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"On May 15, 1525, the Peasants' War suffered a huge defeat at Frankenhausen, resulting in the capture and execution of Anabaptist leader Thomas Muntzer. . . . In 1524, rebellion had broken out in Germany and spread into parts of what is now Switzerland and Austria. The revolt was the largest popular uprising until the French Revolution of 1789 and involved all sections of society form the nobility to the peasantry." [Furtado: 1001 Days]