Re: Lakeside Cha Cha
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- Subject: Re: Lakeside Cha Cha
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:40:00 EST
- Content-Language: en
In a message dated 02/14/2001 5:16:05 PM Central Standard Time,
chick@bridgewoodgardens.com writes:
<<
> Paul
I suspect that you were taught your history by a damn Pollack. The union of
Poland and Lithuania occured in the fourteenth century, when a Lithuanian,
Jogaila
became king of Poland. If that's what the Poles want to call being a
master...
Whew. Sorry guys, lost my head.
I need a beer.
>>
I think your grandmothers voice still lives, but be that as it may, I have
listed below a very selective History of Poland for those that might find it
of interest.
I have no personal attachment to the events-My ancestors were Vikings and
they were universally loved by all.
Paul
966 AD
Conversion of Mieszko and the Poles to
Christianity. Beginnings of Statehood.
1241
Tartar invasion; destruction of the
capital,
Krakow.
1364
Founding of the University of Krakow.
1386
Marriage of Polish Queen Jadwiga and
Lithuanian Grand Duke Jagiello;
conversion of
the Lithuanians and union of the two
nations,
beginnings of Jagiellonian dynasty and
era of
Poland's greatness.
1410
Victory of Polish-Lithuanian-Russian army
over
the Teutonic Knights of Grunwald
(Tannenburg).
1543
Copernicus’ "On the Revolutions of
Heavenly
Bodies" published; a high point in the
country's
cultural "golden age."
1772
First partition of Poland by Russia,
Prussia, and
Austria.
1791
Promulgation on May 3rd of a republican
constitution reforming the country's
government;
the historic document guarantees
religious and
political rights.
1793
Second partition by Russia and Prussia:
Constitution annulled.
1795
1795 Third partition by Russia, Prussia,
and
Austria; failure of Kosciuszko uprising
to save the
country; Poland erased from map.
1830
"November Uprising" against Russians
crushed;
Chopin and the poet Adam Mickiewicz, among
others, leave the country in exile.
1843
Uprisings fail in Germany and Austrian
zones.
1863
Defeat of the "January Uprising" against
the
Russians; Joseph Conrad leaves the
country;
implementation of severe policies of
Russification
and Germanization; great peasant
migrations to
America begin. By 1914, 3.5 million
people have
left Poland.
1918
Poland regains her independence thanks to
President Wood row Wilson, Joseph
Pilsudski,
Ignacy Paderewski and others.
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