<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitions_of_Poland" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Partitions of Poland">Partitions of Poland</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_August_Poniatowski" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stanisław August Poniatowski">Stanisław August Poniatowski</a>, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdication" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abdication">abdicate</a> and is exiled to Russia.