Timeline of Polish history

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

Year	Date	Event
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

Year	Date	Event
450		First Slavic settlements (to 500)

10th century

Year	Date	Event
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

Year	Date	Event
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

Year	Date	Event
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

Year	Date	Event
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

Year	Date	Event
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

Year	Date	Event
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

Year	Date	Event
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

Year	Date	Event
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

Year	Date	Event
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

Year	Date	Event
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

Year	Date	Event
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)

Year	Date	Event
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)

Main article: Occupation of Poland (1939–45)

Year	Date	Event
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

Main article: Polish People's Republic

Year	Date	Event
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

Main article: Republic of Poland

Year	Date	Event
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

21st century

Year	Date	Event
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

• 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