The Polish song and dance company called Mazowsze, after the region of Poland, where it has its headquarters, opened a three-week engagement at the City Center last night.

* 1920 – Polish – Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25.

The last, in Europe, cavalry vs. cavalry mutual charge took place in Poland during the battle of Krasnobrod when the Polish and German cavalry units charged each other.

Following the failure of the last of the national uprisings, the January Uprising of 1863, the Polish nation, subjected within the territories under the Russian and Prussian administrations to still stricter controls and increased persecution, preserved its identity in nonviolent ways.

After the Polish magnates regained control of southern Rus in the last decade of the 17th century, an economic renaissance ensued.

Jadwiga died in 1431, reputedly poisoned by Sophia – Władysław's last wife, after a faction of Polish nobles supported Jadwiga against Sophia's sons.

He was never ousted, not even after the death of his second wife, and eventually succeeded to found a dynasty in Poland by the sons of his last wife, who were not related to earlier Polish rulers.

At the court of Zygmunt August, the last king of the Duchy, both Polish and Lithuanian were spoken.

A Polish-sounding last name or a Polish-speaking ancestor was sufficient to be regarded as " autochthonous " Polish.

* 1627 – The Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliva.

Prior to the election of the Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla as Pope John Paul II in 1978, the last non-Italian was Pope Adrian VI of the Netherlands, elected in 1522.

SLD formed a coalition with Labour Union before the 2001 Polish election and won it overwhelmingly at last by capturing about 5. 3 million votes, 42 % of the whole and won 200 of 460 seats in the Sejm and 75 of 100 in the Senate.

* WTS Wrocław — motorcycle speedway team ; multi medalist in the Polish Speedway League ( last time Polish Speedway Champion in 2006 season ).

Ignacy Krasicki, the last prince-bishop of Warmia as well as Elightment Polish poet, friend of Frederick the Great whom he did not give Homage as his new king, was nominated to the Archbishopric of Gnesen ( Gniezno ) in 1795.

He gained fame only during the last years of his life, but is now considered one of the foremost figures of Polish literature.

This last is characterised in Europe most notably by the Thirty Years ' War, the Great Turkish War, the end of the Dutch Revolt, the disintegration of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth and the English Civil War.

** Warsaw surrenders to Germany ; Modlin surrenders a day later ; the last Polish large operational unit surrenders near Kock 8 days later.

* February 2 – Józef Kowalski, Poland's oldest living man and last veteran of the Polish – Soviet War

The death in 1431 of Princess Jadwiga, the last heir of Piast blood, released Władysław to make his sons by Sophia of Halshany his heirs, though he had to sweeten the Polish nobles with concessions to ensure their agreement, since the monarchy was elective.

The last attempt to save the Commonwealth's independence was a Polish – Belarusian – Lithuanian national uprising of 1794 led by Tadeusz Kościuszko, however it was eventually quenched.

Polish DVD edition of Knight Rider contains original order of episodes ( Scent Of Roses as last episode ).

The last remaining Polish Army units capitulated in early October.

By the 16th century, a peculiar official language was formed: a mixture of Old Church Slavonic, Ruthenian and Polish with the influence of the last of these three gradually increasing.

His last, and perhaps the most momentous act, was his will and testament known as " The Succession Statute " in which he divided the country among his sons, leading to almost 200 years of feudal fragmentation of the Polish Kingdom.

Biopics directed by Rapper include The Adventures of Mark Twain ( 1944 ), Pontius Pilate ( 1962 ) and his last film, the 1978 flop Born Again, about convicted Watergate conspirator and former Richard Nixon aide Charles Colson.

supplied with three teachers and in the last year of its operation an aide was added.

One aide recalled him sneering about his fallen rival, " Demagoguing to the last.

Sima Yi then told an aide that Zhuge Liang would not last long.

He became aide to Arnold just prior to the final retreat and left Canada with Arnold on the very last boat out.

The SPS has held close ties with the various political parties led by Momir Bulatović who had been installed as President of Montenegro with Milosević's aide, the SPS supported the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro until Bulatović's ousting in 1998, Socialist People's Party of Montenegro under Bulatović from 1998 until his ousting in 2000, and the last one to be led by Bulatović is the People's Socialist Party of Montenegro.

They resolve to evacuate Resurgam by enlisting the aide of the rebel Thorn who has been attempting to evacuate Resurgam all along, by open communications with Captain John Brannigan who is in direct control of their ship due to the nanotechnological Melding Plague, and by enabling the Cache Weapons as a last resort against the Inhibitors.

When last seen, Ivan was a Captain in the Barrayaran military, but had been detached to serve as aide to his mother, Alys Vorpatril, in the planning for the upcoming Imperial wedding.

Molas joined to the last group and became a close aide to their leader, former president Pedro P. Peña.

A second truce had been arbitrated in April, 1298, by Jean D'Arlay, lord of Chalon-sur-Saone, the most staunch of Edward's Burgundian allies, and these last were represented in the discussions at the Curia by Gautier de Montfaucon, Othon's neighbor and a member of the Vaudois coalition.

However, details of these beliefs can be found in almost everything he wrote, from his early Summa de bono to his last work, the Summa theologiae.

During his reign, Spain lost its last colonies in the Americas ( Cuba and Puerto Rico ) and the Philippines ; fought and, after several setbacks, won a war in Morocco ; witnessed the start of the Spanish Generation of 1927, and endured the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.

The biggest, and most important, program of the FAB in the last years is the SIPAM ( Sistema de Proteção da Amazônia-Amazonian Protection System ), the operational part of the SIPAM is known by SIVAM ( Sistema de Vigilância da Amazônia-Amazon Vigilance System ).

The last thing Tallard expected that morning was to be attacked by the Allies – deceived by intelligence gathered from prisoners taken by de Silly the previous day, and assured in their strong natural position, Tallard and his colleagues were convinced that Marlborough and Eugene were about to retreat north-eastwards towards Nördlingen.

The Marquis de Maffei attempted one last stand with his Bavarian and Cologne Guards, but it proved in vain.

Previously there was a de facto moratorium on the death penalty in Turkey as the last execution took place in 1984.

Alphonsus Maria de Liguori ( d. 1787 ), founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, then brought some attention back to casuistry by publishing again Hermann Busembaum's Medulla Theologiae Moralis ; the last edition published in 1785 and receiving the approbation of the Holy See in 1803.

Walter of Pontoise was canonized by Hugh de Boves, the Archbishop of Rouen in 1153 ; Walter was the last saint in Western Europe to have been canonized by an authority other than the pope.

National population censuses are carried out in Chile every ten years by the INE ( Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, or National Statistics Institute ), the last one being in 2012.

Général d ' armée Louis Bobozo, and Generaux de Corps d ' Armee Nyamaseko Mata Bokongo, Nzoigba Yeu Ngoli, Muke Massaku, Ingila Grima, Itambo Kambala Wa Mukina, Tshinyama Mpemba, and General de Division Yossa Yi Ayira, the last having been commander of the Kamina base, were all retired on 25 July 1972.

Vittoria, last descendant of the della Rovere family ( she was the only child of Federico Ubaldo ), married Ferdinando II de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

* 1640 – Miguel de Vasconcelos, last Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Portugal, during the Iberian Union ( b. c. 1590 )

Diego de Almagro was born in the Spanish city signified by his last name, being the illegitimate son of Juan de Montenegro and Elvira Gutiérrez.

In the last 50 years David has enjoyed a revival in popular favor and in 1948 his two-hundredth birthday was celebrated with an exhibition at the Musée de l ' Orangerie in Paris and at Versailles showing his life's works.

The subdivisions and co-emperor system were formally abolished by Emperor Zeno in 480 AD following the death of Julius Nepos last Western Emperor and the ascension of Odoacer as the de facto King of Italy in 476 AD.

While the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival is the largest competitive film festival in Mexico, specializing in emerging talents, and is held each year during the last week of July in the two colonial cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828 ) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.

Frederik Willem de Klerk ( born 18 March 1936 ), often known as F. W. de Klerk, was the seventh and last State President of apartheid-era South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994. de Klerk was also leader of the National Party ( which later became the New National Party ) from February 1989 to September 1997.

In October 2008 de Klerk spoke at Brigham Young University concerning the global politics and role of the United States as the world's last remaining superpower.