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Attack on Belweder Palace

When
29 November 1830
Where
Belweder Palace
Part of
Outbreak of the November Uprising in Warsaw

Young Polish cadets led by Piotr Wysocki attacked the Belweder Palace, the seat of Grand Duke Konstantin, on the night of 29 November 1830.

Conspirators from the Warsaw officers' school took arms from their garrison and launched an assault on the Belweder Palace. This action was precipitated by an earlier assassination attempt on Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, marking the violent start of the uprising in Warsaw.

Sources

  1. November Uprising Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-12
  2. Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16

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