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Historical Events
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0966-04-14 - Christianisation of Poland
0972-06-24 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
1025-04-18 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
1079-04-11 - Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland.
1227-11-23 - Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa.
1257-06-05 - Kraków, Poland receive city rights.
1264-09-08 - The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
1320-01-20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland
1331-09-27 - The Battle of Płowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought.
1384-11-16 - Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman.
1386-03-04 - Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) was crowned King of Poland.
1404-08-01 - Earl Engelbert I of Nassau marries Johanna of Poland
1410-07-15 - Battle of Tannenburg-Teutonic Knights vs King Ladislas II of Poland
1454-03-06 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to Casimir IV of Poland, and the Polish king agrees to help in their struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
1454-09-18 - In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
1481-08-30 - 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV
1514-09-08 - Battle at Ozra: Polish/Latvia army beats Russians
1515-07-22 - Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland & Holy Roman Empire
1518-04-18 - Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.
1541-12-29 - Isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu
1561-11-29 - Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland
1569-07-01 - Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland
1570-04-14 - Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits
1573-01-28 - Articles of Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
1573-05-09 - Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king
1574-06-18 - Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
1575-12-14 - Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland
1576-05-01 - Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1577-12-16 - Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king Istvan Bathory
1582-01-15 - Russia cedes Livonia & Estonia to Poland, loses access to Baltic
1587-08-18 - Saul Wahl is elected King of Poland, according to legend.
1587-08-19 - Sigismund III becomes king of Poland
1594-02-19 - Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.
1605-09-27 - The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
1610-02-14 - Polish king Sigismund III, Forges Dimitri #2 & Romanov family sign covenant against czar Vasili Shushki
1610-08-27 - Polish King Wladyslaw crowned king of Russia
1618-12-11 - Russia & Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino
1620-09-20 - Battle at Jassy: Turks beat king Sigismund III of Poland
1621-10-09 - Turkey & Poland signs Peace of Chotin
1629-09-26 - Sweden & Poland signs Peace of Altmark
1634-02-19 - Battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]
1634-03-01 - Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians
1634-06-14 - Russia & Poland sign Peace treaty of Polianov
1635-09-12 - Sweden & Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf
1648-06-24 - Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews & 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine
1651-06-30 - The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising - the Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory.
1654-09-16 - Russian troops occupy Smolensk on Poland
1655-07-31 - Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
1656-06-20 - Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw
1656-10-24 - Treaty of Vilnius: Russia & Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant
1656-11-03 - Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant [NS]
1656-12-01 - Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
1657-09-19 - Brandenburg & Poland sign Treaty of Wehlau
1657-11-06 - Brandenburg & Poland sign unity of Bromberg
1660-04-23 - Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
1660-05-03 - Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg & Austria sign Peace of Oliva
1667-01-03 - Resistance of Androsovo in Russia-Poland
1667-01-03 - Russia & Poland sign Truce of Androsovo
1667-01-20 - Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland & Russia
1667-01-30 - Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia & Poland sign peace treaty
1667-02-09 - Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty
1668-09-16 - King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France
1668-09-19 - Polish king John II Kazimierz resigns/goes to France
1669-06-19 - Polish parliament selects Litouwer Michael Wisniopwiecki as king
1672-10-18 - Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz
1673-11-11 - Second Battle of Khotyn in the Ukraine, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski. defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets of Kazimierz Siemienowicz were successfully used.
1674-05-21 - General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland
1676-10-27 - Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw
1683-03-31 - Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey
1683-09-09 - Expelled Polish & Lotharings reach Wienerwald
1683-09-12 - Turkish troops attacks Vienna overthrows by Polish king Sobieski
1684-03-05 - Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
1697-06-27 - Polish parliament selects monarch August van Saksen as king
1699-01-26 - Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
1699-11-22 - Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden
1704-07-12 - Stanislaw Leszcynski becomes king of part of Poland
1716-11-03 - Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom
1719-01-05 - Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact
1724-12-07 - Tumult of Thorn - religious unrest was followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
1725-09-05 - French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski
1733-09-12 - Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king
1733-09-22 - Polish King Lesczynski flees to Danzig
1736-01-26 - Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne
1736-01-26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
1736-01-27 - Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland
1772-02-17 - 1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria
1772-08-05 - 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia
1773-10-14 - The first recorded Ministry of Education, the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish for Commission of National Education), is formed in Poland.
1775-01-22 - Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland
1775-02-22 - Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland
1775-03-19 - Poland & Prussia sign trade agreement
1785-09-29 - Chasidic sect is excommunicated in Cracow Poland
1791-05-03 - The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1792-05-19 - Russian army enters Poland
1793-01-21 - Prussia & Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)
1793-01-23 - 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia & Russia
1794-03-23 - Lt-general Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland
1795-03-28 - Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1795-10-24 - 3rd partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia
1807-06-14 - Emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
Famous Birthdays
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1016-07-25 - Casimir I, Duke of Poland (d. c. 1058)
1226-06-21 - King Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)
1257-10-14 - King Przemysl II of Poland (d. 1296)
1271-09-17 - Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)
1286-09-01 - Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1335)
1309-04-30 - Kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland (1333-70)
1326-03-05 - Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
1374-02-18 - Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)
1424-10-31 - Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary
1427-11-30 - Kazimierz IV, king of Poland (1447-92)
1458-10-05 - Kazimierz de Saint, Polish ruler/saint
1467-01-01 - Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland
1473-02-19 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1480-06-01 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
1494-02-02 - Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)
1520-08-01 - Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)
1526-11-01 - Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, queen of Sweden and duchess of Finland (d. 1583)
1533-09-15 - Catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)
1551-09-19 - Henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France (1573/4-89)
1566-06-20 - Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden
1573-08-16 - Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)
1585-11-01 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
1588-12-24 - Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)
1595-02-24 - Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet
1595-06-09 - King Wladislaus IV of Poland (d. 1648)
1595-06-19 - Wladyslaw IV Vasa, king of Poland (1632-48)
1603-11-16 - Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673)
1609-03-21 - Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)
1609-03-22 - John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68)
1611-07-16 - Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1644)
1611-08-18 - Ludwika Maria Gonzaga, queen of Poland (d. 1650)
1612-06-25 - John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (d. 1634)
1623-08-23 - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)
1624-06-02 - Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)
1629-08-17 - King John III of Poland (d. 1696)
1640-05-31 - Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)
1641-06-28 - Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien, queen of Poland (d. 1716)
1653-05-21 - Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)
1667-11-02 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)
1670-05-12 - August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)
1670-05-12 - Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)
1677-10-20 - Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland (d. 1766)
1696-10-17 - August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen
1699-12-08 - Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)
1700-09-30 - Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (d. 1773)
1713-10-08 - Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist (d. 1793)
1726-10-16 - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (d. 1801)
1732-01-17 - Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, last king of Poland (1764-95)
1746-02-04 - Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian national hero (d. 1817)
1747-02-04 - Tadeusz Kosciusko, Poland, patriot, (NY Bridge)
1750-02-28 - Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister
1756-08-29 - Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)
1757-02-06 - Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841)
1763-05-07 - Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France
1763-05-07 - Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince (d. 1813)
1768-10-26 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844)
1768-11-30 - Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838)
1775-06-13 - Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician (d. 1833)
1777-03-09 - Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist
1777-11-02 - Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (d. 1822)
1778-01-03 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
1778-12-28 - Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (d. 1846)
1793-07-20 - Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski)
1797-07-20 - Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873)
1798-12-24 - Adam B Mickiewicz, Poland, national poet (Pan Tadeusz)
1800-05-06 - Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general (d. 1881)
1800-06-23 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (d. 1846)
1806-02-22 - Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875)
1809-08-23 - Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)
1810-02-22 - Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer [OS]
1810-03-01 - Frederic Chopin, Poland, composer/pianist (Concert in F Minor) [NS]
1819-05-05 - Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer
1821-09-24 - Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda)
1822-03-08 - Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882)
1822-10-29 - Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902)
1826-07-24 - Ivan Bloch, Polish military theorist and peace activist (d. 1902)
1829-09-06 - Marie Zakrzewska, Polish physician (d. 1902)
1834-07-01 - Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet (d. 1908)
1835-07-10 - Henryk Wieniawski, Lubin Poland, violinist/composer (Souv de Moscou)
1840-10-12 - Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian
1841-06-06 - Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (d.1910)
1845-08-20 - St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic Saint (d. 1916)
1845-10-28 - Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (d. 1888)
1846-01-29 - Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (d. 1915)
1846-05-05 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)
1847-08-20 - Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (d. 1912)
1850-01-14 - Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor
1857-09-13 - Michał Drzymała, Polish peasant rebel (d. 1937)
1857-11-02 - Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (Babinski reflex)
1857-12-03 - Joseph Conrad, Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness)
1859-12-15 - Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto)
1860-11-18 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland (1919-20)
1863-04-29 - Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (d. 1922)
1865-02-12 - Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland)
1865-04-17 - Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (d. 1939)
1866-10-07 - Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
1866-12-28 - Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (d. 1935)
1867-10-25 - Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (d.1937)
1867-11-04 - Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish PM (1944-47)
1867-12-05 - Józef Piłsudski, Polish revolutionary and statesman (d. 1935)
Famous Deaths
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0992-05-25 - Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935)
0992-11-25 - Mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies
1025-07-17 - Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies
1034-03-15 - Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies
1058-11-28 - Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies
1063-03-21 - Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland
1079-05-09 - Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered
1138-10-28 - Boleslaw III Kryzwousty, [scheefmond], duke of Poland, dies
1138-10-29 - Bolesław III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)
1159-05-30 - Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)
1194-05-05 - Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies
1194-05-05 - King Casimir II of Poland (b. 1138)
1202-03-13 - Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies
1223-03-08 - Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)
1238-03-19 - Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163)
1257-06-04 - Duke Przemysl I of Poland
1279-04-13 - Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke
1279-04-14 - Boleslaus of Greater Poland
1279-12-07 - King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)
1296-02-08 - King Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)
1305-06-21 - King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland (b. 1271)
1333-03-02 - Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies
1342-09-26 - John I, ruler of Poland, dies
1370-11-05 - Kazimierz III, the Great, king of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61
1382-09-10 - Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary/Poland, dies
1401-05-18 - Władysław Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 - 1378, count palatine of Poland
1434-06-01 - Jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies
1434-06-01 - Wladislaus II of Poland
1444-11-10 - Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary, dies in battle at 20
1484-03-04 - Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25
1484-03-04 - Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland (b. 1458)
1492-06-07 - Kazimierz IV, King of Poland (1447-92), dies at 64
1501-06-17 - Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies
1531-05-19 - Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)
1543-05-24 - Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland
1545-08-27 - Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487)
1548-04-01 - Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81
1550-10-23 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)
1557-11-19 - Bona Sforza, Queen of Sigismund I of Poland (b. 1494)
1558-11-12 - Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies
1560-01-28 - John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies
1572-06-07 - August I [Sigismund II August], king of Poland (1548-72), dies at 42
1572-07-07 - Sigismund II August, last Jagellonen king of Poland, dies at 51
1579-08-05 - Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)
1584-08-22 - Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530)
1586-12-12 - Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)
1589-08-02 - Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37
1596-09-09 - Anna Jagiellon, Polish Queen
1598-02-10 - Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies
1603-06-27 - Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539)
1612-09-27 - Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/PM (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76
1620-10-07 - Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547)
1620-11-07 - Hetman Stanisław Żólkiewski polish commander in the Battle of Ţuţora (1620) (b. 1547)
1621-06-21 - Kryštof Harant, Polish soldier, writer, and composer (b. 1564)
1621-09-24 - Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)
1627-03-06 - Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)
1632-04-30 - Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden, dies at 65
1634-12-29 - John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)
1636-10-19 - Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician
1636-12-09 - Fabian Birkowski, Polish writer (b. 1566)
1640-04-02 - Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
1648-05-20 - Wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies
1651-11-20 - Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
1652-11-21 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
1657-05-16 - Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
1657-08-06 - Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble
1667-05-09 - Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)
1672-12-13 - Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
1672-12-16 - John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
1673-03-20 - Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)
1673-11-10 - Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, king of Poland (16..-73), dies
1673-11-14 - Michael Wisniowieki, King of Poland, dies
1675-05-18 - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b. 1623)
1696-06-17 - Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies at 72
1696-06-17 - Johannes II Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies
1696-07-09 - Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies
1733-02-01 - August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
1737-12-19 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)
1749-05-24 - Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman
1760-05-22 - Israel ben Eliezer, Polish-born mystical rabbi (b. 1700)
1763-10-05 - August III, king of Poland, dies at 66
1766-02-23 - Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies
1773-08-03 - Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)
1779-10-11 - Kazimierz Pułaski, Polish fighter for American independence (b. 1745)
1793-04-29 - Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (b. 1713)
1801-02-07 - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)
1804-04-03 - Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest (b. 1727/1728)
1809-08-30 - Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies
1812-02-24 - Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61
1813-10-19 - Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle
1814-10-01 - Jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader, dies
1816-02-06 - Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)
1817-10-15 - Tadeusz AB Kosciusko, Polish lt-general/freedom fighter, dies
1822-09-11 - Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (b. 1777)
1833-04-07 - Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Lithuanian/Polish composer, dies at 57
1844-12-02 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
1846-05-23 - Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)
1846-11-06 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (b. 1800)
1849-10-17 - Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39
1855-11-26 - Adam B Mickiewicz, Polish poet (Polish Legion), dies at 56
