The Mariovo Revolt

The Mariovo Revolt, also known as the revolt in the Prilep region of 1564, was a peasant uprising by the Bulgarian population of Mariovo against the Ottoman Empire in 1564–1565.
In the summer of 1564, local Bulgarian anger at Ottoman oppression was intensified by an unjust verdict of the Prilep kadi's court in a dispute between peasants and an Ottoman administrator. The revolt began in Mariovo and quickly spread to the Prilep region and the town itself. The insurgents received support from the priests Dimitar of Gradešnica and Yakov of Staravina. The bey of Skopje and the kadi of Prilep were involved in dealing with the revolt, and a sultan's firman of 3 October 1564 directed their efforts against the rebels.
The uprising had significant consequences, striking against the Ottoman transformation of village communities into chiflik estates and opposing Islamisation in Mariovo.

On 4 December 1565, following prolonged efforts by the Ottoman authorities, a new sultan's order was issued to suppress the uprising. By the end of that year, the revolt had been suppressed “around the world” by the Ottoman authorities.