List of Polish uprisings

This is a list of Polish uprisings.

The Polish concept of uprising is derived from the system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where the citizens were supposed to play an important role in the governing of the country. Unsatisfied citizens were allowed to form Rokosz, the legal rebellion against government. Rebellion movements were shaped in the Confederation, a council whose members voted.

Following the example, national uprising were perfectly organised movements against the oppressors. Many of them occurred during the century of uprisings (1764-1864), and were, with small exceptions, all defeated.

Contents

1 Anti Russian uprisings 2 Greater Poland Uprisings (against Prusians/Germans) 3 The Silesian Uprisings 1919-1921 against Germany 4 Polish uprisings during the WW2 era: (against Germans) 5 Anti-communists uprisings: 6 Related articles

Anti Russian uprisings

• Confederation of Bar 1764
• Kościuszko Uprising 1794
• November Uprising 1830-1831
• Kraków Uprising 1846
• January Uprising 1863-1864

Greater Poland Uprisings (against Prusians/Germans)

(Polish: powstania wielkopolskie) were a series of 5 military insurections of the Polish people in the Greater Poland region (also called the Grand Duchy of Poznań) against the occupying Prussian and German forces, after the partitions of Poland (1772-1795).

• • Greater Poland Uprising 1794 - to help the Kościuszko Uprising
  • Greater Poland Uprising 1806 - to help Napoleon I to liberate Poland and create the Duchy of Warsaw
  • Greater Poland Uprising 1846 - part of the all-Polish 3-partion uprising
  • Greater Poland Uprising 1848 - part of the Spring of Nations
  • Greater Poland Uprising (1918-1919) - Poland regains independence after the World War I

The next era of uprising started with forming years of the Poland after WWI:

The Silesian Uprisings 1919-1921 against Germany

The Silesian Uprisings (Polish: Powstania śląskie) was a series of three military insurections (1919-1921) of the Polish people in the Upper Silesia region against the occupying German/Prussian forces in order to liberate the region and join to Poland, that regained her independence after the World War I (1914-1918)

• First Silesian Uprising: 16 August-26 August 1919
• Second Silesian Uprising: 19 August-25 August 1920
• Third Silesian Uprising: 2 May-5 July 1921

Polish uprisings during the WW2 era: (against Germans)

• Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 1943
• Warsaw Uprising 1944
• Wilno Uprising (Operation Ostra Brama) 1944
• Lwow Uprising 1944

Anti-communists uprisings:

• Poznan events 1956
• Coastal cities events 1970
• Solidarity movement 1980-1989

Related articles

• History of Poland
• List of Polish wars