| Age |
Date |
|
Event |
| 0 |
1746 |
12 Feb |
Born in Zaosie by Nowogrodek then in Polesie, now in
Belarus |
| 9 |
1755 |
|
Enrolled in Piarist Fathers College at
Lubieszow |
| 14 |
1760 |
|
Returns home and continues his
education there |
| 19 |
1765 |
|
Enters the Knight's School, the Polish
Military Academy |
| 20 |
1766 |
20 Dec |
Commissioned as Ensign or First
Lieutenant, remains at the Academy
as an instructor. |
| 23 |
1769 |
|
Promoted to Captain of Artillery
leaves for France on Royal
scholarship |
| 28 |
1774 |
|
After visiting England, Italy,
Switzerland and Germany, returns go
Poland |
| 29 |
1775 |
|
Leaves Poland for France |
| 30 |
1776 |
|
Sails for America |
| |
|
30 Aug |
Kosciuszko's application for a
commission is read in Congress |
| |
|
18 Oct |
Commissioned as Officer of
Engineers; Fortifies defenses of the
port of Philadelphia against a British
attack. |
| 31 |
1777 |
12 May |
Reaches Fort Ticonderoga where he
is sent to prepare the Fort's defenses.
His advice to station artillery on Sugar Hill
overlooking the Fort is ignored
contributing to the capture of Fort by
the British |
| |
|
17 Oct |
Surrender of British General
Burgoyne at Saratoga. Kosciuszko's
selection and fortification of Bemis
Heights, as a line of defense against
the advancing British, credited with
making the victory possible. |
| 32 |
1778 |
5 Mar |
Named Chief Engineer charged with
the fortification of West Point on the
Hudson River. The fortifications he
installs deny the British access to the
upper reaches of the river. |
| 34 |
1780 |
3 Aug |
Named Chief Engineer of the Army
of the South |
| 38 |
1784 |
Jul 15 |
Promoted by Congress to Brigadier
General; departs for Paris and whence returns to
Poland |
| 43 |
1789 |
1 Oct |
Commissioned as Major General in
the Polish Army |
| 46 |
1792 |
18 Jul |
In the course of the Polish-Russian
War of 1972 he distinguishes himself
as commander of the Polish Forces at
the Battle of Dubienka |
| |
|
30 Jul |
Learning that the King has capitulated to Russian demands, resigns
commission and leaves Poland, for
Germany, later France and Italy |
| 48 |
1794 |
24 Mar |
Returns to Poland and on Krakow's
Market Square takes public oath as
the commander of a national uprising |
| |
|
4 Apr |
At Raclawice achieves a brilliant
victory over units of the Russian
Army |
| |
|
10 Oct |
Defeated and badly wounded at the
Battle of Maciejowice, is taken
prisoner by the Russians |
| 50 |
1796 |
26 Nov |
Is paroled by Tsar Paul I; on
December 19 leaves St. Petersburg
for Sweden and England on the way
to the United States |
| 51 |
1797 |
18 Aug |
Arrives in Philadelphia; is frequently visited by Vice-President Jefferson |
| 52 |
1798 |
Jul |
Leaves the United States, sailing to Paris where he cooperates in the
formation of the Polish Legion |
| 70 |
1815 |
15 Jun |
Departs for Switzerland, Europe's
only remaining republic |
| 71 |
1817 |
15 Oct |
Dies in Switzerland following a fall
from a horse |
