Events of 2019 in Poland.
Incumbents
President – Andrzej Duda (independent, supported by Law and Justice) Prime Minister – Mateusz Morawiecki (Law and Justice) Marshal of the Sejm – Marek Kuchciński (Law and Justice) (until 9 August), Elżbieta Witek (Law and Justice) (since 9 August) Marshal of the Senate – Stanisław Karczewski (Law and Justice) (until 11 November), Tomasz Grodzki (Civic Platform) (since 12 November)
Events January
January 1 — Town rights were restored to ten localities: Koszyce, Lubowidz, Nowa Słupia, Nowy Korczyn, Oleśnica, Opatowiec, Pacanów, Pierzchnica, Szydłów, and Wielbark. January 4 – Koszalin escape room fire January 13 – Paweł Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdańsk, is stabbed during a live charity event in Gdańsk by a former inmate, who was released from prison a month prior to the assassination. Adamowicz dies the following day from his injuries, at the age of 53.
March March – the town of Świdnik in eastern Poland passed a resolution rejecting "LGBT ideology".
April April 1 — Priests in Gdańsk burn Harry Potter books. April 8 — Polish teachers began a strike initiated by Polish Teachers' Union April 22 — Pruchnik was condemned by the World Jewish Congress for doing the Burning of Judas.
May
23 May – 15 June – The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup took place
June 14 June – Anwil Włocławek won their third Polish Basketball Championship defeating Polski Cukier Toruń in the finals (see 2018–19 PLK season).
July 20 July: Białystok equality march attacked by thousands of members of far-right groups, hooligan football fans, and others.Polish city holds first LGBTQ pride parade despite far-right violence , CNN, 21 July 2019 The New York Times, compared the publish shock to the reaction to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.Anti-Gay Brutality in a Polish Town Blamed on Poisonous Propaganda , New York Times, 27 July 2019
August August: the Archbishop of Kraków Marek Jędraszewski said the "LGBT ideology" were like a "rainbow plague" in a sermon commemorating the Warsaw Uprising.
October 13 October: The governing Law and Justice (PiS) government wins Reelection, with an increased popular vote of 43%, the highest vote share by any party since Poland returned to democracy in 1989.
September 22 September: Unia Leszno won their 17th Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating Sparta Wrocław in the finals (see 2019 Polish speedway season).
November 24 November: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 is held in Gliwice. Poland's representative, Viki Gabor, also wins the event, making Poland the first country to win the competition twice in a row and the first host nation to win.
December 20 December: The governing Law and Justice (PiS) government passes the Polish Supreme Court Disciplinary Chamber law
Holidays
: 1 January - New Year's Day 6 January - Epiphany 21 April - Easter Sunday 22 April - Easter Monday 1 May - May Day 3 May - 3 May Constitution Day 9 Jun - Whit Sunday 20 June - Corpus Christi 15 August - Assumption Day 1 November - All Saints' Day
11 November - Independence Day 25 December - Christmas Day 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas
Births
Deaths
January 14 January – Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Gdańsk (b. 1965).
February 1 February – Bożena Aksamit, Journalist (b. 1966)
7 February – Jan Olszewski, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1930)
March
23 March – Maria Iwaszkiewicz, writer (b. 1924)
April
17 April – Ryszard Kaja, stage designer (b. 1962)
June 7 June – Ryszard Bugajski, film director (b. 1943) 17 June – Zbigniew Horbowy, glassware designer (b. 1935)
July 8 July – , writer (b. 1919) 20 July – Wiktor Jędrzejec, graphic designer, (b. 1961)
August 6 August – Krystyna Dańko, humanitarian (b. 1917) 18 August – Andrzej Buszewicz, actor (b. 1934)
September
18 September – Leszek Elektorowicz, poet (b. 1924) 28 September Jan Kobuszewski, actor (b. 1934)
October 14 October – Bohdan Butenko, cartoonist (b. 1931) 20 October – Andrzej Heidrich, graphic artist (b. 1928)
See also
2019 European Parliament election
References