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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)

  1. Union of Lublin forms a federated commonwealth

    Labels: Union of, Poland Lithuania

  2. Henrician Articles codify limits on royal power

    Labels: Henrician Articles, Henry of

  3. Warsaw Confederation guarantees religious tolerance

    Labels: Warsaw Confederation

  4. Union of Brest creates a Greek Catholic church

    Labels: Union of, Greek Catholic

  5. Battle of Kircholm checks Swedish advances in Livonia

    Labels: Battle of, Jan Karol

  6. Truce of Altmark grants Sweden Baltic advantages

    Labels: Truce of, Sweden

  7. Khmelnytsky Uprising begins in the southeast

    Labels: Khmelnytsky Uprising, Bohdan Khmelnytsky

  8. Swedish invasion launches the "Deluge" period

    Labels: The Deluge, Swedish invasion

  9. Tarnogród Confederation challenges Augustus II

    Labels: Tarnogr d, Augustus II

  10. Silent Sejm institutionalizes Russian leverage

    Labels: Silent Sejm, Russia

  11. First Partition reduces the Commonwealth’s territory

    Labels: First Partition, Russia Prussia

  12. Great Sejm adopts the Constitution of 3 May

    Labels: Great Sejm, Constitution of

  13. Confederation of Targowica formed to overturn reforms

    Labels: Confederation of, Polish magnates

  14. Second Partition agreement signed by Russia and Prussia

    Labels: Second Partition, Russia Prussia

  15. Kościuszko Uprising proclaimed in Kraków

    Labels: Ko ciuszko, Tadeusz Ko

  16. Third Partition ends the Commonwealth as a state

    Labels: Third Partition, Partition treaties