Jakub Szela

Jakub Szela
A depiction of Szela from the Illustrirte Chronik, 1848
Born(1787-07-14)July 14, 1787
Smarżowa, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
DiedApril 21, 1860(1860-04-21) (aged 72)
Dealul Ederii, Duchy of Bukovina
OccupationPeasant
Known forGalician Peasant Uprising of 1846

Jakub Szela (was born 14 July 1787, Smarżowa, in Galicia - died 21 April 1860, Dealul Ederii, in Bukovina, now Romania) was a Polish leader of a peasant uprising against the Polish gentry in Galicia in 1846; directed against manorial property and oppression (for example, the manorial prisons) and rising against serfdom; scores of manors were attacked and their inhabitants murdered. Galician, mainly Polish, peasants killed ca. 1000 noblemen and destroyed ca. 500 manors in 1846.

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