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History of Poland

History of Poland. The most important dates . 966 – Baptism of Poland 1000 – Congress of Gniezno 1333 – coronation of Kazimierz Great 1364 – begin ni ng of Jagiellonian University 1410 – Battle of Grunwald

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History of Poland

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  1. Historyof Poland

  2. The most importantdates. • 966 – Baptism of Poland • 1000 – Congress of Gniezno • 1333 – coronation of Kazimierz Great • 1364 – beginning of JagiellonianUniversity • 1410 – Battleof Grunwald • 1543 – publication of „On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres” by NicolausCopernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik)

  3. 1683 – TheBattle of Vienna • 1772 - The First Partition of Poland • 1779 – TheSecondPartition of Poland • 1795 – The Third Partition of Poland • 1797 – writinglyrics of ‘Mazurek Dąbrowskiego’, national anthem of Poland, penned by Józef Wybicki • 1830-1831 – NovemberUprising • 1863-1864 – January Uprising • 1914 – 1918 – World War I • 1920 – Battle of Warsaw - ‘Miracleatthe Vistula’

  4. 1919, 1920, 1921 – SilesianUprisings • 1939-1945 – World War II • 1989 – PolishRoundTableAgreement • 2004 – join to UE

  5. TheBaptism of Poland and TheCongress of Gniezno In 966 prince Mieszko I has receivedthebaptism. It was thebeginning of Christianization of Poland. TheCongress of Gniezno was in 1000. It was a meetingbetween polishduke Bolesław I Chrobry and Emperor Otto III.

  6. BATTLE OF GRUNWALD • Battle of Grunwald was on 15 July 1410, duringthePolish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War. • Battle of Grunwald is one of thebiggestbattles of Middle Ages. • Poland and Lithuaniahave won thisbattle.

  7. Partitions of poland • The First Partition of Poland was decided on August 5, 1772 (Russia, Prussia, Austria) • TheSecondPartition of Poland was decided on January 23, 1793 (Russia, Prussia) • The Third Partition of Poland took place on October 24, 1795 (Russia, Prussia, Austria)

  8. The SILESIAN UPRISINGS TheSilesianUprisingswerethreeuprisingsin 1919, 1920 and 1921. Theywere on Upper Silesia. Theywerein order to join to Poland.

  9. World war ii (1939-1945) • World War II hasbegun by SeptemberCampaign. SeptemberCampaign was an invasion of Poland by Germany, theSoviet Union and Slovakia. • In World War II was 50 million to over 70 millionfatalities. • In SecondWorld War 16% of polishpopulationhasdied.

  10. Thehistory of polandfrom 1944 to 1989 • Thehistory of Poland from 1944 to 1989 was a period of SovietCommunistdominance. • Martial law was introduced to Poland on December, 13, 1981 by generals Czesław Kiszczak and Wojciech Jaruzelski. • Therewererationstamps to food and othercommodities. • There was PolishRoundTableAgreementin 1989.

  11. Poland joined to theeu • In 2004 ten countries: Poland, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and SloveniajoinedtheEuropean Union.

  12. Made by Natalia Słomka Magdalena Górecka

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