Bavarian People ' s Uprising The Bavarian People ' s Uprising , Bavarian Popular Uprising or Bavarian national uprising ( German : Bayerische Volkserhebung ) is the name of a revolt in 1705 - 06 against the occupation by the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation , during the War of Spanish Succession ( 1701 – 1714 ) . It lasted from early November 1705 to 18 January 1706 , approximately 75 days . Henric L . Wuermeling speaks of this as " the first revolution of modern history . " Background . By the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1701 , Maximilian II Emanuel , Elector of Bavaria had developed a plan for the Wittelsbachs to supplant the Habsburgs as Holy Roman Emperors . Allying himself with the French against the Habsburgs , his plans were frustrated by the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 . Following his defeat , he evacuated his court to the Netherlands , and left Bavaria to the victorious Austrians . While Bavaria was occupied by troops of the emperor Joseph I , Holy Roman Emperor the Bavarian people rose up against the Imperial occupation . The uprising . The popular uprising , included large areas of Lower Bavaria , the Innviertel and eastern Bavaria . In these lands adjoining towns and strongholds were captured by the rebels and the peasant uprising spread to the Bavarian Forest , parts of the Upper Palatinate and Kelheim on the Danube . A Braunau Parliament meeting was held in December 1705 in the then - Bavarian Braunau . Long before the French Revolution and early German parliamentarianism this meeting was held , on 21 December 1705 , in an inn belonging to the Baron von Paumgarten , where representatives met of the four estates in Bavaria : aristocracy , clergy , burghers and peasants . The Braunau Parliament ( Braunauer Parliament ) is the name of the congress on the defence of the state of Bavaria held at Braunau am Inn convened on 21 December 1705 . Following the initial uprising in November 1705 there was little response from the Austrians for nearly two months . However , this changed following an attempt by the rebels to capture the bavarian capital Munich . Following their unsuccessful attack , in the night of 25 December 1705 an Austrian column encountered the peasant army near Sendling outside of Munich . This battle was known as the " Sendlinger Mordweihnacht " or the " Sendling Christmas Day Massacre " . The insurgents from the Bavarian Oberland were defeated and completely routed by Emperor Joseph I ' s troops . The number of deaths on the Bavarian side in this battle is estimated at around 1 , 100 men , while the Austrians lost about 40 . Some of the insurgents were killed after they had already surrendered . About two weeks later , on 8 January 1706 , the Battle of Aidenbach ended with the utter defeat of the insurgents and about 4 , 000 casualties on the Bavarian side . This led to the collapse of the uprising against Austria . End of the uprising . On 11 January 1706 , a delegation from the insurrection traveled to Salzburg for peace negotiations . The delegation included Mayor Dürnhardt , Freiherr von Paumgarten and von Prielmayr , Mayor Georg Ludwig Harter of Burghausen and the farmer Franz Nagelstätter . On 13 January 1706 the city of Schärding surrendered , followed on the 16th by Cham , on the 17th by Braunau and on the 18th , the last city , Burghausen surrendered . Leaders of the uprising . A " list of the ringleaders of the peasant uprising " included 15 names or descriptions . References . The History of Bavaria : From the First Ages , to This Present Year , 1706 [ [ Category : Bavaria ] ] [ [ Category : History of Bavaria ] ] [ [ Category : Rebellions in Europe ] ] [ [ Category : Revolution ] ] [ [ Category : War of the Spanish Succession ] ] [ [ Category : Conflicts in 1705 ] ] [ [ Category : Conflicts in 1706 ] ] [ [ Category : 1705 in Europe ] ] [ [ Category : 1706 in Europe ] ] [ [ Category : History of Upper Austria ] ] [ [ Category : 18th - century revolutions ] ]