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The German Peasants' War, Great Peasants' War or Great Peasants' Revolt (German: Deutscher Bauernkrieg) was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe from 1524 to 1525. It was Europe's largest and most widespread popular uprising before the French Revolution of 1789.
Rather than reluctant peasant levies dragooned into service by the local lords, the Swiss often fought as volunteer mercenaries for pay throughout Europe. Historical records indicate that the hard-marching Swiss pikemen managed to keep pace with cavalry units at times, if only in the confined terrain of the Alpine regions.
The Jacquerie was a peasant revolt that took place in northern France in 1356–1358, during the Hundred Years' War. The Tuchin revolt 1378–1384; The English Peasants' Revolt or Great Rising of 1381 is a major event in the history of England. It is the best documented among the revolts of this period.
The Cudgel War was the 16th century peasant uprising in Finland, which was at that time part of the Kingdom of Sweden. [1] Poltettu kylä (Burned Village), by Albert Edelfelt, 1879. The history of peasant wars spans over two thousand years. A variety of factors fueled the emergence of the peasant revolt phenomenon, including: [2] Tax resistance
1652–1674 Anglo-Dutch Wars; 1653 Swiss peasant war of 1653; 1654 First Bremian War; 1654–1667 Russo-Polish War; 1654–1660 English-Spanish War – 15,000 killed in action [1] 1655–1660 Second Northern War; 1656 War of Villmergen; 1666 Second Bremian War; 1666–1671 Polish–Cossack–Tatar War; 1667–1668 War of Devolution – 4,000 ...
Hugo Schüllinger: Scene from peasant revolt of 1775 in Bohemia (illustration in Obrázkové dějiny národa českého, 1893) The Peasants' Revolt of 1775 in Bohemia was a struggle of Czech peasants against the authorities of the Habsburg Empire with the aim of freeing themselves from the crushing labor and serf duties of corvée in the spring of 1775 in eastern Bohemia.
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. The rebels used a network of informers who relayed the information on movements of the opposing units; in turn, spies among the peasants themselves passed the ...
Upper Austria had been rebellious for centuries, with 62 known uprisings between 1356 and 1849, 14 of which occurred in the 16th century. However, the Peasants' War of 1626 was the costliest in terms of human life and damage to livestock and property. [3] The war caused Martin Aichinger to lose his farm and begin roaming the country. He ...