Timeline of Polish History - 21st Century

21st Century

Year Date Event
2001 23 September Parliamentary election
2002 Census
27 October Local elections
2003 16 April Signing of the Treaty of Accession
June European Union membership referendum
2004 1 May Accession of Poland to the European Union
13 June European Parliament election
2005 2 April Death of Pope John Paul II
25 September Parliamentary election
October Presidential election
23 December Lech Kaczyński becomes President
2006 28 January Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse
November Local elections
2007 21 October Parliamentary election
2010 10 April Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash killing Polish President Lech Kaczyński
2010 4 July Bronisław Komorowski elected president.
2012 3 March A train crash near Szczekociny, Poland, kills 16 people.

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