Date of the day

On August 14, 1385, the Krewe Union was concluded, a treaty on the union of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland, through the marriage of Grand Duke

and Queen

.

Also on this day

1919 — Society of Artists was founded in Minsk.

1920 - a turning point in the Polish-Soviet war, the so-called "Miracle over the Vistula", the beginning of the defeats of the Red Army

1980 - a strike led by

began in Poland , as a result of which the independent trade union "Solidarity" was established.

2008 - Georgia announced its withdrawal from the CIS.

They were born on this day

1794 - Michal Balinsky,

historian and publicist

1816 -

, philosopher-democrat, educator and publicist.

1842 -

, naturalist, one of the founders of evolutionary paleontology, participant of the uprising of 1863-1864.

In memory

1941 -

died , a Polish Franciscan priest and holy martyr who died in Auschwitz, willingly going to his death to save his comrade.

1956 -

, German writer, poet, dramatist, died.

1958 -

, Belarusian publicist, public figure, co -operator, died

2004 —

, Polish poet and writer, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1980), died.

2015 - died

, Belarusian actor, People's Artist of Belarus

2018 — the Russian writer

died .