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Name: Hungarian Rebels

Type: Polity

Start: 1678 AD

End: 1705 AD

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Rebel-controlled territories during the Hungarian anti-Habsburg uprising led by Emeric Thököly.

Establishment


  • August 1678: The Hungarian Rebels captured the fortresses of Szendrő and Murány.
  • October 1678: Besztercebánya (now Banská Bystrica in Slovakia) surrendered without resistance.
  • November 1678: The Habsburgs had to abandon the mining towns along the river Garam (Hron) after being defeated at Barsszentkereszt.
  • Chronology


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    1. Imre Thököly´s revolt


    Was an anti-Habsburg uprising in Hungary led by Emeric Thököly.

  • January 1679: Hungarian rebel leader Emmerich Thököly captured the towns of Igló and Rózsahegy (now Spišská Nová Ves and Ružomberok in Slovakia) along with the mining towns along the river Garam.
  • November 1682: Establishment of the Principality of Upper Hungary.

  • 2. Rákóczi´s War of Independence


    Was an anti-Habsburg revolt in Hungary led by Francis II Rákóczi.

  • 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.
  • January 1705: Hungarian Rebels conquered Transdanubia.
  • 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.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1705: Hungarian Rebels conquered Transdanubia.
  • 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.
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