On this day in 1573, the Croatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt began with an attack on the fortress of Cesargrad, near the town of Klanjec. Peasants formed their own government, planning to abolish feudalism and establish self-rule.
Amidst growing incursions by Ottoman forces into the region, local feudal lords ramped up economic demands on the local peasantry. One powerful noble, Franjo (or Ferenc) Tahy was particularly notorious for his cruel and violent treatment of the local populace.
Complaints made by peasants to the central government were ignored, so popular resistance efforts began to develop. The local peasantry refused to pay taxes to Tahy, who responded by sending armed mercenaries to attack them, however they were defeated by armed peasants.
On the night of January 27-28, rebels seized the fortress of Cesargrad, marking the start of the revolt. The peasants formed an alternative government, with serf Matija Gubec elected as leader.
The rebels made long term plans of systemic reform, including replacing feudal lords with peasant officials, abolishing feudal land holdings and provincial borders, canceling obligations to the Roman Catholic Church, opening of highways for trade, and establishing self-rule by the peasants.
News of the uprising quickly spread through the discontented lower classes of the region, who followed suit by fighting back against their oppressors, taking further territory throughout Carniola, Croatia and Styria.
The Croatian Parliament declared the revolutionary peasants traitors. After their initial wave of success, peasant forces suffered a major defeat at Krško on February 5th, which precipitated a further wave of defeats over the coming days.
The rebels made their final stand at Stubičke Toplice on the 9th, where the uprising was crushed for good. Matija Gubec was captured, and Ivan Mogaić, another important revolutionary leader, was killed on the battlefield.
Captives were maimed and tortured by authorities, and Gubec was publicly tortured and executed on the 15th. Although the revolt was unsuccessful, its memory has persisted in the region in the centuries since, with Gubec attaining legendary status in local folklore.
A detachment of Yugoslav volunteers for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War named themselves the “Grupo Matija Gubec”. In 1975, a film based on the events entitled “Anno Domini 1573” was released, and historical re-enactments of the Revolt are held in Croatia every year.
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Just saw a cool post on rednote explaining the popularity of drinking hot water in Chinese culture. The infographic went on to say that the US dropped biological weapons containing insects on China and Korea during the Korean War (with knowledge obtained from Japanese unit 731 war criminals) and the CPC enacted a campaign to contain these pathogens and inform the populace about the importance of sanitation. To do so, they showed people unboiled water under a microscope, then water after boiling. The results were clear, and providing hot water to people became a way to show concern and care to others.
Edit: here’s the rednote post
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not that anyone here needs a reminder, but all of these BLATANTLY illegal and unconstitutional executive orders going into effect ANYWAY show YET AGAIN that Biden and the Dems were unwilling and incapable to do anything that actually matters
Oh, the Supreme Court would have overturned Biden’s executive orders? Then make them do it. You can hold it up in lower courts for YEARS until then. Oh, the lower court judge won’t rule your way? Fire them and get a different judge. Fight dirty with these demons. Literally LOCK them out of congress and order federal agents to keep them out. Inform John Roberts that he’s retired effective immediately, take his robes and don’t let him into the chambers. THE RULES DON’T MATTER, THEY’RE ONLY THEIR FOR PEOPLE WHO FETISHIZE RULES
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Wow. I was completely unaware of Hexbear’s specific flavor of manipulation. Thank you for spelling that out. That is both heart-breaking and frightening.
I always think it’s hilarious when the libs say say they’re afraid of us. What am I gonna do, reach through the screen like in a horror movie, grab you with my paws, and pull you into the virtual gulag?
Dems coming back swinging!! 💯🗣️
This guy’s getting dunked on for whining about the new Assassin’s Creed game (wawawa a black man going around killing Japanese people) and someone said it’s revenge for Resident Evil 5 LMAOO
Saw a vid talking about how researchers have proven how too much time on a screen, aside from work can actually contribute to “brain rot”
Very funny reading the comments and seeing so many miss what I’d call
on steroids
Learning Phrenology to get better at geoguessr
It’s kinda funny how Franco’s Spain is completely absent from US curriculum.
Average American: “According to the PRC, nothing happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989.”
“Well, what DID happen in Tiananmen Square in 1989?”
Average American: “Umm… well, there were protests, I think? The government killed people? There were tanks…?”
Oh I just got it, he’s called measurehead because he measures heads. With calipers.
