Partition Sejm

Historical eventApril 191773

Partition Sejm

The Polish Partition Sejm met to discuss the First Partition of Poland, carried out the previous year by Russia, Prussia and Austria.

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When
Monday, April 19 1773253 years ago
Category
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Era
18th century · 1770s
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Russia, Greece and some other countries used the Julian calendar into the early 20th century, so local records may show a date up to 13 days earlier.

At a glance

Dates: 1773-04-19 – 1775-04-11.

Place: Warsaw, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Type: legislative term and Confederated sejm.

What came before

Background The Troelfth Cake , a 1773 French allegory by Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune for the First Partition of Poland [a] In the late 17th and early 18th centuries the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was reduced from the status of a major European power to that of a Russian protectorate (or vassal or client state or satellite state ). Russian tsars effectively chose Polish-Lithuanian monarchs utilizing the " free elections " and decided the outcome of much of Poland's internal politics. The Repnin Sejm ,

What happened

The Partition Sejm was a Sejm lasting from 1773 to 1775 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, convened by its three neighbours in order to legalize their First Partition of Poland. During its first days in session, that Sejm was the site of Tadeusz Rejtan's famous gesture of protest against Partition. The Sejm also passed other legislation, notably establishing the Permanent Council and the Commission of National Education. Cardinal Laws were confirmed.

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April 19 1773 — 253 years ago, on a Monday.

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