The Catholic Church in Polish History, Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy, DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-40281-3 272 APPENDIX – TIMELINE, 966–2016
APPENDIX – TIMELINE, 966–2016 966: Duke Mieszko’s conversion to Christianity 997: Beheading of Bishop Adalbert of Prague (known in Poland as Wojciech) 1022: Revolt against the Piast dynasty, with pagan participation 1066: Revolt by pagans 1140: Arrival of the Cistercian Order in Poland 1215: The Fourth Lateran Council, which made annual confession and communion mandatory for all Christians 1241: Invasion of Eastern Europe, including Poland, by a Tatar (Muslim) army 1337–1341: Renewed war with the Tatars 1386: Founding, through marriage, of the Jagiellonian dynasty 1378–1417: The Great Schism, with rival popes sitting in Avignon and Rome and, beginning in 1409, with a third pope residing in Pisa 1454–1466: The Thirteen Years’ War 1520: The Edict of Thorn (Toruń), by which the King of Poland banned the importation of Martin Luther’swritings into Poland 1529: The first siege of Vienna by Ottoman forces 1551–1553: New Testament published in Polish 1563: First translation of the entire Bible into Polish 1564: Arrival of the Jesuit Order in Poland © The Author(s) 2017 271 S.P. Ramet, The Catholic Church in Polish History, Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy, DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-40281-3 272 APPENDIX – TIMELINE, 966–2016 1569: The Union of Lublin, merging the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a single, federated Commonwealth 1577–1578: Lutherans granted freedom of worship in Poland 1596: The Union of Brest, bring a large number of Orthodox parishes into union with Rome as Eastern-Rite Catholics 1655–1660:
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