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In 1386, Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania converted to Catholicism and married Queen Jadwiga of Poland. This act enabled him to become a king of Poland himself, [36] and he ruled as Władysław II Jagiełło until his death in 1434. The marriage established a personal Polish–Lithuanian union ruled by the Jagiellonian dynasty.
A History of Poland, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2004, ISBN 0-333-97254-6; Sanford, George. Historical Dictionary of Poland. Scarecrow Press, 2003. 291 pp. Wandycz, Piotr S. "Poland's Place in Europe in the Concepts of Piłsudski and Dmowski," East European Politics & Societies (1990) 4#3 pp 451–468. Wróbel, Piotr.
Poland, [d] officially the Republic of Poland, [e] is a country in Central Europe.It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia [f] to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west.
The Town of Łódź became a part of the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw. 1807: March 19: Beginning of the Siege of Danzig. May 24: End the Siege of Danzig. July 9: The second Treaty of Tilsit was signed. Białystok was captured by the Russian Empire. 1809: October 14: Signing of the Treaty of Schönbrunn. 1815: June 9: Congress of Vienna concludes ...
Poland is a member of the European Union, NATO, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Poland currently has a population of over 38 million people, [3] which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world [18] and one of the most populous members of the European Union.
The Partitions of Poland [a] ... refers to parts of the Commonwealth that were annexed in 1772–1795 and which became part of Imperial Russia, Prussia, or Austria.
Poland escaped the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), which ravaged everything to the west, especially Prussia. In 1618, the Elector of Brandenburg became hereditary ruler of the Duchy of Prussia on the Baltic coast. From then on, Poland's link to the Baltic Sea was bordered on both sides by two provinces of the same German state.
Poland: 4 June 1989: The first partially free Parliament's vote after 45-year-long Soviet domination 966: Adoption of Christianity by the first historically documented Polish ruler Mieszko I. 15 February 1951: Polish-Soviet border adjustment treaty: 11 November 1918: Poland regains its independence. Portugal: 2 April 1976: Constitution of ...