Jasna Góra - 15/06/2010.DSC01883.JPG Major events in the history of Jasna Góra
Date Event
9.08.1382 Bringing the Pauline monks to Częstochowa hill and foundation of the monastery by Prince Władysław Opolczyk
On August 31, 1384, a painting of the Mother of God was donated to the Pauline church
1388 The monastery and the church of the Marian cult were named Jasna Góra
On February 24, 1393, King Władysław II Jagiełło confirmed the foundation of Jasna Góra
1425 Privilege of indulgences for pilgrims at Jasna Góra granted by Archbishop Wojciech Jastrzebiec
1429–1450 Construction of the Gothic chapel of the Mother of God
14.04.1430 Hussite robbery attack, destruction of the miraculous painting and revalorization in Krakow
1431 Ceremonial transfer of the renovated painting from Kraków to Jasna Góra
1463 Consecration of the Gothic Church of the Holy Cross and the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, erected next to the chapel
1550 The Jasna Góra band - a vocal and instrumental group - started its activity
1568 Father Mikołaj from Wilkowiecko, OSPPE, published the first work about the history of the Jasna Góra painting "The story about the image of the Virgin Mary in Częstochowa and about the various miracles of this Reverend Tablet"
1616 King Sigismund III Vasa fortified the sanctuary. Jasna Góra became a fortress
1641–1644 The three-aisled body of the chapel (the second part) was erected, funded by bishops Stanisław and Maciej Łubieński
8.09.1650 Dedication of the main altar in the chapel of the Mother of God, foundation of the Great Chancellor of the Crown, Jerzy Ossolinski
December 27, 1655 Withdrawal of the Swedish army after a forty-day siege of the fortress
1661 King John II Casimir Vasa received homage from the Zaporozhian Cossacks in the Knight's Hall
27.02.1670 The only royal wedding at Jasna Góra, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki with Eleonora Habsburg
20.10.1683 King Jan III Sobieski paid homage and trophies after the victory over the Turks in the Battle of Vienna
16.07.1690 Fire of the church, after which the vault collapsed
1692–1730 Reconstruction of the destroyed church in the Baroque style
1702, 1704 Further sieges of the Jasna Góra fortress by the Swedes
1705 The miraculous painting was taken to the monastery in Mochów
9.10.1710 Fire in the Jasna Góra library
8.09.1717 Solemn (first outside Rome) coronation of the figures of the miraculous painting with the crowns of Pope Clement XI
1736 Opening of the renovated monastery library
1769–1771 Successful defense by Casimir Pulaski and the Bar Confederates after an attack by the Russian army
1793 The Jasna Góra fortress is occupied by the Prussian army of Field Marshal Mólendort (second partition of Poland)
1809 Siege of the fortress by the Austrian general Bronowacki
1813 Russian troops enter Jasna Góra. By order of Tsar Alexander I Romanov, the ramparts of the Jasna Góra fortress were dismantled
13.10.1836 Ceremonial burial of the remains of the deceased Pauline monks in a mass grave under the chapel of Our Lady. The beginning of new burials in the niches of the crypt under the chapel
1843 Reconstruction of the fortress walls of Jasna Góra
1861 Unveiling of the statue of prior Father Augustyn Kordecki OSPPE
1896 Presentation of the treasury with exhibits is made available to pilgrims
1897 The Russian army left the Jasna Góra fortress
August 15, 1900 Tower fire
1906 The Church of the Holy Cross and the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary received the title of a minor basilica
August 29, 1906 The first celebration of Our Lady of Jasna Góra
22/23.10.1909 Theft of a pearl dress and clementine crowns from a miraculous painting
May 22, 1910 Recoronation after the theft of the Clementine crowns of the figures of the miraculous image with the crowns of Pope Pius X
1913 Consecration of the stations of the cross around the walls of Jasna Góra
November 4, 1918 The Polish army freed Jasna Góra from the invader's yoke
On September 3, 1939, the Germans entered Jasna Góra, which was located in the General Government
3.10.1945 At Jasna Góra, the first after World War II Conference of the Polish Episcopate began its deliberations
8.09.1946 Polish Episcopate with the Primate, card. August Hlond consecrated his homeland to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
9.12.1953 The first Jasna Góra appeal, organized by Father Jerzy Tomziński OSPPE
26.08.1956 Jasna Góra Weddings of the Polish Nation
3.05.1957 Primate of Poland card. Stefan Wyszyński erected the Primate's Institute of Weddings of the Nation at Jasna Góra
3–4.05.1966 Celebration of the millennium of the baptism of Poland under the leadership of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński
4–6.06.1979 Pope John Paul II as the head of the universal Church came to Jasna Góra
1983 The first issue of the bimonthly "Jasna Góra" was published
August 14–16, 1991 Pope John Paul II came to the sanctuary for the 6th World Youth Day
June 17, 1999 Pope John Paul II's last visit to Jasna Góra
2006 Opening of the Nation's Memory Treasury in the bastion of St. Roch
May 26, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI arrived at Jasna Góra
28/07/2016 Visit of Pope Francis to Jasna Góra

The coat of arms of the Pauline Fathers on the door
The beginnings of the existence of the monastery date back to June 22, 1382, when the Pauline monks from the mother monastery of St. Lawrence near Buda in Hungary by Prince Władysław Opolczyk and settled by the decree of August 9 of that year on a hill near the village of Stara Częstochowa, whose parish priest was Henryk Biel, coat of arms Ostoja from Błeszno[​6]. Devoted