page_title: Skalbmierz
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Skalbmierz / History
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Panorama Skalbmierza. Widok od strony południowej.
context_page_description: Skalbmierz is a town in south eastern Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in Kazimierza County. It has 1,326 inhabitants. Skalbmierz has a long and rich history, the town belongs to the province of Lesser Poland. Skalbmierz received town charter in 1342, lost it in 1869, and regained in 1927.
context_section_description: First half of 12th century – Presumably Skalbmierz foundation
  1217 – Skalbmierz first mentioned in written sources
  1241 – Skalbmierz devastated by Tatars (see Mongol invasion of Poland)
  1242 – Konrad I of Masovia called a meeting in Skalbmierz, where he imprisoned representatives of Lesser Poland
  1309 – First mention of school in Skalbmierz
  1342, 20 February – Skalbmierz gains town charter (see Magdeburg rights) from King Kazimierz Wielki
  1400 – Stanisław of Skarbimierz became first vice-chancellor of Cracow Academy (Akademia Krakowska)
  1427 – Skalbmierz's town charter confirmed by King Władysław Jagiełło
  1483, 24 May – Cracow bishop Jan Rzeszowski confirmed the town charter of Skalbmierz
  1578 – King Stefan Batory confirmed the right of Cracow curates to appoint Skalbmierz president canons of the Chapter
   
  1618 – Great fire of city
  1652–1653 – The plague in city
  1655–1657 – Total destruction of Skalbmierz by Swedes, Hungarians and Cossacks (see Deluge (history))
  1781, 25 September – King Stanisław August Poniatowski confirmed current privileges of Skalbmierz
  1794, 29 April – Russian general Fiodor Denisov during the retreat from Racławice robbed Skalbmierz and set it on fire
  1807 and 1808 – City destroyed by the fire
  1810, 17 April – Skalbmierz became capital of Skalbmierz County
  1819 – Dissolution of collegiate church
  1831, 24 October – Skirmish of insurgents near Drożejowice (see November Uprising)
  1869 – Russian administration takes away Skalbmierz city rights, after January Uprising
  1884 – Maria Skłodowska stayed in Skalbmierz
  1906 – Fire of Skalbmierz church
  1912 – Fire brigade established in Skalbmierz
  1918 – Rise of Polish Military Organization (Polska Organizacja Wojskowa) and Scout Team
  since 1919 – Railway station built in Skalbmierz (station on the route between Charsznica and Kocmyrzów)
  1927, 31 March – Skalbmierz regains city rights thanks to Antoni Baum’s initiative
  1927 – Stefczyk’s cash office opened, prototype of today’s Co-operative Bank (Bank Spółdzielczy, see Cooperative banking)
  1931 – Creation of Committee of Military Preparation and Physical Education in Sklabmierz
  1933 – Shooting association established
  1933–1934 – New building of common school erected
  1939, 6 and 7 September – Fights in Skalbmierz, see Invasion of Poland
  1939, 14 November – Region of Skalbmierz and Działoszyce joined and turned into a state of underground activity
  1944, 5 September – Pacification of Skalbmierz 
  1945, 14 January – Units of Red Army entered Skalbmierz
  1948, 1 August – Establishment of Communal cooperative "SCh"
  1952 – Electrification of Skalbmierz completed
  1956 –  Skalbmierz incorporated into Kazimierza Wielka county
  1959 – Thanks to Emilian Jaros’s initiative a vocational school opened (later renamed as Team of Vocational Schools)
  1969, 3 September – Skalbmierz decorated with Cross of Grunwald (3rd class)
  1984, 1 October – New primary school building opened for public use
  2005 – Water reservoir "Skalbmierz" built
caption: A panoramic view of Skalbmierz.
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