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| 0822 | Mojmir |  |
| Moravia Founds the state of Great Moravia |
| 0966 | Miesko I | |
| Founds a centralized state ruled by "ducal law" |
| 1505 | Alexander | |
| Beginning of the period known as "Nobles' Democracy" or "Nobles' Commonwealth" (Rzeczpospolita szlachecka) |
| The Nihil novi act adopted by the Polish Diet transfers all legislative power from the king to the Diet |
| 1561 | Sigismund II Augustus | |
| Unites Livonia with the Duchy of Lithuania |
| 1567 | Sigismund II Augustus | |
| Lublin Orders the incorporation of southern Lithuanian-controlled lands of Podlachia, Volhynia, Podolia & Kiev regions |
| 4th July Lublin Sigismund II Augustus signs the Act of Lublin |
| 1569 | Sigismund II Augustus | |
| Lublin Constitutionally unites all lands under the Polish crown |
| Ukraine Incorporates the Ukranian provinces into Poland |
| 1st July Lublin The Commonwealth is ruled by an elected monarch carrying out the duties of Polish King & Grand Duke of Lithuania |
| 1st July Lublin The Union of Lublin strengthens the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by uniting Poland & Lithuania |
| 1st July Lublin Under the Union of Lublin the Monarch will govern with a common Senate and parliament (the Sejm) |
| 1572 | Zamojski, Jan | |
| Turns Poland into a royal republic |
| 1573 | Firlej, Jan | |
| Warsaw Sienick, a leader of the "execution movement", helps prepare the articles for the Warsaw Confederation |
| 28th Jan Warsaw Considered the formal beginning of religious freedom in Poland, makes the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth more tolerant |
| 1573 | Henry | |
| 28th Jan Warsaw Considered the formal beginning of religious freedom in Poland, makes the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth more tolerant |
| 28th Jan Warsaw Warsaw Confederation is incorporated into the Henrician Articles & becomes the Pacta Conventa |
| 1573 | Sienicki, Mikolaj | |
| Warsaw Sienick, a leader of the "execution movement", helps prepare the articles for the Warsaw Confederation |
| 28th Jan Warsaw Considered the formal beginning of religious freedom in Poland, makes the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth more tolerant |
| 1573 | Zamojski, Jan | |
| Secures the election of Henry of Valois as King of Poland |
| 1573 | Zborowski, Jan | |
| Warsaw Sienick, a leader of the "execution movement", helps prepare the articles for the Warsaw Confederation |
| 28th Jan Warsaw Considered the formal beginning of religious freedom in Poland, makes the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth more tolerant |
| 1575 | Zamojski, Jan | |
| Secures the election of Stephen Bathory as King of Poland |
| 1576 | Zamojski, Jan | |
| Appointed Chancellor of Poland |
| 1587 | Zamojski, Jan | |
| Secures the election of Sigismund III as King of Poland |
| 1669 | John III | |
| Bribed by Louis XIV to support the French candidate for the election to the Diet |
| 1791 | Stanislaw II | |
| 3rd May Stanislaw II transforms Poland into a unitary state |
| 3rd May The Union of Lublin is superseded by the Constitution of the Third May |
| 1897 | Dmowski, Roman | |
| Warsaw Helps found the Polish National democratic Party |
| 1907 | Dmowski, Roman | |
| Heads the Polish representatives in the 2nd Duma |
| 1915 | Beseler, Hans von |  |
| Creates a semi-independent "Congress Poland" ruled by an aristocratic Assembly |
| 24th Aug Appointed Military Governor of Poland |
| 24th Aug Creates a semi-independent "Congress Poland" ruled by an aristocratic Assembly |
| 1916 | Beseler, Hans von | |
| 5th Nov Proclaims the Polish Congress of State for military & economic resources for Germany |
| 1916 | Pilsudski, Josef Klemens | |
| 6th Aug Warsaw Appointed Member of the Polish Council of State |
| 1917 | Kucharzewski, Jan | |
| Russia supports Polish independence |
| 20th Nov Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term |
| 1918 | Daszynski, Ignacy | |
| 14th Nov Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1918 | Kucharzewski, Jan | |
| 6th Sep Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term |
| 1918 | Moraczewski, Jerzej | |
| 17th Nov Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1918 | Pilsudski, Josef Klemens | |
| Warsaw The Republic of Poland is founded |
| 19th April Vilna A dispute between Poland & Lithuania takes place over the Polish rule of Vilna |
| Dec Forms a provisional government |
| 1918 | Ponikowski, Anton | |
| 27th Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1918 | Steczkowski, Jan Kanty | |
| 3rd April Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1918 | Swiezynski, Jozef | |
| 22nd Oct Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1918 | Wroblewski, Ladislaw | |
| Nov Polish independence is guaranteed by the signatories of the treaty of Versailles |
| Nov The Republic is based upon the Polish Commonwealth dissolved in 1795 |
| Nov The Republic of Poland is founded |
| 5th Nov Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1919 | Dmowski, Roman | |
| Heads the Paris Committee, recognized as temporary government of Poland |
| 1919 | Lukasiewicz, Jan | |
| Appointed Minister of Education |
| 1919 | Paderewski, Ignace | |
| 17th Jan Forms a coalition cabinet with General Pilsudski as provisional president |
| 1919 | Paderewski, Ignacy | |
| 19th Jan Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 19th Jan Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1919 | Pilsudski, Josef Klemens | |
| Feb Appointed President of Poland after the collapse of the central powers |
| 1920 | Grabski, Wladyslaw | |
| 23rd June Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term |
| 1920 | Skulski, Leopold | |
| 13th Dec Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1920 | Witos, Wincenty | |
| 24th July Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term |
| 1921 | Pilsudski, Josef Klemens | |
| Belorussia Under the treaty of Riga Poland is ceded parts of Lithuania, Belorussia & the Ukraine |
| Mar The powers of the President are cut back & Pilsudski refuses to stand for election |
| 1921 | Ponikowski, Antonin | |
| Riga Under the treaty of Riga Russia gains the eastern third of Poland |
| 19th Sep Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1922 | Korfanty, Wojciech | |
| 16th July Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1922 | Narutowicz, Gabriel | |
| Appointed President of Poland |
| 16th Dec Assassinated by a nationalist fanatic |
| 16th Dec Death of Gabrie Narutowicz, assassinated |
| 1922 | Nowak, Julian Ignacy | |
| 16th July Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1922 | Pilsudski, Josef Klemens | |
| Vilnius The Poles capture the Lituanian capital of Vilnius & rule it until 1939 |
| 1922 | Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 16th Dec Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term |
| 16th Dec Warsaw Forms a cabinet of pacification after the assassination of Narutowicz |
| 1922 | Sliwinski, Artur | |
| 26th June Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1923 | Beck, Josef | |
| Warsaw Expelled for allegedly selling documents relating to the French Army |
| 1923 | Dmowski, Roman | |
| Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1923 | Grabsky, Wladyslaw | |
| 19th Dec Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term |
| 1923 | Witos, Wincenty | |
| 29th May Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term |
| 29th May Forms a coalition government |
| Nov Krakow Demonstratons & strikes break out because of high inflation, the PPS take over Krakow |
| 1926 | Bartel, Kazimierz | |
| 17th May Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term |
| 1926 | Beck, Josef | |
| Warsaw Appointed Chief of Cabinet, under Pilsudski |
| 1926 | Pilsudski, Josef Klemens | |
| Appointed Minister of War |
| Installs a new cabinet under Ignacy Moscicki |
| 26th Mar Poland & Romania form an alliance |
| 12th May Warsaw Between November 1918 & Pilsudski's coup there had been 14 different regimes |
| 12th May Warsaw Overthrows the Wojciechowski government |
| 13th May Warsaw Arrests President Wojciechowski |
| 1st June Pilsudski assumes dictatorial powers |
| 2nd Oct Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term |
| 1926 | Skrzynski | |
| 20th Nov Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1926 | Witos, Wincenty | |
| 10th May Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd term |
| 1928 | Bartel, Kazimierz | |
| Mar Warsaw Government electoral victory |
| 27th June Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term |
| 1929 | Bartel, Kazimierz | |
| 9th Feb Litvinov Protocol between Russia, Estonia, Latvia & Poland renouncing war |
| 9th Feb The Litvinov Protocol, a non-aggression pact between Russia, Romania, Poland Lithuania and Estonia |
| 29th Dec Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd term |
| 1929 | Bartlel, Kazimierz | |
| 14th Feb Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1930 | Pilsudski, Josef Klemens | |
| Warsaw Has arrested & tortured 80 members of Parliament who disagreed with him |
| 6th Mar Gdansk Poland occupies Gdansk |
| Aug Warsaw Dissolves Parliament & has opposition members arrested |
| 25th Aug Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term |
| 25th Aug Forms a new government |
| Nov The government wins the elections |
| 1930 | Slawek, Walery | |
| 29th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term |
| 4th Dec Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term |
| 1931 | Prystor, Aleksander | |
| 27th May Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1932 | Beck, Josef | |
| Warsaw Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Poland concludes a non-aggression pact with Russia |
| 1933 | Jedrzejewicz, Janusz | |
| 12th May Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1933 | Lipski, Josef | |
| Berlin Appointed Ambassador to Germany |
| 1934 | Beck, Josef | |
| Warsaw Begins a policy of non-aggression with Germany |
| Warsaw Poland concludes a non-aggression pact with Russia |
| 1934 | Koscialowski, Marjan | |
| Appointed Minister of Justice, after the assassination of Pieracki |
| 1934 | Kozlowski, Leon | |
| 15th May Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1934 | Pieracki, Bronislaw | |
| Assassination of Bronislaw Pieracki |
| Death of Bronislaw Pieracki, assassinated |
| 1934 | Pilsudski, Josef Klemens | |
| 24th Jan Warsaw Attempts to undermine France's alliances with Eastern Europe |
| 24th Jan Warsaw Pact of non-aggression and friendship between Germany and Poland |
| 1935 | Koscialkowski-Zyndram, Marian | |
| 12th Oct Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1935 | Pilsudski, Josef Klemens | |
| 12th Mar Warsaw Death of Josef Klemens Pilsudski |
| 1935 | Slawek, Walery | |
| 28th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd term |
| 1936 | Slawnoj-Skladkowski, Felicjan | |
| 15th May Appointed Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1938 | Beck, Josef | |
| 17th Mar Dabrowa Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Dabrowa, Poland |
| 17th Mar The Polish government presents an ultimatum to Lithuania to establish diplomatic ties |
| 19th Mar Warsaw Poland forces Lithuania to open its borders |
| 30th Sep Teschen Demands immediate Czech withdrawal from Teschen |
| 30th Sep Warsaw Warsaw denounces the 1925 military Treaty with Czechoslovakia |
| 26th Nov Warsaw Poland renews a non-aggression pact with the USSR to protect against a German invasion |
| 1938 | Grynszpan, Hershel | |
| 9th Nov Paris Tries to assassinate the German Ambassador in Paris but shoots Ernst vom Rath |
| 9th Nov Paris Used by the Nazis as another excuse for Kristallnacht |
| 1939 | Beck, Josef | |
| Mar Gdansk Hitler lays claim to the free City of Danzig |
| 30th Mar Warsaw Agrees Chamberlain's proposal of a unilateral British guarantee of Polish independence |
| 6th April London Signs an agreement with Britain creating a temporary Pact of mutual assistance |
| Aug Polish Corridor Hitler lays claim to the whole of the Polish corridor |
| 1939 | Frank, Hans | |
| 26th Oct Krakow Appointed Governor General of Poland, of the annexed Polish territories |
| 1939 | Mosciki, Ignacy | |
| 17th Sep Resigns & goes into exile in Romania |
| 1939 | Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| Heads the Polish government in exile, 1939-1943 |
| 18th April The Soviet Union offers a Soviet-British-French alliance which would guarantee the integrity of Poland, the consulations are unproductive |
| Aug Refuses Russian passage to east Germany, precondition of Anglo-Franco-Soviet agreement |
| 4th Aug Danzig Poland orders Danzig to close its borders to east Prussia, Danzig complies |
| Sep Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term, in exile |
| 24th Sep Appointed Head of the Polish Government in exile |
| 30th Sep Paris Heads the Polish government in exile, 1939-1943 |
| 1942 | Frank, Hans | |
| Treats Poles as "slaves of the Greater German E |
