German Peasants' War
Europe's largest uprising before the French Revolution
In the summer of 1524 peasants rose in south-western Germany; by the spring of 1525 the revolt had spread across Swabia, Franconia and Thuringia, and the Twelve Articles demanded an end to serfdom. The princes' armies crushed the rebels, up to a hundred thousand people died, and the preacher Thomas Müntzer was executed.
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Whole world
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Eastern Europe & Russia
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Middle East
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Africa
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Asia
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- Nicolaus Copernicus (aged 51)
- Michelangelo (aged 49)
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- Vasily III (aged 45)
- Babur (aged 41)
- Bartolomé de las Casas (aged 40)