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On May 15, 1936, president of Poland Ignacy Mościcki designed the government under prime minister Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, who replaced Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski. The government was dissolved on September 30, 1939. This was the last government of the Second Polish Republic which resided in Warsaw.

Members of the government

Other personalities

Events

January

February

March

April
  • April 2. Street protests across Poland against the Kraków Massacre of March 23,
  • April 9. Following a decree of President Ignacy Mościcki, Fundusz Obrony Narodowej is created,
  • April 16. Bloody Thursday in Lwów. A funeral of an unemployed worker Władysław Kozak, killed by the police two days before, turns into a violent riot, in which up to 49 people are killed,
  • April 19. Jan Kiliński Monument is unveiled in Warsaw,
  • April 21. MS Batory sets on her first route, from the shipyard of Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico in Monfalcone to Gdynia,
  • April 23. Ten protesters are killed by the police in Kraków,

May
  • May 11. MS Batory anchors at Gdynia,
  • May 12. At the Rasos Cemetery in Wilno, ashes and heart of Maria Piłsudska, the mother of Józef Piłsudski, are buried. Committee of the Defence of the Republic (Komitet Obrony Rzeczypospolitej) is founded in Warsaw,
  • May 15. General Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski becomes Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs. He remains in these posts until September 1939,
  • May 16-17. Left-wing intellectuals gather to participate in the Lwów Anti-Fascist Congress of Cultural Workers.

June

July

August
  • August 3. General Józef Sowiński Park is opened in Warsaw, upon initiative of Stefan Starzyński,
  • August 5. In Berlin, in the Summer Olympics, Poland beats Hungary, 3-0 (two goals by Hubert Gad and one by Gerard Wodarz),
  • August 8. In Berlin, in the Summer Olympics, Poland beats Great Britain, 5-4 (three goals by Gerard Wodarz, one by Hubert Gad and one by Ryszard Piec),
  • August 11. In the Summer Olympics semifinal, Poland loses to Austria, 1-2 (goal by Hubert Gad),
  • August 13. In the Summer Olympics third place match, Poland loses to Norway, 2-3 (goals by Gerard Wodarz and Teodor Peterek),
  • August 21. President Ignacy Mościcki officially creates Hel Fortified Area,

September
  • September 6. Polish-French agreement in Rambouillet, where French government agrees for a loan for the Polish Army. In a friendly football game in Riga, Poland ties with Latvia, 3-3 (goals by Jerzy Wostal, Michał Matyas and Hieronim Schwartz). In a friendly football game in Belgrade, Poland loses to Jugoslavia, 3-9 (two goals by Teodor Peterek, one by Gerard Wodarz),
  • September 13. In a friendly football game in Warsaw, Poland ties with Germany, 1-1 (goal by Gerard Wodarz),
  • September 20. First Congress of Ukrainian Front of National Unity takes place in Lwów,

October

November
  • November 3. Premiere of first Polish Radio drama, "Everyday Life of the Kowalskis" ("Dni powszednie państwa Kowalskich"), by Maria Kuncewiczowa,
  • November 11. General Edward Rydz-Śmigły is named Marshal of Poland,
  • November 19. Premiere of Konrad Tom's film Ada! To nie wypada! (Ada, Don't Do That!),
  • November 29. ORP Gryf is launched at Le Havre,

December
  • December 7. Premiere of Barbara Radziwiłłówna (film),
  • The government announces that all citizens of Poland who participate in Spanish Civil War will be deprived of their citizenship,
  • December 13. First flight of the prototype of PZL.37 Łoś. Opening of the Porąbka Dam on the Soła river,
  • December 15. Opening of the first Polish electrified rail connection between Warsaw, Otwock, and Pruszków,
  • December 24. Archbishop Filippo Cortesi is appointed the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland,

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