Great Poland Uprising of 1806 - Definition and Overview

Greater Poland Uprising of 1806 (Polish: powstanie wielkopolskie 1806 roku) was a military insurection of the Polish people in the Greater Poland region against the occupying Prussian forces after the Partitions of Poland (1772-1793).

It was organized by the general Jan Henryk Dąbrowski to help the incoming French forces under Napoleon I to liberate Poland from the Prussian occupation. The uprising was a decisive factor that allowed the formation of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1806 and the inclusion of Greater Poland area in that political body.

The Greater Poland Uprisings

• Greater Poland Uprising 1794 - to help the Kościuszko Uprising
• Greater Poland Uprising 1806 - to help Napoleon I to liberate Poland and create the Duchy of Warsaw
• Greater Poland Uprising 1846 - part of the all-Polish 3-partion uprising
• Greater Poland Uprising 1848 - part of the Spring of Nations
• Greater Poland Uprising (1918-1919) - Poland regains independence after the World War I