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3 May Constitution Day (also 3rd May National Holiday; Polish: Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja) is a Polish national and public holiday that takes place on 3 May. The holiday celebrates the declaration of the Constitution of 3 May 1791 – the first modern constitution in Europe.
3 May was declared a Polish holiday (Constitution Day—Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja) on 5 May 1791. [133] The holiday was banned during the partitions of Poland but reinstated in April 1919 under the Second Polish Republic —the first holiday officially introduced in the newly independent country.
Great, or Four-Year, Sejm (1788–92) and Senate adopt Constitution of 3 May 1791 at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.. The Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm (Polish: Sejm Wielki or Sejm Czteroletni; Lithuanian: Didysis seimas or Ketverių metų seimas) was a Sejm (parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that was held in Warsaw between 1788 and 1792.
The holiday carried over to present day Poland as State Holiday, albeit without any formal connection to International Workers' Day. In addition, 3 May was reinstated as 3 May Constitution Day. The May holidays (1, 2 and 3 May) are called "majówka" in Polish (roughly translated as May-day picnic [3]).
14 September – Following a meeting in Kyiv, the foreign ministers of Poland and Ukraine call for ending social benefits for Ukrainian men in Poland, and for programs in the European Union to return them to Ukraine in order to stop draft evasion. [38] 15–27 September – At least nine people are killed amid flooding caused by Storm Boris ...
18 May – 2025 Polish presidential election [3] 28 May – 2025 UEFA Conference League final [4] July–August – 2025 Men's Junior World Handball Championship [5] 27 August–14 September – EuroBasket 2025 in Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland [6] [7] [8] TBA – 2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship [9] [10]
The Constitution of Nauru came into force in January 1968. The date of Constitution Day, 17 May 1968, marks the date the Constitutional Convention made alterations to the Constitution. [27] Netherlands: 3 November 1848 Constitution of Netherlands: Niue: 19 October 1974 Niue Constitution Act: Norway: 17 May 1814 [28] Constitution of Norway ...
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