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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

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The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (Polish: I Rzeczpospolita), was a federative real union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, existing from 1569 to 1795. This state was among the largest, most populated countries of 16th- to 18th-century Europe. At its peak in the early 17th century, the Commonwealth spanned approximately 1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi) and supported a multi-ethnic population of around 12 million as of 1618.

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  1. 1573Pacta conventaPolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthPacta conventa (Latin for "articles of agreement") was a contractual agreement entered into between the "Polish nation" (i.e., the szlachta (nobility) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) and a newly elected king upon his "free election" (wolna elekcja) to the throne from 1573 to 1764. It declared policies the King would enact once on the throne.Source: Wikidata (country)
  2. 1605 – 1618Polish–Russian WarPolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthThe Polish–Russian War was a conflict fought between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia from 1609 to 1618.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  3. 1632 – 1634Smolensk WarPolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthThe Smolensk War (1632–1634) was fought between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  4. 1655 – 1660DelugePolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthThe Deluge was a series of mid-17th-century military campaigns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In a stricter sense, the term refers to the Swedish invasion and occupation of the Commonwealth as a theatre of the Northern War of 1655–1660 only; in Poland and Lithuania this period is called the Swedish Deluge or less commonly the Russo–Swedish Deluge (Polish: Potop szwedzko-rosyjski) due to the simultaneous…Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  5. 1683 – 1699Polish–Ottoman WarAustriaThe Polish–Ottoman War or the War of the Holy League was the Polish side of the conflict that is otherwise known as the Great Turkish War. The conflict began with a Polish victory at the Battle of Vienna in 1683 and ended with the Treaty of Karlowitz, which restored to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth lands lost in the previous Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76)).Source: Wikidata (country)
  6. 1703Battle of PułtuskPułtuskThe Battle of Pułtusk took place on 1 May 1703 (N.S.) in Pułtusk during the Great Northern War. The Swedish army under the command of Charles XII defeated the Saxon army under Adam Heinrich von Steinau.Source: Wikidata (country)
  7. 1792Polish–Russian War of 1792Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthThe Polish–Russian War of 1792 (also, War of the Second Partition, and in Polish sources, War in Defence of the Constitution) was fought between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth on one side, and the Targowica Confederation (conservative nobility of the Commonwealth opposed to the new Constitution of 3 May 1791) and the Russian Empire under Catherine the Great on the other.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  8. 1794Kościuszko UprisingPolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthThe Kościuszko Uprising, also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794, Second Polish War, Polish Campaign of 1794, and the Polish Revolution of 1794, was an uprising against the Russian and Prussian influence on the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in Poland–Lithuania and the Prussian partition in 1794.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)