Convocation Sejm (1764)

The Convocation Sejm of 1764 was a session of the Sejm (parliament) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It took place in Warsaw from 7 May to 23 June, and was a confederated convocation sejm, tasked with preparing a new royal election to fill the throne of the Commonwealth. It carried out a series of reforms to the Commonwealth government.

The Sejm was led by Sejm marshal, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski. Familia party of Czartoryski magnate family, backed by the Russian Empire (whose military forces were occupying parts of the Commonwealth) forced an election of their candidate (Stanisław August Poniatowski). In protest at the presence of Russian forces, and influence of Russian ambassador to the Commonwealth, Herman Karl von Keyserling, many opposition deputies left the session - in the end the Sejm passed its decisions with only 80 deputies (out of 300) and 7 senators (out of 136). The Sejm approved the cession of the territory of the Republic to Russia, made in the Eternal Peace Treaty of 1686.^[1]

Reforms and decisions

Stanisław August Poniatowski elected the new king of the Commonwealth, replacing interrex Władysław Aleksander Łubieński
Emperor titles of Russian Tsar and King of Prussia were recognized
private tariffs were abolished
general tariff for public treasury was introduced
liberum veto was abolished for discussions of financial and military matters
unified system of measurements was introduced
tax system was reformed (kwarta, head tax)
Jewish Council of Four Lands was discontinued as it failed to deliver collected taxes
Commissions of Treasury and Military were created
hetmans powers were limited
crown lands (królewszczyzna) were to be reviewed for incompetent management to increase public revenue
special privileges (serwitoriaty) of some royal craftsman were abolished, along with royal enclaves (jurydyki) near cities but not subject to municipal laws and regulations

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russian Empire	Silent Sejm (1717) Pacification Sejm (1736) Convocation Sejm (1764) Repnin Sejm (1767–68) Partition Sejm (1773–75) Great Sejm (1788–91) Grodno Sejm (1793) Great Seimas of Vilnius (1905)

First Republic of Lithuania (1918–40)	Constituent Assembly (1920–22) First Seimas (1922–23) Second Seimas (1923–26) Third Seimas (1926–27) Fourth Seimas (1936–40)

Second Republic of Lithuania (since 1990)	Reconstituent Seimas (1990–92) Sixth Seimas (1992–96) Seventh Seimas (1996–2000) Eighth Seimas (2000–04) Ninth Seimas (2004–08) Tenth Seimas (2008–12) Eleventh Seimas (2012–16) Twelfth Seimas (2016–20)

Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)	Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)	Only a limited number of individual sejms of this era is listed here Silent Sejm (1717) Pacification Sejm (1736) Convocation Sejm (1764) Repnin Sejm (1767–68) Partition Sejm (1773–75) Great Sejm (1788–91) Grodno Sejm (1793)

Partitioned Poland (1795–1918)	Sejm of the Duchy of Warsaw (1809–12) Sejm of Congress Poland (1815–31) Sejm of the Grand Duchy of Posen (1823–1918) Sejm of the Estates (1775–1845) Sejm of the Land (1861–1918)

Second Polish Republic (1918–39)	Legislative Sejm (1919–22) First Term Sejm (1922–27) Second Term Sejm (1928–30) Third Term Sejm (1930–35) Fourth Term Sejm (1935–38) Fifth Term Sejm (1938–39)

Polish Underground State (1939–45)	Home Political Representation (1943–44) Council of National Unity (1944–45)

People's Republic of Poland (1945–89)	State National Council (1943–47) Legislative Sejm (1947–52) First Term Sejm (1952–56) Second Term Sejm (1957–61) Third Term Sejm (1961–65) Fourth Term Sejm (1965–69) Fifth Term Sejm (1969–72) Sixth Term Sejm (1972–76) Seventh Term Sejm (1976–80) Eight Term Sejm (1980–85) Ninth Term Sejm (1985–89) Tenth Term (Contract) Sejm (1989)

Republic of Poland (since 1990)	First Term Sejm (1991–93) Second Term Sejm (1993–97) Third Term Sejm (1997–2001) Fourth Term Sejm (2001–05) Fifth Term Sejm (2005–07) Sixth Term Sejm (2007–11) Seventh Term Sejm (2011–15) Eighth Term Sejm (2015–19)

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