The Slovak National Council was a Slovak political body, which was created in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

on September 15–16, 1848 during the

Revolutions of 1848 The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Europea ...

. It was led by Ľudovít Štúr, Jozef Miloslav Hurban and

Michal Miloslav Hodža Michal Miloslav Hodža ( hu, Hodzsa Mihály Milos; 22 September 1811 – 26 March 1870) was a Slovak national revivalist, Lutheran pastor, poet, linguist, and representative of the Slovak national movement in 1840s as a member of "the trinity" ...

. It organised the Slovak Uprising in 1848-1849 within the Revolution of 1848, as well as executive power in Western parts of Upper Hungary (today mostly

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) occupied by united Austrian-Slovak forces within their fight against the

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. The first meeting on the territory of contemporary

was in the house of Mrs. Koléniová in Myjava (then Miava). On 19 September 1848, the first national gathering of Slovaks took place in Myjava as part of the First Slovak Volunteer Campaign (from Vienna via

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to Slovakia). Ľudovít Štúr declared the independence of the Slovak nation from Hungary at the gathering. However, the Slovak National Council administered only

Myjava Myjava (; historically also Miava, german: Miawa, hu, Miava) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia. Geography It is located in the Myjava Hills at the foothills of the White Carpathians and nearby the Little Carpathians. The river Myjava flow ...

and its surroundings and the volunteers were defeated after a few days. The Slovak National Council also participated in the organization of the remaining Slovak volunteer Campaigns and other activities during the revolution. It ceased to exist in the autumn of 1849, after the revolution had been suppressed. There is a commemorative tablet to the council near the

Karlskirche The ''Rektoratskirche St. Karl Borromäus'', commonly called the ''Karlskirche'' (), is a Baroque church located on the south side of Karlsplatz in Vienna, Austria. Widely considered the most outstanding baroque church in Vienna, as well as one ...

in Vienna.

References

Political history of Slovakia 1848 establishments in the Austrian Empire Slovak independence movement

Slovak National Council (1848-1849) The Slovak National Council ( sk, Slovenská národná rada (SNR)) was an organisation that was formed at various times in the 19th and 20th centuries to act as the highest representative of the Slovak nation. It originated in the mid-19th century ...

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