Poland Timeline

By catqueen
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Polish becomes the language in lieu of Latin

  • Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus publishes "On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres," proposing that the earth revolves around the sun.

  • Poland is "officially" non-existent for the next 123 years.

    Russia, Prussia and Austria divide Poland amounst themselves.

  • Poland becomes independent as WWI comes to an end

  • Hitler invades Poland

  • Lech Walesa is elected as the head of Solidarity

  • Poland's National Assembly adopts a new Constitution

  • Duke Mieszko I, Poland's first recorded leader

    Duke Mieszko I, Poland's first recorded leader, converted to Christianity after marrying Dabrowka of Bohemia. This is formally recognized as the birth of the Polish nation. By accepting Christianity, Poland became an in