A fact from Franciszek Ksawery Niesiołowski appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that Franciszek Ksawery Niesiołowski became a colonel at the age of 17? Source: Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831. Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. p. 35.
ALT1:... that Franciszek Ksawery Niesiołowski gained Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military decoration, at the age of 20? Source: Spis Kawalerów Orderu Virtuti Militari z 1792 roku, Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych, Archiwum Królestwa Polskiego, sygn. 178, p. 133-134.
Hi, I'll happily go on and complete this dyk review, but I think one of the dyk requirements is to have "at least one citation to a reliable source for each paragraph"; are you able to add these foreign language reference citations? (I'm afraid I can't...) thanks, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 13:46, 23 July 2020 (UTC)Reply