| 966
| Mieszko I Christianizes Poland
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| 1025
| Boleslaw Chrobry crowned first Polish king
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| 1139
| Boleslaw Krzywousty reunifies the Polish state
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| 1333
| Kazimierz III (later called the Great) ascends to the throne
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| 1364
| University of Krakow founded
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| 1410
| Battle of Grunwald, Teutonic Knights are defeated
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| 1473
| First printing press in Krakow
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| 1506
| Zygmunt II Stary becomes king
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| 1526
| East Prussia becomes a vassal province of Poland
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| 1543
| Nicholas Copernicus' theory of a sun centered solar system
published
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| 1569
| Lublin Union of Poland and Lithuania
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| 1573
| Henryk Walezy, first elected king
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| 1576
| Stefan Batory becomes king
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| 1655
| Swedes invade Poland, in what is known as the Deluge
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| 1660
| Defeated Swedes sign a peace treaty at Oliwa
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| 1683
| Jan III Sobieski's victory over the Turks at Vienna
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| 1764
| Stanislaw August Poniatowski becomes king of Poland
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| 1768
| Bar Confederation fights against Russian encroachment
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| 1772
| First Partition of Poland
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| 1791
| 3rd of May Constitution
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| 1793
| Second Partition of Poland
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| 1794
| Kosciuszko's Insurrection
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| 1795
| Third Partition, Stanislaw August Poniatowski dethroned
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| 1807
| The Duchy of Warsaw established under Napoleon
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| 1830
| November Insurrection
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| 1863
| January Insurrection
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| 1914
| World War I begins
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| 1918
| Poland restored as a European Nation
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| 1920
| Poles repel an invasion by the Red Army
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| 1939
| German and Soviet armies attack Poland
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| 1940
| Polish pilots fight on the Allied side in the Battle of Britain
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| 1943
| Ghetto Uprising
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| 1944
| Warsaw Uprising
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| 1945
| Yalta Conference - End of World War II
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| 1947
| Falsified post-war elections bring Communists to power
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| 1956
| Workers' protest in Poznan suppressed by force
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| 1966
| Poland observes 1,000 years of Christianity
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| 1968
| Student unrest over censorship and educational restrictions
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| 1970
| Worker protest in port cities, government responds with force
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| 1976
| Workers' protests in central Poland
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| 1978
| Cardinal Karol Wojtyla chosen Pope John Paul II
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| 1979
| Pope John Paul II makes a pilgrimage to Poland
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| 1980
| Shipyard strikes on the Baltic coast Independent trade union
"Solidarity" recognized
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| 1981
| Martial Law declared, independent trade union activity banned
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| 1983
| Lech Walesa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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| 1984
| Jerzy Popieluszko, the Solidarity Priest, murdered
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| 1989
| Round Table talks lead to reorganization of government and free
elections
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| 1990
| Solidarity candidates gain positions in government, Lech Walesa
elected president
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| 1997
| Poland's New Constitution ratified |