Confederation (Poland) - List of Confederations

List of Confederations

Some confederations from Polish history included:

• a confederation of towns in Greater Poland in 1298, aiming to provide public safety, recreated in 1302;
• a confederation of towns in Silesia in 1311, aiming to provide public safety;
• a confederation of towns from 1349–1350, aiming to provide public safety;
• Confederation of Maciej Borkowic in Greater Poland, opposing the disliked starost Wierzbięta of Paniewice (1352–1358);
• Confederation of Bartosz of Odolanowo, formed in Radom, aiming to provide security for the period of interregnum following the death of king Louis I (1382);
• a confederation in Radom, formed by magnates, nobility and town, in support of Queen Jadwiga;
• Piotrków Confederation, during a dispute about clergy's right to collect tithe (1406–1407);
• Wieluń Confederation, supporting the king against the Hussite invasion (1423–1424);
• Sieradz Confederation and Korczyn Confederation (1438);
• Confederation of Spytek of Melsztyn supporting the Hussites (1439);
• Prussian Confederation of Prussian towns, formed in Kwidzyn, against the Teutonic Order;
• Lwów Confedeeration of the town and the nobility against a disliked official;
• Chicken War (1537);
• Warsaw Confederation, formed in Sejm (1573);
• Zebrzydowski Rebellion (1605);
• Tyszowce Confederation military and nobility against the Swedish invasion (1655);
• Lubomirski's Rokosz (1665–1666);
• Szczebrzesz Confederation against the election of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1672);
• Gołąb Confederation for the election of Michał Korybut Wiśnowiecki (1673);
• Starogard Confederation supporting Sweden (1703–1709);
• Greater Poland Confederation (Wielkopolska Confederation) (1703);
• Opatów Confederation and Warsaw Confederation, both formed against the Saxon king Augustus II of Poland (1704);
• Sandomierz Confederation formed in support of the Saxon king Augustus II of Poland (1704);
• Gorzyce Confederation and Tarnogród Confederation, both formed against the Saxon king Augustus II of Poland (1715);
• Grudziądz Confederation supporting Stanisław Leszczyński (1733–1734);
• Kolbuszowa Confederation supporting Stanisław Leszczyński (1734);
• Dzików Confederation supporting Stanisław Leszczyński (1734);
• Wilno Confederation formed by Czaroryski family against Karol Stanisław "Panie Kochanku" Radziwiłł (1764);
• Słuck Confederation formed by Greek Orthodox believers, demanding the restoration of rights (1767);
• Toruń Confederation (Thorn Confederation) formed by Protestant believers, demanding the restoration of rights (1767);
• Radom Confederation formed by the religious minorities (dissidents) in support of Karol Stanisław "Panie Kochanku" Radziwiłł (1767);
• Bar Confederation formed by opponents of king Stanisław August Poniatowski, Russian Empire and the religious minorities (1768–1772);
• Targowica Confederation formed by conservatives opposing the Constitution of 3 May (1792–1793);
• Grodno Confederation (1793); and
• General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland, formed in Warsaw, in support of Napoleon I and against the Russian Empire (1812–1813).