Tyrolean Rebellion
The Tyrolean Rebellion (German: Tiroler Volksaufstand) is a name given to the resistance of militiamen, peasants, craftsmen and other civilians of the County of Tyrol led by Andreas Hofer supported by his wife Anna and a strategic council consisting of Josef Speckbacher, Peter Mayr, Capuchin Father Joachim Haspinger, Major Martin Teimer and Kajetan Sveth, against new legislation and a compulsory vaccination programme concerning smallpox ordered by King Maximilian I of Bavaria, followed by the military occupation of their homeland by troops organised and financed by Napoleon I of the First French Empire and Maximilian I. The broader military context is called the War of the Fifth Coalition.
| Tyrolean Rebellion | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Fifth Coalition | |||||||
Homecoming of Tyrolean Militia by Franz Defregger | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Tyrolean civilian militia (Schützen) Supported by:Austrian Empire | |||||||
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| Andreas Hofer | |||||||
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| 40,000 | 80,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5,000 | 12,250 | ||||||
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