Curated category
Polish Roman Catholics
- Nicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus entered the world on the 19th of February 1473 within the city walls of Toruń. This location sat in Royal Prussia, a region recently…
- Józef PiłsudskiJózef Klemens Piłsudski was born on the 5th of December 1867 at the manor of Zulov, now known as Zalavas in Lithuania. His family had been part of the Grand…
- Sigismund I the OldSigismund I the Old was born in Kozienice on the 1st of January 1467. He entered the world as the fifth son of King Casimir IV and Elizabeth of Austria.
- John I AlbertJohn was born on the 27th of December 1459 at Wawel Castle in Kraków. He entered the world as one of thirteen children to Casimir IV Jagiellon and Elizabeth…
- Czesława KwokaCzesława Kwoka was born on the 15th of August 1928 in Wólka Złojecka, a small village in Poland. Her parents were Roman Catholic and named Katarzyna…
- Wojciech JaruzelskiIn June 1941, a young boy named Wojciech Jaruzelski stood on a railway platform in Poland. He watched his family stripped of their possessions before being…
- Józef PoniatowskiPrince Józef Antoni Poniatowski entered the world on the 7th of May 1763 inside Vienna's Palais Kinsky. His mother Countess Maria Theresia Kinsky von…
- Jan KochanowskiJan Kochanowski entered the world in 1530 at Sycyna, a village near Radom within the Kingdom of Poland. He belonged to the szlachta class, the Polish…