Johann Gottfried Roesner (or Rösner) (21 November 1658 – 7 December 1724) was an official from
Royal Prussia (a fief of the
Crown of Poland) executed following the
Tumult of Thorn
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Roesner was born in
Züllichau (Sulechów) in
Brandenburg's
Neumark. The
Burgrave of
Thorn
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(Toruń) by 1703, he was the town's
burgomaster and the
curator of the municipal
Thorn Gymnasium by 1706. As were most other leading citizens, he was of the
Lutheran faith.
Following the Tumult of Thorn between
Catholics
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and Lutherans in the summer of 1724, Roesner was sentenced to death for "neglecting his duty and countenancing tumult" by the
Polish
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supreme court in
Warsaw. He died in Thorn.
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Short biography
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1658 births
1724 deaths
People from Sulechów
18th-century executions
People from the Margraviate of Brandenburg
People from Royal Prussia
History of Christianity in Poland
Toruń
People executed by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
18th-century Protestant martyrs
18th-century Lutherans
18th-century Polish–Lithuanian businesspeople