established with seats in voivodeship capitals.
February 21 | The Voluntary Reserves of the Citizens' Militia were established
March 28 | The State Security Commission was established, whose purpose was to coordinate activities against the opposition and the independence underground in the period preceding the "people's referendum" and the elections to the Legislative Sejm
June 30 | A People's referendum was held, preceded by a nationwide campaign to combat the political opposition - primarily the PSL and the independence underground. A special Soviet group led by Colonel Aron Palkin participated in the campaign to falsify the referendum results
July 4 | Kielce pogrom
July 5 | The decree of the State National Council came into force, proclaiming the establishment of the Main Office for the Control of the Press, Publications and Entertainment
September 20-23 | The last session of the KRN was held. During the session, the date of elections to the Legislative Sejm was set for January 19, 1947 and the main assumptions of the country's economic reconstruction plan - the three-year plan - were adopted.
September 26 | The decision was announced to create an electoral bloc of PPR, PPS, SL, and SD, propaganda called the Bloc of Democratic Parties.
1947 | January 19 | Legislative election rigged, 100,000 ORMO men deployed to intimidate voters
February 19 | Adoption of Small Constitution of 1947
April 28 | Operation Vistula begins
November 24 | Auschwitz trial begins in Kraków
1948 | February 25 | The General Youth Organization "Service to Poland" was established.
March 10 | During the joint meeting of the Central Committee of the PPR and the Central Electoral Commission of the PPS, the formal decision was made to unite the parties.
April 25 | The Higher Marxist School was established at the Central Committee of the PZPR.
1949 | January 1 | State Agricultural Farms were established (since 1976 operating under the name of State Agricultural Enterprises).
June 1-5 | The 2nd Trade Union Congress took place
November 25-27 | The Congress of the Unity of the People's Movement took place, which resulted in the merger of PSL and SL into the United People's Party. The chairman of the Supreme Council was Józef Niećko, and the chairman of the Supreme Executive Committee was Władysław Kowalski.
1950 | January 23 | Communists establish administration over the church charity organization "Caritas"
July 21 | The law on the 6-year plan for economic development and building the foundations of socialism for the years 1950-1955 was passed
March 10 | A Special Bureau was established within the MPB, entrusted with the task of combating provocations in the workers' movement.
March 20 | A new administrative organization was established. Thus, the provincial offices, county offices, and the positions of governors, starosts, and city presidents were liquidated and were replaced with voivodeship, powiat and city National Councils. The act transformed them into local state administration bodies, which was another stage in the centralization of power.
April 19 | The Office for Religious Affairs was established, and soon its local agencies were established at the provincial, city and district national councils.
June 28 | A new administrative division of the country was formed, and the number of voivodeships increased to seventeen. This division into voivodeships remained until the administrative reform carried out in 1975
July 6 | Treaty of Zgorzelec signed in the border with East Germany
October 14 | The verdict in the trial of the 4th Main Board of WiN has been announced: Leader Łukasz Cieplinski and his six associates were sentenced to death, three people to long-term imprisonment
October 16 | The Institute for Training of Scientific Cadres at the Central Committee of the PZPR began its operations.
1951 | February 15 | The Treaty on the Exchange of Territories was signed in Moscow between the Polish and Soviet governments
July 31 | Trial of the Generals who served in the anti-Nazi resistance during World War II
August 2 | Władysław Gomułka is arrested
September 9 | Stefan Matryka, the narrator of the propaganda radio program Fala-49, was shot dead
November 6 | In Żerań, in the northern part of Warsaw's Praga district, the Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych, which had been under construction since 1949, was launched
1952 | Aprill 16 | August Emil Fieldorf is sentenced to death
July 22 | Adoption of Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland by the Legislative Sejm
August 30 | The All-Polish Committee National Front was established under the chairmanship of Boleslaw Bierut.
October 26 | First Legislative election by the one-party rule
1953 | February 9 | The Council of State issued a decree on the appointment of church clergy, in which the communists gave themselves the right to directly interfere in the personnel policy of the Church
March 14 | Michał Rola-Żymierski is arrested in a political struggle
June 3 | One of the changes in the management of the Soviet sphere of influence was the decision - formally taken by the Commission for National Defense of the Polish People's Republic - to send some of the Red Army generals who had been recommended to the Polish People's Army in previous years to the USSR.
December 5 | A clear signal of the "thaw" was the recall of Dymitr Woźnienski and Antoni Skulbaszewski from the Polish People's Republic to the USSR. Both were sentenced to 10 years in prison in the USSR for violating the rule of law.
December 17 | Józef Światło, deputy director of Department X of the MBP, fled to West Berlin. The fugitive surrendered to American intelligence
1954 | March 10-17 | During the Second Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party, where Nikita Khrushchev was a special guest, a decision was made to imitate the changes introduced in the USSR.
March 18 | The State Council implemented the decisions of the 2nd Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party, dismissing Bolesław Bierut from the position of Prime Minister and entrusting this position to Józef Cyrankiewicz. At the same time, Władysław Dworakowski ceased to be Deputy Prime Minister, and Hilary Minc was dismissed from the position of Chairman of the State Economic Planning Commission to be replaced by Eugeniusz Szyr.
August 3 | The operation codenamed X-2 began, the aim of which was to displace about 1,400 nuns from Lower and Upper Silesia. They were moved to 8 labour camps located in convent buildings in the Krakow and Poznan regions.
September 25 | An administrative reform was carried out, in which the four-level structure was replaced by a three-level division. The changes consisted of the liquidation of communes, while the administrative boundaries of the gromadas were simultaneously extended.
November 24-25 | A secret meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party was held. Cliques began to emerge within the Polish United Workers' Party leadership, representing different possibilities of getting out of the political and economic crisis that was plaguing the Polish People's Republic.
December 7 | The MBP was dissolved, and in its place the Committee for Public Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were established.
1955 | April 30 | The broadcast of TVP's regular programme has begun.
May 14 | Signing of the Warsaw Pact
1956 | February 19 | The first public criticism of Stalin's actions in the Polish People's Republic. "Trybuna Ludu" published a statement signed by the central committees of the Polish United Workers' Party, the Communist Party of Poland.
March 12 | Death of Bolesław Bierut
March 20 | The 6th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party was held, during which the memory of Bierut was honored
June 28 | Poznań 1956 protests
October 21 | Polish October, return of Władysław Gomułka
1957 | January 20 | Legislative election
August 12-14 | The tram drivers in Łódź went on strike. It was one of 11 strikes in Łódź and one of many taking place in the country at that time.
1959 | October 18 | Price increase of average 25% for meat, animal fats and meat products was introduced
October 28 | Jerzy Morawski, a member of the reformist Puławians group in the Polish United Workers' Party, resigned from his membership in the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the Central Committee.
December 3-5 | The congress of delegates of the Polish Writers' Union was in session. Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz was elected the new president
1960 | May 30 | Stormy protests took place in Zielona Góra in response to the authorities' attempt to close down the Catholic House inhabited by priests.
1961 | April 16 | Legislative election
1964 | June 15-20 | The 4th Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party took place, which strengthened the so-called small stabilization. Gomułka outlined economic plans for the coming years, assuming a 50% increase in industrial production. In the five-year period of 1966-1970, 1.5 million new jobs were to be created, and the national income was to increase by 30%. Gomułka, who was formally re-elected to the position of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, sharply criticized the leaders of the Chinese communists for the split.
August 13 | Edward Ochoba was appointed Chairman of the State Council after Aleksander Zawadzki's death on August 7.
November 9 | The Provincial Court for the Capital City of Warsaw sentenced the famous writer Melchior Wankowicz to three years in prison, which was changed to one and a half years under an amnesty.
1965 | February 2 | The court sentenced to death Stanisław Wawrzecki, director of the Municipal Meat Trading Company - the main defendant in the so-called meat affair. The sentence was carried out on April 9, it was the only one carried out after 1956 in the Polish People's Republic for a crime of an economic nature.
May 30 | Legislative election
July 20 | Gen. Tadeusz Pietrzak became the new commander-in-chief of the Citizens' Militia.
November 18 | Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops
December 3 | In Zabrze, during the Miner's Day celebrations, Gomułka summed up the second five-year plan (1961-1965)
1968 | March | Political crisis
August 20 | End of Prague Spring with the invasion of Czechoslovakia
1970 | December 7 | Signing of Treaty of Warsaw; Warschauer Kniefall
December 14 | 1970 protests begin
1974 | February 4 | The 1st National Conference of the PZPR
1978 | October 16 | Election of Pope John Paul II
1980 |  | Gdańsk Agreement
March 14 | LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007
August 17 | 21 demands of MKS
1981 | May 28 | Death of Primate Poland Stefan Wyszyński
1981 | December 13 | Martial law begins
1983 |  | Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
July 22 | Martial law ends
1984 |  | Father Jerzy Popiełuszko murdered by Polish secret police.
1989 | April 4 | Signing of the Round Table Agreement
April 7 | April Novelization
June 4 | Parliamentary election
July 19 | Lech Wałęsa becomes President
August 24 | Tadeusz Mazowiecki becomes first non-communist prime minister in the Eastern Bloc
December 31 | The People's Republic of Poland becomes the Republic of Poland
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### Democratic Republic of Poland

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Year | Date | Event

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1990  | May 27 | Local elections
November 14 | Signing of German–Polish Border Treaty
November 25 | Presidential election
December 22 | Lech Wałęsa becomes President
1991 | June 27 | Mława riot after Romani youth kills pedestrian in a hit-and-run
July 1 | Dissolution of Warsaw Pact
October 27 | Parliamentary election
1992 | October 17 | Adoption of Small Constitution
December 21 | Signing of Central European Free Trade Agreement
1993 | September 14 | Lufthansa Flight 2904
September 19 | Parliamentary election
1994 | May 2 | Poland bus disaster of 1994 killed 32 people.[14]
June 19 | Local elections
1995 | November | Presidential election
December 23 | Aleksander Kwaśniewski becomes President
1997 | April 2 | Adoption of Constitution
September 21 | Parliamentary election
1998 | October 11 | Local elections
1999 | January 1 | 16 new voivodeships created in Polish local government reforms
1999 | March 12 | Poland joins NATO
2000 | October 8 | Presidential election

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Year | Date | Event

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2001 | September 23 | Parliamentary election
2002 |  | Census
October 27 | Local elections
2003 | April 16 | Signing of the Treaty of Accession
June | European Union membership referendum
2004 | 1 May | Poland joins in the European Union
June 13 | European Parliament election
2005 | April 2 | Death of Pope John Paul II
September 25 | Parliamentary election
October | Presidential election
December 23 | Lech Kaczyński becomes President
2006 | January 28 | Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse
November | Local elections
2007 | October 21 | Parliamentary election
2010 | April 10 | Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash killing Polish President Lech Kaczyński
2010 | July 4 | Bronisław Komorowski elected president.
2011 | August 5 | Suicide of Andrzej Lepper
2011 | October 9 | Parliamentary election
2012 | March 3 | A train crash near Szczekociny, Poland, kills 16 people.
2014 | April 27 | Canonization of Pope John Paul II
2014 | May 25 | Death of Wojciech Jaruzelski
2015 | May | Presidential election
2015 | August 6 | Andrzej Duda becomes President
2020  | October 22  | Women's strike protests. Part of the Polish constitutional crisis.
2023  | October 15  | Parliamentary election

## See also

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* Timeline of Białystok
* Timeline of Gdańsk
* Timeline of Kraków
* Timeline of Łódź
* Timeline of Poznań
* Timeline of Szczecin
* Timeline of Warsaw
* Timeline of Wrocław
* Category:Timelines of cities in Poland (in Polish)
* Periodization of Polish history

## References

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1. ^ Starr, Michelle (October 18, 2022). "Half-a-Million Year Old Signs of Extinct Human Species Found in Poland Cave". ScienceAlert. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
2. ^ Various authors, ed. Marek Derwich and Adam Żurek, U źródeł Polski (do roku 1038) (Foundations of Poland (until year 1038)), Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, Wrocław 2002, ISBN 83-7023-954-4, p. 55, Sławomir Kadrow
3. ^ Lerski, Halina (January 19, 1996). Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-03456-5.
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6. ^ Michalski, Jerzy (1984). Historia sejmu polskiego [History of the Polish Sejm] (in Polish). Vol. 1\. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe (National Scientific Publishers). p. 14\. ISBN 9788301049935.
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8. ^ "КОЛІЇВЩИНА". resource.history.org.ua. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
9. ^ dr inż. Piotr Guzewski; bryg. dr inż. Dariusz Wróblewski; mł. bryg. mgr inż Daniel Małozięć (2014). Czerwona Księga Pożarów: Wybrane problemy pożarów oraz ich skutków (in Polish). Centrum Naukowo-Badawcze Ochrony Przeciwpożarowej im. Józefa Tuliszkowskiego Państwowy Instytyt Badawczy. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-83-61520-14-6.
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14. ^ "Kalendarium". wiadomosci.polska.pl. Archived from the original on December 30, 2006. Retrieved February 1, 2025.

* Library of Congress, A Country Study: Poland, Chronology of Important Events: online

## Further reading

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* Thomas Bartlett (1841). "Poland". New Tablet of Memory; or, Chronicle of Remarkable Events. London: Thomas Kelly.
* J. Willoughby Rosse (1859). "Poland". Index of Dates ... Facts in the Chronology and History of the World. London: H.G. Bohn. hdl:2027/hvd.32044098621048 - via Hathi Trust.
* William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Poland". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
* George Henry Townsend (1877), "Poland", Manual of Dates (5th ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co., hdl:2027/wu.89097349427 - via Hathi Trust
* Louis Heilprin (1885). "Poland". Historical Reference Book...Chronological Dictionary of Universal History. New York: D. Appleton and Company. hdl:2027/wu.89097349187 - via Hathi Trust.
* Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Poland", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776 - via Hathi Trust
* Piotr Wróbel (1998). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-135-92694-6.
* "Poland". Political Chronology of Europe. Europa Publications. 2003. pp. 183–191\. ISBN 978-1-135-35687-3.
* Harold B. Segel (2003). "Chronology of Major Political Events, 1944-2002: Poland". Columbia Guide to the Literatures of Eastern Europe Since 1945. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11404-2.
* David Turnock (2006). "Chronology: Poland". The Economy of East Central Europe, 1815-1989: Stages of Transformation in a Peripheral Region. Routledge. p. 437+. ISBN 978-1-134-67876-1.
* Darius von Güttner-Sporzyński (2014). "The Chronology of Polish History c. 920–1230". Poland, Holy War, and the Piast Monarchy, 1100-1230. Brepols. p. 231+. ISBN 978-2-503-54794-7.

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