Portal:Poland/Selected anniversaries/June

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June 1:
 * 1434: death of King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland
 * 1915: birth of Jan Twardowski a Polish poet and priest

June 3:
 * 1880: death of Oskar Kolberg a Polish composer and ethnographer

June 4:
 * 1872: death of Stanisław Moniuszko a Polish composer
 * 1951: birth of Bronisław 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

June 6:
 * 1818: death of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski a Polish general
 * 1841: birth of Eliza Orzeszkowa a Polish singer

June 7:
 * 1492: death of King Casimir IV Jagiellon of Poland
 * 2003: first day of the Polish Referendum on joining the European Union

June 8:
 * 1956: death of Jan Lechoń a Polish poet and literary critic

June 9:
 * 1895: birth of Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski a Polish general and politician

June 10:
 * 1920: Polish–Soviet War; Polish units withdraw from the city of Kiev

June 11:
 * 1940: Polish Navy authorities officially recognize the submarine ORP Orzeł as lost
 * 1952: birth of Bronisław Wildstein a Polish journalist

June 12:
 * 1915: death of Józef Brandt a Polish painter

June 13:
 * 1930: birth of Ryszard Kukliński a Polish colonel and "Cold War" masterspy

June 17:
 * 1025: death of Bolesław I 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 Mikołaj Zebrzydowski voivode of Kraków 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 Mirosław Ferić 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 Białoszewski a Polish poet
 * 2003: death of Jacek Kuroń a dissident and opposition leader with the Solidarity movement

June 20:
 * 1869: The Polish aviation pioneer Jan Wnęk flow 1300 metres in his glider called "Loty", crashed and died three weeks later

June 26:
 * 1942: death of Stanisław Skarżyński a Polish aviator

June 29:
 * 1934: The Adamowicz brothers took off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland for their flight across the Atlantic Ocean