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| 1935, April 23 |
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| A NEW CONSTITUTION was adopted after years of planning and discussion. The new regime, railroaded through the Sejm while the opposition stayed away, brought to an end the democratic, parliamentary system. | 1 |
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| May 12 |
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| Death of Marshal Pilsudski. He was succeeded as head of the army by Gen. (later Marshal) Edward Rydz-Smigly, the new power behind the presidential system. | 2 |
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| Sept. 8 |
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| The elections, in which only 45 percent of the electorate took part, produced a Sejm dominated by the deputies of the government bloc. The Socialists and Peasant Party persisted in demanding a return to genuine democracy. The Ukrainians became bolder and bolder in their claims for autonomy or independence. | 3 |
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