Permanent year factsheet

Poland in 1983

Historical records for Poland in 1983, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

9Records
7Events
2Named people
1Places
2Categories

Historical records

April

22 April 1983Arrest of Lech WalesaLech Walesa

Gdansk · Politics / Solidarity

Walesa returns to work at the Lenin Shipyard

May

1 May 1983DemonstrationsWojciech Jaruzelski

Government / Government of Poland

Police break up the May Day demonstrations across Poland

1 May 1983DemonstrationsLech Walesa

Politics / Solidarity

Police break up the May Day demonstrations across Poland

1 May 1983May DayWojciech Jaruzelski

Government / Government of Poland

Police break up the May Day demonstrations across Poland

1 May 1983May DayLech Walesa

Politics / Solidarity

Police break up the May Day demonstrations across Poland

Other Events

1983Martial LawWojciech Jaruzelski

Government / Government of Poland

Martial Law is lifted

1983Nobel PrizeLech Walesa

Politics / Solidarity

The press criticises Walesas Nobel prize. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for campaigning for human rights

1983PoliticsLech Walesa

Politics / Solidarity

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for campaigning for human rights

1983Visit to PolandWojciech Jaruzelski

Government / Government of Poland

The Pope visits Poland

Names involved

Lech WalesaWojciech Jaruzelski

Places involved

Gdansk

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by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.