Tadeusz Rejtan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish noble
Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1742
Place of Birth: Hrushawka, Brest Region, Belarus
Date of Death: 08-Aug-1780
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Tadeusz Rejtan
- Tadeusz Reytan (or Tadeusz Rejtan, rarely Reyten; 20 August 1742 – 8 August 1780) was a nobleman from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- He was a member of the Polish Sejm from the constituency of Nowogródek.
- Rejtan is remembered for a dramatic gesture he made in September 1773, as a deputy of the Partition Sejm.
- There, Rejtan tried to prevent the legalization of the first partition of Poland, a scene that has been immortalized in the painting Rejtan by Jan Matejko.
- He has been the subject of many other art works, and is a symbol of patriotism in Belarus and Poland.
- Despite his efforts, the partition of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was legalized soon afterwards.
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