2017 in Poland

Incumbents

Events

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1 January – Four localities were granted town rights: Mielno, Morawica, Opatówek, and Rejowiec.^[1]
1 January – Ełk riots took place at Ełk Kebab restaurant.^[2]^[3]^[4]
12 January – 3,000 U.S. troops are deployed in Poland as part of NATO's Operation Atlantic Resolve.^[5]
23 April – ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle won their seventh Polish Volleyball Championship defeating Skra Bełchatów in the finals (see 2016–17 PlusLiga).
27 May – Vive Kielce won their 14th Polish Handball Championship defeating Wisła Płock in the finals (see 2016–17 Superliga).
4 June – Legia Warsaw won their 12th Polish Football Championship (see 2016–17 Ekstraklasa).^[6]
10 June – Stelmet Zielona Góra won their fourth Polish Basketball Championship defeating Polski Cukier Toruń in the finals (see 2016–17 PLK season).^[7]
16–30 June – Poland hosts the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

2–12 July – The Annual Meeting of World Heritage Committee held in Kraków.
24 September – Unia Leszno won their 15th Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating Sparta Wrocław in the finals (see 2017 Polish speedway season).^[8]
7 October – "Rosary to the Borders": hundreds of thousands of Polish Catholics prayed the Rosary along the country's borders for peace and for the salvation of Poland and the world against secularization.^[9]
November - 100,000 people gather for annual independence day march

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Deaths

1 January – Bogdan Tuszyński, sports journalist, reporter and historian (b. 1932).^[10]
7 January – Jerzy Kossela, guitarist and vocalist (b. 1942).^[11]
7 January – Lech Trzeciakowski, historian (b. 1931).^[12]
27 April – Jan Flinik, field hockey player (b. 1932)

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