Events of 2019 in Poland.

2019
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Poland

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Incumbents

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Events

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January

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  • January 4 – Koszalin escape room fire[1]
  • 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.[2]

March

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  • March – the town of Świdnik in eastern Poland passed a resolution rejecting "LGBT ideology".[3]

April

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July

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August

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October

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  • 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.

November

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December

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Births

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Deaths

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Jan Olszewski

January

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February

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March

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April

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Five teenagers dead after fire in 'escape room' in Poland". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Stabbed Polish mayor dies in hospital". BBC. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ Goclowski, Marcin; Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Anna (21 May 2019). "Polish towns go 'LGBT free' ahead of bitter European election campaign". Reuters. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Harry Potter books burned by Polish priests alarmed by magic, BBC News, April 1, 2019, retrieved April 1, 2019
  5. ^ Sieradzka, Monika (8 April 2019). "Polish teachers go on strike over wages in dispute with government". DW. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  6. ^ Polish city holds first LGBTQ pride parade despite far-right violence Archived 2020-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, CNN, 21 July 2019
  7. ^ Anti-Gay Brutality in a Polish Town Blamed on Poisonous Propaganda Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, New York Times, 27 July 2019
  8. ^ "Poland's Catholic Church says country is under siege from a 'rainbow plague'". New York Post. No. August 2, 2019.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "In Memoriam: Cultural Figures Who Passed Away in 2019". culture.pl. December 30, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  10. ^ "Poland's former prime minister Olszewski dies at 88: state TV". Reuters. 8 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  11. ^ "Ryszard Kaja, grafik i malarz, nie żyje. "Wódka, cerata i śledzik to esencja Polski" - mówił autor słynnej serii plakatów z polskimi miastami". wyborcza.pl. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Jej "Drewniany różaniec" był wstrząsem. Zmarła Natalia Rolleczek". TVN24. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019.
  13. ^ "Polish woman who saved adoptive Jewish family from Holocaust dies at 102". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2019-08-09.