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Samuel Kmicic
image:POL COA Radzic II.svg, 150px, Radzic Coat of Arms Samuel Kmicic (between 1625 & 1630–1692) was a nobleman (szlachcic) from Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He held the ranks of colonel (pułkownik) in the Royal Army, chorąży (ensign) of Orsza and offices of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Grand Lithuanian Guardian. During Deluge (history), The Deluge - the Swedish invasion of Poland in 1650s - he led a konfederacja - a military rebellion against hetman Janusz Radziwiłł (1612-1655), Janusz Radziwiłł, who had betrayed the Commonwealth and allied himself with the Swedes. Later Kmicic joined the Tyszowce Confederation. Kmicic was one of the Polish commanders in the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667), and fought in the battle of Połonka. After the war, he supported the Polish kings, opposing, among others, the Lubomirski's Rokosz. He was married twice. From his first marriage, he had a son Kazimierz Kmicic, Kazimierz. His second wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubomirski's Rokosz
Lubomirski's rebellion (), was a rebellion against Polish King John II Casimir that was initiated by Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski, a member of the Polish nobility. From 1665 to 1666, Lubomirski's supporters paralyzed the proceedings of the Sejm. Lubomirski, with the support of part of the army and the conscripted ''pospolite ruszenie'', defeated royal forces at the Battle of Matwy in 1666. The rebellion ended with the Agreement of Łęgonice, which forced the King to give up his planned reforms like the introduction of '' vivente rege'' royal elections. Lubomirski, now a broken man, died soon afterward. Background The mid-17th century was one of the most tragic and difficult periods in the history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The country was devastated by several wars, such as the Khmelnytsky Uprising and the Swedish invasion of Poland. Its international position was weakened, and the chaos was deepened by the ill-functioning system of nobles' democracy (see szlac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Polish Nobility
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French '' Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Lithuanian Nobility
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1692 Deaths
Events January–March * January 24 – At least 75 residents of what is now York, Maine are killed in the Candlemas Massacre, carried out by French soldiers led by missionary Louis-Pierre Thury, along with a larger force of Abenaki and Penobscot Indians under the command of Penobscot Chief Madockawando during King William's War, between the French colonists and their indigenous allies, against the English colonists. * January 30 – English Army General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, a close adviser to King William III of England, is fired from all of his jobs by the English Secretary of State, the Earl of Nottingham, on orders of Mary II of England. * February 13 – Massacre of Glencoe: The forces of Robert Campbell slaughter around 40 members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe in Scotland (from whom they have previously accepted hospitality), for delaying to sign an oath of allegiance to King William III of England. * February 17 – An annular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Births
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French '' Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish People Of The Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters * Kevin Polish, an American Paralympian archer Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polishchuk (surname) * Polonaise (other) A polonaise ()) is a stately dance of Polish origin or a piece of music for this dance. Polonaise may also refer to: * Polonaises (Chopin), compositions by Frédéric Chopin ** Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (, ''Heroic Polonaise''; ) * Polon ... {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marceli Kosman
Marceli Kosman (8 May 1940 – 29 December 2023) was a Polish historian who was a professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Kosman finished secondary school in 1957. Then he studied at the university in Poznań. He gained MA in history in 1962 and PhD in 1966. The title of Kosman's doctoral thesis was ''Dokumenty i kancelaria wielkiego księcia Witolda''. His supervisor was Henryk Łowmiański. From 1961 to 1968 he was teacher in the secondary school (''liceum'') in Izbica Kujawska. In 1971 he passed his habilitation. Kosman died on 29 December 2023, at the age of 83. Selected works * ''Na tropach bohaterów "Trylogii"'' (1966) * ''Wielki książę Witold'' (1967) * ''Władysław Jagiełło'' (1968) * ''Królowa Bona'' (1971) * ''Zmierzch Perunka, czyli ostatni poganie nad Bałtykiem'' (1981) * ''Orzeł i Pogoń. Z dziejów polsko-litewskich XIV-XX w.'' (1992) * ''Od chrztu do chrystianizacji. Polska - Ruś - Litwa'' (1992) * ''Na tropach bohaterów "Krzyżaków" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wprost
''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland.English magazines in Poland ''Destination Warsaw'' Retrieved 10 December 2013. It has been published since 1982. Since 2020 it has been available in a digital version only. Political alignment The magazine's political alignment is usually considered to be moderately , however many intellectuals associated with the |
The Deluge (novel)
''The Deluge'' () is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a three-volume series known to Poles as "The Trilogy," having been preceded by ''With Fire and Sword'' (''Ogniem i mieczem'', 1884) and followed by ''Fire in the Steppe'' (''Pan Wołodyjowski'', 1888). The novel tells a story of a fictional Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth soldier and noble Andrzej Kmicic and shows a panorama of the Commonwealth during its historical period of Deluge (history), the Deluge, which was a part of Northern Wars, the Northern Wars. Plot Chapters I – V The novel begins with a description of the families living in and around the district of Rossyeni, the oldest and most powerful of which are the Billeviches. Aleksandra Billevich, the granddaughter of the chief hunter of Upita, has been orphaned and left in the care of the szlachta, noble families. She is destined to marry Andrei Kmita (Polish: Andrzej Kmicic), whose father wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish epic writer. He is remembered for his historical novels, such as The Trilogy, the Trilogy series and especially for his internationally known best-seller ''Quo Vadis (novel), Quo Vadis'' (1896). Born into an impoverished szlachta, Polish noble family in Russian-ruled Congress Poland, in the late 1860s he began publishing journalistic and literary pieces. In the late 1870s he traveled to the United States, sending back travel essays that won him popularity with Polish readers. In the 1880s he began serializing novels that further increased his popularity. He soon became one of the most popular Polish writers of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and numerous translations gained him international renown, culminating in his receipt of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer". Many of his novels remain in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Kmicic
Andrzej Kmicic is best known as a fictional character created by Henryk Sienkiewicz featured in the novel ''The Deluge (novel), The Deluge'' (Polish: ''Potop''). He is a typical szlachta, szlachcic (Polish-Lithuanian noble) from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; unruly yet patriotic. At the beginning of the books he is known to be a war hero but also a litigant. Deceived, he joins Janusz Radziwiłł, who was an ally of the Swedish army, that was invading the Commonwealth. After realising on what side of the conflict he had positioned himself, Kmicic attempts to regain his honor and redeem sins by serving God, the king and the Commonwealth. During the course of the books, he transforms from a villain to a hero. The 1991–92 Copernicus Society translation by W.S. Kuniczak calls the character Andrei Kmita, rather than Andrzej Kmicic. The moral transformation of Kmicic is similar to the transformation of Prince Roman from Joseph Conrad's book. Samuel Kmicic may have served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
