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1918
October
24
Spanish flu in the Polish lands
On 24 October 1918 it was decided to close Kraków's schools because of the Spanish flu and a lack of coal. The epidemic raged in Galicia, the Kingdom and Posen.
25
Korfanty's speech in the Reichstag
On 25 October 1918 Wojciech Korfanty demanded in the Reichstag that Posen, Polish West and East Prussia and Upper Silesia be joined to Poland.
November
13
Poles in the soldiers' councils in Poznań
On 13 November 1918 Polish conspirators burst into a meeting of the Workers' and Soldiers' Council in Poznań and forced it to admit Poles to its leadership.
14
Founding of the Supreme People's Council
On 14 November 1918 Polish leaders in Poznań came out of hiding as the Commissariat of the Supreme People's Council and called a Provincial Sejm for December.
December
03
Polish Provincial Sejm in Poznań
On 3 December 1918 the Polish Provincial Sejm of the Poles of the Reich met in Poznań. It elected the Supreme People's Council and demanded a united Poland.
26
Paderewski in Poznań
On 26 December 1918 Ignacy Jan Paderewski arrived in Poznań. Crowds with torches greeted him, and he spoke to the Poles from a window of the Bazar hotel.
27
Key event
Outbreak of the Greater Poland Uprising
On 27 December 1918, after a German march in Poznań, shots rang out by the Bazar hotel. Poles attacked police headquarters and took the station and post office.
1919
February
16
Armistice of Trier
On 16 February 1919 at Trier the Allies extended the armistice with Germany and ordered it to stop attacking the Poles in Posen. A demarcation line was drawn.