January 8. President Mościcki returns to Warsaw, where he meets foreign diplomats and ambassadors to Poland. On the same day, Jurgis Šaulys, a Lithuanian envoy, begins his mission in Warsaw
January 25. Joachim von Ribbentrop comes by train to Warsaw, he arrives at Warsaw Główna rail station 4:50 p.m.
January 26. Joachim von Ribbentrop meets Ignacy Mościcki, Józef Beck and Edward Rydz-Śmigły
January 27. Joachim von Ribbentrop leaves Warsaw and returns to Berlin
February
February 18. Heinrich Himmler comes to Warsaw. After meeting Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski and Józef Beck, he leaves in the night for Białowieża
March 22. A meeting of key Polish figures takes place at the Warsaw Castle. Present are Ignacy Mościcki, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Józef Beck and Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski. All agree that Poland will not accept German proposal of extraterritorial rail and road connection between East Prussia and the rest of Germany. On the same day, Stanisław Mackiewicz is imprisoned in the Bereza Kartuska detention camp
March 26. In Berlin, Polish ambassador Józef Lipski meets Joachim von Ribbentrop, who demands that Gdańsk becomes part of Germany. Lipski, following Beck's order, refuses
March 30. In Warsaw, British ambassador Howard Kennard asks Józef Beck if Poland will accept British guarantees. Beck answers in the affirmative. On the same day, Wincenty Witos returns to Poland and stays in Kraków
March 31. In London, prime minister Neville Chamberlain officially declares that Great Britain will help Poland in case of war
April
April 2. In the afternoon, Józef Beck leaves Warsaw and goes by train to London. On his way, he stops at Berlin, to meet ambassador Józef Lipski
April 4. Józef Beck meets at breakfast with lord Halifax and Winston Churchill in London. On the same day in the afternoon, Beck talks with Neville Chamberlain
April 24. Józef Beck meets British ambassador, Sir Howard Kennard. Wojciech Korfanty returns to Poland. He comes to Poznań and talks to Primate August Hlond
June 13. A delegation of the Polish government, under Adam Koc, comes to London, to negotiate a loan for Polish Army
June 15. Polish Airlines open new connections: Gdynia – Warsaw – Budapest – Venice – Rome, and Warsaw – Budapest – Belgrad
June 16. A heat wave in Poland, with temperatures ranging from 35 C in Zaleszczyki, to 21 in Poznań, Toruń and Gdynia. Representatives of Polonia from the United States collect $750 000 to the National Defence Fund
June 21. A Convention of 300 Polish rabbis begins in Wilno
June 23. In Polish schools, summer vacation begins
June 24. Annual Days of the Sea begin in Gdynia. General Louis Faury visits Polish garrisons
June 26. Florian Znaniecki leaves Poland for a series of lectures at American universities
July 6. At Warsaw's Castle, a meeting of Ignacy Mościcki, Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Edward Rydz-Śmigły and Józef Beck takes place. The gathered discuss Polish policies concerning the Free City of Danzig
July 8. Due to unusually hot and sunny weather, harvest begins in Poland earlier than usually
July 7. King of AlbaniaZog, comes to Lwów and, after a short break, he goes to Warsaw together with family
July 10. Neville Chamberlain, speaking in the House of Commons, states that Britain is determined to help Poland in case of an attack
July 15. On the anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald, a mass demonstration takes place in Kraków. On the same day in Katowice, Jan Kiepura sings to 20 000 people, with profits going to the National Defence Fund
August 2. In London, governments of Poland and Great Britain sign an agreement according to which Poland gets a loan in the amount of 8 million British pounds. Poland initially demanded four times as much. On the same day, Benedictine monks return to the abbey in Tyniec
August 4. Polish customs officers in the Free City of Danzig are informed that they no longer can make inspections in the port. On the next day, under Polish pressure, the Senate of Danzig voids the decision
August 6. In Kraków, the 25th anniversary of First Cadre Company's departure is celebrated with estimated 200 000 watching the parade
August 8. A Polish-Hungarian celebration takes place at the Cross of the Legions in eastern Carpathians
August 9. Polish chargé d'affaires in Berlin, Stefan Lubomirski, meets Ernst von Weizsäcker, who hands Lubomirski a note from von Ribbentrop about tense situation in the Free City of Danzig
August 10. In Warsaw, Tomasz Arciszewski meets German chargé d'affaires, Johan von Wuhlisch. On the same day, GauleiterAlbert Forster makes a speech in Danzig, telling the crowds that the city will soon return to Germany
August 11. A conference of Józef Beck, Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski, Ignacy Mościcki, Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły, takes place at the Warsaw Castle
August 12. In Moscow, talks between military delegations of France, Great Britain and Soviet Union begin
August 13. Partial mobilization of the Polish Army
August 15. Poland celebrates 19th anniversary of the Miracle at the Vistula, with the biggest demonstration taking place in Radzymin. On the same day in Moscow, Vyacheslav Molotov talks with German ambassador to the Soviet Union, Friedrich Schullenburg. Schullenburg informs Molotov about von Ribbentrop's willingness to come to Moscow
August 17. French government grants Polish government credit in the amount of 430 million French francs
August 19. In Warsaw, Józef Beck, talking to British ambassador Howard Kennard and French ambassador Leon Noel, says that Polish government will not give permission for the Red Army to enter Polish territory in case of war with Germany. On the same day, Northern Trade Fair opens in Wilno
August 20. In Katowice, funeral of Wojciech Korfanty takes place
dated 31.08.1939 for an attack against Poland – beginning of World War II
August 22. Heat in Poland, with temperatures reaching up to 31 degrees Celsius in Pomerania. Edward Rydz-Śmigły orders alarm mobilization in military districts along western border of Poland. Joachim von Ribbentrop leaves Berlin for Moscow
August 24. In the morning, secret mobilization takes place in Poland, which covers around 75% of the Polish Army manpower
August 25. Pact of mutual help between Poland and Great Britain is signed in London. In Moscow, Soviet-French-British negotiations end. German battleship Schleswig-Holstein anchores in the channel near Westerplatte
August 26. Adolf Hitler changes his order and attack on Poland is postponed to September 1. Nevertheless, some Wehrmacht units attack, especially in the south. Józef Beck meets Soviet ambassador, Nikolai Sharonov
August 30. The Polish destroyers ORP Burza, ORP Błyskawica and ORP Grom are ordered to execute the Peking Plan, and the warships head for Great Britain. A mobilisation of the Polish Army is ordered
August 31. Gleiwitz incident. Polish ambassador in Berlin, Józef Lipski, for the last time sees Joachim von Ribbentrop. At 12:40 pm, Adolf Hitler gives an order to attack Poland on September 1, at 4:45 am
October 2. Polish Army garrison in Hel capitulate. Governments of the United States and France officially recognize the government of General Sikorski. battle of Kock begins
October 5. Adolf Hitler greets German troops during the parade of victory in Warsaw. Battle of Kock ends
October 7. Adolf Hitler orders Heinrich Himmler to organize mass expulsions of Poles from western part of the occupied country. In Eastern Poland, electoral campaign begins
October 8. Upon decree of Hitler, Western provinces of Poland, with the population of 10 million and the area of 91 000 km2., together with the cities of Poznań, Gdynia, Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Łódź and Katowice are incorporated into the Third Reich
October 10. In Kiev, Soviet authorities arrest consul of Poland, Janusz Matuszynski, who vanishes without a trace
October 16. Polish consul in Kaunas, Franciszek Charwat, leaves Lithuania, after both countries broke diplomatic relations when Lithuania incorporated the area of Wilno
October 19. The Germans transport to Berlin archives of the Polish Foreign Ministry
October 22. "Elections" in the Soviet-occupied areas of eastern Poland, marked by terror of the NKVD troops
October 23. Last Polish Army unit in Eastern Poland is dissolved near Orany. It was commanded by Colonel Wladyslaw Wysocki
October 24. Nikita Khrushchev, talking to General Wladyslaw Langner assures him that officers of the Polish Army, kept by the Soviets, will be released
October 25. Since September 1, the Germans, in 700 mass executions, murdered around 16 000 Polish civilians
October 26. Hans Frank is appointed Governor-General of the Germany-occupied territories. In Lwów, first meeting of the People's Assembly of Western Ukraine takes place
October 27. Stefan Starzyński is arrested in Warsaw. In Lwów, the NKVD arrests General Marian Zegota-Januszajtis
October 28. Lithuanian Army units enter Wilno. According to German data, there are 360 000 Jews in Warsaw. In Białystok, first meeting of the People's Assembly of Western Belarus takes place
November
November 1. Upon decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, southeastern part of Poland is incorporated into Soviet Ukraine as Western Ukraine, with the size of 88,000 km2 and population of 8,000,000. On the same day, at Rossa Cemetery in Wilno, a mass, patriotic demonstration takes place, with 20,000 people present
November 2. The Germans officially change name of the Wawel Castle into Krakauer-Burg. First Poles, displaced from German-occupied western part of country, come to Warsaw
November 3. German occupational authorities confiscate all radios. Hence, those Poles who keep their radios, are punished with death
November 5. Mass expulsions of Poles from Poznań begin. They are replaced with Germans from the Baltic states
November 14. Upon decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, northeastern part of Poland is incorporated into Soviet Belarus, as Western Belarus, with the size of 108,000 km2 and population of 4,800,000
November 19. In Lwów, a group of Polish writers, together sign an article published in Czerwony Sztandar, in which they praise incorporation of southeastern Poland into the Soviet Union
November 20. General Władysław Langner crosses former Polish–Romanian border
November 21. Colonel Stanisław Sosabowski leaves Warsaw and heads for Budapest. On the same day, German authorities officially transfer Spisz and Orawa to Slovakia
December 4. General Kazimierz Sosnkowski signs a Decree number 1 for Citizen Rakon, which contains text of oath of members of the Union of Armed Struggle
December 5. A Theological college in Lwów is dissolved by Soviet authorities
December 10. In Lwów, NKVD agents arrest around 800 officers of the Polish Army, including General Mariusz Zaruski. In Volhynia, resettlement of ethnic German population begins. The Germans move to Wartheland
January 8. A 20-year-old Polish glider Tadeusz Góra is awarded the Lilienthal Medal for his 577.8-kilometer glider flight from Bezmiechowa near Lesko to Soleczniki near Wilno
April 10. During the Easter holidays, several foreign football teams came to Poland. Gedania Gdańsk, a Polish minority side from the Free City of Danzig, beat 3-1 Warszawianka Warszawa in Warsaw, Elektromos Budapest lost 1-2 to Wisla Kraków and beat 1-0 Cracovia Kraków, Kispest FC beat 2-1 AKS Chorzów and lost 1-2 to Ruch Chorzów, and SK Bratislava beat 2-1 in Lwów the reserve team of Pogon Lwów
April 16. In the games of the Polish football league, Polonia Warszawa beats at home Warta Poznań 3-1, Cracovia beats at home Warszawianka Warszawa 2-1, Garbarnia Kraków loses at home 2-3 to AKS Chorzów, Ruch Chorzów beats at home Pogon Lwów 4-1 and Wisla Kraków beats in Łódź Union-Touring 3-1. In Warsaw, in a table tennis international game, Kaunas beats Warsaw 7-2
April 22. Polish boxing team, with one gold, three silver medals and a bronze by Zbigniew Kowalski, leaves Dublin, after the 1939 European Amateur Boxing Championships. Poland overall is the winner of team competition. In Riga, in a basketball international friendly, Poland loses to Latvia 18:42
April 23. In the games of the Polish football league, Cracovia Kraków beats at home Union-Touring lodz 1-0, Garbarnia Kraków beats away Warszawianka Warszawa 2-0, Pogon Lwów beats at home Polonia Warszawa 3-2, Warta Poznań beats at home Wisla Kraków 4-1 and in the Upper Silesian classic, Ruch Chorzów beats on home turf AKS Chorzów 3-2, with attendance of 10,000. In Riga, in a basketball international friendly, Poland beats Latvia 31-29
May
May 3. In Kraków, in the Polish Football League game, Wisla Kraków beats Pogon Lwów 2-1. In international tennis game, Poland beats Romania 3-1. In Warsaw and major Polish cities, National Running Day competitions take place, with numerous athletes participating
May 7. In games of the Polish Football League, Warszawianka Warszawa beats Polonia Warszawa 5-1, Ruch Chorzów beats Garbarnia Kraków 5-0, Wisla Kraków beats Cracovia Kraków 5-1, Pogon Lwów ties at home with Union-Touring Łódź 2-2 and Warta Poznań beats at home AKS Chorzów 2-1. In Warsaw, in the Davis Cup match, Poland beats the Netherlands 4-1
May 14. In Warsaw, in an international football friendly, the team of the city of Warsaw beats the team of the city of Kaunas 5-2
May 19. A Davis Cup game Poland-Germany begins
May 21. In games of the Polish Football League, Warszawianka Warszawa loses at home 0-4 to AKS Chorzów, Ruch Chorzów routs at home Union-Touring Łódź 12-1, Pogon Lwów beats away Warta Poznań 1-0, and Wisla Kraków ties 1-1 with Garbarnia Kraków
May 22. In Kaunas, during the Basketball Championships of Europe, basketball team of Poland beats Estonia 40-36
May 23. In Kaunas, basketball team of Poland beats France 38-36
May 24. In Kaunas, basketball team of Poland loses to Lithuania 18-46
May 25. In Kaunas, basketball team of Poland beats Hungary 42-20
May 27. In Łódź, in a football friendly, Poland ties 3-3 with Belgium, with two goals by Ernst Willimowski and one by Jerzy Wostal. On the same day in Lwów, events marking 35th anniversary of Pogon Lwów take place
June 4. In Warsaw, in a football friendly, Poland ties 1-1 with Switzerland, with a goal by Leonard Piątek
June 8. In a game of the Polish Football League, Wisla Kraków loses at home 0-1 to Ruch Chorzów
June 11. In games of the Polish Football League, Warta Poznań beats at home Warszawianka Warszawa 4-2, Garbarnia Kraków loses at home to Cracovia 1-2, Polonia Warszawa routs at home Union-Touring Łódź 6-1 and AKS Chorzów beats at home Pogon Lwów 2-0
June 18. In games of the Polish Football League, Pogon Lwów beats at home Cracovia Kraków 3-0, Warta Poznań ties away with Ruch Chorzów 1-1, Wisla Kraków beats in Warsaw Warszawianka Warszawa 1-0, Garbarnia Kraków ties at home 2-2 with Polonia Warszawa and AKS Chorzów beats in Łódź Union Touring 7-1. On the same day, handball team of Poland beats Sweden in Katowice 8-6
June 25. In an international women's track and field match in Bergamo, Poland loses to Italy 33-51. In games of the Polish Football League, Polonia Warszawa beats at home Wisla Kraków 5-4, AKS Chorzów ties at home 0-0 with Warszawianka Warszawa, Cracovia Kraków loses at home 2-5 to Ruch Chorzów, Pogon Lwów beats in Łódź Union-Touring 2-1 and Warta Poznań beats at home Garbarnia Kraków 5-0. In Łódź, LKS Łódź becomes man's handball champion of Poland. Second is Pogon Katowice, third AZS Warszawa, and fourth, AZS Lwów
July
July 2. In the games of the Polish Football League, Ruch Chorzów loses at home 2-3 to Polonia Warszawa, Cracovia beats Warszawianka Warszawa in Warsaw 3-1, Wisła Kraków routs at home Warta Poznań 5-0, and Pogoń Lwów, in its last ever official home game, ties 1-1 with AKS Chorzów
July 8. Men's track and field championships of Poland begin in Poznań
July 9. In Kraków, in the Polish Football League game, Garbarnia Kraków beats Union Touring Łódź 2-1
July 15. Women's track and field championships of Poland begin in Katowice
July 16. In the Polish Football League game, Polonia Warszawa ties 2-2 at home with Ruch Chorzów, on the same day women's swimming championships of Poland end in Bielsko-Biała
July 22. Tour de Pologne begins with the first stage, from Warsaw to Lublin
July 23. Second stage of Tour de Pologne, from Lublin, via Zamość and Rawa Ruska, to Lwów
July 24. Third stage of Tour de Pologne, from Lwów, via Przeworsk to Rzeszów,
July 25. Fourth stage of Tour de Pologne, from Rzeszów, via Tarnów to Kraków
July 26. Fifth stage of Tour de Pologne, from Kraków, via Bielsko-Biała, to Cieszyn
July 28. Sixth stage of Tour de Pologne, from Cieszyn, via Trzyniec, to Katowice
July 29. Seventh stage of Tour de Pologne, from Katowice, via Częstochowa, to Piotrków Trybunalski
July 30. Last, eighth, stage of Tour de Pologne, from Piotrków Trybunalski to Warsaw. Boleslaw Napierala wins the tournament
August
August 2. In Gdynia, Józef Hebda becomes tennis champion of Poland
August 10. International tennis game Poland – China starts in Warsaw
August 12. Rowing championships of Poland begin in Poznań
August 15. In the Polish Football League game, Cracovia loses at home 3-4 to Pogoń Lwów
August 20. In the last prewar round of the Polish Football League, Polonia Warszawa beats at home Pogoń Lwów 2-1, Cracovia beats 3-2 in Łódź the team of Union Touring Łódź, Warta Poznań beats at home Ruch Chorzów 5-2, AKS Chorzów beats at home Garbarnia Kraków 3-0 and Wisła Kraków beats at home Warszawianka Warszawa 4-2. On the same day, in the qualifiers to the League, Śmigły Wilno beats at home Legia Poznań 5-1, and Junak Drohobycz ties at home 0-0 with Śląsk Świętochłowice,
August 25. For the first time in the interbellum period, a Polish football team, Śmigły Wilno, goes to Lithuania to play friendlies there,
August 27. In Warsaw, Polish football team beats Hungary 4-2, with three goals scored by Ernest Willimowski and one by Leonard Piątek
September
September 3 – A planned international football friendly between Poland and Bulgaria in Warsaw was cancelled due to the invasion of Poland. On the same day, the Gordon Bennett cup in ballooning, planned in Lwów, was cancelled. Three other international matches were cancelled in September, between Poland and Yugoslavia in Belgrade on 6 September, and two matches on the 24 September between Poland B Team and Finland in Helsinki, and Poland A Team and Romania in Bucharest.
Births
February 2, Marcin Libicki, conservative politician is born in Poznań,
