Stanislas Saint Clair, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Stanislas Saint Clair

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1835

Place of Birth: Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1887

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Stanislas Saint Clair

  • Stanislas Graham Bower Saint Clair (24 January 1835 in Vepriai – 24 January 1887 in Ligneuville), nom de guerre Hidayet pasha was a British officer, Polish-Lithuanian rebel, later an Ottoman military officer of Scottish-Polish background.
  • He is most notable for an 1878 Muslim insurgence he organized in the Rhodope mountains in Principality of Bulgaria.
  • The insurgence planned to attack Bulgarian civilians and forces of the Russian Empire in order to claim back to the Ottoman Empire the territories ceded to Principality of Bulgaria under the Treaty of San Stefano.
  • The insurgence was defeated by the Imperial Russian Army and Captain Petko Voyvoda's detachment.

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