This is why the rest of Slovakia knows Myjava. Driven out of Hungary, Ľudovít Štúr, Jozef Miloslav Hurban and Michal Miloslav Hodža founded the first Slovak National Council in Vienna in mid-September 1848; on 19 September it stood up before a public assembly on Myjava's square, declared the Slovaks free of the Hungarian government and called them to arms. It made its headquarters in the house of the widow Anna Kolényová, where it sat, received deputations from the surrounding villages and issued orders under its own seal — the first Slovak national body in history. Myjava was not chosen by accident: the Kopanice were Lutheran, literate and organised through their congregations, and they listened. The rising was beaten within a fortnight and the volunteers were pushed back into Moravia; Karol Holuby, sent out from Myjava on 25 September to raise men in the villages under Javorina, was captured and hanged on 26 October 1848 together with Vilko Šulek.Práve preto Myjavu pozná celé Slovensko. Ľudovít Štúr, Jozef Miloslav Hurban a Michal Miloslav Hodža, vyhnaní z Uhorska, založili v polovici septembra 1848 vo Viedni prvú Slovenskú národnú radu; 19. septembra sa postavila pred verejné zhromaždenie ľudu na myjavskom námestí, vyhlásila Slovákov za slobodných od uhorskej vlády a povolala ich do zbrane. Hlavný stan si zriadila v dome vdovy Anny Kolényovej, kde zasadala, prijímala vyslanstvá okolitých obcí a vydávala rozkazy pod vlastnou pečaťou — bol to prvý slovenský národný orgán v dejinách. Myjava nebola vybratá náhodou: kopaničiari boli evanjelici, vedeli čítať a cez cirkevné zbory boli zorganizovaní — a počúvali. Povstanie do dvoch týždňov porazili a dobrovoľníkov zatlačili na Moravu; Karola Holubyho, ktorého 25. septembra vyslali z Myjavy zbierať mužov po podjavorinských dedinách, chytili a 26. októbra 1848 obesili spolu s Vilkom Šulekom.
