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Demonstrations

Poland · Government / Government of Poland. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

10Records
1923–1983Date range
6Named people
6Places

Chronological records

1923

Wincenty WitosNovember 1923

Krakow · Government / Government of Poland

Demonstratons & strikes break out because of high inflation, the PPS take over Krakow

1938

Josef Beck17 March 1938

Dabrowa · Government / Government of Poland

Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Dabrowa, Poland

1956

Josef Cyrankiewicz1956

Poznan · Government / Government of Poland

50 people are killed while rioting for more freedom

1968

Marian Spychalski1968

Government / Government of Poland

Student demonstrations against political censorship

1970

Marian Spychalski1970

Gdansk · Government / Government of Poland

Foof price riots im Gdansk

1981

Stanislaw Kania24 January 1981

Warsaw · Government / Government of Poland

700,000 students & workers go on strike against Party priveleges

Wojciech JaruzelskiJanuary 1981

Moscow · Government / Government of Poland

Visits Brezhnev & gives assurances he will end "anarchy & disarray" in Poland

Wojciech JaruzelskiJanuary 1981

Warsaw · Government / Government of Poland

Solidarity agree to a 3 month moratorium on strikes

Stanislaw KaniaJanuary 1981

Warsaw · Government / Government of Poland

Dismissed as Prime Minister after the Warsaw demonstrations & replaced by Jaruzelski

1983

Wojciech Jaruzelski1 May 1983

Government / Government of Poland

Police break up the May Day demonstrations across Poland

Names involved

Josef BeckJosef CyrankiewiczMarian SpychalskiStanislaw KaniaWincenty WitosWojciech Jaruzelski

Provenance

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