The Knight’s Revolt (1522-1523) was a military action led by the German imperial knight Franz von Sickingen (l. 1481-1523) and encouraged by the knight and writer Ulrich von Hutten (l. 1488-1523) launched to restore the status of the imperial knights and advance the Protestant Reformation in Germany. The revolt failed to rally the peasants and was quickly crushed.
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1481 - 1523Life of the imperial knight Franz von Sickingen, leader of the Knights' Revolt.
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1488 - 1523Life of the poet-knight Ulrich von Hutten whose works encouraged the Knights' Revolt.
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1522 - 1523The Knights' Revolt in the Germanic region of the Holy Roman Empire.
