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| 1980 |
| | | Lech Walesa is elected chairman of the newly formed Polish trade union movement Solidarnośc (Solidarity) | |
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| 1981 |
| | | The Kremlin appoints a general, Wojciech Jaruzelski, as prime minister of Poland | |
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| 1981 |
| | | Polish prime minister Wojciech Jaruzelski imposes martial law and suspends Solidarnośc (Solidarity) | |
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| 1982 |
| | | The trade union movement Solidarnośc (Solidarity) is declared illegal by the Polish government | |
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| 1983 |
| | | Polish union leader and activist Lech Walesa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize | |
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| 1986 |
| | | Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki's opera The Black Mask is premiered in Salzburg | |
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| 1989 |
| | | Elections in Poland bring Solidarnośc nation-wide success, and the party is soon at the head of a coalition government | |
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| 1990 |
| | | Solidarnośc leader Lech Walesa wins Poland's first free presidential election | |
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| 2004 |
| | | Ten new member states (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungrary, Malta, Cyprus) join the European Union | |
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| 2010 April 10 |
| | | A plane carrying the president of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, and other high Polish officials crashes on the way to a commemoration of the Katyn massacre, killing all 96 people on board | |
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