Lithuanian Crisis (Failed Revolutions)

The Lithuanian Crisis was a political Crisis that occurred in Poland-Lithuania that threatened to plunge the nation into Civil War in 1865. Throughout the Mid 19th Century, Lithuanians had fought on the side of their Polish-Counter parts in the multiple wars fought by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. However by the time of the Spanish Revolution of 1859 in which inspired the Crisis, the Sejim of the PLC was largely dominated by the Polish Nobility and therefore the Lithuanians seeked more autonomy. With Poland having become one of Eastern Europe's dominant powers the King of Poland, Roman Sanguszko conceded to the demands of the Lithuanians quickly defusing the crisis and leading to the Polish-Lithuanian Compromise and the formation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.