1211 - Lubaczow is mentioned for the first time in surviving documents.
1376 - Lubaczow acquired its status as town.
1498 - The Jews of Lubaczow are mentioned for the first time.
1532 - The Polish King forbade the Jews of Lubaczow to do any business with the population in the surrounding villages.
1538 - There were eighteen Jewish families in Lubaczow who paid taxes to the King.
1621 - A Jew named Szapsel was murdered by farmers in the vicinity of Lubaczow
1648 - 1649 - The Kossacks and Ukrainian farmers led by Bohdan Chmielnicki, opposed the Polish government. In their eyes the Jews were agents of the Polish rulers, and with barbaric methods they attacked the Jews. In Lubaczow the shops at the Rynek (town square) and in the surrounding streets were completely burnt down.
1570 - There were only five Jewish families in Lubaczow.
1787 - Around thirty Jewish families in Lubaczow asked the Austrian government to give them land so that they could be farmers, but there was no response to their plea.
19th century - The Jewish community in Lubaczow grew stronger and the Jews worked as traders in agricultural products, and peddling in the nearby villages.
1880 - The eastern and western railway lines in Poland were connected after a new railway was built from Jaroslaw, and Lubaczow became important after getting its own railway station.
Lubaczow's Railway Station
1891 - In a Business directory for Galicia published in 1891, we find the following businesses in Lubaczow.
1896 - A hospital was built in Lubaczow.
Lubaczow's hospital
1899 - There was a big fire in Lubaczow in 1899 and the town was largely damaged. Among those who lost their homes were 220 Jewish families comprising close to thousand persons.
Lubaczow's burnt down school
1906 - In 1906 the Address Directory for Galicia was published. It had 550 pages. The following businesses were in or around Lubaczow.
1914 - 1918 - The First World War.
During World War One around 500 Jews left Lubaczow and many did not
come back till the middle of the twenties.
1918 - Poland was declared an independent state. The rule of the Austrian Hungarian empire was over.
1933 - The Jewish Cemetery in Lubaczow was closed by the Polish authorities, and was reopened only after a long public struggle.
