Tyrolean Rebellion

Tyrolean Rebellion
Part of the War of the Fifth Coalition
Homecoming of Tyrolean Militia by Franz Defregger
Date April–November 1809 Location Tyrol Result French victory
Belligerents
France Kingdom of Bavaria  Italy  Saxony  Württemberg	Tyrolean civilian militia (Schützen) Supported by: Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
François-Joseph Lefebvre Jean-Baptiste Drouet Eugène de Beauharnais Karl Philipp von Wrede Frederick I	Andreas Hofer
Strength
40,000[1]	80,000
Casualties and losses
5,000	12,250

War of the Fifth Coalition:
Tyrolean Civil Revolt

200km
125miles

Bergisel

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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.