The January Uprising was a Polish-Lithuanian insurrection against Russian rule, which began after the Russian authorities announced a conscription aimed at young men suspected of revolutionary sympathies. It was fought mostly as a guerrilla war by small partisan units rather than in major battles, and the insurgents lacked arms and any real support from the Western powers, which sent only diplomatic protests. The Russians crushed the rising by 1864 and executed its leaders, including Romuald Traugutt, the last insurgent dictator. Thousands of people were deported to Siberia, estates were confiscated and the Polish language was repressed in schools and offices. The failure of the uprising pushed Polish thinkers toward economic and cultural resistance rather than armed revolt.
Before and after
- 1 January 1863Emancipation Proclamation
- 1 January 1863Birth of Pierre de Coubertin
- 12 January 1863Birth of Swami Vivekananda
- 17 January 1863Birth of David Lloyd George
- from 22 January 1863 to 1 January 1864January Uprising
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Committee of the Red Cross
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- 12 March 1863Birth of Gabriele D'Annunzio
- from 20 July 1863 to 6 September 1864Shimonoseki Campaign
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