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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
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.
Saxon Peasants' Revolt; Second Brotherhood; Shōchō uprising; Slovene peasant revolt of 1515; Spirit Soldier rebellion (1959) Spirit Soldier rebellions (1920–1926) Srikakulam peasant uprising; Stary Buyan Republic; Swiss peasant war of 1653
Richard II of England meets the rebels of the Peasants' Revolt. Popular revolts in late medieval Europe were uprisings and rebellions by peasants in the countryside, or the burgess in towns, against nobles, abbots and kings during the upheavals between 1300 and 1500, part of a larger "Crisis of the Late Middle Ages".
This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, militarized interstate disputes, and global conflicts in which Europe was a theatre of war.
Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity. Major conflicts of this era include the Italian Wars and Thirty Years' War in Europe, the Kongo Civil War in Africa, the Qing conquest of the Ming in Asia, the Spanish conquest of Peru in South America, and the American ...
Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–88) Holy Roman Empire: Kingdom of Hungary: Defeat Siege of Hainburg – 1482; Battle of Leitzersdorf – 1484; Siege of Vienna (1485) Siege of Retz – 1486; Siege of Wiener Neustadt (1486 - 1487) 2 February 1478 1478 Carinthian Peasant Revolt: Carinthian Peasants' League Victory Rebellion suppressed; 5 June ...
April 4 – German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire: Battle of Leipheim – The peasants suffer great losses when they are attacked by Georg, Truchsess von Waldburg and the town of Leipheim is forced to surrender. [139] Four peasant leaders are beheaded, including Jakob Wehe and Ulrich Schoen.