Partitions of Poland
1772 CE – 1795 CE · 23 years
Three neighbouring empires carved up the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in three partitions, erasing one of Europe's largest states from the map for 123 years.
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Partitions of Poland on Wikipedia.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Poland-Lithuania
- Russia, Prussia, Austria
Key moments
Defining events in the Partitions of Poland.
- 1792 Battle of Zielenice
- 1794 Kosciuszko Uprising
- 1794 Battle of Maciejowice
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Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
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Events the timeline places between 1772 CE and 1795 CE.
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Image credits9 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Partitions of PolandUser:Mathiasrex Maciej Szczepańczyk, based on layers of User:Halibutt · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Royal Standard of the King of FranceSodacan · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Spanish treasure fleetWorld_Topography.jpg : NASA/JPL/NIMA derivative work: Uxbona ( talk ) · Public domain
- French Revolutionary WarsRuedi33a · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Flag of Switzerland (Pantone)Unknown Vector graphics: Flag_of_Switzerland.svg : User:Marc Mongenet Credits: User:-xfi-… · Public domain
- Triangular tradeSimonP at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)Stefano Torelli · Public domain
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