Greater Poland uprising (1848)

The Greater Poland uprising of 1848 or Poznań Uprising was an unsuccessful military insurrection of Poles against Prussian forces, during the Spring of Nations period. While the main fighting was concentrated in the Greater Poland region, fights also occurred in other part of the Prussian Partition of Poland, and protests were held in Polish inhabited regions of Silesia.

Carl Maria Splett

Carl Maria Splett was a German Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of Danzig (Gdańsk); his role during World War II, especially as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Culm, is controversial. After World War II he was put on trial and imprisoned in

Carl Legien

Carl Legien was a German unionist, moderate Social Democratic politician and first President of the International Federation of Trade Unions

Tumult of Thorn (Toruń)

The Tumult of Thorn (Toruń), or Blood-Bath of Thorn refers to executions ordered in 1724 by the Polish supreme court under Augustus II the Strong of Saxony. During a religious conflict between Protestant townsfolk represented by mayor Johann Gottfried

Wenzel Jaksch

Wenzel Jaksch was a Sudeten German Social Democrat politician and the president of the Federation of Expellees in 1964 to 1966

Wojciech Kętrzyński

Wojciech Kętrzyński, was a Polish historian and the director of the Ossolineum Library in Lemberg, then the capital of Galicia, Austrian Empire. He focused on Polish history at a time when Poland was partitioned between foreign powers. He opposed the

Buczki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Buczki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tychowo, within Białogard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Tychowo, 23 km (14 mi) east of Białogard

Błotnica, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Błotnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kołobrzeg, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of Kołobrzeg and 99 km (62 mi) north-east

Jeleniowo

Jeleniowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dźwierzuty, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) east of Dźwierzuty, 19 km (12 mi) north-east of Szczytno

Christoph Hartknoch

Christoph Hartknoch (1644–1687) was a Prussian historian and educator

Andrei Simonov

Andrei Dmitrievich Simonov was a Russian Armed Forces major general serving as Chief of the Electronic Warfare Troops of the 2nd Army of the Western Military District