The Constitution of 3 May 1791, titled the Government Act, was a written constitution for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth adopted by the Great Sejm...

The Constitution of 3 May 1791 (Polish: Konstytucja 3 Maja 1791 roku) is an 1891 Romantic oil painting on canvas by the Polish artist Jan Matejko. It...

that takes place on 3 May. The holiday celebrates the declaration of the Constitution of 3 May 1791 – the first modern constitution in Europe. Festivities...

Constitution of 1791 (French: Constitution française du 3 septembre 1791) was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of...

Constitution of 1791 may refer to: Constitution of May 3, 1791, adopted by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth French Constitution of 1791, adopted on...

most significant is the Constitution of 3 May 1791. The five years after 1992 were spent in dialogue about the new character of Poland. The nation had...

May Constitution may refer to: Constitution of May 3, 1791, was a constitution of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth adopted on May 3, 1791 May Constitution...

achievement was the adoption of the Constitution of 3 May 1791, often described as Europe's first modern written national constitution, and the world's second...

first institution of its kind in the world, the Great Sejm of 1788-1792, which led to the Constitution of 3 May 1791 and as a sponsor of many architectural...

situation, a constitution was adopted on May 3, 1791 – one of the oldest codified national constitutions in the world. The new constitution abolished the...

formed in May 1791, shortly after the adoption of the Constitution of 3 May 1791, by the efforts of the Patriotic Party. The purpose of the Friends of the Constitution...

Opinions of the Constitution of 3 May". In Fiszman, Samuel (ed.). Constitution and Reform in Eighteenth-Century Poland: The Constitution of 3 May 1791. Bloomington:...

Targowica Confederation (conservative nobility of the Commonwealth opposed to the new Constitution of 3 May 1791) and the Russian Empire under Catherine the...

until the Constitution of 3 May 1791. The charter took the form of 18 articles written and adopted by the Polish nobility in 1573 at the town of Kamień,...

adopting in 1791 the Constitution of 3 May 1791, which historian Norman Davies calls the first of its kind in Europe. The revolutionary Constitution recast...

backing of the Russian Empress Catherine II. The confederation opposed the Constitution of 3 May 1791 and fought in the Polish–Russian War of 1792, which...

addition, 3 May was reinstated as 3 May Constitution Day. The May holidays (1, 2 and 3 May) are called "majówka" in Polish (roughly translated as May-day picnic)...

participation in drafting the Constitution of 3 May 1791, a milestone in the history of Polish political legislation. He was an organizer of the 1794 Kościuszko...

century. The first steps towards the abolition of serfdom were enacted in the Constitution of 3 May 1791, and it was essentially eliminated by the Połaniec...

Commonwealth period between 1572 and 1791. The "free election" was abolished by the Constitution of 3 May 1791, which established a constitutional-parliamentary...

to as the Bill of Rights which consists of 10 amendments that were added to the Constitution in 1791, as supporters of the Constitution had promised critics...

Poland's history; the Constitution of 3 May 1791, first of its type in Europe and the world's second-oldest codified national constitution, was drafted here...

the advice of the government. Poland developed the first constitution for a monarchy in continental Europe, with the Constitution of 3 May 1791; it was the...

of 3 May 1791 – oil on canvas, painted by Jan Matejko in 1891 (the centenary of the constitution) Ukrainian stamp depicting the adoption of Ukraine's...

May 1841) was a Polish poet, playwright and statesman. He was a leading advocate for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's Constitution of 3 May 1791....

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Constitution was passed on 3 May 1791. Its draft was developed by the leading minds of the Enlightenment in Poland such...

about one million of Polish ancestors donated Jasna Góra Vows of the Polish Nation [pl]. On 3 May (The day when Constitution of 3 May 1791 is commonly celebrated...

such as Europe's first Constitution of 3 May 1791, but neighboring powers did not allow the reforms to advance. The existence of the Commonwealth ended...

and treasury. The federation was terminated by the passing of the Constitution of 3 May 1791, when it was supposed to become a single country, the Commonwealth...

Commonwealth in the period of the Four-Year Sejm (Great Sejm) of 1788–1792, whose chief achievement was the Constitution of 3 May 1791. The reformers aimed...