| 1226 |
|
Mongol forces invade Poland |
| 1256 |
|
Hanseatic League formed in Baltic - trade flourishes |
| 1320 |
|
Valdislav I crowned King of Poland - reunites territory |
| 1333 |
|
Casimir the Great becomes King of Poland |
| 1386 |
|
Jagellons Dynasty starts 190 year rule in Poland |
| 1410 |
|
Poles and Lithuanians under Vladislav II defeat Teutonic Knights |
| 1447 |
|
Poland and Lithuania unite |
| 1506 |
|
Golden Age of Poland begins under Sigismund I and II |
| 1543 |
|
Polish astronomer Nicolas Copernicus shows that Earth revolves around Sun |
| 1572 |
|
Poland declares itself a republic |
| 1648 |
|
Cossack uprising begins Polish demise as a major power |
| 1670 |
|
Hanseatic League abandoned |
| 1772 |
|
West Prussia annexed from Poland by Prussia |
| 1795 |
|
Remainder of Poland divided between Prussia, Russia and Austria |
| 1814 |
|
Poland ruled by Russia after defeat of Napoleon |
| 1830 |
|
Polish rebellion against Russia defeated |
