Timeline of Polish history
Year Date Event
2001 September 23 Parliamentary election
2002 Census
2002 October 27 Local elections
2003 April 16 Signing of the Treaty of Accession
2003 June European Union membership referendum
2004 1 May Accession of Poland to the European Union
2004 June 13 European Parliament election
2005 April 2 Death of Pope John Paul II
2005 September 25 Parliamentary election
2005 October Presidential election
2005 December 23 Lech Kaczyński becomes President
2006 January 28 Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse
2006 November Local elections
2007 October 21 Parliamentary election
2010 April 10 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash killing Polish President Lech Kaczyński
2010 July 4 Bronisław Komorowski elected President
2011 August 5 Suicide of Andrzej Lepper
2011 October 9 Parliamentary election
2012 March 3 A train crash near Szczekociny , Poland , kills 16 people
2014 April 27 Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II
21st century
This is a timeline of Polish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Poland and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Poland. See also the list of Polish monarchs and list of Prime Ministers of Poland.