The Battle of Kokovo was fought in the fields near the village of Kokovo (present-day Coccau in Italy) (German: Goggau) on 26 June 1478 between an army of 600 peasants and miners from Carinthia against a 20,000-strong Ottoman Turkish invading army.
This left most peasants in Carinthia without any protection, even though they were burdened with special taxes to fight the Turks.
However, upon arrival of the Turkish army, most of the original 3,000 peasants fled into the forests leaving only around 600 farmers under a certain Matjaž who refused to let the Turks pass without a fight.
The Turkish army then continued its advance and eventually plundered areas up until Upper Carinthia.
The battle spawned a myth among the Slovenes that the 600 peasants and their "king" Matjaž did not die, but actually sheltered in nearby Mount St. Ursula and are sleeping there.