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Poland in 1978

Historical records for Poland in 1978, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

7Records
7Events
2Named people
1Places
2Categories

Historical records

September

September 1978Death of John Paul IIJohn Paul II

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Death of John Paul I

October

16 October 1978ElectionJohn Paul II

Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Elected by the College of Cardinals, in the Eighth round

16 October 1978InaugurationJohn Paul II

Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Inaugurated Pope

16 October 1978PopeJohn Paul II

Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Appointed Pope, the 1st non-Italian pontiff since 1523. Appointed Pope, at 58 the youngest Pope in 132 yrs

Other Events

1978Independence of PolandJohn Paul II

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

John Paul II returns to Poland for 9 days, his reception helps end Russian rule

1978John Paul II returns to Poland for 9 days, his reception helpsJohn Paul II

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

John Paul II returns to Poland for 9 days, his reception helps end Russian rule

1978SolidarityLech Walesa

Politics / Solidarity

Foundation of illegal TU of shipyard workers

Names involved

John Paul IILech Walesa

Places involved

Vatican

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.