Battle of Kokovo
The Battle of Kokovo was fought in the fields near the village of Kokovo (present-day Coccau in Italy) (German: Goggau) on 26 June 1478 between an army of 600 peasants and miners from Carinthia against a 20,000-strong Ottoman Turkish invading army. The peasant army was raised in the context of the Carinthian peasant revolt of 1478.
| Battle of Kokovo | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Peasant army of the Carinthian Farmer's League | Ottoman Turkish raiding army | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Matjaž † | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~600 peasants and miners | ~20.000 Akinci cavalry | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| All 600 killed | Unknown | ||||||
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