Adam was born on 24 December 1798 in Zaosie or Nowogrudok, died Nov. 26, 1855 in Constantinople. He was a Polish poet, political activist and publicist. Belonged to a group called. Three Bards. His greatest works are Dziady, Pan Tadeusz, an ode to youth, Romance, and Crimean Sonnets. Regarded as the greatest poet of Polish Romanticism. Adam mickiewicz
Józef Piłsudski: Jozef Klemens Pilsudski, Pilsudski coat was born on December 5, 1867 in Zutow in Lithuania, a family of patriotism. Father, Joseph Vincent (1833-1902), was during the uprising in 1863, commissioner of the National Government to the district-bearer , mother - Maria Billeviches (1842-1884) - came from well-known aristocratic family crest grave. My parents got married just before the uprising. After suppressing the uprising, fleeing persecution by the Russians, Vincent Joseph Pilsudski Jmud fled to Lithuania, where he repeatedly changed his place of residence. It was not until the autumn or winter of 1863 the newlyweds settled permanently in Zutow dowry. Jozef Pilsudski Vincent opted for industrialization - put żonine estates (approximately 12 000 ha), a thorough overhaul, brought in experts, including from abroad. Mery built on the shores of a large three-story mill, a large distillery yeast factory, brickyard and turpentine factory. Also erected a new mansion . In Zutow December 5, 1867, Clement was born Joseph Pilsudski. He was fourth in the order of a child - was born in 1864 in Helena, in 1865 - Sophia, in 1866 - Bronislaw Pilsudski. After Joseph, whom the family called Ziukiem, born as Adam, Kazimierz and Maria, John, Louis, Casper, and twins Peter and Theodore (who died at age 1.5 years). Joseph was baptized on December 15, 1867 in the Roman Catholic church on the estate Sorokpol (deanery święciański) by the priest Thomas Wolin. Godparents were Joseph and Constance Rogalska Marcinkowski . Maria Pilsudska raised their children in a spirit of deep patriotism and took care of it for their education. Kids learn, teachers brought to the court. Languages taught two bills, the German and French . Failed investment activity resulted in his father managed his estates to ruin. Family problems exacerbated the fire, after which in 1874 Pitsudskis moved to Vilnius, where forced to exist in difficult material conditions. Here in 1877 Joseph and his brother, Bronislaw, he enrolled in the School of Vilnius, located in the former building of the university. In high school the brothers, along with other students, were subjected to intensive Russification . In 1882, two brothers (along with other colleagues) established a self-education circles called consistently engaged in the sourcing of Warsaw, Polish books .
