However, let us go back to 1663, when an armed conflict arose between the Habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire. After their move from Istanbul to the north side of the Danube, Turkish troops began to besiege Nové Zámky, and the Tatars from Crimea came to their aid. However, they also made raids deep into the territory of today's Slovakia. On September 5, 1663, Myjava and Turú Lúka also fell for the first time, followed by further incursions on September 16 and October 10 of the same year. Daniel Krman Jr. in his writings he states that the Tatars then dragged 707 people from Myjava and some of them landed directly in the village. Myjava was so devastated after these events that in the autumn of 1663 she was unable to serve her masters.
Despite all the unfavorable historical events, the population of Myjava continued to grow, and the nationwide Hungarian census carried out in 1828 shows that 1625 heads of families lived in Myjava at that time and there were 1,103 taxable houses. There were 88 farmers, 1319 jailers, 153 jailers - homeless jailers, 82 craftsmen and one merchant. Of the master craftsmen, Myjava had 35 bag makers, 21 millers, 11 butchers, one baker, one coopers, four blacksmiths, one buttonmaker, two furriers, one master of carpentry, belt, tailoring, tannery, hatter and one pine manufacturer. At that time, the Myjavans bred 120 oxen, 1442 cows, 235 heifers and bulls, 365 horses, 3064 sheep and 69 pigs.