The Convocation Sejm of 1764 was a session of the Sejm (parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It took place in Warsaw from 7 May to 23 June, and was a confederated convocation sejm, tasked with preparing a new royal election to fill the throne of the Commonwealth. It carried out a series of reforms to the Commonwealth government.
The Sejm was led by Sejm marshal, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski. Familia party of Czartoryski magnate family, backed by the Russian Empire (whose military forces were occupying parts of the Commonwealth) forced an election of their candidate (Stanisław August Poniatowski). In protest at the presence of Russian forces, and influence of Russian ambassador to the Commonwealth, Herman Karl von Keyserling, many opposition deputies left the session - in the end the Sejm passed its decisions with only 80 deputies (out of 300) and 7 senators (out of 136). The Sejm approved the cession of the territory of the Commonwealth to Russia, made in the Eternal Peace Treaty of 1686.[1]
- Stanisław August Poniatowski elected the new king of the Commonwealth, replacing interrex Władysław Aleksander Łubieński
- Emperor titles of Russian Tsar and King of Prussia were recognized
- private tariffs were abolished
- general tariff for public treasury was introduced
- liberum veto was abolished for discussions of financial and military matters
- unified system of measurements was introduced
- tax system was reformed (kwarta, head tax)
- Jewish Council of Four Lands was discontinued as it failed to deliver collected taxes
- Commissions of Treasury and Military were created
- hetmans powers were limited
- crown lands (królewszczyzna) were to be reviewed for incompetent management to increase public revenue
- special privileges (serwitoriaty) of some royal craftsman were abolished, along with royal enclaves (jurydyki) near cities but not subject to municipal laws and regulations
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 | Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth
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 | First Republic of
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 | Kingdom of Poland
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 | Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth (1569–1795) | Only a limited number of individual sejms of this era is listed here - Silent Sejm (1717)
- Pacification Sejm (1736)
- Convocation Sejm (1764)
- Repnin Sejm (1767–68)
- Partition Sejm (1773–75)
- Great Sejm (1788–91)
- Grodno Sejm (1793)
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| | Partitioned Poland
(1795–1918) | Sejm of the Duchy of Warsaw (1809–12) Sejm of Congress Poland (1815–31) Sejm of the Grand Duchy of Posen (1823–1918) Sejm of the Estates (1775–1845) Sejm of the Land (1861–1918) |
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 | Second Polish Republic
(1918–39) | - Legislative Sejm (1919–22)
- First Term Sejm (1922–27)
- Second Term Sejm (1928–30)
- Third Term Sejm (1930–35)
- Fourth Term Sejm (1935–38)
- Fifth Term Sejm (1938–39)
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 | People's Republic of Poland
(1945–89) | - State National Council (1943–47)
- Legislative Sejm (1947–52)
- First Term Sejm (1952–56)
- Second Term Sejm (1957–61)
- Third Term Sejm (1961–65)
- Fourth Term Sejm (1965–69)
- Fifth Term Sejm (1969–72)
- Sixth Term Sejm (1972–76)
- Seventh Term Sejm (1976–80)
- Eight Term Sejm (1980–85)
- Ninth Term Sejm (1985–89)
- Tenth Term (Contract) Sejm (1989)
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 | Republic of Poland
(since 1990) | - First Term Sejm (1991–93)
- Second Term Sejm (1993–97)
- Third Term Sejm (1997–2001)
- Fourth Term Sejm (2001–05)
- Fifth Term Sejm (2005–07)
- Sixth Term Sejm (2007–11)
- Seventh Term Sejm (2011–15)
- Eighth Term Sejm (2015–19)
- Ninth Term Sejm (2019–2023)
- Tenth Term Sejm (2023–present)
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- ^ Jacek Staszewski, August II Mocny, Wrocław 1998, p. 100.
