The Tyszowce

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(in

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''Konfederacja tyszowiecka'') was set up by the Polish army under the command of

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Stanisław Rewera Potocki and

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Stanisław Lanckoroński 29 December 1655 in

Tyszowce Tyszowce (; yi, טישעוויץ, Tishevitz; uk, Тишо́вце, Tyshóvtse) is a town (since January 1, 2000) in Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, with 359 inhabitants (2004). Tyszowce was incorporated as a town from 1419 ...

, east of

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. It was the turning point of the war of Poland with Sweden during

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. The Polish Catholic army was offended by the Swedish

siege of Jasna Góra The siege of Jasna Góra (also known less accurately as the ''Battle of Częstochowa'', pl , Oblężenie Jasnej Góry) took place in the winter of 1655 during the Second Northern War, or 'The Deluge' – as the Swedish invasion of ...

monastery and proclaimed a national uprising against the Swedish.

External links

*Act of the Tyszowce Confederation in Polish and English translation: http://polishfreedom.pl/en/document/act-of-the-tyszowce-confederation {{Second Northern War treaties Second Northern War Polish confederations 1655 in Europe 1655 in Sweden