The lower house of Poland’s parliament in October passed a resolution to designate 2022 as the Year of Józef Wybicki.
This year marks the 200th anniversary of his death as well as 275 years since his birth and 225 years since he wrote his "Dąbrowski’s Mazurka," which was originally entitled "The Song of the Polish Legions in Italy."
Wybicki was born on September 29, 1747 in what was then the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He died on March 10, 1822 in the part of Poland controlled by Prussia.
Poland regained independence on November 11, 1918, the day World War I ended, after 123 years of partition by Russia, Austria and Prussia.
Wybicki's "Dąbrowski’s Mazurka" became the country's official anthem, also known as "Poland Is Not Yet Lost," in 1927.
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Source: IAR