War of the Bar Confederation
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Was a revolt of Polish nobles that revolted against Russian influence to protect the independence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The revolt was put down and shortly after the First Partition of Poland took place.
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June 1771: May 1771 - november 1772.
Was a revolt against Russian influence in Poland.
June 1768: In opposition ot the increasing russian power in Poland, the poles created a military confederation on 29 february 1768 at the fortress of bar. This marked the Ukrainian campaign, which lasted from April till June 1768, and was ended with the capture of Bar on 20 June.
July 1768: There was also a pro-Confederation force in Lesser Poland, that operated from June till August, that ended with the royal forces securing Kraków on 22 August.
September 1768: A period of conflict in Belarus (August–October) that ended with the surrender of Nesvizh on 26 October.
January 1769: 1769 - february 1770: The retreat of some Russian forces needed on the Ottoman front bolstered the confederates, who reappeared in force in Lesser Poland and Great Poland by 1769. Early 1770 saw the defeats of confederates in Greater Poland, after the battle of Dobra (20 January) and Błonie (12 February), which forced them into a mostly defensive, passive stance.
August 1769: The Confederates also began to operate in Lithuania, although after early successes that direction too met with failures, with defeats at Białystok on 16 July and Orzechowo on 13 September 1769.
Was the first of the three partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. At the time the country was occupied by Russia. The first partition saw Polish-Lithuanian territories taken by Austria, Russia and Prussia.
August 1772: On 19 February 1772, the agreement of partition was signed in Vienna. A previous agreement between Prussia and Russia had been made in Saint Petersburg on 6 February 1772. Early in August Russian, Prussian and Austrian troops simultaneously entered the Commonwealth and occupied the provinces agreed upon among themselves. On 5 August, the three parties signed the treaty on their respective territorial gains on the Commonwealth's expense.
January 1773: With the First Partition of Poland, Zator fell to the Habsburg Empire.
August 1772: First partition of Poland: Prussia buys Ermland (Warmia) and Royal Prussia (organized in the province of West Prussia), the county of Pomerania, but without the city of Danzig, the counties of Marienburg (Malbork), Kulm ( Chełmno), but without the city of Torun, and some districts in Greater Poland.
August 1772: The Treaty of Lubowla was signed in 1412 between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Kingdom of Poland. The annexation of 13 Hungarian towns by Austria in 1769 was a violation of this treaty, leading to tensions between the two powers.
