Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish military engineer and leader of the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising.
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Tadeusz Kościuszko was a Polish military engineer and leader who fought in the American Revolutionary War and led an uprising in Poland.[1] He was born in February 1746 on the Mereczowszczyzna estate in what is now Belarus.[2]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko
- Born
- 4 February 1746
- Birthplace
- Mereczowszczyzna, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Died
- 15 October 1817
- Place of death
- Solothurn, Switzerland
- Allegiance
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; United States
- Branch
- Continental Army; Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's Army
- Service years
- 1765–1776, 1784–1794 (Poland-Lithuania); 1776–1784 (United States)
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He commanded an uprising against the Russian Empire beginning in March 1794.[3] Kościuszko was captured at the Battle of Maciejowice in October 1794.[3] He was pardoned by Tsar Paul I in 1796 and emigrated to the United States.[3] He died in Switzerland in 1817.[3]
He departed for America in June 1776 after hearing about the American Revolution.[4]
What the cited sources add
The same source notes that Kościuszko befriended General Horatio Gates and was sent to evaluate Fort Ticonderoga's defenses.[5] The Kościuszko Museum in Solothurn, Switzerland, has existed at Gurzelngasse 12 since 1936.[6] The museum is located in the house where Kościuszko lived and died from 1814 to 1817.[6] He earned a top score on a geometry test and obtained Franklin's endorsement.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Tadeusz Kościuszko" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: A museum dedicated to the Polish military hero Tadeusz Kościuszko., "Kościuszko Museum - The Kościuszko Museum has existed in Solothurn (Switzerland) at Gurzelngasse 12 since 1936. The Polish national hero Tadeusz Kościu; Dolan, "The Polish Americans", Chelsea House, 1997; Greene, "Thaddeus Kos ́ciuszko: Polish General and Patriot", Infobase Publishing, 2002; "2015 Programs and Events | Minsk, Belarus - Embassy of the United States", 17 November 2015; "Memorial Exhibition Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Revered Polish and American Hero, Hi en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tadeusz Kościuszko" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Уладзімер Арлоў «Імёны Свабоды» (Uladzimer Arloǔ "The Names of Freedom")(in Belarusian) pp 26-27 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tadeusz Kościuszko" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pula, "The American Will of Thaddeus Kosciuszko", Polish American Studies, 1977, p. 16–25 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tadeusz Kościuszko" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Herbst, 1969 p. 431.; Storozynski, 2009, pp. 17–18. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Trickey, "The Polish Patriot Who Helped Americans Beat the British", Smithsonian Magazine, March 8, 2017. facts only, no text reused. smithsonianmag.com
- A museum dedicated to the Polish military hero Tadeusz Kościuszko., "Kościuszko Museum - The Kościuszko Museum has existed in Solothurn (Switzerland) at Gurzelngasse 12 since 1936. The Polish national hero Tadeusz Kościu. facts only, no text reused. solothurn-city.ch
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Tadeusz Kościuszko (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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