The Vilnius Uprising of 1794 (Lithuanian: Vilniaus sukilimas) began on April 22, 1794, during which Polish-Lithuanian force led by Jakub Jasiński fought...
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The Wilno Uprising may refer to: Vilnius Uprising (1794), an uprising of Polish-Lithuanian forces against the Russians in 1794 Operation Ostra Brama, an...
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Vilnius is the historic and present-day capital of Lithuania. Records of demographic measures go back to 1766, though the city itself has existed much...
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Uprising, also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794, Second Polish War, Polish Campaign of 1794, and the Polish Revolution of 1794, was an uprising against...
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Vilnius (/ˈvɪlniəs/ VIL-nee-əs, Lithuanian: [ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs] ), previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and...
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Catherine II Kościuszko Uprising April 4 - Battle of Racławice April 17-19 - Warsaw Uprising (1794) April 22 - Vilnius Uprising (1794) June 6 - Battle of...
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was organised into four banners. The unit partook in the Vilnius Uprising on 11 August 1794. Machynia, Mariusz; Rakutis, Valdas; Srzednicki, Czesław (1999)...
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Szymon Marcin Kossakowski (category 1794 deaths)
Russian Empire during the Kościuszko Uprising and earlier, he was deemed a traitor. In the aftermath of the Vilnius Uprising he tried to escape by boat, but...
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and Vilnius before the Wehrmacht arrived and within a week, all of the Lithuanian territory was free from the occupying Red Army. The June uprising was...
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population fell to 17,500 in 1796 due to the 1794 uprising, the last attempt to save it from Russian control. Vilnius was incorporated into the Russian Empire...
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Battle of Praga (redirect from Second siege of Warsaw (1794))
Praga, the easternmost community of Warsaw, during the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. It was followed by a massacre (known as the Massacre of Praga) of...
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regiment fought in the Battle of Vilnius. Rospond, Vincent W. (2013). Commonwealth Armies of the Partitions 1770 - 1794. Great Britain: Osprey Publishing...
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Antoni Chlewiński (category Generals of the Kościuszko Uprising)
Lithuanian Army, he fought in both the War of 1792 and Kościuszko Uprising of 1794. He was the son of Ludwik, Rečyca's wojski. He was for some time an...
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company had 63 soldiers. On 23 April 1794, the company, with its 50 soldiers, participated in the Vilnius uprising. Gembarzewski 1925, p. 24. Daujotas...
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The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, or the Khmelnytsky insurrection, was a Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and...
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Operation Ostra Brama (category Uprisings during World War II)
national uprising, Operation Tempest, the action happened on 7–13 July 1944. The operation's main goal was propagandistic – to claim Vilnius for Poland...
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between newly independent Lithuania and Poland, with fighting mainly in the Vilnius and Suwałki regions. According to Lithuanian historians, it was part of...
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Samogitian uprisings refer to two uprisings by the Samogitians against the Teutonic Knights in 1401–1404 and 1409. Samogitia was granted to the Teutonic...
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Romuald Giedroyć (section Uprising of 1794)
Giedraičiai family, who fought in the Bar Confederation, War of 1792 and the Uprising of 1794 as part of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army. From mid-1812 to early...
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to Kowno. Lithuanian 7th Infantry Regiment stationed in Wilno. 1794 – Vilnius Uprising. 1795 Town becomes part of Russia, and capital of Vilna Governorate...
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Jakub Jasiński (category Generals of the Kościuszko Uprising)
supporters in Vilnius. He participated also in the Kościuszko Uprising, during the course of which he was killed in the Battle of Praga in 1794. A graduate...
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in the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794. Benedykt was one of the leaders and commanders of the uprising in Lithuania. After the uprising started in Aukštaitija...
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Jakób Gieysztor (category January Uprising participants)
the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794. Gieysztor's paternal grandfather, also named Jakób, is mentioned as a civil-military commissioner in 1794. Gieysztor's...
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Berek Joselewicz (section Kościuszko Uprising)
agent for a local Lithuanian magnate, the Lord of Kretinga and Bishop of Vilnius Prince Massalski. Joselewicz often travelled abroad in pursuit of various...
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riots, on 24 March 1794, Polish patriot Tadeusz Kościuszko took command of the Polish armed forces and declared a nationwide uprising against Poland's foreign...
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Ignacy Jakub Massalski (category Bishops of Vilnius)
Jokūbas Masalskis) (1726–1794) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman. Ignacy became a Catholic priest and was named Bishop of Vilnius by Pope Clement XIII on...
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Commission of National Education (category 1794 disestablishments)
supervised two universities (Jagiellonian University in Kraków and Vilnius University in Vilnius), 74 secondary schools and about 1600 parish schools. The third...
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In 1794, he became a regular Jesuit, in 1807, a priest. He taught German language at Vitsebsk, Mahiliou, Polatsk, Orsha Jesuit colleges and Vilnius gymnasium...
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Ashmyany (category Vilnius Voivodeship)
Ciołek coat of arms, the monarch's personal coat of arms. During the Uprising of 1794, Ašmena was the site of the insurgent staff under Jokūbas Jasinskis...
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soldiers looting a Polish manor Chapel in Vilnius, erected to commemorate the crushing of the 1863 January Uprising against Russia, picture taken Sergei Mikhailovich...
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