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The Treaty of Riga was signed in Riga, Latvia, on 18 March 1921 between Poland on one side and Soviet Russia (acting also on behalf of Soviet Belarus) and Soviet Ukraine on the other, ending the Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921). [2] The chief negotiators of the peace were Jan Dąbski for the Polish side [3] and Adolph Joffe for the Soviet side.
Euphemia of Greater Poland ( Polish: Eufemia Odonicówna) (c. 1230 – 15 February after 1281), was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast from the Greater Poland branch and by marriage was Duchess of Kalisz, Wieluń and Opole -Racibórz. Euphemia was the youngest child of Władysław Odonic and his wife Jadwiga, disputed daughter of ...
v. t. e. The Pangkor Treaty of 1874 was a treaty signed between Great Britain and the Sultan of Perak on 20 January 1874, on the Colonial Steamer Pluto, off the coast of Perak. The treaty is significant in the history of the Malay states as it legitimised British control of the Malay rulers and paved the way for British imperialism in Malaya.
May 5, 2024 · Jadwiga of Anjou (1373/4 – July 17, 1399) was Queen of Poland from 1384 to her death. She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou and the daughter of King Louis I of Hungary and Elisabeth of Bosnia. She is known in Polish as Jadwiga, in English and German as Hedwig, in Lithuanian as Jadvyga, in Hungarian as Hedvig, and in Latin as Hedvigis.
Kijowiec. / 52.433°N 18.317°E / 52.433; 18.317. Kijowiec [kiˈjɔvjɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ślesin, within Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Ślesin, 25 km (16 mi) north of Konin, and 96 km (60 mi) east of the ...
Tursko. / 51.883°N 17.933°E / 51.883; 17.933. Tursko [ˈturskɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gołuchów, within Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Gołuchów, 11 km (7 mi) east of Pleszew, and 91 km (57 mi) south-east of ...
Władysław Odonic, nicknamed Plwacz or the Spitter, (c. 1190 – 5 June 1239) was a duke of Kalisz 1207–1217, duke of Poznań 1216–1217, ruler of Ujście in 1223, ruler of Nakło from 1225, and duke of all Greater Poland 1229–1234; from 1234 until his death he was ruler over only the north and east of the Warta river (some historians believed that shortly before his death, he lost ...
