LANGIEWICZ, MARYAN (18271887)

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LANGIEWICZ, MARYAN (18271887) , Polish patriot, was born at Krotoszyn, in the province of Posen, on the 5th of August 1827, his father being the local

doctor

DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

. Langiewicz was educated at Posen, Breslau and Prague, and was compelled to earn his daily bread by giving lectures. He subsequently entered the Prussian Landwehr and served for a year in the royal guard. In 186o he migrated to Paris and was for a time professor in the high school founded there by Mieroslawski. The same year he took part in Garibaldi's Neapolitan campaign, and was then a professor in the military school at

Cuneo

CUNEO (Fr. Coni)

till the

establishment

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement,
late
- LATE
Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

was closed. In 1862 he entered into communication with the central Polish committee at Warsaw, and on the outbreak of the insurrection of the 22nd of January 1863, took the command of the armed bands. He defeated the Russians at Wachock and Slupia (February), capturing l000 muskets and 8 cannon. This victory drew hundreds of

young

recruits to his standard, till at last he had 12,000 men at his disposal. On the 23rd of February he again defeated the Russians, at Malogoszcza, and captured 500 muskets and 2 cannon. On the loth of March he proclaimed himself dictator and attempted to form a regular government; but either he had insufficient organizing talent, or had not time enough to carry out his plans, and after a fresh

series

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

of engagements his army was almost annihilated at Zagosc (18th of March), whereupon he took

refuge

REFUGE

in Austrian territory and was interned at Tarnow. He was subsequently transferred to the fortress of Josephstadt, from which he was released in 1865. He then lived at Solothurn as a citizen of the Swiss Republic, and subsequently entered the Turkish service as Langie Bey. He died at

Constantinople

CONSTANTINOPLE
CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

on the 11th of May 1887.
See Boleslaw Limanowski, The National Insurrection of 186364 (Pol.) (

Lemberg

LEMBERG (Pol. Lwdw, Lat. Leopolis)

, 1900) ; Paolo Mazzoleni, I Bergamaschi in Polonia nel 1863 (Bergamo, 1893) ; W. H. l3avink, De Poolsche opstand 1863, &c. (Haarlem, 1864).

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