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Jan PALKA

Jan PALKA

Male 1737 -

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   Date  Event(s)
1772 
  • 1772: The first partition of Poland - Prussia, Austria and Russia annexed one-quarter of Poland's territory
1776 
  • 1776: Tadeusz Kosciuszko a 30 year old military engineer wins a decisive victory for the American Revolution over the British in the battle of the Saratogo
1779 
  • 1779: Casimir Pulaski, a brigadier general in George Washington's Continental Army, dies in the battle at Savannah.
1791 
  • 1791: Polish parliament votes Constitution
1793 
  • 1793: Prussia and Russia seize additional territory in western and eastern Poland
1795 
  • 1795: The third partition of Poland by Prussia, Austria and Russia
1818 
  • 1818: Polish veterans who had served under Napoleon sail up the Trinity River and found the military camp of Champ d'Asileqv north of Galveston, near what is now Liberty, Texas.
1836 
  • 2 Mar 1836: The Texas Declaration of Independence is adopted at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
  • 22 Oct 1836: Sam Houston is inaugurated president of the republic
1845 
  • 29 Dec 1845: Texas enters the union as the 28th state
10 1846 
  • 1846: Polish uprising in Austrian partition of Poland fails.






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