2016 in Poland
Events
January
- 1 January – Four localities were granted town rights: Jaraczewo, Lubycza Królewska, Siedliszcze, and Urzędów.
- 15–31 January — Poland hosts the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.
April
- 26 April – ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle won their sixth Polish Volleyball Championship defeating Resovia in the finals.
June
- 2 June – Stelmet Zielona Góra won their third Polish Basketball Championship defeating Rosa Radom in the finals.
August
- 5–21 August — 87 athletes from Poland compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
September
- 3 September — Poland win the eighteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians in Cologne, Germany.
- 25 September — Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski won their ninth Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating KS Toruń in the finals.
December
- From 8 December — State Owned PZU together with Polish Development Fund acquired Bank Pekao, Poland's second largest bank previously owned by UniCredit, by buying a 32.8 per cent stake in the bank for the amount of PLN 10.6 billion.
- From 16 December — protests against law limiting of freedom of the press.