2023-04-21 23:01:00
Date of the day
From April 22 to April 23, 1794 during the uprising Tadevus Kosciuszko Vilnius was liberated. The goal of the uprising was the cancellation of the first and second divisions of the Commonwealth, which took place in 1772 and 1793.
Also on this day
1725 — Nesvisky ordinate, great hetman Michal Kazimer Radzivilnicknamed Rybanka, married with Ursula Frantisishka Vishnyavetska. Chroniclers write that it was a happy union.
1915 — during the First World War, Germany used chlorine as a chemical weapon against Anglo-French troops near the city of Ypres in Belgium.
1919 — Polish troops, having knocked out the Bolsheviks from the city, occupied Vilnius.
They were born on this day
1724 — Immanuel KantGerman philosopher.
1870 — Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin)communist theoretician, organizer and leader of the October Revolution in Russia, the first head of the Russian Soviet state.
1899 — Vladimir NabokovRussian and American writer.
In memory
1937 – during Stalin’s terror, he committed suicide Joseph Adamovichone of the first heads of the Belarusian Soviet government.
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