Rákóczi's War of Independence
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Was an anti-Habsburg revolt in Hungary led by Francis II Rákóczi.
Chronology
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January 1705: Hungarian Rebels conquered Transdanubia.
August 1708: At the Battle of Trenčín, on 3 August 1708, Rákóczi's horse stumbled, and he fell to the ground, which knocked him unconscious. The kuruc forces thought him dead and fled. This defeat was fatal for the uprising. Numerous Kuruc leaders transferred their allegiance to the Emperor, hoping for clemency. Rákóczi's forces became restricted to the area around Munkács and Szabolcs County.
February 1711: Not trusting the word of János Pálffy, who was the Emperor's envoy charged with negotiations with the rebels, the Prince left the Kingdom of Hungary for Poland.
June 1703: The War of the Spanish Succession caused a large part of the Austrian forces in the Kingdom of Hungary to temporarily leave the country. Taking advantage of the situation, kuruc forces began a new uprising in Munkács.
September 1703: The rebels controlled most of Kingdom of Hungary to the east and north of the Danube by late September 1703.
October 1705: A meeting of the Hungarian Diet (consisting of 6 bishops, 36 aristocrats and about 1000 representatives of the lower nobility of 25 counties), held near Szécsény in September 1705, elected Rákóczi to be the "fejedelem"- (ruling) prince - of the Confederated Estates of the Kingdom of Hungary.
