Lech Wałęsa
1943 to 2025
9 documented presences
4 places
Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Lech Wałęsa across 4 places, from 1967 to 1995. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Lech Wałęsa (born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Lech Wałęsa was documented, and when
12 July 1967exact date
Lenin Shipyardattested
“He worked as a car mechanic from 1962 to 1964, and then embarked on his two-year, obligatory military service, attaining the rank of corporal before beginning work on 12 July 1967 as an electrician at Lenin Shipyard (), now called Gdańsk…”
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12 July 1967exact date
Gdańskattested
“He worked as a car mechanic from 1962 to 1964, and then embarked on his two-year, obligatory military service, attaining the rank of corporal before beginning work on 12 July 1967 as an electrician at Lenin Shipyard (), now called Gdańsk…”
source: Wikipedia: Lech Wałęsa
1983year
Gdańskattested
“In 1983, Wałęsa applied to return to the Gdańsk Shipyard as an electrician.”
source: Wikipedia: Lech Wałęsa
1983year
Gdańsk Shipyardattested
“In 1983, Wałęsa applied to return to the Gdańsk Shipyard as an electrician.”
source: Wikipedia: Lech Wałęsa
1988year
Gdańskattested
“In mid-1988, he instigated work-stoppage strikes at the Gdańsk Shipyard.”
source: Wikipedia: Lech Wałęsa
1988year
Gdańsk Shipyardattested
“In mid-1988, he instigated work-stoppage strikes at the Gdańsk Shipyard.”
source: Wikipedia: Lech Wałęsa
1995year
Gdańskattested
“After losing the 1995 election, Wałęsa announced he would return to work as an electrician at the Gdańsk Shipyard.”
source: Wikipedia: Lech Wałęsa
1995year
Gdańsk Shipyardattested
“After losing the 1995 election, Wałęsa announced he would return to work as an electrician at the Gdańsk Shipyard.”
source: Wikipedia: Lech Wałęsa
1995year
Polandattested
“In 1995, Wałęsa founded the Lech Wałęsa Institute, a think tank with a mission "to popularise the achievements of Polish Solidarity, educate young generations, promote democracy, and build civil society in Poland and around the world".”
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Places Lech Wałęsa is documented in
Gdańsk4 presences · 1967 to 1995
Gdańsk Shipyard3 presences · 1983 to 1995
Poland1 presence · 1995Lenin Shipyard1 presence · 1967
Other places tied to Lech Wałęsa in the record
In each of these, a source puts Lech Wałęsa and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Lech Wałęsa was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
8 November 1969exact date
Lenin Shipyardmentioned
“On 8 November 1969, Wałęsa married Mirosława Danuta Gołoś, who worked at a flower shop near the Lenin Shipyard where Wałęsa worked.”
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1970year
Gdańskmentioned
“He was a charismatic leader, who helped organise the illegal 1970 protests at the Gdańsk Shipyard when workers protested at the government's decree raising food prices and he was considered for the position of chairman of the strike comm…”
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1970year
Gdańsk Shipyardmentioned
“He was a charismatic leader, who helped organise the illegal 1970 protests at the Gdańsk Shipyard when workers protested at the government's decree raising food prices and he was considered for the position of chairman of the strike comm…”
source: Wikipedia: Lech Wałęsa
1976year
Jersey City, New Jerseymentioned
“They lived in Jersey City, New Jersey, where Feliksa died in a car accident in 1976 and Stanisław died of a heart attack in 1981.”
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June 1976month
Gdańskmentioned
“In June 1976, Wałęsa lost his job at the Gdańsk Shipyard because of his continued involvement in illegal unions, strikes, and a campaign to commemorate the victims of the 1970 protests.”
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June 1976month
Gdańsk Shipyardmentioned
“In June 1976, Wałęsa lost his job at the Gdańsk Shipyard because of his continued involvement in illegal unions, strikes, and a campaign to commemorate the victims of the 1970 protests.”
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14 August 1980exact date
Lenin Shipyardmentioned
“On 14 August 1980, another rise in food prices led to a strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, of which Wałęsa was one of the instigators.”
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14 August 1980exact date
Gdańskmentioned
“On 14 August 1980, another rise in food prices led to a strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, of which Wałęsa was one of the instigators.”
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10 March 1981exact date
Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Polandmentioned
“On 10 March 1981, through the introduction of his former superior in the army, Wałęsa met Wojciech Jaruzelski for the first time in the office building of the Council of Ministers for three hours.”
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13 December 1981exact date
Polandmentioned
“Wałęsa held his position until 13 December 1981, when General Jaruzelski declared martial law in Poland.”
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14 November 1982exact date
Chylice, Piaseczno Countymentioned
“Wałęsa and many other Solidarity leaders and activists were arrested; he was incarcerated for 11 months until 14 November 1982 at Chylice, Otwock, and Arłamów; eastern towns near the Soviet border.”
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14 November 1982exact date
Sovietmentioned
“Wałęsa and many other Solidarity leaders and activists were arrested; he was incarcerated for 11 months until 14 November 1982 at Chylice, Otwock, and Arłamów; eastern towns near the Soviet border.”
source: Wikipedia: Lech Wałęsa
August 1989month
Sovietmentioned
“In August 1989, he persuaded leaders of parties formerly allied with the Communist Party to form a non-Communist coalition government — the first non-Communist government in the Soviet Bloc.”
source: Wikipedia: Lech Wałęsa
1992year
Polandmentioned
“In 1992, Naimski, as the head of the State Protection Office, started the process of screening people suspected of being Communist collaborators in Poland.”
source: Wikipedia: Lech Wałęsa
2008year
2008year
2009 to 2019period
18 February 2016exact date
October 2025month
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