Tyrolean Rebellion

Tyrolean Rebellion
Part of the War of the Fifth Coalition

Homecoming of Tyrolean Militia by Franz Defregger
DateApril–November 1809
Location
Tyrol
Result French victory
Belligerents

Tyrolean civilian militia (Schützen)

Supported by:
Austrian Empire Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
 Andreas Hofer  Executed
Strength
40,000[1] 80,000
Casualties and losses
5,000 12,250
War of the Fifth Coalition:
Tyrolean Civil Revolt
Map
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200km
125miles
Bergisel
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Battles of Bergisel from 12 April to 1 November 1809
Andreas Hofer and strategy council, painting by Franz von Defregger

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.[2][3] The broader military context is called the War of the Fifth Coalition.

  1. ^ Mikaberidze 2020, p. 321.
  2. ^ "Andreas Hofer, Tirolean leader". Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. 13 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Helden & Hofer". Museum Passeier. Retrieved 3 November 2022.