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Imagined winter military march.
Political event
The Opole proclamation
20 XI 1655
DocumentedJohn II Casimir issued a proclamation at Opole calling for resistance to the Swedes. He made the appeal while outside the Commonwealth.
- Names and variants
- pl Uniwersał opolski
The map shows the town or area of the event; it does not reconstruct troop positions.
Course of events
John II Casimir issued a proclamation at Opole calling for resistance to the Swedes. He made the appeal while outside the Commonwealth.1
A closer look
The proclamation was a royal political appeal issued from Opole after John Casimir had left the Commonwealth. Fighting continued in both the Crown and Lithuania, but the document was not an account of a single battle.1
Notes
- Uniwersał opolski, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie
Sources for this page
- Uniwersał opolski, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie (Institution)