July–August 1831 · 1848 Cholera, rumour and revoltCholera, chýry a vzbura

In the summer of 1831 cholera came up the Tisza, and the authorities disinfected wells and streams with chlorinated lime. Villagers who could not read were told the lords were poisoning the water to be rid of them and take their land, and in July and August four eastern counties rose — Zemplín, Abov, Šariš and Spiš. More than 150 villages and something like forty thousand people took part; manor houses were looted and officials killed. The army broke it within weeks, and by 8 November 1831 courts martial had executed 119 people and sentenced roughly four thousand more to flogging or prison. Serfdom itself was not abolished until the revolution of 1848 — seventeen years, and 119 lives, later.V lete 1831 prišla po Tise cholera a úrady dezinfikovali studne a potoky chlórovým vápnom. Dedinčanom, ktorí nevedeli čítať, kdesi nahovorili, že páni otravujú vodu, aby sa ich zbavili a vzali im pôdu — a v júli a auguste sa vzbúrili štyri východné stolice: Zemplínska, Abovská, Šarišská a Spišská. Zapojilo sa vyše 150 dedín a asi štyridsaťtisíc ľudí; kaštiele vyplienili, nenávidených úradníkov zabíjali. Vojsko povstanie za pár týždňov zlomilo a do 8. novembra 1831 stanné súdy popravili 119 ľudí a asi štyri tisícky ďalších odsúdili na palice či väzenie. Poddanstvo samo zrušila až revolúcia roku 1848 — o sedemnásť rokov a 119 životov neskôr.