Greater Poland Uprising 1794 - Definition and Overview

Greater Poland Uprising of 1794 (Polish: powstanie wielkopolskie 1794 roku) was a military insurection of the Polish people in the Greater Poland region against the occupying Prussian forces after the Second partition of Poland (1793). Together with the assault of the general Jan Henryk Dąbrowski the uprising prevented the Prussians from intervention against the Polish forces in the Kościuszko Uprising in central Poland against the Russians.

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