In the same year, the dynastic bond between Poland and Lithuania was transformed into a constitutional relationship by the Acts of the Lublin Diet, which described the Polish-Lithuanian state as a Commonwealth of Both Nations (Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów). From the 31 December 2019 to the 21 March 2020, WHO collected the numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths through official communications under the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005), complemented by monitoring the official ministries of health websites and social media accounts. Since 22 March 2020, global data is compiled Union of Lublin, (1569), pact between Poland and Lithuania that united the two countries into a single state. After 1385 (in the Union of Krewo) the two countries had been under the same sovereign. But Sigismund II Augustus had no heirs; and the Poles, fearing that when he died the personal union. 'Lithuania, my country!' - these words were written by Adam Mickiewicz, a Polish poet and independence activist, in the first half of the 19th century to refer to his homeland. While today, despite much political turmoil and after many years, similar exclamations can still be heard from the 200,000 or so Poles living in Lithuania. ROBERT FROST IN LUBLIN CASTLE on 1 July 1569, Sigismund August, king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania, formally enacted an act of union bringing his two realms, joined since 1386 in what the textbooks call a loose personal union, into a closer relationship with a common Sejm (parliament) and a common council. According to him, Poland's favour to Lithuania increased because of our country's declaration that Lithuania would not back potential European Union sanctions on Poland. "This was a truly important step, which helped Poland improve its relations with the European Commission. In 1569, by the Union of Lublin, the dynastic link between Poland and Lithuania was transformed into a constitutional union of the two states as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. At the same time, the greater part of the Ukrainian territories was detached from Lithuania and annexed directly to Poland. 9j8PKNK.

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