Peasant Uprising Crushed: Müntzer Falls at Frankenhausen
Princely armies annihilated the peasant forces at Frankenhausen, capturing radical preacher Thomas Muntzer and crushing the largest popular uprising in German history. The defeat killed an estimated 6,000 rebels in a single afternoon and ended the German Peasants' War, ensuring that feudal lords maintained control over land and labor for another three centuries.
May 15, 1525
501 years ago
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