History timeline

c. 10 000 B.C. The first people appear on the territory of what is now Wielkopolska during the late paleolithic period. […]

C. mid 10th Century The first Piast grads appear in Wielkopolska in Grzybowo near Września (c. 920-930), Poznań (c. 930-940), […]

29 May 1493 The Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, Hans von Tieffen, pays homage to Jan Olbracht (John I […]

20-23 Aug 1794 The Kościuszko Uprising breaks out in Wielkopolska. The document declaring the uprising is signed in Rąbiń near […]

1920-1925 Władysław Reymont, winner of the 1924 Nobel Prize for Literature, periodically resides in Kołaczkowo (Września County). 9 May 1929 […]

9-18 Sep 1939 Army Poznań (led by Div. Gen. Tadeusz Kutrzeba) and Army Pomorze withdraw from Wielkopolska to engage the […]

28 June 1956 The first workers’ protest against the totalitarian system erupts in Poznań (this is known in Poland as […]

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The military doctrine that held sway in Europe during the interwar years mandated that any area which was expected to […]

POZNAŃ The city lies on the Warta river. It is the capital of Wielkopolska Voivodeship and the see of the […]

KALISZ The county seat is situated on the Prosna, about 140 km south-east of Poznań. Zawodzie The district of Zawodzie […]

POZNAŃ Poznań, the capital town of the region, the Province and the Archdiocese, is situated on the Warta. Poznań is […]