Greater Poland uprising (1846)
The 1846 Wielkopolska uprising (Polish: powstanie wielkopolskie 1846 roku) was a planned military insurrection by Poles in the land of Greater Poland against the Prussian forces, designed to be part of a general Polish uprising in all three partitions of Poland, against the Russians, Austrians and Prussians.
Plans
Plans to start an uprising across all parts of the partitioned Poland simultaneously on 21 February 1846 were made by several Polish organisations.[1] In the Prussian Grand Duchy of Posen, Ludwik Mierosławski, who had recently arrived in Poznań out of French exile, was supposed to lead the military operations.[2] While the
No serious hostilities occurred that year.
Aftermath
254 insurgents were charged with high treason at the Berlin Kammergericht. The trial was the first one after a new criminal trial law was invented in Prussia. The hearing was now publicly accessible and caused a large interest among the populace of Berlin and Prussia in sympathy with the defendants.[4] The trial ended on 2 December 1847, when 134 of the defendants were acquitted and returned to the
Famous insurgents
- Karol Libelt (1807–1875)
- Ludwik Mierosławski (1814–1878)
- Central Economic Society (TCL) and (1880) of the People's Libraries Society(CTG).
- Risorgimento.
- Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski (1824–1887) was an important brigade commander during the American Civil War.