 The village's golden age took a sharp turn in 1705, when it was burned to the ground during the Battle of Budmerice, during the 1703-11 Hungarian independence war led by Francis II Rákóczi.The town was rebuilt, only to be burned down three more times in the 18th century.During that time, Anton Benčič, a Catholic priest, translator and one of the first proponents of the Slovak language, was born in Vištuk in 1745.