Events during the year 2008 in Poland.

Incumbents

Events

January

* 23 January –

Mirosławiec air disaster Mirosławiec (german: Märkisch Friedland; csb, Frédlądk) is a town in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,837 inhabitants (2007). The 12th Air Base of the Polish Air Force is located north of the town. Mirosławiec ...

; an

EADS CASA C-295 The CASA C-295 (now Airbus C295) is a medium tactical transport aircraft that was designed and initially manufactured by the Spanish aerospace company CASA. Work on what would become the C-295 was started during the 1990s as a derivative of ...

military transport plane crashed as it approached the

Mirosławiec Mirosławiec (german: Märkisch Friedland; csb, Frédlądk) is a town in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,837 inhabitants (2007). The 12th Air Base of the Polish Air Force is located north of the town. Mirosławiec ...

runway, killing all passengers and crew: 20 victims. 3 days of national mourning followed.

March

* 1 March –

Cyclone Emma Tropical Cyclone Emma was a weak but unusually large tropical cyclone that affected a substantial portion of Western Australia during the 2005–06 Australian region cyclone season. Forming out of an area of low pressure on 25 February, the pr ...

causes damage in Poland

June

* 4 June – 6 miners died in a blast in

Borynia Coal Mine The Borynia coal mine is a large mine in the south of Poland in Jastrzębie-Zdrój Jastrzębie-Zdrój (; german: Bad Königsdorff-Jastrzemb, originally ''Jastrzemb'', cs, Lázně Jestřebí, szl, Jastrzymbie-Zdrōj or ''Jastrzymbje-Zdrůj'') ...

August

* 5–6 June – 2008 Poland tornado outbreak; 4 fatalities.

Deaths

July

* 10 July: Krystyna Kersten, Polish historian. * 13 July:

Bronisław Geremek Bronisław Geremek (; born Benjamin Lewertow;

, Polish politician, died in a car accident. * 14 July:

Antoni Heda Antoni Heda (11 October 1916 – 15 February 2008) was a Polish military commander and a notable veteran of the Polish resistance movement in World War II and later independence movement against Soviet occupation following the war. Among the best ...

, Polish general and partisan.