| c. 10 000 B.C. | The first people appear on the territory of what is now Wielkopolska during the late paleolithic period. |
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| c. 3000 B.C. | Kurgans are built in the vicinity of the present day village of Wietryzchowice near Izbica Kujawska, just over the Wielkopolska border, during the Funnelbeaker culture period. These are the oldest human structures in the region. |
| 738-737 B.C. | Biskupin grad (Żnin County) is built on an island in Lake Biskupin. |
| Mid-9th Century | Political centralisation. An intertribal polity referred to by historians as the “Gniezno State” comes into being. |
