Polonia

Interesting Facts About Polonia

• Poland adopted the 3 May Constitution in 1791, which was the first set of supreme national laws and introduced a constitutional monarchy.
• The Commission of National Education, established in 1773, was the first government education authority in Europe.
• Corporal punishment of schoolchildren was officially prohibited in Poland in 1783, ahead of many other European nations.
• King Stanisław II Augustus Poniatowski was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society for his contributions to the arts and sciences.
• Poland was partitioned three times (1772, 1793, and 1795) by Prussia, Russia, and Austria, with the final partition occurring on 24 October 1795.

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