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It is home to the annual Radom Air Show - the greatest and most attended air show in Poland organized around September each year.

1 History

It was founded in 1340 and during the partitions of Poland it was held successively by Austria and Russia in the 19th century before returning to Poland after World War I in 1918. The main industries include leather, glass, and chemicals.

1.1 Important dates

• 8th- 9th century - early mediaeval town in the valley of Mleczna River (approximately on the location of present-day Old Town)
• 2nd half of 10th century - fortified town called Piotrówka
• 1155 - first mention about Radom ( Pope Paschal IIPaschal II ne Ranierius (d. January 21, 1118), pope from August 13, 1099 until his death, was a native of Bieda, near Viterbo, and a monk of the Cluniac order. He was created cardinal priest of San Clemente by Pope Gregory VII. about 1076, and was consecr bull)
• around 1300Events Beginning of the Renaissance. Abacus first used in China. Money from Florence, Italy becomes the first International Currency. Philip IV of France begins attempt to annex Flanders. Wenceslas II of Bohemia becomes King of Poland. Jubilee of Pope Bon - Old Radom gratnted with Sroda Slaska rights
• 1340 - Kazimierz Wielki founds New Radom (Nowy Radom)
• 1360Events Treaty of Bretigny King Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark seizes Scania (from 1658 a Swedish province). Births Nuno Alvares Pereira, Portuguese general Zhu Di (Emperor Yongle), Second Ming Emperor of China Deaths Elizabeth de Clare Gregoras Nicephorus 1 - Radom granted with MagdeburgMagdeburg the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe river. As of 2004 it had a population of 226,200. History Magdeburg was one of the most important medieval cities of Germany. Emperor Otto I lived during most of his law
• 1360Events Treaty of Bretigny King Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark seizes Scania (from 1658 a Swedish province). Births Nuno Alvares Pereira, Portuguese general Zhu Di (Emperor Yongle), Second Ming Emperor of China Deaths Elizabeth de Clare Gregoras Nicephorus 1- 1370Events Beginning of the rule of Poland by Capet-Anjou family. May 24 The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League. Steel Crossbow first used as a weapon of war. Carthusian monks build the Charterhouse in London. Fortificat - Kazimierz Wielki founds St. John's Church
• 1383 - Jadwiga of Poland accepted by a Sejm held in Radom as a king of Poland
• 1401 - First union of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania signed in Radom
• 1481 - Radom becomes a de-facto capital of Poland after Casimir IV of Poland moves to Lithuania and his son, Saint Casimir to be, ruled the country in his absence from Radom
• 1489 - Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, John von Tieffen pays tribute to Casimir IV of Poland in Radom castle
• 1505 - a Sejm in Radom passes the Nihil novi constitution and Laski's Statute , the first real bill of rights of Poland
• 1564 - 1800 inhabitants, 180 houses, 14 butchers' shops, 2 baths and 2 wells
• 1613 - Radom becomes the place where the Highest Fiscal Courts are held
• 1628 - Great fire destroys the town
• 1656 - Charles X of Sweden stays in town during The Deluge
• 1660 - the city plundered by Sweden; after they leave the town has 395 inhabitants and 37 houses
• 1737- 1756 - Kolegium Pijarów school founded
• 1763 - Fiscal Tribunal moved to Warsaw; the town has 1370 inhabitants and 137 buildings
• 1795 - After the 2nd Partition Radom is annexed by Austria
• 1817 - First lay school founded
• 1819 - Fryderyk August Schnierstein opens a tannery, the date is considered a start of towns industrialization
• 1844 - Radom becomes the capital of Radom- Kielce government
• 1867 - Creation of Radom government; the sewers are built
• 1885 - Deblin - Dabrowa Górnicza railway opened
• 1901 - electricity plant opened
• 1911 - Radom has 51.934 inhabitants
• 1920- 1939 - Radom becomes a part of Central Industrial Area (Centralny Okreg Przemyslowy); Chemical Plant, arms and munitions factory, gas works, telephone and shoe factories are founded
• 1935 - Radom- Warsaw railway opened
• 1938 - 90.059 inhabitants
• 1939- 1945 - capital of Radom district of the General Government
• January 16, 1945 - liberation
• 1948- 1975 - Theatre (Teatr Dramatyczny) and an engineering school are opened.
• 1975 - the city becomes a capital of the Radom Voivodship
• June 25, 1976 - Huge workers' strike against the communist regime; the town becomes one of the main centres of anti-communist opposition in Poland
• June 4, 1991 - Pope John Paul II visits the city
• 1996 - Radomska Wyzsza Szkola Inzynierska promoted to the rank of a Radom Technical University (Politechnika Radomska)
• 1999 - Radom becomes the capital of Radom county of the Masovian Voivodship