EditorialPolish-Ottoman War (1672-1676). Battle of Chocim (November 11, 1673). Confrontation between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire. The Battle of Chocim in 1673 by Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745-1807), before 1797. 19th Century Polish A...
EditorialWincenty Smokowski (1797-1876). Polish-Lithuanian painter. Angel gives the Stick of Pilgrim to a participant of 1831 uprising. Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.
EditorialHenry III (1551-1589). King of France and King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Henry of Valois Fleeing Poland, 1860, by Artur Grottger (1837-1867). National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.
EditorialPolish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War (1409-1411). Conflict between Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania against the Teutonic Knights. Painting depicting the Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg) (15 July, 1410), 1878, by Jan Matejko (1838-1893). Detail, ...
EditorialHenry III (1551-1589). King of France and King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Henry of Valois Fleeing Poland, 1860, by Artur Grottger (1837-1867). National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.
EditorialPolish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War (1409-1411). Conflict between Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania against the Teutonic Knights. Painting depicting the Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg) (15 July, 1410), 1878, by Jan Matejko (1838-1893). Detail, ...
EditorialThe battle of Grunwald, in which a Polish-Lithuanian army, led by Polish King Wladyslav II Jagiello, defeated the knights of the Teutonic Order (1410). 1878 Canvas.
EditorialGovernment Act. The law enacted on 3rd May, 1791 (known as the Constitution of May 3, 1791). This first modern constitution in Europe aimed to reorganize the political system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and save its sovereignty. Ustawa rza?...
EditorialA map dated from 1745 - before the partitions of Poland. This map shows the western borders of "Velikaia Rossiia" (Great Russia). The map shows the borders with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman empire. Nouvelle Carte de la petite Tart...
EditorialGovernment Act. The law enacted on 3rd May, 1791 (known as the Constitution of May 3, 1791). This first modern constitution in Europe aimed to reorganize the political system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and save its sovereignty. Ustawa rza?...
EditorialSigismund III Vasa (1566-1632). King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, monarch of United Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and King of Sweden. Engraving. 19th century.
EditorialTreaty of Stuhmsdorf or Sztumska Wies. Treaty signed on 12 September 1635 between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden in the village of Stuhmsdorf. Modern edition. Historical Museum of the City of Gdansk. Poland.
EditorialIgnotas Jokubas Masalskis (1729-1794). Duke, Bishop of Vilnius. Portrait by Polish-Lithuanian painter Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745-1807). Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.
EditorialFranciszek Smuglewicz (1745-1807). Polish-Lithuanian painter. Scythian Envoys before Darius, Persian King. Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.
EditorialFranciszek Smuglewicz (1745-1807). Polish-Lithuanian painter. Sophonisbe gets the letter and poison from her husband. Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.
EditorialMarcin Odlanicki Poczobutt (1728-1810). Polish-Lithuanian jesuit, astronomer and mathematician. Portrait by Josef Oleszkiewicz (1777-1830). Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.
EditorialTreaty of Stuhmsdorf or Sztumska Wies. Treaty signed on 12 September 1635 between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden in the village of Stuhmsdorf. Modern edition. Historical Museum of the City of Gdansk. Poland.
EditorialSigismund III Vasa (1566-1632). King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, monarch of United Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and King of Sweden. Engraving. 19th century.
EditorialArchduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria (1611-1644). Queen of Poland as consort to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's King W_adys_aw IV Vasa. Equestrian portrait. Engraving by Lafon, 1850.
EditorialThe battle of Grunwald, in which a Polish-Lithuanian army, led by Polish King Wladyslav II Jagiello, defeated the knights of the Teutonic Order (1410). 1878 Canvas.