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Frederick Augustus Rutowsky

Warsaw, 19 Jun 1702 – Pillnitz, 16 Mar 1764

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A life in time

  1. 19 Jun 1702

    Born in Warsaw

  2. 16 Mar 1764

    Dies in Pillnitz, aged 61

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During his lifetime

He lived through 7 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Warsaw.

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The 1700s · Frederick is born in Warsaw

In the news1707–1710

Plague pandemic of 1707–1710

A devastating plague pandemic swept across Poland between 1707 and 1710, claiming 9,000 lives in Poznań alone and causing the local authorities in Lublin to execute grave robbers accused of spreading the disease.

What people wore

Prized festive headscarf knots

Peasant women wore delicate, thin, and richly decorated festive headscarves, which they carefully removed after church to avoid undoing their intricate, highly-prized knots.

Getting around

Travel Methods for Different Social Classes

Ordinary people typically traveled by foot or in simple carts called kolasa, while the wealthy used horses, private carriages, or, by the late 18th century, stagecoaches on main routes.

War of the Spanish Succession. Europe’s powers fought for thirteen years over who would inherit the Spanish throne; a Bourbon kept it, and Britain gained Gibraltar.In Europe · 1701–1714

War of the Spanish Succession. Europe’s powers fought for thirteen years over who would inherit the Spanish throne; a Bourbon kept it, and Britain gained Gibraltar.

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In the news1709

Great famine after the 1709 winter

A severe winter caused the Bodensee to freeze completely, leading to widespread crop failures and famine across Europe.

Music

Carnival Sleigh Rides and Masquerade Balls

During the carnival season, noblemen organized sleigh rides from mansion to mansion, accompanied by musicians playing dance music; these festivities included balls where guests sometimes wore costumes of peasants, Jews, and Gypsies.

Daily life

Heating and housing of the poor

Most peasant homes were simple huts, sometimes lacking chimneys, where smoke escaped through roof openings, while wealthier households used tile stoves and fireplaces for heating. Many poorer people lived in houses where they shared space with their animals, or in primitive earthen dwellings after wartime destruction.