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1918 in Poland

Explore 21 historical events and records for Poland in 1918.

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Historical records for Poland in 1918

Sorted by month and day. Records with no month are shown last. Showing 21 of 21 unique records.

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February

27 February 1918

Prime Minister of Poland

Ponikowski, Anton · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland

April

3 April 1918

Prime Minister of Poland

Steczkowski, Jan Kanty · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland

19 April 1918

Rule of Vilna

Pilsudski, Josef Klemens · Vilna · Chief of Staff · Government / Government of Poland

A dispute between Poland & Lithuania takes place over the Polish rule of Vilna

July

13 July 1918

Commander in Chief

Haller de Halelenburg, Jozef · Commander in Chief · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander in Chief, Polish Army

13 July 1918

Commander in Chief

Haller de Halelenburg, Jozef · Commander in Chief · Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander in Chief of the Polish Army

September

6 September 1918

Prime Minister of Poland

Kucharzewski, Jan · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term

October

22 October 1918

Prime Minister of Poland

Swiezynski, Jozef · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland

November

5 November 1918

Prime Minister of Poland

Wroblewski, Ladislaw · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland

14 November 1918

Prime Minister of Poland

Daszynski, Ignacy · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland

17 November 1918

Prime Minister of Poland

Moraczewski, Jerzej · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland

November 1918

Commonwealth

Wroblewski, Ladislaw · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

The Republic is based upon the Polish Commonwealth dissolved in 1795

November 1918

Constitution of Poland

Wroblewski, Ladislaw · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

The Republic of Poland is founded. The Republic is based upon the Polish Commonwealth dissolved in 1795

November 1918

Independence of Poland

Wroblewski, Ladislaw · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

Polish independence is guaranteed by the signatories of the Treaty of Versailles

November 1918

Republic

Wroblewski, Ladislaw · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

The Republic of Poland is founded. The Republic is based upon the Polish Commonwealth dissolved in 1795

November 1918

Treaty of Versailles

Wroblewski, Ladislaw · Versailles · Prime Minister of Poland · Government / Government of Poland

Polish independence is guaranteed by the signatories of the Treaty of Versailles

December

December 1918

Government

Pilsudski, Josef Klemens · Government / Government of Poland

Forms a provisional Government

December 1918

Provisional Government

Pilsudski, Josef Klemens · Government / Government of Poland

Forms a provisional Government

Other events (month unknown)

1918

Arrest of Josef Klemens Pilsudski

Pilsudski, Josef Klemens · Warfare / World War, 1st

Released during the armistice

1918

Chief of Staff

Pilsudski, Josef Klemens · Warsaw · Chief of Staff · Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff of a small independent Polish Army

1918

Independence of Poland

Pilsudski, Josef Klemens · Warsaw · Government / Government of Poland

The Republic of Poland is founded

1918

Radium Institute Research

Curie, Marie Sklodowska · Paris · Physicist · Science / Medicine

Returns the Radium Institute to peacetime research after the war.

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