1997 in Poland
Events during the year 1997 in Poland.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 1 January:
- * Skępe regained its town rights.
- * Pasym, Radlin, Siechnice and Świątniki Górne were granted town rights.
February
- 1 February – The Poznań Fast Tram was opened.
March
- 1 March – Polsat 2 television channel launched.
April
- 2 April – The Constitution of Poland was adopted by the National Assembly.
May
- 5 May – 12 were killed and 36 others injured in the.
- 25 May – A constitutional referendum was held. The new constitution was narrowly approved, with 53.5% voting in favor. The voter turnout was 43.9%.
June
- 8 June – Queen Jadwiga of Poland was canonized by Pope John Paul II in Kraków.
- 10 June – John of Dukla was canonized by Pope John Paul II in Krosno.
- 19 June – The University of Białystok was established.
July
- 6 July – 1997 Central European flood: Flooding began in Poland in the towns of Głuchołazy and Prudnik.
- 10 July – 1997 Central European flood: Left-bank Opole was flooded.
- 12 July – 1997 Central European flood: Wrocław was flooded.
- 18 July – 1997 Central European flood: A day of national mourning for the victims of the flood was declared by President Aleksander Kwaśniewski.
September
- 21 September – The 1997 Polish parliamentary election was held, won by the Solidarity Electoral Action.
October
- 3 October – TVN television station launched.
- 17 October – The Constitution of Poland came into effect.
- 31 October – Jerzy Buzek became the Prime Minister of Poland.
November
- 11 November – The Cabinet of Jerzy Buzek passed the vote of confidence.
December
- 15 December – The Monument to the Heroes of Warsaw was placed on a new pedestal in Warsaw.
Deaths
January
- 6 January – Edward Osóbka-Morawski, activist and politician, Chairman of the Polish Committee of National Liberation
- 26 January – Mira Zimińska, film actress, director of the Mazowsze folk group
February
- 27 February – Mieczysław Jagielski, economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland
March
- 7 March – Agnieszka Osiecka, poet, writer, scenarist, film director, journalist, and songwriter
April
- 27 April – Piotr Skrzynecki, choreographer, director, and cabaret impresario, creator of the Piwnica pod Baranami literary cabaret
August
- 9 August – Robert Satanowski, general, later an orchestra and opera director
- 30 August – Ernst Wilimowski, German–Polish football player
September
- 4 September – Alfred Kałuziński, handball player