Peasant revolt of 1775 in Bohemia

The Peasants' Revolt of 1775 in Bohemia was a struggle of Czech peasants against the authorities of the Habsburg Empire with the aim of freeing themselves from the crushing labor and serf duties of corvée in the spring of 1775 in eastern Bohemia. It is connected with the activities of the so-called "peasant governor" led by the magistrate Antonín Nývlt from Rtyně in Podkrkonoší, which united the rebellious subjects and gave them a common goal.

The defeat of the uprising in the Battle of Chlumec nad Cidlinou on March 25 and 26 1775 gave rise to the Czech idiom saying "to end up like peasants near Chlumec".

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