Historedia
Person

Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz

Events
1
Episodes
6
Years
1769–1773

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. First Partition of Poland

    1769–1773

    Role: Austrian statesman whose counter-proposal was rejected

    1. 1769–1771 · Commonwealth borderlandsPre-partition border seizures

      Before the partition, Austria and Prussia seized Commonwealth border territories in 1769–1771, including the Szepes towns and Lauenburg and Bütow.

    2. 3 November 1771 · Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthBar Confederacy attempt to kidnap King Stanisław

      On 3 November 1771 the Bar Confederacy tried to kidnap King Stanisław, giving the three courts a pretext to portray Polish anarchy and justify intervention.

    3. 6 February 1772 · Saint PetersburgRusso-Prussian agreement at Saint Petersburg

      Prussia and Russia concluded a prior agreement at Saint Petersburg on February 6, 1772, before the tripartite signing.

    4. 19 February 1772 · ViennaSigning of the partition agreement in Vienna

      On February 19, 1772, the agreement of partition among Russia, Prussia, and Austria was signed in Vienna.

    5. 1772 · Annexed territories of the CommonwealthImmediate territorial and commercial effects

      Prussia's seizure of northwestern Poland cut Poland off from the sea and gave Prussia control of over 80% of the Commonwealth's foreign trade; Russia appointed Zakhar Chernyshyov governor general.

    6. 1773 · Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthSejm ratification and treaty of cession

      With foreign troops inside Poland, the Partition Sejm ratified the partition in 1773; on September 18, 1773 the committee signed the treaty of cession.

Sources

  1. First Partition of Poland Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-29