200th anniversary of the death of Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish and American general, participant in the American Revolutionary War, Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed Forces during the Kosciuszko Uprising, died in Solothurn, Switzerland on 15 October 1817. To mark this anniversary, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland announced 2017 as the Year of Kosciuszko. Kosciuszko was a graduate of the Corps of Cadets in Warsaw and the Royal Guard Military Academy for Cavalrymen in Versailles close to Paris. In acknowledgement of his activity for the cause of independence, peace and equality for all, Kosciuszko is a national hero in Poland and the United States, and an honorary citizen of the French Republic.