Calendar – PAU Jubilee

1815

Establishment of the Krakow Learned Society (TNK)

1857–1866

Construction of the TNK House at ul. Sławkowska 17 (17 Sławkowska Street)

1872

16 February

Approval by Emperor Franz Joseph I of the Statute of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow, proposed by the TNK

29 April

Last plenary session of the TNK

May 11 and 13

Election of the first 12 members of AU; three classes became part of AU: Philological, Historical and Philosophical, and Mathematical and Natural Sciences

18 July

First session of the twelve AU members

24 November

Appointment of Józef Majer as President and Józef Szujski as Secretary General of AU by Emperor Franz Joseph I

21 December

AU first “full private session”

1873

18 February

AU public session to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus

Xawery Pillati (rys.), Edward Gorazdowski (ryt.), *Duża Aula Akademii Umiejętności podczas uroczystości kopernikańskich*
*18. lutego 1873*, drzeworyt sztorcowy. Wg „Tygodnika Ilustrowanego”, 1873, nr 275, s. 173

7 May

Inaugural AU public session

Juliusz Kossak, *Inauguracyjne posiedzenie Akademii Umiejętności*
*7. maja 1873*. Biblioteka PAU i PAN

1875–1877

Extension of AU seat

1884

Bequest of Probus Barczewski for prizes for best historical works

1888

Creation of a permanent exhibition of the Physiographic Museum

1890

Election of Stanisław Tarnowski as President of AU

Kopia wg Jana Matejki, Portret Stanisława Tarnowskiego. PAU. Fot. B. Zimowski

1891

Separation of the Museum of Antiquities as an independent unit of AU

*Mała Aula Akademii Umiejętności jako część ekspozycji Muzeum Archeologicznego*. Fotografia, 1894.
Biblioteka PAU i PAN

1893

AU acquires ownership of the Polish Library in Paris; AU Scientific Station in Paris is established

*Biblioteka Polska w Paryżu przy Quai d’Orléans 6*.
Fot. Anna Olchawska, 2016

1899–1900

Enlargement of the AU building for the Physiographic Museum

1909

Bequest of Erazm Jerzmanowski to AU

1912

Bequest of Boleslav Maleshevsky to AU

1913–1914

Erection of the AU Library building

1915

Election of the first laureate of the Erazm and Anna Jerzmanowski Award, Bishop Adam Sapieha

1918

Election of Kazimierz Morawski as President of AU

Kazimierz Pochwalski, *Portret Kazimierza Morawskiego*, 1926. PAU. Fot. B. Zimowski

1919

29 March

Adoption of the new name: Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences; the resolution was approved by the Head of State on 22 November

1924

Gift of Archduke Charles Stephen Habsburg to PAU, covering over 10,000 hectares of forest and arable land

1925

Election of Jan Michał Rozwadowski as President of PAU

Alfons Siwecki *Portret* Jana Rozwadowskiego. PAU.
Fot. B. Zimowski

1927

Establishment of the PAU Scientific Station in Rome

1929

Election of Kazimierz Kostanecki as President of PAU;
purchase of the building at ul. Świętego Jana 22 (22 St John Street)

1930

Establishment of the PAU Medical Class

1933

Purchase of the building at ul. Świętego Jana 26 (26 St John Street)

*Siedziba Archiwum Nauki PAN i PAU w kamienicy, zwanej Strączkowska, Dziboniego, Akademicka lub Kolegiacka, przy ulicy św. Jana 26 w Krakowie*. Fot. Jan K. Ostrowski, 2022

1934

Election of Stanisław Wróblewski as President of PAU

Alfons Siwecki, *Portret Stanisława Wróblewskiego*. PAU. Fot. B. Zimowski

1939

Election of Stanisław Kutrzeba as President of PAU

Stefan Dąbrowski, *Portret Stanisława Kutrzeby*. PAU. Fot. B. Zimowski

September

Seizure of the headquarters and requisition of the PAU collection by the German occupiers

6 November

Arrest of Krakow professors, including 40 members of PAU

1939–1945

Death of 70 PAU members, largely due to persecution and harsh living conditions during the German occupation

1945

spring

PAU resumes its activities

9–21 July

PAU General Assembly; election of 69 new members to replace those who died during the occupation

1946

Election of Kazimierz Nitsch as President of PAU

Leon Wyczółkowski, *Portret Kazimierza Nitscha*

1948

75th Anniversary of PAU

Medal upamiętniający jubileusz 75-lecia PAU w r. 1948

1952

Takeover of PAU’s assets by the Polish Academy of Sciences; PAU’s activities prevented by the state authorities

1957

Efforts to restart PAU; election of Adam Krzyżanowski as President

1981

Efforts to resume PAU activities interrupted by the imposition of martial law

1989

16 November

General Assembly of PAU; election of Gerard Labuda as President

Andrzej Okińczyc, *Portret Gerarda Labudy*, 1997. PAU. Fot. B. Zimowski

1990

Resumption of scientific activities of PAU; beginning of the process of restoring its property; division of the Class of Mathematics, and Natural Sciences into the Class of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and the Class of Natural Sciences

1993

Creation of the Class of Artistic Creativity

1994

Election of Kazimierz Kowalski as President of PAU

Agnieszka Kowalska,
*Portret Kazimierza Kowalskiego*

1994

Granting the status of a PAU Scientific Station to Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America

2000

Election of Andrzej Białas as President of PAU

Bogumił Książek, *Portret Andrzeja Białasa*

2006

Granting the status of a PAU Scientific Station to the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada

2009

Renewal of the Erazm and Anna Jerzmanowski Award thanks to the foundation of the Board of the Małopolska Region

2013

Establishment of the PAU Scientific Station in Katowice

2014

Establishment of the PAU Scientific Station in Gdańsk

2018

Election of Jan Ostrowski as President of PAU

2019

Establishment of the Research Centre for Armenian Culture in Poland

2020–2021

Moving a significant portion of PAU’s activities online, due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2022

150th Anniversary of PAU