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  Poland timeline
     
c. 1500 BC
 
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The Slavs settle in the regions of eastern Europe and western Russia      
963
 
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The Poles are first recorded as a tribal group when a German knight comes into contact with them in the region round Gniezno      
965
 
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Mieszko, pagan chieftain of the Poles, marries a Christian Czech princess and brings all his people into the Roman Catholic fold      
1241
 
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Mongols of the Golden Horde defeat the Poles at Legnica and ravage the city of Cracow       
1308
 
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The Teutonic knights seize the coastal area round Gdansk, cutting off Poland's access to the sea      
1320
 
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Wladyslaw I is crowned king of Poland in Cracow, which he makes his capital city