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Poland in 1917

Historical records for Poland in 1917, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

10Records
10Events
6Named people
2Places
4Categories

Historical records

March

March 1917OathJosef Klemens Pilsudski

Warfare / World War, 1st

Refuses to take the oath of allegiance to the Central Powers

July

30 July 1917Arrest of Josef Klemens PilsudskiJosef Klemens Pilsudski

Warfare / World War, 1st

Arrested after refusing to swear an oath of allegience to the Central Powers

November

20 November 1917Prime Minister of PolandJan Kucharzewski

Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term

Other Events

1917Alliance Roman Dmowski and the AlliesRoman Dmowski

Government / Government of Poland

The Allies recognize the National Committee

1917Declaration of BalfourNahum Sokolow

Politics / Zionism

Takes part in the Anglo-French negotiations leading to the Balfour Declaration

1917Independence of PolandJan Kucharzewski

Government / Government of Poland

Russia supports Polish independence

1917Military RadiologyMarie Sklodowska Curie

France · Warfare / World War, 1st

Expands military radiology services for French hospitals.

1917National CommitteeRoman Dmowski

Government / Government of Poland

Opposes Pilsudskis revolutionary policy & founds the National Committee

1917Programme for Polish MathematicsZygmunt Janiszewski

Warsaw · Science / Mathematics

Proposes concentrating Polish mathematical research in selected modern fields.

1917Specialized Mathematical JournalsZygmunt Janiszewski

Warsaw · Science / Mathematics

Advocates specialized international journals to strengthen the national mathematical community.

Names involved

Jan KucharzewskiJosef Klemens PilsudskiMarie Sklodowska CurieNahum SokolowRoman DmowskiZygmunt Janiszewski

Places involved

FranceWarsaw

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.