Polish National Committee ( pl, Komitet Narodowy Polski) was as organisation created during the
Greater Poland Uprising of 1848. It was organized on March 20, 1848, at the Hotel Bazar in
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...
.
During the uprising, the Polish people mounted a military insurrection in the
Grand Duchy of Poznań
The Grand Duchy of Posen (german: Großherzogtum Posen; pl, Wielkie Księstwo Poznańskie) was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from territories annexed by Prussia after the Partitions of Poland, and formally established following th ...
(or the
Greater Poland region) against the occupying
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
n forces. The Committee was to serve as a legal organization representing Polish interests in negotiations with the
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Re ...
.
The chairman of the committee was
Gustaw Potworowski, and the other members included:
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Maciej Mielżyński
*Cyprian Jarochowski
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Jędrzej Moraczewski
Jędrzej Edward Moraczewski (; 13 January 1870 – 5 August 1944) was a Polish socialist politician who, loyal to Józef Piłsudski and viewed as acceptable by both left- and right-wing Polish political factions, served as the second Prime Minist ...
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Walenty Stefański
Walenty Stefański (12 February 1813 in Śródka, Poznań County - 30 June 1877 in Pelplin) was a Polish bookseller, publisher, political activist and co-founder of the Polish League (Liga Polska). He supported autonomy for Greater Poland durin ...
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Ryszard Berwiński
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Jakub Krauthofer
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Paweł Andrzejewski
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Jan Palacz
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Józef Chosłowski
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Władysław Niegolewski
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Pantaleon Szuman
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Włodzimierz Wolniewicz
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Antoni Kraszewski
Antoni Kraszewski (1797-1870) was a Polish politician and parliamentarian. He was a member of the Polish National Committee (1848)
Polish National Committee ( pl, Komitet Narodowy Polski) was as organisation created during the Greater Poland ...
*doctor
Teofil Matecki Teodor Teofil Matecki (25 April 1810 – 15 May 1886) was a Polish physician, social activist and member of Poznań Society of Friends of Learning. He died in his home town of Poznań.
Early life
Matecki was born in Poznań and educated at ...
*pastor
Jan Wilhelm Kassyusz
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Karol Libelt
Karol Libelt (8 April 1807, neighborhood of Chwaliszewo in Poznań, Duchy of Warsaw - 9 June 1875, Brdowo) was a Polish philosopher, writer, political and social activist, social worker and liberal, nationalist politician, and president of the ...
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Józef Esman
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Michał Słomczewski
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prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...
Jan Janiszewski
*prince
Antoni Fromholz
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Aleksy Prusinowski
Political history of Poland
Greater Poland Uprising (1848)
Organizations established in 1848
History of Poznań
19th-century establishments in the Province of Posen
19th century in Poznań
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