Outbreak of the German Peasants' War

Name: Outbreak of the German Peasants' War
Start: 1524
End: 1525

Type Event Region Europe Time 1524–1525

In summer 1524 peasants in Stühlingen and elsewhere in the Holy Roman Empire rose over taxes, labor services, and lordly oppression, spreading to Swa…

Timeline

1524Stühlingen · Baden-WürttembergPeasants in the Black Forest region, led by Hans Müller and others, refused to obey their lords and seized castles, opening the Peasants' War.
1524–1525German territories of the Holy Roman Empire · GermanyThe revolt spread from the upper Rhine to Swabia, Franconia, Alsace, and Thuringia; peasants formed the "Christian Alliance" and interacted dynamically with Luther's Reformation demands.

Sources

German Peasants' War https://www.britannica.com/event/German-Peasants-War
Bauernkrieg https://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/Lexikon/Bauernkrieg