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Habsburgs left
The Habsburg forces due to their participation in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701 – 1715) temporarily left Hungary -
Kuruc uprising
“Kuruc” - a group of armed anti-Habsburg insurgents in the Kingdom of Hungary - forces started an uprising in Munkács. Lead by Rákóczi -
Tamás Esze + Rákóczi groups joined
A group of about 3000 armed men headed by Tamás Esze joined Rákóczi's group near the Polish city of Lawoczne -
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Rákóczi's independence war
The first significant attempt to overturn the rule of the Habsburgs over Hungary -
Gained control of huge part of Hungary
(Miklos Bercsényi also arrived with French Funds and 600 Polish mercenaries.) By late September 1703 with the help of „hajdú”s - emancipated peasant warriors – they controlled most of Kingdom of Hungary to the east and north of the Danube. Soon after they conquered Transdanubia -
Victory of Austrian, English forces
The victory of Austrian and English forces against a combined French-Bavarian army prevented the union of Rákóczi's forces with their French-Bavarian allies -> difficult military and financial situation -> creating copper-based coins instead of the silver ones -
Hungarian Diet in Szécsény
The Hungarian Diet (országgyűlés) in Szécsény elected Rákóczi to be the „fejedelem” of the Confederated Estates of the Kingdom of Hungary. (The diet ended on the 3rd of October 1705) -
Peace talks
Peace talks started between the kuruc leaders and the Emperor -
Szentgotthárd kuruc victory
Hungarian army led by János Bottyán defeated the Austrian - Croatian - Serbian combined army at Szentgotthárd -
Diet at Ónod
Declaration of the deposition of the House of Habsburg (Dethronement) from the Hungarian throne -
Battle of Trencin
Rákóczi’s horse stumbled, he fell to the ground. The kuruc forces thought he was dead and fled -
Rákóczi left Hungary for help
Rákóczi left the Kingdom of Hungary for Poland to bring military assistance from abroad to continue the war of independence -
Peace Treaty of Szatmár
The peace ending the War of Independence between the kuruc and the commander-in-chief of the Habsburg ruling army in Hungary (29 – 30 April 1711)
