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Anna Karolina Orzelska (23 November 1707 – 27 September 1769) was a Polish szlachcianka (noblewoman) and an adventuress. Born as an illegitimate daughter of August II the Strong, Elector of Saxony, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, by Henriette Rénard she became Hereditary Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck by marriage.
The Swedish invasion of Poland (1701–1706), also known as Charles XII's invasion of Poland or the Polish front of the Great Northern War, was a conflict in eastern Europe overshadowed by the ongoing Great Northern War fought between the Swedish Empire against the Russian Empire, Denmark-Norway, Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
At Jefferson's birth, the difference was eleven days between the Julian and Gregorian calendars and so his birthday of 2 April in the Julian calendar is 13 April in the Gregorian calendar. Similarly, George Washington is now officially reported as having been born on 22 February 1732, rather than on 11 February 1731/32 (Julian calendar). [26]
The Battle of Warsaw (also known as the Battle of Rakowitz or Rakowiec) [Note 1] was fought on 31 July 1705 (Gregorian calendar) [Note 2] near Warsaw, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, during the Great Northern War and Swedish invasion of Poland (1701–1706). The battle was part of a power struggle for the Polish–Lithuanian throne.
1707 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1707th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 707th year of the 2nd millennium, the 7th year of the 18th century, and the 8th year of the 1700s decade. As of the start of 1707, the ...
Corps of Cadets, Warsaw, by Zygmunt Vogel The Warsaw Corps of Cadets (English: School of Chivalry ; Polish : Szkoła Rycerska or Akademia Szlachecka Korpusu Kadetów ) was the first military school in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth .
Białystok prevented schools from teaching in the Polish language. 1846: February 19: Kraków Uprising begins. March 4: Kraków Uprising ended. November 16: Free City of Kraków incorporated into the Austrian Empire. 1848: Greater Poland Uprising. 1850: July 18: Kraków fire of 1850 began. 1863: January 22: January Uprising begins. 1864: March 2
1659 image of the Warsaw Siren. The history of Warsaw spans over 1400 years. In that time, the city evolved from a cluster of villages to the capital of a major European power, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth—and, under the patronage of its kings, a center of enlightenment and otherwise unknown tolerance.