Wikiportal:Poland/Selected anniversaries/June
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- 1434: death of King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland
- 1915: birth of Jan Twardowski a Polish poet and priest
- 1880: death of Oskar Kolberg a Polish composer and ethnographer
- 1872: death of Stanisław Moniuszko a Polish composer
- 1951: birth of Bronislaw Malinowski a Polish athlete
- 1960: death of Józef Haller de Hallenburg a Polish general and politician
- 1989: first partially free elections for the Sejm and free elections for the Senate after the Second World War in Poland
- 1818: death of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski a Polish general
- 1841: birth of Eliza Orzeszkowa a Polish singer
- 1492: death of King Casimir IV Jagiellon of Poland
- 2003: first day of the Polish Referendum on joining the European Union
- 1956: death of Jan Lechoń a Polish poet and literary critic
- 1895: birth of Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski a Polish general and politician
- 1920: Polish-Bolshevik War; Polish units withdraw from the city of Kiev
- 1940: Polish Navy authorities officially recognize the submarine ORP Orzel as lost
- 1952: birth of Bronislaw Wildstein a Polish journalist
- 1915: death of Józef Brandt a Polish painter
- 1930: birth of Ryszard Kukliński a Polish colonel and "Cold War" masterspy
- 1025: death of Boleslaw Chrobry first King of Poland
- 1353: King Casimir III granted Lwów city rights
- 1501: death of Jan I Olbracht King of Poland
- 1620: death of Mikolaj Zebrzydowski voivode of Krakow and Grand Crown Marshal
- 1696: death of Jan III Sobieski King of Poland
- 1793: in Grodno began the last Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- 1915: birth of Miroslaw Feric a Polish flying ace
- 1939: birth of Krzysztof Zanussi a Polish producer and film director
- 1972: birth of Michał Żebrowski a Polish actor
- 1983: death of Miron Bialoszewski a Polish poet
- 2003: death of Jacek Kuron a dissident and opposition leader with the Solidarity movement
- 1869: The Polish aviation pioneer Jan Wnek flow 1300 metres in his glider called "Loty", crashed and died three weeks later
- 1942: death of Stanislaw Skarzynski a Polish aviator
- 1934: The Adamowicz brothers took off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland for their flight across Atlantic
[edit] See also
- Current events in Poland
