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The Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt of 1573 was a large peasant revolt in Croatia and what is now Slovenia. The revolt, sparked by cruel treatment of serfs by a local baron, ended after 12 days with the defeat of the rebels and bloody retribution by the nobility. Events January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. ...
Peasant revolts were popular uprisings by European peasants against their lords and the institution of serfdom, including the 1358 Jacquerie in France, the 1381 Peasants Revolt in England, the 1524-1526 Peasants War in Germany and the 1573 Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt. ...
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Background
In the late 16th century, the threat of Ottoman incursions strained the economy of the southern flanks of the Holy Roman Empire, and feudal lords continually increased their demands on the peasantry. In Croatian Zagorje, this was compounded by cruel treatment of peasants by baron Ferenz Tahy and his warring with neighbouring barons over land. When multiple complaints to the emperor went unheard, the peasants conspired to rebel with their peers in the neighbouring provinces of Styria and Carniola (now in Slovenia) and with the lower classes of townspeople. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...
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Carniola English and Latin; (Slovenian Kranjska, German Krain) is a name for a region in Slovenia. ...
Revolt The rebellion broke out simultaneously in large parts of Croatia, Styria, and Carniola on 28 January, 1573. The rebels' political program was to replace the nobility with peasant officials answerable directly to the emperor, and to abolish all feudal holdings and obligations of the Church. A peasant government was formed with Matija Gubec, Ivan Posanac, and Ivan Mogajić as members. Far-reaching plans were drawn up, including abolition of provincial borders, opening of highways for trade, and self-rule by the peasants. January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Matija Gubec (? - February 15th 1573, Zagreb) is Croatian soldier, politician and revolutionary best known as the leader of Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt. ...
The captain of the rebels, Ilija Gregorić, planned an extensive military operation to secure victory for the revolt. Each peasant household provided one man for his army, which met with some initial success; their revolutionary goals alarmed the nobility, however, which raised armies in response. Ilija Gregoric (Ilija Gregorić) (cca. ...
Backlash On 5 February, imperial captain Turn defeated Ilija Gregorić and 2,000 men at Krško. The next day, another rebel force was subjugated near Samobor. On 9 February, the decisive battle was fought at Stubičke Toplice. Gubec and his 10,000 men resisted fiercely, but after a bloody four-hour battle the baronal army defeated and captured Gubec. The revolt failed. February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Coat of arms Samobor is a city in Zagreb county, Croatia, population 36,206 (2001). ...
February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Retribution was brutal: in addition to the 3,000 peasants who died in the battle, many captives were hanged or maimed. Matija Gubec was publicly tortured and executed on 15 February. February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Legacy The revolt and torture of Gubec acquired legendary status in Croatia and Slovenia. It has inspired many writers and artists, including Miroslav Krleža and Anton Aškerc. A museum in Stubičke Toplice is dedicated to the revolt. Miroslav Krleža. ...
Anton Aškerc (9 January 1856 – 10 June 1912) was a Slovene poet and priest, most famous after his epic poems. ...
See also Popular revolts in late medieval Europe were uprisings and rebellions by (typically) peasants in the countryside, or the bourgeois in towns, against nobles and kings during the upheavals of the 14th through early 16th centuries. ...
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