Events in Poland

924 notable events in Poland — wars, massacres and murders. Page 1 of 10.

• Auschwitz concentration camp
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Rosa Luxemburg
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• 20 July plot
  Jul 20, 1944 · War & armed conflict
• Warsaw Uprising
  Aug 1, 1944–Oct 2, 1944 · War & armed conflict
• Amber alert
  Jan 13, 1996 · Kidnapping & hostage
• May Coup (Poland)
  May 12, 1926–May 14, 1926 · War & armed conflict
• Zdzisław Beksiński
  date unknown · Massacre
• Treblinka extermination camp
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Primo Levi
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• MV Wilhelm Gustloff
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Extermination camp
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Die Glocke (conspiracy theory)
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• Revolutions of 1989
  Mar 9, 1989–Apr 27, 1992 · War & armed conflict
• Sobibor extermination camp
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
  from Feb 28, 2022 · War & armed conflict
• General Government
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
  Apr 19, 1943–May 16, 1943 · War & armed conflict
• Warsaw Ghetto
  Oct 12, 1940–May 1943 · Massacre
• Majdanek concentration camp
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• January Uprising
  Jan 22, 1863–1864 · War & armed conflict
• 2003 European heatwave
  Jul 1, 2003 · Natural disaster
• November Uprising
  Nov 29, 1830–Oct 21, 1831 · War & armed conflict
• Operation Reinhard
  1942–Nov 1943 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Kościuszko Uprising
  Mar 24, 1794–Nov 16, 1794 · War & armed conflict
• LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055
  May 9, 1987 · Aviation accident
• Chełmno extermination camp
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Łódź Ghetto
  Feb 8, 1940–Aug 29, 1944 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Gleiwitz incident
  Aug 31, 1939 · War & armed conflict
• Martial law in Poland
  Dec 13, 1981–Jul 22, 1983 · War & armed conflict
• German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin
  date unknown · Aviation accident
• Operation Vistula
  Apr 28, 1947–Jul 31, 1947 · War & armed conflict
• Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre
  1972–1973 · Massacre
• Project Riese
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Rudy Raciborskie forest fire
  Aug 26, 1992–Aug 30, 1992 · Fire
• Belzec extermination camp
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Marek Edelman
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Bar Confederation
  1768 · War & armed conflict
• Kraków Ghetto
  Dec 10, 1939 · War & armed conflict
• Battle of Westerplatte
  Sep 1, 1939–Sep 7, 1939 · War & armed conflict
• 2021 European floods
  Jul 12, 2021–Jul 25, 2021 · Natural disaster
• Mariusz Trynkiewicz
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Paul Blobel
  Jun 1, 1941–Jan 1, 1944 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Crisis of the late Middle Ages
  1315–1487 · Crisis
• Silesian Uprisings
  Aug 26, 1919–Jul 21, 1921 · War & armed conflict
• War crimes of the Wehrmacht
  Jan 1, 1939–Jan 1, 1945 · War & armed conflict
• LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007
  Mar 14, 1980 · Aviation accident
• Murder of Grzegorz Przemyk
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Kielce pogrom
  from Jul 4, 1946 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Emilcin Abduction
  date unknown · Kidnapping & hostage
• Bosnian Crisis
  Jan 1, 1908–Jan 1, 1909 · Crisis
• Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)
  Dec 27, 1918 · War & armed conflict
• Wola massacre
  Aug 5, 1944–Aug 8, 1944 · War & armed conflict
• Kniefall von Warschau
  Dec 7, 1970 · War & armed conflict
• Jedwabne pogrom
  Jul 10, 1941 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• 1956 Poznań protests
  Jun 1956 · Crime & justice
• Revolutions of 1917–1923
  Mar 8, 1917–Jul 24, 1923 · War & armed conflict
• Murder committed by Kajetan Poznański
  Feb 3, 2016 · Murder & homicide
• 2025 Russian drone incursion into Poland
  Sep 9, 2025 · War & armed conflict
• Mordechai Anielewicz
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• 1968 Polish political crisis
  Mar 1968 · Crisis
• Zdzisław Marchwicki
  Jan 1, 1964–Jan 1, 1970 · Murder & homicide
• Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp
  Jan 27, 1945 · War & armed conflict
• Siege of Warsaw (1939)
  Sep 8, 1939–Sep 28, 1939 · War & armed conflict
• Destruction of Warsaw
  Oct 1944–Jan 1945 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig
  Sep 1, 1939 · War & armed conflict
• Skin Hunters
  2002 · Crime & justice
• Jarosław Ziętara
  Sep 1, 1992 · Murder & homicide
• Szczekociny rail crash
  Mar 3, 2012 · Rail accident
• Bloody Sunday (1939)
  Sep 3, 1939 · Massacre
• Disappearance of Iwona Wieczorek
  Jul 17, 2010 · Disappearance
• Fritz Klein
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16
  Nov 1, 2011 · Aviation accident
• Murder of Magdalena Waśniewska
  Jan 24, 2012 · Murder & homicide
• Trawniki men
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Murder of Katarzyna Zowada
  Nov 12, 1998 · Crime & justice
• Polish October
  Oct 1956 · War & armed conflict
• Połaniec murder
  Dec 24, 1976 · Crime & justice
• Sahryń massacre
  Mar 10, 1944 · Massacre
• Danzig crisis
  Apr 28, 1939–Sep 1, 1939 · Crisis
• December 1970 protests in Poland
  Dec 19, 1970 · Crime & justice
• MV Goya
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Rywin affair
  from Jul 22, 2002 · Scandal & controversy
• Tomasz Komenda case
  Dec 31, 1996 · Crime & justice
• 2022 missile explosion in Poland
  Nov 15, 2022 · Bombing & explosion
• Josef Blösche
  Jan 1, 1941–Jan 1, 1945 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Otto Rasch
  Jan 1, 1939–Jan 1, 1941 · War & armed conflict
• Italian war crimes
  Jan 1, 1911–Jan 1, 1945 · War & armed conflict
• Sobibor uprising
  from Oct 14, 1943 · War & armed conflict
• Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Karl Frenzel
  date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Lufthansa Flight 2904
  Sep 14, 1993 · Aviation accident
• Joachim Knychała
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Jewish Combat Organization
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Blue Police
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• SS General von Steuben
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• The General Crisis
  17th century–18th century · Crisis
• Karol Kot
  Jan 1, 1964–Jan 1, 1966 · Attack (other)
• Operation Harvest Festival
  Nov 3, 1943 · War & armed conflict
• Magdalenka shootout
  Mar 6, 2003 · Shooting