In just a few weeks (well, about 6), I will be in Poland. And during my travels there, I hope to get to Lublin. Lublin is a historic city for may reasons, but today, July 1st, is a special day in the history of Poland, and Lublin is a part of it.
The Union of Lublin was an agreement between Poland and Lithuania. It was signed July 1, 1569, in Lublin, Poland, and created a single State, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Under this agreement, a single elected monarch carried out the duties of both the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania. The monarch governed along with senate and parliament, called the Sejm. This new union replaced teh Polish-Lithuanian Union which had been established in about 1386. In 1791 the Union of Lublin was replaced by the First Polish Constitution, the second constitution in the western world after that of the newly formed United States of America, only a few years early.
I hope to see some exciting things when I’m in Lublin in August. I’ll write about it here, for sure!
