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This is a timeline of Polish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Poland and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Poland .
Sobieski's reign marked the last high point in the history of the Commonwealth: in the first half of the 18th century, Poland ceased to be an active player in international politics. The Treaty of Perpetual Peace (1686) with Russia was the final border settlement between the two countries before the First Partition of Poland in 1772.
The Cambridge History of Poland (two vols., 1941–1950) online edition vol 1 to 1696 Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine; Butterwick, Richard, ed. The Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy in European Context, c. 1500-1795. Palgrave, 2001. 249 pp. online edition Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine; Davies, Norman.
21 September: The Germans carried out mass searches in the present-day district of Chojny. [20] September: The Germans carried out first arrests of Poles as part of the Intelligenzaktion and established first prisons for arrested Poles. [21] 12 October – 4 November: City becomes seat of Nazi German General Government of occupied Poland.
The area of present-day Poland went through the stages of socio-technical development known as the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages after experiencing the climatic shifts of the glacial periods. The best known archeological discovery from the prehistoric period is the Lusatian-culture Biskupin fortified settlement .
At the end of the 18th century, forests covered around 40% of Poland. [1] However, due to the 19th century economic exploitation during the partitions of Poland, as well as, the Nazi German and Soviet occupations between 1939–1945 with trees shipped to battle fronts across Europe, deforestation and slash and burn conditions of war shrank Polish forests to only 21% of total area of the ...
Polish women led to mass execution in a forest near Palmiry 52°20′N 20°44′E / 52.33°N 20.74°E / 52.33; 20.74 The Palmiry massacre was a series of mass executions carried out by Nazi German forces, during World War II , near the village of Palmiry in the Kampinos Forest northwest of W
Besides troops of the LWP being on parade, it also featured ceremonial units and cadets of military academies dressed in Polish historical military uniforms dating back to the Piast dynasty. [12] [13] The parade is today regarded as the largest military parade organized in the history of Poland. [14] [15]