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The history of Poland spans over a thousand years, from medieval tribes, Christianization and monarchy; through Poland's Golden Age, ...
Poland, [d] officially the Republic of Poland, [e] is a country in Central Europe. ... [26] [27] The origin of the tribe's name lies in the Old Polish word lęda ...
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.
This is a timeline of Polish history, ... Death of Mieszko III the Old, High Duke of Poland 1211: May 16: Death of Mieszko IV Tanglefoot: 1226: March 26:
Although Napoleon promised more than he ever intended to deliver to the Polish cause, in 1807 he created a Duchy of Warsaw from Prussian territory that had been part of old Poland and was still inhabited by Poles. Basically a French puppet, the duchy did enjoy some degree of self-government, and many Poles believed that further Napoleonic ...
The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), [b] formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), [c] and also often simply known as Poland, [d] was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland.
Sigismund I the Old 1467–1506–1548: Anna of Poland 1476–1503: Henry II of France 1519–1559: Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1503–1564: Anne of Bohemia and ...
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, [b] formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania [c] and also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic, [d] [9] [10] was a federative real union [11] between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, existing from 1569 to 1795.