July victims

[1] The Croatian ban, the ethnic Hungarian Franz Haller called on the Austrian Army to empty the square.

[1][2] Due in large part to this incident, Ban Haller left his post and bishop Juraj Haulik took his place soon after.

In 1855, the July victims' grave was adorned with a sculpture of a sleeping lion.

[2] The incident showed the tension developed between Croats who supported the Illyrian movement and the restoration of a unified Croatian Kingdom, and Hungarian-Croatians (Magyars) and the minority of Croats who supported closer relations with Hungary (represented by the Croatian-Hungarian Party).

In the following years, Croatia gained some concessions, as Croatian replaced Latin as the nation's official language.