966 - Baptism of Poland

12 October 1492 - Christopher Columbus commanding the Santa Maria and accompanied by the Nina and the Pinta saw an island in the Bahamas which he named San Salvador. Second Monday in October – COLUMBUS DAY – a legal federal holiday to commemorate the discovery of the New World

14 July 1410 - The Battle of Grunwald

21 November 1620 - The Mayflower brought the Pilgrims to what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts.

October 1, 1608, the first Polish settlers arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, on the ship Mary and Margaret

18 September 1620 - The Battle of Cecora between Polish Army and Turkey

4 July 1776 - Declaration of Independence

September 17, 1787 – The Constitution of the United States of America

May 3, 1791, The Polish Constitution

On November 11, 1918, Poland regained independence after 123 years of partition and again appeared on the world map.