Greater Poland Uprising 1806

Greater Poland Uprising of 1806 (Polish: powstanie wielkopolskie 1806 roku) was a military insurrection of the Polish people in the Greater Poland region against the occupying Prussian forces after the Partitions of Poland (1772–1793).

It was organized by the general Jan Henryk Dąbrowski to help the incoming French forces under Napoleon I to liberate Poland from the Prussian occupation. The uprising was a decisive factor that allowed the formation of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1806 and the inclusion of Greater Poland area in that political body.

The Greater Poland Uprisings

• Greater Poland Uprising 1794 – to help the Kościuszko Uprising
• Greater Poland Uprising 1806 – to help Napoleon I to liberate Poland and create the Duchy of Warsaw
• Greater Poland Uprising 1846 – part of the all-Polish 3-partion uprising
• Greater Poland Uprising 1848 – part of the Spring of Nations
• Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) – Poland regains independence after the World War I