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Michal Grabowski

1773–1812

Born
1773
Country of birth
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, today Poland
Died
17 Aug 1812, Smolensk
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A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Died · Smolensk

    Death, Smolensk

What was it like?

The world around 1773: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Michal was born the same year as Thomas Young, Giuseppe Acerbi, and Giuseppina Grassini.

Known for

Michał Grabowski Poniatowski of the Oksza coat of arms was a brigadier general of the Army of Duchy of Warsaw.

Born the same year

  • Thomas Young

    English polymath (1773-1829)

  • Giuseppe Acerbi

    Italian naturalist, explorer, composer (1773-1846)

  • Giuseppina Grassini

    Italian opera singer (1773-1850)

  • William Henry Harrison

    president of the United States in 1841 (1773-1841)

  • Klemens von Metternich

    Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor (1773–1859)

  • Louis-Philippe I

    King of the French from 1830 to 1848 (1773-1850)

During their lifetime

  1. 1773

    The Pugachev Peasant Revolt

    A massive peasant and Cossack uprising led by Yemelyan Pugachev broke out, threatening the social structure of the empire.

  2. 1805

    State Peasant Resettlement Begins in 1805

    In 1805, the government launched a systematic state-sponsored resettlement policy, moving thousands of land-starved state peasants from crowded areas to borderland provinces with new tax exemptions.

  3. 1810

    Military Colonies Established in 1810

    Military colonies were created in 1810, aiming to combine army life with agricultural labor, which essentially turned the peasants' daily existence into a structured, barracks-like routine.

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