1746. Tadeusz Kostyushko was born

270 years ago, on February 4, 1746, Tadeusz Kostyushko, a Polish general, a participant in the US Independence War, the head of the Polish uprising of 1794, was born.

Heavily wounded in the battle of the Maceyovitsy, he was captured by the tsarist troops, but until the death of Catherine the Second, he did not manage to pronounce the verdict, and Emperor Paul pardoned him.

Kostyushko emigrated to America, and then to France, but soon he was disappointed in the sincerity of Napoleon’s intentions, who promised to restore Poland's independence.

At the end of the Napoleonic wars, Kostyushko rejected the proposal of Alexander I to serve in the administration of the Kingdom of Poland and died in exile in Switzerland.