The Poles took part both in the unsuccessful Greater Poland uprising of 1848 and the victorious Greater Poland uprising of 1918–1919, after which Kobylin was integrated with Poland, shortly after it regained independence.
Poles were involved in both the ill-fated 1848 Greater Poland revolt and the triumphant 1918-1919 Greater Poland rebellion, with Kobylin being merged with Poland soon after Poland regained its sovereignty.