Adomas Bitė

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Adomas Bitė (Polish: Adam Bitis; 1836–1884) was a participant of the January Uprising and a peasant.^[1]

Biography[]

Bitė was born in 1836 in , his father died two years later, leaving him and his eight siblings.^[2] Bitė first language was Samogitian dialect of Lithuanian, he wasn't able to speak in Polish or Russian. He managed to learn the basics of reading in Lithuanian.^[2]

In March 1863, he joined the group of Tomas Kušleika.^[1] Together with Mamertas Gedgaudas, he was sent to Šiauliai County to assemble volunteers and weaponry.^[1] Later, Adomas Bitė belonged to Gedgaudas' unit.^[1] On 28 April 1863, he fought in the battle near Krakės and Lenčiai ( [lt]).^[1] Then, on June 20, he fought near Žaiginys.^[1] After Gedgaudas' capture on June 18, Bitė led his group.^[1] On August 15, the group fought near  [lt].^[1] After half a month passed, there was a battle near  [lt] on September 8 and near  [lt] on September 11.^[1] Finally, there was the battle near  [lt] (Šiauliai County) on October 27.^[1]

At the end of 1863 or the start of 1864, Bitė left his group, passing the command to Wincenty Powilański, and himself leaving for France to find arms and foreign aid, but he did not return after the uprising was defeated.^[1] He lived in Paris.^[1] Finally, he fought in the Paris Commune.^[1] In Paris, he worked as a printer, lighting street lamps, among other things. He was given the rank of colonel by the National Government.^[3] He was active in the Veterans' Association. He learned to speak Polish and French. He lived on Sainte-Catherine-d'Enfer no 4. On 29 December 1878 he married Lucille Le Prieur, daughter of Louis Jean and Louise Francoise Vivier. Died on 9 January 1884 in Poitiers.^[3]

References[]

Sources[]

• Maksimaitienė, Ona (2003). "Adomas Bitė". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. III (Beketeriai-Chakasai). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. p. 249.
• Zieliński, Stanisław (1935). Obrazki z powstania 1863 r. (in Polish). Warsaw.

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