Jan Kiliński

Jan Kiliński
Jan Kiliński
Born1760
Trzemeszno, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died28 January 1819 (aged 59)
Warsaw, Congress Poland
RankColonel
Battles / warsWarsaw Uprising (1794)

Jan Kiliński (1760 in Trzemeszno - 28 January 1819 in Warsaw) was a Polish soldier and one of the commanders of the Kościuszko Uprising. A shoemaker by trade, he commanded the Warsaw Uprising of 1794 against the Russian garrison stationed in Warsaw. He also became a member of Polish provisional government.

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