Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt

Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt
	; A non-contemporary representation of the execution of Matija Gubec at the square in front of St. Mark's Church in Zagreb, by Oton Iveković (1912)
Date	28 January – 9 February 1573
Location	Northwest Croatia, Carniola and Styria, Habsburg monarchy
Result	Rebellion suppressed
Belligerents
Croatian and Slovene peasants	Croatian, Styrian and Carniolan nobility; Uskoks
Commanders and leaders
Ambroz "Matija" Gubec ; Ilija Gregorić ; Andrija Pasanec ; Ivan Pasanec †; Nikola Kupinić	Juraj Drašković; Gašpar Alapić; Josip "Jošt" Thurn; Ferenc Tahy; Vid Hallek
Strength
8,000–12,000 peasants	5,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
	3,000–5,000 killed

The Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt (Slovene: hrvaško-slovenski kmečki upor, Croatian: seljačka buna), Gubec's Rebellion (Croatian: Gupčeva buna) or Gubec's peasant uprising of 1573 was a large peasant revolt on territory forming modern-day Croatia and Slovenia. The revolt, sparked by cruel treatment of serfs by Baron Ferenc Tahy, ended after 12 days with the defeat of the rebels and bloody retribution by the nobility.

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