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Timeline of Polish History
Dates and most important events in Polish history from prehistoric times up to the present day.
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10th century
- 966
- Baptism of Poland
- 968
- Jordan becomes the first Polish bishop
- 992
- Death of Mieszko I; Boleslaus I the Brave becomes Duke of Poland
- 997 April 23
- Martyrdom of St. Adalbert of Prague
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11th century
- 1000 March 15
- Congress of Gniezno concludes
- 1018 January 30
- Signing of the Peace of Bautzen
- 1018
- Kiev Expedition
- 1025 April 18
- Coronation of Boleslaus I the Brave
- 1025 June 17
- Death of Boleslaus I the Brave
- 1025 December 25
- Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert
- 1034 May 10
- Death of Mieszko II Lambert
- 1034-1039
- People's rebellion and invasion of the Czech prince, Brzetyslav
- 1076
- Boleslaus II the Generous becomes King of Poland
- 1079
- Martyrdom of St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów
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12th century
- 1102-1138
- Reign of prince Boleslav the Wrymouthed (Bolesław Krzywousty)
- 1106-1107
- War between Boleslav the Wrymouthed and his brother Zbigniew
- 1138
- Death of Boleslaus III the Wrymouth
- 1146-1173
- Boleslav the Curly is the senior prince in Kraków
- 1182
- The first Sejm
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13th century
- 1226 March 26
- Issuance of Golden Bull of Rimini
- 1227
- Assassination of Leszek I the White
- 1241 April 9
- Death of Henry II the Pious in the Battle of Legnica
- 1252
- Lubusz Land lost to Brandenburg
- 1264 September 8
- Issuance of Statute of Kalisz
- 1295
- Coronation of Przemysł II for the king of Poland in Gniezno; shortly after, he is murdered in a bathhouse.
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14th century
- 1300
- Coronation of Wacław II, king of Bohemia, as the king of Poland
- 1305
- Death of Wacław II, his son Wacław III becomes the king of Poland
- 1306 August 4
- Assassination of Wacław III
- 1308-1309
- The Teutonic Knights drive out the Brandenburgians who captured Gdańsk, but hold the city for themselves. Władysław the Elbow High, caught up with the situation in Little Poland, particularly the conspiracy led by Albert, the mayor of Kraków, cannot intervene.
- 1320
- Coronation of Władysław the Elbow High and reunion of most of the Polish lands
- 1327-1332
- War against the Teutonic Order
- 1333
- Death of Władysław I the Elbow-high; Casimir III the Great becomes King of Poland
- 1335
- Congress of Visegrád
- 1339
- Congress of Visegrád
- 1343 July 8
- Signing of the Treaty of Kalisz
- 1364
- Founding of Jagiellonian University
- 1370
- Death of Casimir III the Great; Louis I of Hungary becomes King of Poland
- 1382
- Death of Louis of Hungary; Jadwiga becomes King (sic) of Poland
- 1385 August 14
- Signing of the Union of Krewo
- 1386
- Władysław II Jagiełło becomes King of Poland
- 1387
- Formal christianization of Lithuania
- 1399 July 17
- Death of Jadwiga
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15th century
- 1401
- Union of Vilnius and Radom
- 1409
- Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War begins
- 1410 July 15
- Victory at the Battle of Grunwald
- 1411 February 1
- Signing of the Peace of 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
- 1432
- Signing of the Union of Grodno
- 1434
- Death of Wladislaus II Jagiełło; Wladislaus III of Varna becomes King of Poland
- 1444 November 10
- Death of Wladislaus III of Varna in the Battle of Varna
- 1447
- Casimir IV the Jagiellonian becomes King of Poland
- 1454
- Thirteen Years' War begins
- 1454
- Nieszawa Statutes
- 1466 October 19
- Signing of the Peace of Toruń concludes the Thirteen Years' War
- 1473
- Almanach Cracoviense ad annum 1474 published
- 1492
- Death of Casimir IV the Jagiellonian; John I Olbracht becomes King of Poland
- 1496
- Piotrków Statutes
- 1499
- Union of Vilnius
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16th century
- 1501
- Death of John I Olbracht; Alexander the Jagiellonian becomes King of Poland
- 1501 October 3
- Union of Mielnik
- 1506
- Death of Alexander the Jagiellonian; Sigismund I the Old becomes King of Poland
- 1513
- Hortulus Animae, polonice published
- 1525
- Prussian Homage
- 1543
- De revolutionibus orbium coelestium published
- 1548
- Death of Sigismund I the Old; Sigismund II Augustus becomes King of Poland
- 1558
- Livonian War begins
- 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 Sigismund II Augustus
- 1573 January 28
- Signing of the Warsaw Confederation
- 1573
- Election of Henry of Valois as King of Poland
- 1574 June 18
- Flight of Henry Valois
- 1575 December 9
- Election of Stephen Báthory
- 1576 May 1
- Coronation of Stephen Báthory and Anna the Jagiellonian
- 1579
- Founding of Vilnius University
- 1582
- Signing of the Peace of Jam Zapolski
- 1586 December 12
- Death of Stephen Báthory
- 1587 September 18
- Election of Sigismund III Vasa
- 1587 December 27
- Coronation of Sigismund III Vasa
- 1596
- Transfer of capital from Kraków to Warsaw
- 1596
- Union of Brest concludes
- 1596 September 9
- Death of Anna the Jagiellonian
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17th century
- 1605
- Polish-Muscovite War begins
- 1618
- Signing of the Truce of Deulino concludes the Polish-Muscovite War
- 1620
- War with the Ottoman Empire
- 1632
- Death of Sigismund III Vasa; Wladislaus IV Vasa becomes King of Poland
- 1632
- Smolensk War begins
- 1633 February 6
- Coronation of Wladislaus IV Vasa
- 1633
- Polish-Ottoman War begins
- 1634
- Signing of the Treaty of Polanów concludes the Smolensk War
- 1634
- Polish-Ottoman War ends
- 1648 May 20
- Death of Wladislaus IV Vasa
- 1648
- Chmielnicki Uprising begins
- 1651 September 28
- Signing of the Treaty of Bila Tserkva
- 1654
- Chmielnicki Uprising ends
- 1655-1660
- Invasion of Poland by the Army of Charles X of Sweden in the Northern Wars, known in Poland as "The Deluge"
- 1655
- Signing of the Union of Kėdainiai
- 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
- Signing of the Treaty of Oliwa
- 1667 January 30
- Signing of the Treaty of Andrusovo
- 1668 September 16
- Abdication of John II Casimir
- 1669 June 19
- Election of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
- 1669 September 29
- Coronation of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
- 1672 October 12
- Signing of the Peace of Buczacz
- 1673 November 10
- Death of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
- 1674 May 21
- Election of John III Sobieski
- 1676 February 2
- Coronation of John III Sobieski
- 1683 September 12
- Victory at the Battle of Vienna
- 1686
- Signing of the Eternal Peace Treaty
- 1696 June 17
- Death of John III Sobieski
- 1697
- Augustus II the Strong becomes King of Poland
- 1699 January 26
- Signing of the Treaty of Karlowitz concludes the Great Turkish War
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18th century
- 1706 September 24
- Signing of the Treaty of Altranstadt
- 1717 February 1
- Silent Sejm
- 1733 February 1
- Death of Augustus II the Strong
- 1738 November 18
- Treaty of Vienna
- 1763 October 5
- Death of Augustus III
- 1764 September 7
- Election of Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski
- 1764 November 25
- Coronation of Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski
- 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
- Inauguration of the Great Sejm
- 1791 May 3
- Adoption of Constitution of May 3
- 1792 May 14
- Signing of Targowica Confederation
- 1792
- War in Defense of the Constitution
- 1793
- Second Partition of Poland
- 1794
- Kościuszko Uprising
- 1794
- Greater Poland Uprising
- 1795
- Third Partition of Poland
- 1795 November 25
- Abdication of Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski
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19th century
- 1806
- Greater Poland Uprising
- 1807 July 9
- Signing of the second Treaty of Tilsit
- 1809 October 14
- Signing of the Treaty of Schönbrunn
- 1813
- Poland is occupied by Russian troops, bringing the Duchy to an end
- 1815 June 9
- Congress of Vienna concludes
- 1815 October 18
- Free City of Kraków proclaimed
- 1830 November 29
- November Uprising begins
- 1832 February 26
- Russian-occupied Poland is stripped of its separate administration
- 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
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20th century
- 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 February 14
- Polish-Bolshevik War begins
- 1919 August 16
- First Silesian Uprising begins
- 1920 February 10
- Poland's Betrothal with the Sea
- 1920 July 5
- Spa Conference begins
- 1920 August 19
- Second Silesian Uprising begins
- 1920 August 25
- Victory at the Battle of Warsaw
- 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-Bolshevik War
- 1921 May 2
- Third Silesian Uprising begins
- 1922 December 9
- Gabriel Narutowicz becomes the first President
- 1922 December 16
- Assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz
- 1925 December 1
- Signing of the Locarno Treaties
- 1926 May 14
- May Coup concludes
- 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
- 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
- 1939 August 31
- Gleiwitz incident begins
- 1939 September 1
- Polish September Campaign begins with the bombing of Wieluń
- 1939 September 13
- Bombing of Frampol
- 1939 September 17
- Invasion of Poland by the Soviet Union
- 1939 September 18
- Orzeł incident
- 1940 March 5
- Authorization of Katyń massacre
- 1940 May 16
- Authorization of AB Action
- 1941 August 17
- Signing of the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement
- 1941 July
- Massacre of Lwów professors
- 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 July 22
- Proclamation of the PKWN Manifesto
- 1944 July 25
- Operation Most III begins
- 1944 August 1
- Warsaw Uprising begins
- 1944 October 2
- Warsaw Uprising ends
- 1945 February 11
- Yalta Conference concludes
- 1945 March 18
- Poland's Betrothal with the Sea
- 1945 August 2
- Potsdam Conference concludes
- 1946 June 30
- Polish people's referendum
- 1950 July 6
- Signing of the Treaty of Zgorzelec
- 1955 May 14
- Signing of the Warsaw Pact
- 1956 June 28
- Poznań 1956 protests begin
- 1968 August 20
- End of Prague Spring with the invasion of Czechoslovakia
- 1970 December 7
- Signing of Treaty of Warsaw
- 1970 December 14
- 1970 protests begin
- 1978 October 16
- John Paul II becomes the first Polish pope
- 1980 August 17
- 21 demands of MKS
- 1981 December 13
- Introduction of martial law
- 1983 July 22
- Lifting of martial law
- 1989 April 4
- Signing of the Round Table Agreement
- 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 December 22
- Lech Wałęsa becomes President
- 1991 July 1
- Dissolution of Warsaw Pact
- 1991 October 27
- Parliamentary election
- 1993 September 19
- Parliamentary election
- 1995 November
- Presidential election
- 1995 December 23
- Aleksander Kwaśniewski becomes President
- 1997 April 2
- Adoption of Constitution
- 1997 September 21
- Parliamentary election
- 1999 March 12
- Accession of Poland to NATO
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21st century
- 2000 October 8
- Presidential election
- 2001 September 23
- Parliamentary election
- 2003 April 16
- Signing of the Treaty of Accession
- 2004 May 1
- Accession of Poland to the European Union
- 2004 June 13
- European Parliament election
- 2005 April 2
- Death of John Paul II
- 2005 September 25
- Parliamentary election
- 2005 October
- Presidential election
- 2005 December 23
- Lech Kaczyński becomes President
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