 These revolts - even if the initial causes did not have ethnic grounds or shared the fate of the whole peasantry - were firmly suppressed such as the 1784 Romanian peasant uprising, in which Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor after learning the escalated situation ordered the army to intervene.The three leaders were caught by treason in their hiding places and handed over to General Paul Kray.Horea and Cloșca were executed by breaking on the wheel, while Crișan hanged himself in prison before the execution.