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  • Thumbnail for 1591 papal conclave
    The 1591 papal conclave (27–29 October) was held after the death of Pope Gregory XIV on 16 October that year, after less than a year as pope. This left...
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  • The Counter-reformation in Poland (Polish: Kontrreformacja w Polsce) was the response (Counter-Reformation) of Catholic Church in Poland (more precisely...
    17 KB (1,864 words) - 05:04, 17 June 2023
  • The Anales de Tlatelolco (Annals of Tlatelolco) is a codex manuscript written in Nahuatl, using Latin characters, by anonymous Aztec authors. The text...
    4 KB (488 words) - 04:08, 9 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Katarzyna Ostrogska (1602–1642)
    Princess Katarzyna Ostrogska (1602–1642) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman, founder of the city of Biała (modern Janów Lubelski). She was the maternal...
    3 KB (183 words) - 01:21, 24 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Liliana Komorowska
    Liliana Komorowska (born 11 April 1956) is a Polish actress and filmmaker. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1964. Nachshen, Jennifer (19...
    2 KB (54 words) - 02:50, 9 August 2021
  • Thumbnail for Olga Frycz
    Olga Frycz (born 10 June 1986) is a Polish film and television actress. She has appeared in such films as All That I Love, Weiser and Edges of the Lord...
    1 KB (83 words) - 06:41, 7 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Adam Cyra
    Adam Cyra (born 1949) is a Polish historian. A specialist in World War II history of Central Europe, he graduated from Jagiellonian University. Since 1972...
    3 KB (314 words) - 13:22, 17 April 2022
  • Thumbnail for Maria Amalia Mniszech
    Countess Maria Amalia Mniszech (1736–1772), née Countess von Brühl, was a Polish-Saxon noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was active as a political Polish...
    5 KB (565 words) - 11:45, 17 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Jerzy Liebert
    Jerzy Liebert (1904–1931) was indeed a Polish poet. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, and is known for his lyrical poetry that often reflected themes of nature...
    1 KB (114 words) - 19:45, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jeanne Rademackers
    Jeanne Rademackers (1862–1920) was a Belgian pharmacist. She was the first female pharmacist in Belgium (1885). Dor, Juliette (1944-....)., Gavray, Claire...
    792 bytes (49 words) - 19:22, 1 June 2024
  • The Józef Piłsudski Institute for Research in Modern History of Poland (Polish: Instytut Józefa Piłsudskiego Poświęcony Badaniu Najnowszej Historii Polski)...
    8 KB (990 words) - 19:34, 16 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Lenin Museum, Kraków
    Muzeum Lenina w Krakowie was a museum in Kraków, Poland. It was established in 1954, and closed in 1989. The museum was established in honour of Vladimir...
    2 KB (161 words) - 23:09, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aleksandra Zajączkowa
    Aleksandra Zajączek (1754 - 1845), was a Polish noblewoman. She was the spouse of Józef Zajączek, Viceroy of Poland in 1815-26. She was known for her beauty...
    727 bytes (45 words) - 21:20, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antoni Abraham
    Antoni Abraham (December 19, 1869, Zdrada - June 23, 1923) was a Polish promoter of Pomeranian culture, Kashubian activist and popular writer. Polski Słownik...
    942 bytes (45 words) - 10:37, 26 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Andrzej Rej (diplomat)
    Andrzej Rej (1584 - 13 February 1641, Skoki) was a Polish diplomat. Educated in Altdorf bei Nürnberg and Leiden, he was sent on a diplomatic mission to...
    874 bytes (71 words) - 20:36, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Zofia z Radziwiłłów Dorohostajska
    Zofia z Radziwiłłów Dorohostajska (1577–1614), was a Polish noblewoman. She is known as the central figure of a famous scandal, in which she was exposed...
    1 KB (69 words) - 23:11, 22 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Caterina Gattai Tomatis
    Cecilia Caterina Maria Gattai Tomatis née Filippazzi (Milan, 1747 - 1792, Warsaw), was an Italian ballerina. She was a mistress of Stanisław August Poniatowski...
    2 KB (183 words) - 14:02, 20 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Jerzy Ozdowski
    Jerzy Ozdowski (1925–1994) was a Polish economist. v t e...
    439 bytes (11 words) - 20:16, 1 June 2024
  • Prawda Wileńska (Wilno's Truth) was a Polish-language Soviet newspaper published in Vilnius in 1940–1948 with a hiatus between 1941–1944. Pravda Jackiewicz...
    898 bytes (36 words) - 03:30, 5 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Elżbieta Łucja Sieniawska
    Elżbieta Łucja Sieniawska (1573-1624), was a Polish magnate. She was the founder of the Benedictine nunnery of Sandomierz (1614) and the Jesuit church...
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