Greater Poland Uprising (1848)
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The Revolutions of 1848 |
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Revolutions in the Habsburg areas |
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Greater Poland Uprising of 1848 (Polish: powstanie wielkopolskie 1848 roku) was a military insurrection of the Polish people in the Grand Duchy of Poznań (or the Greater Poland region) against the occupying Prussian forces, during the Spring of Nations period.
It was held under the political leadership of the National Committee in Poznań (Komitet Narodowy w Poznaniu). After the military victories in the battles of Miłosław and Sokołów the leadership left wing attempted to develop the guerilla war into the people's war, while the right wing tried to negotiate more autonomy for the Grand Duchy of Poznań. The act of capitulation was signed on 9 May 1848.
[edit] Famous insurgents
- Tytus Działyński (1796-1861), Polish political activist, protector of arts
- Władysław Niegolewski (1819-1885) was a Polish liberal politician and member of parliament, insurgent in Greater Poland Uprising 1846, Greater Poland Uprising 1848 and January Uprising 1863, cofounder of Central Economic Society (TCL) in 1861 and People's Libraries Society (CTG) in 1880.
Partitions: Bar Confederation - Kościuszko Uprising - Greater Poland Uprising (1794) - Greater Poland Uprising (1806) - November Uprising - Greater Poland Uprising (1846) - Kraków Uprising - Greater Poland Uprising (1848) - January Uprising
Second Republic: Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) - Silesian Uprisings
World War II: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - Operation Tempest - Warsaw Uprising
People's Republic: Poznań 1956 protests