** Józef Chlopicki was styled Dictator from 5 December 1830-December 1830 and again in December 1830-25 January 1831

** Józef Piłsudski is appointed head of state of Poland.

** In the Polish village of Markowa, German police kill Józef and Wiktoria Ulm, their six children and eight Jews they were hiding.

** Józef Haller de Hallenburg, Polish general ( b. 1873 )

** Jan Józef Lipski, Polish critic, historian and politician ( b. 1926 )

** Józef Hofmann, Polish pianist ( b. 1876 )

** Józef Bem, Polish general ( b. 1794 )

** Józef Wybicki, soldier-poet, lyricisst of the Polish national anthem ( b. 1747 )

** In central Polish government of Ignacy Paderewski are two politicians of Greater Poland: Józef Englich-minister of treasury and Kazimierz Hącia-minister of industry and trade.

** Chief of state Józef Piłsudski signs decree officially allowing 16 MPs from Prussian Partition to participate in Sejm Ustawodawczy.

** Józef Wybicki, Kościerzyna

** Józef Wybicki, patron of a high-school in Gdańsk-Orunia

** bishop Józef Drzazga, Olsztyn

** " Dąbrowski's Mazurka " ( Mazurek Dąbrowskiego ), the Polish national anthem, written by Józef Wybicki in 1797

** Józef Mehoffer Manor

** Augustyn Józef Czartoryski ( 1907 – 1946 )

** Józef Potocki (?- 1692 )

** 2nd Gen. Józef Sowiński's Mounted Artillery Battalion ( 2. dywizjon artylerii konnej im.

During World War II, the secret military organization Pomeranian Griffin ( Gryf Pomorski ) operated in the Brusy area under the leadership of Colonel Józef Wrycza, who was also a Roman Catholic priest.