Uwagi o prehistorii statystyki

The history of Statistics as a science is dated to 1660. The roots of Statistics are however in the antiquity. In this paper there are presented some, the most significant, events on the long way of the development of this science. We start with the Biblical censuses of Moses, and David, then, the reforms of Solon and Tulius Servius are shortly reviewed, as well as the census performed by William the Conqueror, and his famous Doomsday Book. The paper is closed by the short list of medieval writers.