Polish National Committee (1848)

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

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n forces. The Committee was to serve as a legal organization representing Polish interests in negotiations with the

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. The chairman of the committee was Gustaw Potworowski, and the other members included: * Maciej Mielżyński *Cyprian Jarochowski *

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 ...

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 ...

* Ryszard Berwiński * Jakub Krauthofer * Paweł Andrzejewski * Jan Palacz * Józef Chosłowski * Władysław Niegolewski * Pantaleon Szuman * Włodzimierz Wolniewicz *

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 ...

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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 *

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 ...

* Józef Esman * Michał Słomczewski *

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