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People: Matija Gubec
Topic: Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt
Location: Cremona Lombardia Italy

Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt

Years: 1573 - 1573

The Croatian-Slovenian peasant revolt of 1573 is a large peasant revolt in today's Croatia and Slovenia.

The revolt, sparked by cruel treatment of serfs by the baron Franjo Tahy, ends after twelve days with the defeat of the rebels and bloody retribution by the nobility.

"Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?"

― Marcus Tullius Cicero, Orator (46 BCE)