The strong suppressive check on public and social life in Poland begins. 1333 Casimir the Great (III) came to the throne and started the golden era of the Polish Middle Ages: Wawel Castle was largely rebuilt and Krakow University founded in 1364. Both independent states were ruled by one monarch coming from the Jagiellonian dynasty of Lithuania, they made their capital Krakow. [9] According to the 2012 Polish estimates, financial losses of Poland are estimated at 4 billion złotys. 1025 Boleslaw the Brave was crowned as the first Polish king, this mighty ruler deposed Otto III (Roman Emperor) to become the lord of all Slavonic people. For the use of the term "Deluge" outside the field of European history, see, This article is about The 17th Century Swedish invasion.

The majority of European population is in its favor and let us hope that this ambitious project will prove successful and beneficial for the world. What follows was the christening of the previously pagan country. 1683 The legendary Battle of Vienna (the second siege of Vienna). 1226 Mazovian Prince Conrad invited the Order of Teutonic Knights to Northern Poland in order to gain their help against the adamantly pagan Prussians (a Baltic tribe). He became King in 1648. In 1648, Bohdan Khmelnytsky led a popular uprising of Zaporozhian Cossacks and Ukrainian peasants discontented with the rule of Polish and Lithuanian magnates.

Until his death, The Pope had continued to touch the lives of millions worldwide, also reaching to those who weren’t catholic and showing them his love and faith in life. While in Krosno, the Polish king found out about the end of the siege of Jasna Góra, and about the death of Janusz Radziwiłł. The peace settlement gave Moscow control over the so-called Left-bank Ukraine (left of the river Dnieper), with the Commonwealth retaining Right-bank Ukraine (right of the Dnieper). Although the initial phase of the rebellion ended (after much destruction) at the Battle of Berestechko (1651), it brought into focus the rivalry between Russia and the Commonwealth for hegemony over Ukraine and over the eastern Slavic lands in general. 1943 The Warsaw Ghetto uprising (April 19th): It was the Heroic, yet hopeless action of Jews besieged in the small Warsaw ghetto.

One century later the Polish king grants the Brandenburg dukes the right to accede in Prussia, which led to the establishment of an enormous Prussian power two centuries later. Furthermore, they were provided support by the Brandenburgian-Prussian army of Bogusław Radziwiłł, which after the Treaty of Bromberg changed sides. 1955 The Warsaw Pact was signed with a goal to compete with NATO. A Curfew was introduced and the army exercises control over the country. On March 21, Rákóczi captured Tarnów, and on March 28, he reached Kraków. Two days later, King John Casimir left Głogówek in Silesia, and via Racibórz and Cieszyn, returned to Poland, arriving at Lubowla on December 27. Czestochowa took a miraculous resistance and finally Peace was restored in Oliwa in 1660. After the Deluge, the Commonwealth became a "cultural desert". Poland gains big territories in the east. 2005 In 2005 October: Lech Kaczynski, centre-right politician, a former mayor of Warsaw defeated Donald Tusk who was a candidate of liberals, during presidential elections.

The Deluge had a major effect on Poland, and there are several books describing the war. eTravel S.A. With the entire Polish nation destroyed by the Swedes and Russians, Russia was able to rise, found the Russian Empire in early 18th century and play a major role in the Partitions of Poland in the later half of the 18th century. The heavily fortified city was defended by 2400 soldiers under Barthod Hartwig von Bulow. On May 18, 1656, Charles X Gustav, in a letter sent from Malbork, offered the Hungarian prince Red Ruthenia, in exchange for military support against the Commonwealth. Eight per cent of population were often impoverished nobility and it is estimated that 120,000 noblemen had no land or property. [24] Even though Article 9 of the Treaty of Oliva stated that Sweden should return all stolen goods, all items are still kept in Stockholm and other Swedish locations. This association aimed to eliminate any radical movements.

1543 The Copernican Revolution. 1386 To face the threat from the Teutonic knights, Polish and Lithuanian dynasties united in Creva. The first President, Narutowicz, was assassinated in Warsaw one year later. At the same time (January 2), in the Battle of Chojnice, the Swedes defeated the Poles. Poland, and indeed the whole world suffers a huge loss when Polish Pope Jean Paul II dies in the Vatican, Rome. Ubara-Tutu was the eighth and final pre-dynastic ruler of ancient Sumer, as noted in the Sumerian King List. 1863 January Uprising in Poland against Russia – continuation of the adamant feeling towards Russification.

It was there, where the first royal dynasty resided, the Piasts, who drew their pedigree from the mythical Piast, a wheelwright who founded a dynasty that ruled until 1370. The reason for the attack was the Treaty of Hadiach, which prepared the basis for a Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth. He managed to incorporate large parts of Silesia and Pomerania.