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Jonas Basanavičius
Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of the Lithuanian National Revival. He participated in every major event leading to the independent Lithuanian state and is often given the informal honorific title of the "Patriarch of the Nation" for his contributions.
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science · Lithuanian activist (1851–1927) · linguist · historian · writer · journalist · politician · physician · folklorist · ethnographer · also Jonas Basanavičius, Jonas Basanavicius, Basanavicius, Basanavičius
Born 23 November 1851 · Died 16 February 1927 · Q363949
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1927· 3 entries
Died 1927-02-16.
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The Lithuanian government declared a five-day mourning period
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“. The Digital Library of Lithuanian Folklore by Jonas Basanavičius. Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore. Retrieved 11 June 2017. Srebrakowski, Aleksander (2020). Kwiatek, Aleksander; Machelski, Zbiginiew (eds.). Litewsko-polska „dyplomacja funeralna”
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1917· 1 entry
Was elected by the Vilnius Conference to the Council of Lithuania
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1908· 1 entry
For the 25th anniversary of Aušra and in 1914 for the 10th anniversary of the end of the Lithuanian press ban
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1907· 1 entry
Founded the Lithuanian Scientific Society, a learned society dedicated to Lithuanian history, ethnography, linguistics
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1905· 1 entry
And immediately joined Lithuanian cultural life
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1900· 1 entry
Suffered a stroke and traveled to Vienna, where he had an X-ray taken which showed where the assassin's bullet was logged under the bones
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1898· 1 entry
Was elected to the Bulgarian Literature Society
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1894· 1 entry
Basanavičius petitioned to be allowed to return to Lithuania but was refused
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1893· 1 entry
And limit his work to his private practice and palace visits to Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
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1891· 1 entry
Basanavičius acquired Bulgarian citizenship and was promoted to Varna, a city of 25,000 residents, in 1892, but his health problems intensified
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1883· 1 entry
Wrote in Aušra:But who, we ask, composed all these songs about Lithuania's past, which made famous the name of Polish poetry in Europe
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1880· 1 entry
The hospital had 522 inpatients and 1,144 outpatients compared to just 19 patients during 1879
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1873· 1 entry
Managed to persuade his parents to allow him to attend Moscow University and not to send him to the Sejny Priest Seminary
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1851· 1 entry
Born 1851-11-23.
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