Transcript Slajd 1 - Comenius

Józef Piłsudski
5 December 186712 May 1935
Commandor during World War I
and Polish-Soviet War
Chief of State
in the newly independent Poland
The authoritarian leader
of the Second Polish Republic
11th November
Polish Independence Day
Calendar of events
1569
By the Union of Lublin there were formed
The POLISH-LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH
between the Kingdom of Poland
and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
1772, 1793, 1795
The PARTITIONS
of the Commonwealth
among more powerful neighbours:
Austria ,
Prussia
and Russia.
5 Nov 1916
ACT OF NOVEMBER 5th
Germany and Austria-Hungary,
which needed new recruits
from German-occupied Poland
for the war with Russia,
promised the creation
of the Kingdom of Poland.
It had a wide response
throughout the world
and seems to have key meaning
in try to restore the independence.
12 Nov 1917
The REGENCY COUNCIL of the Kingdom of Poland,
formed by Germany and Austria-Hungary in Sept 1917
as a temporary authority, took over responsibilities
after The Temporary Council of the State.
7 Oct 1918
The Regency Council announced
Poland's independence.
10 Nov 1918
JÓZEF PIŁSUDSKI came back to Warsaw
from his German prison in Magdeburg.
11 Nov 1918
Józef Piłsudski were appointed COMMANDER IN CHIEF
of Polish forces by the Regency Council.
Piłsudski:
• was entrusted with creating a national government
• took over duties and responsibility to the Polish people
after the Regency Council
• negotiated the evacuation of the Germans from Poland
• formed a new centralized government
and proclaim Poland the republic
• became Poland's CHIEF OF STATE
• handed power to the Sejm
Celebrating
since 1919 – The Day of Polish Independence
since 1937- Polish Independence Day (PUBLIC holiday)
after the World War II- Communists Authority removed
Independence Day from calendar
emphasizing the Russian Revolution of 1917
as a more important factor
in 1989- Sejm reinstated the holiday