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• 615 BC: The Babylonians revolt against rule from the Assyrian empire.
• 570 BC: A revolt broke out among native Egyptian soldiers, giving Amasis II
  Amasis II
  
  Amasis II was a pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt, the successor of Apries at Sais, Egypt. He was the last great ruler of Ancient Egypt before the Persian Empire conquest....
   opportunity to seize the throne.
• 499–493 BC: The Ionian Revolt
  Ionian Revolt
  
  The Ionian Revolts were triggered by the actions of Aristagoras, the tyrant of the Ionian city of Miletus at the end of the 6th century BC and beginning of the 5th century BC....
  . Most of the Greek
  Ancient Greece
  
  The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
   cities occupied by the Persians in Asia Minor and Cyprus
  Cyprus
  
  Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....
   rose up against their Persian rulers.
• 464 BC: The Helot
  Helots
  
  The helots were an unfree population group that formed the main population of Laconia and the whole of Messenia . Their exact status was already disputed in Antiquity: according to Critias, they were "especially Slavery in ancient Greece" whereas to Pollux, they occupied a status "between free men and slaves"....
   serfs
  Serfdom
  
  Serfdom is the socio-economic status of unfree peasants under feudalism, and specifically relates to Manorialism. It was a condition of Debt bondage or modified slavery which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe....
   revolt against their Sparta
  Sparta
  
  Sparta was a city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the Eurotas River in the southern part of the Peloponnese. From circa 650 BC it rose to become the dominant military power in the region and as such was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars....
  n masters.
• 460 BC: The Inarus revolted against the Persians in Egypt
  Egypt
  
  Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
   with the help of his Athenian allies.
• 206 BC: Ziying
  Ziying
  
  Ziying was the last ruler of the Qin Dynasty of China, ruling as King of Qin from mid-October to the beginning of December 207 BC, and being known posthumously as Qin San Shi ....
  , last ruler of the Qin Dynasty
  Qin Dynasty
  
  The Qin Dynasty was preceded by the feudal Zhou Dynasty and followed by the Han Dynasty in China. The unification of China in 221 BCE under the Qin Shi Huang marked the beginning of Imperial China, a period which lasted until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912 CE....
   of China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
   surrenders himself to Liu Bang, leader of a popular revolt and founder of the Han Dynasty
  Han Dynasty
  
  The Han Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was ruled by the family known as the Liu clan who had peasant origins....
  .
• 181–174 BC: The Celtiberian
  Celtiberians
  
  The Celtiberians were a Celtic languages-speaking people of the Iberian Peninsula in the final centuries BCE. The group originated when Celts migrated from Gaul and integrated with the local Pre-Indo-European populations of Iberia, in particular the Iberians....
   revolt in Spain; Romans
  Roman Republic
  
  The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
   eventually subdue the Celtiberians.
• 154 BC: The failed Rebellion of the Seven States
  Rebellion of the Seven States
  
  The Rebellion of the Seven States or Revolt of the Seven Kingdoms took place in 154 BC against China Han Dynasty to protest the emperor's attempt to further centralize the government....
   by members of the royal family of the Han Dynasty
  Han Dynasty
  
  The Han Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was ruled by the family known as the Liu clan who had peasant origins....
  .
• 153–133 BC: The Celtiberians again revolted, and were not finally overcome until the capture of Numantia
  Numantia
  
  Numantia is the name of an ancient Celtiberian settlement, whose remains are located 7 km north of the city of Soria, on a hill known as Cerro de la Muela in the municipality of Garray....
  .
• 147–139 BC: The Lusitanian Rebellion
  Conquest of Hispania
  
  The Roman conquest of Hispania was a historical period that began with the Roman Empire landing at Emp?ries in 218 BC and ended with the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, then Hispania, by Caesar Augustus in 17 BC....
   against the Roman forces in modern day Portugal
  Portugal
  
  Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
  , led by Lusitanian leader named Viriathus
  Viriathus
  
  Viriathus was the most important leader of the Lusitanians people that resisted Roman Republic expansion into the regions of Western Iberian Peninsula , where the Roman province of Lusitania would be established ....
  .
• 73–71 BC: The failed Roman slave rebellion
  Third Servile War
  
  The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and The War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last of a series of unrelated and unsuccessful slave rebellions against the Roman Republic, known collectively as the Servile Wars....
  , led by the gladiator
  Gladiator
  
  A Gladiator was a slave, criminal or professional fighter in ancient Rome. Gladiators fought other gladiators, wild animals and condemned criminals, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of Spectator sport in cities and towns of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, from the 3rd century BCE to the 5th century CE....
   Spartacus
  Spartacus
  
  Spartacus , according to Roman historians, was a slave and gladiator who became the leader in the somewhat successful slave uprising against the Roman Republic known as the Third Servile War....
  .
• 52–51 BC: The revolt of the Celtic Gauls
  Gauls
  
  The Gauls were a Continental Celtic Celts people of Classical Antiquity, the inhabitants of Gaul , and speakers of the Gaulish language.Archaeologically, they were the bearers of the La T?ne culture ....
  , led by Vercingetorix
  Vercingetorix
  
  Vercingetorix , born around 82 BC, died 46 BC, was tribal chief of the Arverni, originating from the Arvernian city of Gergovia and known as the man who led the Gauls in their ultimately unsuccessful war against Roman republic rule under Julius Caesar....
  , was crushed by Julius Caesar
  Julius Caesar
  
  'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
  .

1–999 AD

• 6–9: The Pannonia
  Pannonia
  
  Pannonia is an ancient province of the Roman Empire bounded north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia....
  ns, with the Dalmatia
  Dalmatia
  
  Dalmatia is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern Croatia and spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast....
  ns and other Illyrian tribes, revolted against the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
  , and were overcome by Tiberius
  Tiberius
  
  Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
   and Germanicus
  Germanicus
  
  Germanicus Julius Caesar Claudianus . Born in Lugdunum, Gaul , was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire. At birth he was named either Nero Claudius Drusus after his father or Tiberius Claudius Nero after his uncle and received the agnomen Germanicus, by which he is principally known, in 9 BC, when...
  , after a hard-fought campaign which lasted for three years.
• 9: The Arminius
  Arminius
  
  Arminius, also known as Armin or Hermann was a chieftain of the Cherusci who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest....
   revolt against the Roman Empire; alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius ambushed and annihilated three Roman legion
  Roman legion
  
  The Roman Legion is a term that can apply both as a translation of legio to the entire Roman army and also, more narrowly , to the heavy infantry that was the basic military unit of the Roman army in the period of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire....
  s led by Publius Quinctilius Varus
  Publius Quinctilius Varus
  
  Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Ancient Rome politician and general under emperor Augustus, mainly remembered for having lost three Roman legions and his own life when attacked by Germanic tribes leader Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest....
   in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
  Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
  
  The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest took place in 9 A.D. when an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius, the son of Segimer of the Cherusci, ambushed and destroyed three Roman Empire Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus....
  .
• 18: The Red Eyebrow Rebellion in China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  .
• 20: The Green Forest Rebellion in China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  .
• 60–61: Boudica
  Boudica
  
  Boudica was a queen of the Iceni tribe of what is now known as East Anglia in England, who led an uprising of the tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire....
  , queen of the Celt
  Celt
  
  Celts , is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic languages. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the Modern Celts of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture....
  ic Iceni
  Iceni
  
  The Iceni or Eceni were a Brythonic tribe who inhabited an area of Roman Britain corresponding roughly to the modern-day county of Norfolk between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD....
   people of Norfolk
  Norfolk
  
  Norfolk is a low-lying Counties of England in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south....
   in Roman-occupied Britain
  Roman Britain
  
  Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
  , led a major uprising of the Briton tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
  .
• 66–70: The Great Jewish Revolt, the first of three Jewish-Roman wars
  Jewish-Roman wars
  
  The Jewish-Roman wars were a series of revolts by the Jews of Iudaea Province against the Roman Empire. Some sources use the term to refer only to the First Jewish-Roman War and Bar Kokhba revolt ....
   that took place in Iudaea Province
  Iudaea Province
  
  Iudaea was a Roman province that extended over the former region of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Israel. It was named after the tetrarchy of Judea of which it was an expansion, the latter name deriving from the Kingdom of Judah of the 6th century BCE....
   against the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
  .
• 69–70: The Batavian rebellion
  Batavian rebellion
  
  The Revolt of the Batavi took place in the Roman province of Germania Inferior between 69 and 70 AD. It was an uprising against Roman rule by the Batavi and other tribes in the province and in Gaul....
   in the Roman province
  Roman province
  
  In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of the Italia ....
   of Germania Inferior
  Germania Inferior
  
  Germania Inferior was a Ancient Rome Roman provinces located on the left bank of the Rhine, in today's southern and western Netherlands, parts of Flanders, and North Rhine-Westphalia left of the Rhine....
  .
• 115–117: The Kitos War
  Kitos War
  
  The Kitos War is the name given to the second of the Jewish-Roman wars. The name comes from the Mauretanian Roman general Lusius Quietus who ruthlessly suppressed a Jewish revolt in Mesopotamia and was sent to Iudaea to handle the revolt there as procurator under Trajan, a position he held until he was recalled to Rome and executed by Hadr...
  , the second of the Jewish-Roman wars
  Jewish-Roman wars
  
  The Jewish-Roman wars were a series of revolts by the Jews of Iudaea Province against the Roman Empire. Some sources use the term to refer only to the First Jewish-Roman War and Bar Kokhba revolt ....
  .
• 132–135: Bar Kokhba's revolt
  Bar Kokhba's revolt
  
  The Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire was a second major rebellion by the Jews of Iudaea Province and the last of the Jewish-Roman Wars....
  , the third and last of the Jewish-Roman wars
  Jewish-Roman wars
  
  The Jewish-Roman wars were a series of revolts by the Jews of Iudaea Province against the Roman Empire. Some sources use the term to refer only to the First Jewish-Roman War and Bar Kokhba revolt ....
  .
• 184: Zhang Jiao
  Zhang Jiao
  
  Zhang Jiao or Zhang Jue was the leader of the Yellow Turbans during the late Eastern Han Dynasty of China. He was said to be a sorcerer, and was a follower of Taoism....
   led an unsuccessful peasant revolt called theYellow Turban Rebellion
  Yellow Turban Rebellion
  
  The Yellow Turban Rebellion, sometimes also translated as the Yellow Scarves Rebellion, was a wikt:AD 184 peasant rebellion against Emperor Ling of Han....
   during the later Han dynasty
  Han Dynasty
  
  The Han Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was ruled by the family known as the Liu clan who had peasant origins....
  , which later collapsed due to destabilization and lack of co-ordination with other Yellow Turban forces across China.
• 496: Mazdak
  Mazdak
  
  Mazdak was a proto-socialism Iran reformer who gained influence under the reign of the Sassanid dynasty king Kavadh I. He claimed to be a prophet of God, and instituted communal possessions and social welfare programs....
   led a Persian
  Persian people
  
  Persian identity, at least in terms of language, is traced to the ancient Indo-Iranians , who arrived in parts of Greater Iran circa 2000-1500 BCE....
   socialistic movement and overthrew Shahanshah Kavadh I
  Kavadh I
  
  Kavadh I , son of Peroz I , was the nineteenth Sassanid Empire King of Persia from 488 to 531. He was crowned by the nobles in place of his deposed and blinded uncle Balash ....
   of the Persian empire
  Sassanid Empire
  
  The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty is the name of the last pre-Islamic Iranian empire. It was one of the two main powers in Western Asia for a period of more than 400 years....
  .
• 532: The Nika revolt
  Nika riots
  
  The Nika riots , or Nika revolt, took place over the course of a week in Constantinople in 532. It was the most violent riot that Constantinople had ever seen to that point, with nearly half the city being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed....
   in Constantinople
  Constantinople
  
  Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
  .
• 613: A rebellion by Yang Xuangan
  Yang Xuangan
  
  Yang Xuangan was an official of the History of China dynasty Sui Dynasty. He was the son of the powerful official Yang Su, and, as he knew that Emperor Yang of Sui was apprehensive of his father, was never quite secure....
   in China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
   was crushed by the Sui Dynasty
  Sui Dynasty
  
  The Sui Dynasty followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. It ended nearly four centuries of division between rival regimes....
  .
• 623: An uprising of Slavs led by Samo
  Samo
  
  Samo was a Franks merchant from the "Senonian country" , probably modern Sens, France. He was the first ruler of the Slavs whose name is known, and established one of the earliest Slav states, a supra-tribal union usually called Samo's empire, realm, kingdom, or tribal union....
   against Avars
  Eurasian Avars
  
  The 'Avars' were a highly organized and powerful Turkic confederation. They were ruled by a khagan, who was surrounded by a tight-knit retinue of nomad warriors, an organization characteristic of Turkic peoples groups....
  .
• 685–699: The Azraqi Khariji revolt in Iraq
  Iraq
  
  Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
   and Iran
  Iran
  
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
   against the Umayyad Caliphate.
• 740: The Zaidi revolt against the Umayyad dynasty.
• 740–743: The Great Berber Revolt
  Berber Revolt
  
  The Great Berber Revolt of 740-43 A.D. took place during the reign of the Umayyad Caliphate Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik and marked the first successful secession from the Arab caliphate ....
   in Maghreb
  Maghreb
  
  The Maghreb , also rendered Maghrib , meaning "place of sunset" or "western" in Arabic, is a region in North Africa. The term is generally applied to all of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, but in older Arabic usage pertained only to the area of the three countries between the high ranges of the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea....
   against the Umayyads marked the first successful secession from the Arab caliphate (ruled from Damascus
  Damascus
  
  Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
  ).
• 747–750: The Abbasid Revolt
  Battle of the Zab
  
  The Battle of the Zab took place on the banks of the Zab river river in what is now Iraq on January 25, 750. It spelled the end of the Umayyad Caliphate and the rise of the Abbasids, a dynasty that would last until the 13th century....
   overthrew the Umayyad dynasty. When Abbasids declared amnesty for members of the Umayyad family, eighty gathered to receive pardons, and all were massacred.
• 755: Abd ar-Rahman I
  Abd ar-Rahman I
  
  Abd ar-Rahman I was the founder of the Umayyad Emirate of C?rdoba, Spain, a Muslim dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberian Peninsula for nearly three centuries ....
   landed at Almuñécar
  Almuñécar
  
  Almu??car is a municipality in the Autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia on the Costa del Sol between Nerja and Motril . It has a subtropical climate....
   in al-Andalus
  Al-Andalus
  
  Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to the parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Arab Muslims, at various times in the period between 711 and 1492....
  . Abd ar-Rahman I was the founder of a Muslim dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia
  Iberian Peninsula
  
  The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
   for nearly three centuries.
• 755–763: The Rebellion by powerful Jiedushi
  Jiedushi
  
  The Jiedushi were regional military governors in China during the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. Originally set up to counter external threats, the jiedushi were given enormous power, including the ability to maintain their own armies, collect taxes, and pass their titles on hereditarily....
   An Lushan
  An Lushan
  
  An Lushan , n? Aluoshan or Galuoshan , posthumous name Prince La of Yan , was a military leader of Sogdian-Turkic peoples or Iranian peoples-Turkish people origin during the Tang Dynasty in China....
   in Tang Dynasty
  Tang Dynasty
  
  The Tang Dynasty was an Dynasties in Chinese history preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire....
  , which caused heavy damage in China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
   in terms of population and economy.
• 782–785: The Saxon revolt against Charlemagne
  Charlemagne
  
  Charlemagne was List of Frankish kings from 768 to his death. He expanded the Franks kingdoms into a Carolingian Empire that incorporated much of Western Europe and Central Europe....
  . Rebellion was part of Saxon Wars
  Saxon Wars
  
  The Saxon Wars were the campaigns and insurrections of the more than thirty years from 772, when Charlemagne first entered Duchy of Saxony with the intent to conquer, to 804, when the last rebellion of disaffected Germanic peoples was crushed....
  .
• 814: Al-Hakam I
  Al-Hakam I
  
  Al-Hakam Ibn Hisham Ibn Abd-ar-Rahman I was Umayyad Emir of Cordoba from 796 until 822 in the Al-Andalus .During his reign he crushed a rebellion led by clerics in a suburb called al-Ribad on the south bank of the Guadalquivir river....
   crushed a rebellion of Iberian Muslims led by clerics in a suburb called al-Ribad on the south bank of the Guadalquivir
  Guadalquivir
  
  The Guadalquivir is the fifth longest river in Spain , and the longest in Andalusia. The Guadalquivir is 657 kilometers long and drains an area of about 58,000 square kilometers....
   river.
• 817–837: The revolution of the Iranian Khurramites
  Khurramites
  
  The Khurramites were an Greater Iran religious and political movement which appeared in Azerbaijan and the rest of Iran in 814. An alternative name for the movement is the Arabic expression Mu?ammira , a reference to their symbolic red dress....
   led by Babak Khorramdin
  Babak Khorramdin
  
  Babak Khorram-Din was one of the main Persian people revolutionary leaders of the Iranian Khurramites , which was a local freedom movement fighting the Abbasid Caliphate....
  .
• 824–836: The revolt of Arab
  Arab
  
  An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
   troops in Tunisia
  Tunisia
  
  Tunisia , officially the Tunisian Republic , is a country located in North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast....
   against Aghlabids was only put down with the help of the Berbers.
• 828: The failed rebellion by Kim Heon-chang against Silla
  Silla
  
  Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and the longest sustaining dynasty in Asian history. Although it was founded by King Bak Hyeokgeose of Silla, who is also known to be the originator of the Korean family name Park , the dynasty was to see the Kyungju Kim clan hold rule for most of its 992-year history....
  .
• 845: The rebellion by the famous naval commander Jang Bogo
  Jang Bogo
  
  Jang Bogo , also known as Gungbok, rose to prominence in Korea in the late Unified Silla period as a powerful maritime figure who for several decades effectively controlled the Yellow Sea and Korean coast between southwestern Korea and China's Shandong peninsula....
   against Silla
  Silla
  
  Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and the longest sustaining dynasty in Asian history. Although it was founded by King Bak Hyeokgeose of Silla, who is also known to be the originator of the Korean family name Park , the dynasty was to see the Kyungju Kim clan hold rule for most of its 992-year history....
  , ended when Jang was assassinated.
• 861–1003: Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar
  Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar
  
  Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar or Ya'qub-i Laith Saffari was the founder of the Saffarid dynasty in Sistan, with its capital at Zaranj . He ruled territories that are now in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan....
   established Saffarid dynasty
  Saffarid dynasty
  
  The Saffarid dynasty , was an Iranian empire which ruled in Sistan , a historical region in southeastern Iran and southwestern Afghanistan.. Their capital was Zaranj....
  . He seized control of the Seistan region, conquering modern-day eastern Iran
  Iran
  
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
  , much of Afghanistan
  Afghanistan
  
  Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
  , and parts of Pakistan
  Pakistan
  
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
  . Ya'qub bin Laith as-Saffar started his campaign as a bandit and formed his own army.
• 869–883: The Zanj Rebellion
  Zanj Rebellion
  
  Note: The Zanj Rebellion was not a single revolt but a series of small revolts that eventually culminated to a large revolt. This article details the largest revolt led by Ali bin Muhammad....
   of black African slaves in Iraq
  Iraq
  
  Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
  . The Zanj Rebellion was crushed in 883 by the Abbasids.
• 875–884: A rebellion by salt smuggler Huang Chao
  Huang Chao
  
  Huang Chao was the leader of infamous Huang Chao Rebellion in China that seriously weakened the once mighty Tang Dynasty of China. The dynasty, which was one of the strongest in the world at the time, was dissolved into the several decades of political upheaval called Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period....
   against Tang Dynasty
  Tang Dynasty
  
  The Tang Dynasty was an Dynasties in Chinese history preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire....
   China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  , which later collapsed due to the destabilization caused by the rebellion.
• 884: Umar ibn Hafsun
  Umar ibn Hafsun
  
  `Umar ibn Hafs ibn Ja'far , known in Spanish history as Omar ben Hafsun, was a 9th Century leader of anti-Caliphate of C?rdoba#The Umayyad dynasty forces in southern Iberian Peninsula....
   led anti-Ummayad dynasty forces in southern Spain.
• 899–906: The Qarmatians
  Qarmatians
  
  The Qarmatians were a millenarian Ismaili group centered in Al-Hasa, where they established a Utopia#Religious utopia republic in 899 CE. They are most famed for their revolt against the Abbasid and particularly with their seizure of the Black Stone from Mecca and desecration of the Zamzam Well with Muslim corpses during the Hajj season of 9...
  , an extremist Isma'ili
  Ismaili
  
  Ismailism is a branch of the Islam, and is the second largest part of the Shia Islam community, after the mainstream Twelvers . The Ismaili get their name from their acceptance of Ismail bin Jafar as the divinely appointed spiritual successor to Jafar al-Sadiq, wherein they differ from the Twelvers, who accept Musa al-Kazim, younger bro...
   Muslim
  Muslim
  
  :A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
   sect centered in eastern Arabia, revolted against Abbasids.
• 943–947: The great revolt of Abu Yazid
  Abu Yazid
  
  Ab? Yaz?d Mukhallad ibn Kayr?d , nicknamed S?hib al-Him?r or "Owner of the Donkey", was a menber of Banu Ifran Tribe , he was a Kharijite Berber people who led a rebellion against the Fatimids in Ifriqiya starting in 944....
  , a Khariji Berber
  Berber
  
  Berber may refer to:*a member of the Berber people**the Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages**Berberism, a political-cultural supporting a distinct Berber identity....
   leader who assembled a large tribal coalition against Fatimid
  Fatimid
  
  The Fatimid Caliphate or al-Fatimiyyun was an Arab Shi'a dynasty that ruled over varying areas of the Maghreb, Egypt, Sicily, Malta and the Levant from 5 January 909 to 1171....
   rule.
• 982: The great revolt of the pagan Polabian Slavs
  Polabian Slavs
  
  Polabian Slavs is a collective term applied to a number of largely extinct West Slavs tribes who lived along the Elbe, between the Baltic Sea to the north, the Saale and Limes Saxonicus to the west, the Sudetes and Franconia to the south, and History of Poland to the east....
   of the lower Elbe
  Elbe
  
  The River Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It originates in the Krkonose Mountains of northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Germany and flowing into the North Sea....
   against the Holy Roman Empire
  Holy Roman Empire
  
  The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
  .

1000–1499

• 1090: Hassan-i Sabbah Hassan took over Alamut
  Alamut
  
  Alamut was once a mountain fortress located in the central Alborz south of the Caspian Sea close to Gazor Khan near Qazvin Province, about 100 km from present-day Tehran in Iran....
   for Hashshashin
  Hashshashin
  
  The Hashshashin from which the word Assassinations is thought to originate, was the Persian Empire derived designation of the Nizari branch of the Ismailism Shia Islam during the Middle Ages....
  .
• 1095: Rebellion of northern nobles against William Rufus.
• 1125: The Almohads began a rebellion in the Atlas Mountains
  Atlas Mountains
  
  The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range across a northern stretch of Africa extending about 2,400 km through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The highest peak is Jbel Toubkal, with an elevation of in southwestern Morocco....
  .
• 1156: The Hogen Rebellion
  Hogen Rebellion
  
  The Hogen Rebellion was a Japanese civil war fought in 1156 over Emperors of Japan succession and control of the Fujiwara Regents clan of regents....
   succeeded in establishing the dominance of the samurai
  Samurai
  
  is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial society Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character ? was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau....
   clans and eventually the first samurai-led government in the history of Japan
  History of Japan
  
  The written history of Japan begins with brief references of Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical texts, in the 1st century AD....
  .
• 1185: The Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion
  Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion
  
  The Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion was a revolt of the Bulgars and Vlachs living in the Byzantine Empire, caused by a tax increase. It began at the turn of the year 1185/1186 and ended with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire, ruled by the Asen dynasty....
   against Byzantine Empire
  Byzantine Empire
  
  Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
  .
• 1233–1234: The Stedinger
  Stedingen
  
  Stedingen is an area north of Bremen in the delta of the Weser river in north-western Germany....
   revolt in Frisia
  Eala Freya Fresena
  
  Eala Freya Fresena was the motto for the coat of arms of east Frisia in northern Germany. The motto is often mistranslated as "Hail, free Frisians!", but it was the reversal of the feudal prostration and is better translated as "Stand up, free Frisians!"....
   caused Pope Gregory IX
  Pope Gregory IX
  
  Pope Gregory IX, born Ugolino di Conti, was pope from March 19, 1227 to August 22, 1241.The successor of Pope Honorius III , he fully inherited the traditions of Pope Gregory VII and of his uncle Pope Innocent III , and zealously continued their policy of Papal supremacy....
   to call on a crusade.
• 1242–1249: The The First Prussian Uprising
  Prussian uprisings
  
  The Prussian uprisings were two major and three smaller uprisings by the Old Prussians, one of the Balts, against the Teutonic Knights that took place in the 13th century during the Northern Crusades....
   against the Teutonic Knights
  Teutonic Knights
  
  The Order of the Teutonic Knights of St. Mary's Hospital in Jerusalem , or for short the Teutonic Order was a Germans Roman Catholic religious order....
  , which took place during the Northern Crusades
  Northern Crusades
  
  The Northern Crusades or Baltic Crusades were crusades undertaken by the Roman Catholic Church kings of Denmark and Sweden, the German Livonian Brothers of the Sword and Teutonic Knights military orders, and their allies against the paganism peoples of Northern Europe around the southern and eastern shores of the Baltic Sea....
  .
• 1250: The Mamluk
  Mamluk
  
  A mamluk was a slavery soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans from the 9th to the 13th centuries....
  s killed the last sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty, and established the Bahri dynasty
  Bahri dynasty
  
  The Bahri dynasty or Bahriyya Mamluks was a Mamluk dynasty of mostly Kipchaks Turkic peoples origin that ruled Egypt from 1250 to 1382 when they were succeeded by the Burji dynasty, another group of Mamluks....
  .
• 1296–1328: The First of the Wars of Scottish Independence
  Wars of Scottish Independence
  
  The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries....
   between Scotland
  Scotland
  
  conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
   and England
  England
  
  native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
  , leading to renewed Scottish independence
  Scottish independence
  
  Scottish independence is a political ambition of a number of List of political parties in Scotland, Interest group and individuals for Scotland to secede from the United Kingdom....
   in 1328.
• 1332–1357: The second instalment of the Wars of Scottish Independence
  Wars of Scottish Independence
  
  The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries....
  , leading again to renewed Scottish independence
  Scottish independence
  
  Scottish independence is a political ambition of a number of List of political parties in Scotland, Interest group and individuals for Scotland to secede from the United Kingdom....
   from England
  England
  
  native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
   and the Treaty of Berwick
  Treaty of Berwick
  
  Treaty of Berwick refers to several treaties associated with the Scotland/England border town Berwick-upon-Tweed:*Treaty of Berwick , October 1357, between Edward III of England and David II of Scotland, securing the release from captivity of the latter...
  .
• 1302: The Battle of the Golden Spurs
  Battle of the Golden Spurs
  
  The Battle of the Golden Spurs was fought on July 11, 1302, near Kortrijk in Flanders. The date of the battle is the official celebration day of the Flemish community in Belgium....
   in Flanders, after which the French were ousted.
• 1323–1328: Beginning as a series of scattered rural riots in late 1323, the Peasant revolt in Flanders escalated into a full-scale rebellion and ended with the Battle of Cassel.
• 1343–1345: the St. George's Night Uprising
  St. George's Night Uprising
  
  St. George?s Night Uprising denotes a series of rebellions in 1343-1345 by the indigenous Estonians-speaking population of Northern and Western Estonia against rulers of foreign origin....
   in Estonia
  Estonia
  
  Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
  .
• 1354: The revolt of Cola di Rienzi.
• 1356–1358: Jacquerie
  Jacquerie
  
  The Jacquerie was a popular revolt in late medieval Europe by peasants that took place in northern France in 1358, during the Hundred Years' War....
  : a peasant revolt in northern France, during the Hundred Years' War
  Hundred Years' War
  
  The Hundred Years' War was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne, which was vacant with the extinction of the senior House of Capet line of French kings....
  .

• 1378: The Revolt of the Ciompi.
• 1381: The Peasants' Revolt
  Peasants' Revolt
  
  The Peasants' Revolt, Tyler?s Rebellion, or the Great Rising of AD 1381 was one of a number of popular revolts in late medieval Europe and is a major event in the history of England....
  , or the Great Rising of 1381, in England
  England
  
  native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
  .
• 1390s: The revolts that broke out all over Persia while Timur Lenk was away were repressed with ruthless vigour; whole cities were destroyed, their populations massacred
  List of massacres
  
  This is a list of events named "massacre". The term suggests mass murder and its usage may be controversial. There are numerous events which are called "massacre" by one party to the debate while the other denies that they were such; in many other cases an event is acknowleged to be a massacre but there is a considerable debate on the nu...
  , and towers built of their skulls.
• 1400–1415 The Welsh revolt led by Owain Glyndwr
  Owain Glyndwr
  
  Owain Glyndwr , or Owain Glyn Dwr, anglicised by William Shakespeare into Owen Glendower and also sometimes styled Owain IV of Wales by modern historians, was a Wales ruler and the last native Welsh people to hold the title Prince of Wales....
  .
• 1418–1427: Vietnamese
  Vietnamese people
  
  The Vietnamese people are an ethnic group originating from what is now northern Vietnam and southern People's Republic of China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other List of ethnic groups in Vietnam....
   led by Le Loi revolted against Chinese occupation
  Yongle Emperor
  
  The Yongle Emperor , born Zhu Di , was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424. His era name "Yongle" means "Perpetual Happiness"....
  .
• 1420: The Bohemian Hussites begin a rebellion against both Catholicism and the Holy Roman Empire. The wars that ensue are known as the Hussite Wars
  Hussite Wars
  
  The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars involved the military actions against and amongst the followers of Jan Hus in Bohemia in the period 1420 to circa 1434....
  .
• 1434: A Swedish peasant rebellion
  Engelbrekt rebellion
  
  The Engelbrekt rebellion was a rebellion in 1434-1436 led by Sweden nobleman Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson against Eric of Pomerania, the king of the Kalmar Union....
   breaks out against the Danes.
• 1437: The Bobâlna (Bábolna) revolt
  Bobâlna revolt
  
  The Budai Nagy Antal Revolt or Bob?lna Revolt , of 1437 in Transylvania was the only significant popular revolt in late medieval Europe in the Kingdom of Hungary prior to the Gy?rgy D?zsa....
   in Transylvania
  Transylvania
  
  Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountains, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term frequently encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical regions of Crisana, Maramures, and Banat....
  , using military tactics inspired by the Hussites wars
  Hussite Wars
  
  The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars involved the military actions against and amongst the followers of Jan Hus in Bohemia in the period 1420 to circa 1434....
  .
• 1444–1468: Skenderbeg's rebellion in Ottoman-ruled Albania
  Albania
  
  Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....
  .
• 1450: The Kent
  Kent
  
  Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....
   rebellion led by Jack Cade
  Jack Cade
  
  Jack Cade was the leader of a popular revolt in late medieval Europe in the 1450 Kent rebellion which took place in the time of King Henry VI of England in England....
  .
• 1462–1485: The Rebellion of the Remences in Catalonia
  Catalonia
  
  Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
  .
• 1497: The Cornish Rebellion of 1497
  Cornish Rebellion of 1497
  
  The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 was a Popular revolt in late medieval Europe by the people of Cornwall in the far south west of Great Britain. Its primary cause was the raising of war taxes by King Henry VII of England on the impoverished Cornish people for a campaign against Scotland, motivated by brief border skirmishes that were inspired...
   in England
  England
  
  native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
  .

1500–1799

• 1514: A peasants' war led by György Dózsa
  György Dózsa
  
  Gy?rgy D?zsa was a Sz?kely Hungarian man-at-arms from Transylvania who led a Popular revolt in late medieval Europe against the Kingdom of Hungary landed nobility....
   in the Kingdom of Hungary
  Kingdom of Hungary
  
  The Kingdom of Hungary , which existed from 1000 to 1918, and then from 1920 to 1946, was a considerable state in Central Europe....
  .
• 1515: The Slovenian peasant revolt
  Slovenian peasant revolt
  
  The Slovenian peasant revolt of 1515 was a peasant revolt which engulfed most of what is now Slovenia. The rebels captured most castles. The revolt was put down by the Holy Roman Empire army, with the deciding battle fought at Celje....
  .
• 1515–1523: The Frisian rebellion of the Arumer Black Heap, led by Pier Gerlofs Donia
  Pier Gerlofs Donia
  
  Pier Gerlofs Donia was a Frisian warrior, pirate and rebel. He is best known by his West Frisian language nickname "Grutte Pier" , or by the Dutch language translations "Grote Pier" and "Lange Pier", or, in Latin, "Pierius Magnus", which referred to his legendary size and strength....
   and Wijard Jelckama.
• 1519–1523: The first Revolta de les Germanies
  Revolta de les Germanies
  
  The Revolt of the Brotherhoods was a revolt by artisan guilds against the government of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in the Kingdom_of_Valencia#Modern_Era.2C_the_Germanies.2C_and_decay, part of the Crown of Aragon....
   in Valencia
  Kingdom of Valencia
  
  The Christian Kingdom of Valencia , located in the Eastern shore of the Iberian Peninsula, was one of the component realms of the Crown of Aragon....
  , an anti-monarchist, anti-feudal autonomist movement inspired by the Italian republics.
• 1519–1610: The Jelali revolts
  Jelali Revolts
  
  Jelali revolts , were a series of rebellions in Anatolia against the authority of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries. The first revolt termed as such occurred in 1519, during sultan Selim I's reign, near Tokat Province under the leadership of Cel?l, an Alevi preacher, and the name of the chief rebel was later used by Ottoman hi...
   in Anatolia
  Anatolia
  
  Anatolia or Asia Minor is a region of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. It is a geographic region bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Caucasus to the northeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Iranian plateau to the east and southeast....
   against the authority of the Ottoman Empire
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
  .
• 1520–1522: The Revolt of the Comuneros against the rule of Spanish king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
  
  Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
  .
• 1524–1525: The Peasants' War
  Peasants' War
  
  The Peasants' War was a popular revolt in late medieval Europe in the years 1524/1525. It consisted, like the preceding Bundschuh movement and the Hussite Wars, of a series of economic as well as religious revolts by peasants, townsfolk and nobility....
   of in the Holy Roman Empire
  Holy Roman Empire
  
  The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
  .
• 1542: The Dacke Feud in Sweden
  Sweden
  
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
  .
• 1549: The Prayer Book Rebellion
  Prayer Book Rebellion
  
  The Prayer Book Rebellion, Prayer Book Revolt, Prayer Book Rising, Western Rising or Western Rebellion was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon, in 1549....
   in Cornwall
  Cornwall
  
  Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
   and Devon
  Devon
  
  Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
  , United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  .
• 1549: Kett's Rebellion
  Kett's Rebellion
  
  Kett's Rebellion was a revolt in Norfolk beginning in July 1549 instigated by Robert Kett of Wymondham, Norfolk. Robert Kett himself had been a tanner and owned the Manorialism of Wymondham making him a wealthy man....
  .
• 1566–1648: Eighty Years' War; revolt of the Low Countries against Spain.
• 1568–1571: The Morisco Revolt
  Morisco Revolt
  
  The Morisco Revolt occurred in 1568. It was a rebellion by the remnants of the community of Islam converts to Christianity in Granada against the Crown of Castile....
   by the remnants of the Morisco
  Morisco
  
  A morisco or mourisco was any Muslim of Spain or Portugal who converted to Catholicism during the reconquista of Spain. The term also became a pejorative applied to those who had converted but were suspected of secretly practicing Islam....
   community (Spanish Christian converts from Islam
  Islam
  
  Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
   ["crypto-Muslims"] in Granada
  Granada
  
  Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
  , Spain
  Habsburg Spain
  
  Habsburg Spain refers to the history of Spain over the 16th and 17th centuries , when Spain was ruled by the major branch of the Habsburg dynasty ....
  .
• 1573: The Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt
  Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt
  
  The Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt of 1573 was a large peasant revolt in today's Croatia and Slovenia. The revolt, sparked by cruel treatment of serfs by a local baron, ended after 12 days with the defeat of the rebels and bloody retribution by the nobility....
  .
• 1594–1603: The Nine Years War or Tyrone's Rebellion in Ulster
  Ulster
  
  Ulster is one of the four Provinces of Ireland of Ireland, in addition to Connacht, Munster and Leinster. The name is sometimes informally used as a synonym for Northern Ireland, one of the countries of the United Kingdom, although Northern Ireland covers only two thirds of Ulster....
  , Ireland
  Ireland
  
  Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
   against English rule in Ireland
  Ireland
  
  Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
  .
• 1596: The Club War uprising in Finland
  Finland
  
  Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
  .
• 1606–1607: The Bolotnikov rebellion for the abolition of serfdom, which was part of the Time of Troubles
  Time of Troubles
  
  The Time of Troubles was a period of History of Russia comprising the years of interregnum between the death of the last Tsardom of Russia Tsar Feodor I of Russia of the Rurik Dynasty in 1598 and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613....
   in Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  .
• 1618–1625: The Bohemian Revolt
  Thirty Years' War
  
  The Thirty Years' War was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. The war was fought primarily in Germany and at various points involved most of the countries of Europe....
   against the Habsburgs. Rebellion was part of Thirty Years' War
  Thirty Years' War
  
  The Thirty Years' War was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. The war was fought primarily in Germany and at various points involved most of the countries of Europe....
  .
• 1637–1638: The Shimabara Rebellion
  Shimabara Rebellion
  
  The was an rebellion largely involving Japanese peasants, most of them Christianity, in 1637?1638 during the Edo period. It was also one of only a handful of instances of serious unrest during the relatively peaceful period of the Tokugawa shogunate's rule....
   of Japanese Christians
  Kirishitan
  
  , from Portuguese language crist?o, referred to Roman Catholic Christians in Japanese language and is used as a historiographic term for Roman Catholics in Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries....
  .
• 1640: The Portuguese Revolt
  Portuguese Restoration War
  
  Portuguese Restoration War was the name given after the 19th century by Romantic nationalism historians to the war between Portugal and Crown of Castile after the revolution of 1640, that ended the sixty years period of the dual monarchy between Portugal and Spain under the Philippine Dynasty....
   against Spanish Empire
  Spanish Empire
  
  The Spanish Empire was one of the largest empires in world history, and one of the first global empires. It included territories and colonies ruled by Spain in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania between the 15th and late 19th centuries....
  .
• 1640–1652: The Catalan Revolt
  Catalan Revolt
  
  The Catalan Revolt affected a large part of Catalonia between the years of 1640 and 1659. It had an enduring effect in the Treaty of the Pyrenees, which ceded the county of Roussillon and the northern half of the county of Cerdanya to France , thereby splitting the Catalan population....
  .
• 1640–1644: The Vlach
  Moravian Wallachia
  
  Moravian Wallachia is a mountainous region located in the easternmost part of Moravia, Czech Republic, near the Slovakian border. The name Wallachia was formerly applied to all the highlands of Moravia and neighboring Silesia, although in the nineteenth century a smaller area came to be defined as ethno-cultural Moravian Wallachia....
   uprising against Habsburg
  Habsburg
  
  The House of Habsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of Spanish Empire and the Austrian Empire....
   rule in Moravia
  Moravia
  
  Moravia is a Historical regions of Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, one of the former Czech lands. It takes its name from the Morava River, Central Europe which rises in the northwest of the region....
  .
• 1641: The Irish Rebellion of 1641
  Irish Rebellion of 1641
  
  The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup d'?tat by Irish Roman Catholic Church gentry, but developed into inter communal violence between native Irish people and England and Scotland Protestant settlers, starting a conflict known as the Irish Confederate Wars....
  .
• 1642–1653: The English Revolution
  English Revolution
  
  The term "English Revolution" refers to the period of the English Civil Wars and Commonwealth of England period 1640-1660, in which Parliament challenged King Charles I of England's authority, engaged in civil conflict against his forces, and executed him in 1649....
  , commencing as a civil war between Parliament and the King, and culminating in the execution of Charles I and the establishment of a republican Commonwealth, which was succeeded several years later by the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell
  Oliver Cromwell
  
  Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
  .
• 1644: The Li Zicheng
  Li Zicheng
  
  Li Zicheng , born Li H?ngji , was one of the major figures in the rebellion that brought down the Ming Dynasty. He proclaimed himself Chuang W?ng , or "The Roaming King"....
   rebellion against the Ming Dynasty
  Ming Dynasty
  
  The Ming Dynasty , or Empire of the Great Ming , was the ruling Dynasties in Chinese history of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty....
  .
• 1647: The Naples Revolt
  Neapolitan Republic (1647)
  
  The Neapolitan Republic between the years 1647?1648 was a Republic created in Naples, which lasted for some months and began after the revolt led by Masaniello and Giulio Genoino against the Spain viceroys....
  .
• 1648: The Khmelnytsky Uprising
  Khmelnytsky Uprising
  
  File:Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1648.PNGThe term Khmelnytsky Uprising refers to a rebellion or war of liberation in the lands of present-day Ukraine which continued from 1648–1655....
   of Cossacks in Ukraine against Polish nobility in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  
  The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
  .
• 1648–1653: The Fronde
  Fronde
  
  The Fronde was a civil war in France, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War , which had begun in 1635. The word fronde means sling , with which the windows of supporters of Jules Cardinal Mazarin were broken with stones by Parisian Crowds....
  , in France.
• 1668: The Sikhs
  Sikhism
  
  Sikhism , founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak and ten successive Sikh Gurus in fifteenth century Punjab region, is the Major religious groups organized religion in the world....
   in the Anandpur revolted against the Mughal Empire
  Mughal Empire
  
  The Mughal Empire was a Muslim imperial power of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century....
  .
• 1668–1676: The Solovetsky Monastery Uprising
  Solovetsky Monastery Uprising
  
  The Solovetsky Monastery Uprising was an uprising of Old Believer monks of the northern Solovetsky Monastery against the Tsar's policies, known as the Raskol....
  .
• 1669: The Jat uprising
  1669 Jat uprising
  
  Paradoxical though it might appear and strange though it might seem, the Jat uprising of 1669 in India under the leader Gokula occurred at a time when the Mughal Empire government was by no means weak or imbecile....
   under Gokula
  Gokula
  
  Gokula or Gokul Singh was a Jat people village head of Sinsini village in Bharatpur district in Rajasthan, India. Later, he became a chieftain of Tilpat in Haryana....
  . The Hindu Jat
  Jat
  
  The Jats are found in India and Pakistan. The Jats in India live mainly in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and U.P. The majority of Jats in India live in Haryana ....
  s in the Agra district
  Agra District
  
  File:Uttar Pradesh district location map Agra.svgAgra District is one of the Districts of Uttar Pradesh of Uttar Pradesh States and territories of India of India, and the historical city of Agra is the district headquarters....
   revolted against the Mughal
  Mughal Empire
  
  The Mughal Empire was a Muslim imperial power of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century....
   Emperor Aurangzeb
  Aurangzeb
  
  Aurangzeb Aurangzeb ruled India for 48 years, bringing a larger area under Mughal rule than ever before . He is generally regarded as the last Great Mughal ruler....
  .
• 1672: The Pasthun rebellion
  Aurangzeb
  
  Aurangzeb Aurangzeb ruled India for 48 years, bringing a larger area under Mughal rule than ever before . He is generally regarded as the last Great Mughal ruler....
   against the Mughals.
• 1672–1674: The Lipka Rebellion
  Lipka Tatars
  
  The Lipka Tatars are a group of Tatars living on the lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania since the 14th century. They followed Sunni branch of Islam and their origins can be traced back to the descendant states of the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan - the White Horde, the Golden Horde, the Crimean Khanate and Kazan Khanate....
  , an uprising of Polish Tatars
  Lipka Tatars
  
  The Lipka Tatars are a group of Tatars living on the lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania since the 14th century. They followed Sunni branch of Islam and their origins can be traced back to the descendant states of the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan - the White Horde, the Golden Horde, the Crimean Khanate and Kazan Khanate....
   against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  
  The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
  .
• 1672–1678: The Messina Revolt. The Sicilian revolt against Spanish rule took place during the Franco-Dutch War
  Franco-Dutch War
  
  The Franco-Dutch War, often called simply the Dutch War was a war fought by the France, the Swedish Empire, the Bishopric of M?nster, the Archbishopric of Cologne and the Kingdom of England against the Dutch Republic, which was later joined by Holy Roman Emperor, Brandenburg and Spain to form a Quadruple Alliance....
   of Louis XIV; the rebels were supported by France.
• 1675–1676: King Philip's War
  King Philip's War
  
  King Philip's War, sometimes called Metacomet's War or Metacom's Rebellion, was an armed conflict between indigenous peoples of the Americas inhabitants of present-day southern New England and English colonists and their Native American allies from 1675–1676....
   between Indians and English settlers, sometimes called Metacom's Rebellion.

• 1680: The Pueblo Revolt
  Pueblo Revolt
  
  The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 or Pop?'s Rebellion was an uprising of many pueblos of the Pueblo people against Spanish colonization of the Americas in the New Spain province of New Mexico....
   against Spanish settlers in New Mexico
  New Mexico
  
  New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
  .
• 1682: The Moscow Uprising
  Moscow Uprising of 1682
  
  Moscow Uprising of 1682, also known as Streltsy Uprising of 1682 , was an Rebellion of the Moscow Streltsy regiments which resulted in supreme power being devolved on Sophia Alekseyevna....
   of the Moscow
  Moscow
  
  Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
   Streltsy
  Streltsy
  
  Streltsy were the Military units of Russian guardsmen in the 16th - early 18th centuries, armed with firearms . They are also collectively known as Markman Troops ....
   regiments.
• 1688: The Siamese revolution (1688)
  Siamese revolution (1688)
  
  The Siamese revolution of 1688 was a major popular upheaval in the Kingdom of Siam which led to the overthrown of the pro-foreign Siamese king Narai by the Mandarin Petracha, and the ousting of French colonial empire and military forces from Siam....
   the overthrow of pro-foreign Siamese king Narai
  Narai
  
  Narai became king of the Ayutthaya kingdom or Siam, today's Thailand, in 1656. His reign saw a major expansion of diplomatic missions to and from Western powers, most notably France, England, and the Vatican....
   by Mandarin Petracha.
• 1688: The Glorious Revolution
  Glorious Revolution
  
  The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of British monarchy James II of England in 1688 by a union of Parliament of England with an invading army led by the Dutch Republic stadtholder William III of England , who as a result ascended the English throne as William III of England....
   in England overthrew King James II and established a Whig-dominated Protestant constitutional monarchy.
• 1688–1746: The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the British Isles
  British Isles
  
  The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include Great Britain and Ireland, and numerous smaller islands....
   occurring between 1688 and 1746.
• 1689: Karposh's Rebellion
  Karposh's Rebellion
  
  Karposh?s Rebellion or Karposh?s Uprising is a name used for the Bulgarians uprising against the Ottoman Empire in Central Balkans that took place in 1689....
   against Ottoman Empire
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
  .
• 1693: The second Revolta de les Germanies
  Revolta de les Germanies
  
  The Revolt of the Brotherhoods was a revolt by artisan guilds against the government of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in the Kingdom_of_Valencia#Modern_Era.2C_the_Germanies.2C_and_decay, part of the Crown of Aragon....
   in Valencia
  Kingdom of Valencia
  
  The Christian Kingdom of Valencia , located in the Eastern shore of the Iberian Peninsula, was one of the component realms of the Crown of Aragon....
  , prompted by feudal taxation.
• 1698: The Streltsy Uprising
  Streltsy Uprising
  
  The Streltsy Uprising of 1698 was an Rebellion of the Moscow Streltsy regiments. Some Russian historians believe that the Streltsy uprising was a reactionary rebellion against progressive innovations of Peter I of Russia....
   in Russia.
• 1702–1715: The Camisard Rebellion
  Camisard
  
  Camisards were French Protestants of the rugged and isolated Cevennes region of south-central France, who raised an insurrection against the persecutions which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685....
   in France
  France
  
  France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
  .
• 1703–1711: The Rákóczi Uprising
  Rákóczi's War for Independence
  
  'R?k?czi's War for Independence' was the first significant freedom fight in Hungary against Absolutism Habsburg rule. It was fought by a group of noblemen, wealthy and high-ranking progressives who wanted to put an end to the inequality of power relations, led by Francis II R?k?czi ....
   against the Habsburgs.
• 1707–1709: The Bulavin Rebellion
  Bulavin Rebellion
  
  The Bulavin Rebellion is the name given to a violent civil uprising in Imperial Russia between the years 1707 and 1708. It takes its name from the Don Cossack Kondraty Bulavin who rose to its forefront as a sort of figurehead....
   in Imperial Russia.
• 1709: Mir Wais Hotak
  Mir Wais Hotak
  
  Mir Wais Khan Hotak was a Pashtun tribal chief of the Ghilzai clan from Kandahar, who founded the Hotaki dynasty that ruled Persian Empire from 1722 to 1729....
  , an Afghani
  Afghanistan
  
  Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
   tribal leader, led a successful rebellion against Gurgin Khan, the Persian governor of Kandahar
  Kandahar
  
  Kandahar, also spelled Qandahar, is the third largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of 324,800 . It is the capital of Kandahar province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level....
  .
• 1722: Afghan rebels defeated Shah Sultan Hossein
  Husayn (Safavid)
  
  Soltan Hosein was a Safavid king of Persian Empire . He ruled from 1694 until he was overthrown by Afghans rebels in 1722. His reign saw the downfall of the Safavid dynasty, which had ruled Persia since the beginning of the 16th century....
   and ended the Safavid dynasty
  Safavid dynasty
  
  The Safavids were an Iranian Shia dynasty of mixed Azerbaijani people and Kurdistan origins which ruled Persia from 1501/1502 to 1722. Safavids established the greatest Iranian empire since the Islamic conquest of Persia and established the Twelvers of Imamah as the official religion of their empire, marking one of the most important turni...
  .
• 1743: The Fourth Dalecarlian Rebellion
  Dalecarlian Rebellion (1743)
  
  The Dalecarlian Rebellion of 1743, also known as the Fourth Dalecarlian Rebellion and stora daldansen was a rebellion that broke out in the Sweden province of Dalarna in 1743....
   in Sweden
  Sweden
  
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
  .
• 1745–1746: The Jacobite Rising
  Jacobite rising
  
  The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland , and Kingdom of Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746....
   in Scotland
  Scotland
  
  conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  .
• 1763–1766: Pontiac's Rebellion
  Pontiac's Rebellion
  
  Pontiac's Rebellion was a war launched in 1763 by North American First Nations who were dissatisfied with Kingdom of Great Britain policies in the Great Lakes region after the British victory in the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War ....
   by numerous North American Indian tribes who joined the uprising in an effort to drive British soldiers and settlers out of the Great Lakes region
  Great Lakes region (North America)
  
  The Great Lakes Region includes the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario, the six United States states derived from the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 , and portions of Western New York and Northwest Region....
  .
• 1768: The Rebellion of 1768
  Rebellion of 1768
  
  The Rebellion of 1768 was an unsuccessful attempt by Louisiana Creole people and Germans settlers around New Orleans, Louisiana to stop the handover of the French Louisiana Territory to Spain in 1768....
   by Creole and German settlers objecting to the turnover of the Louisiana Territory
  Louisiana Territory
  
  Louisiana Territory was a historic organized territory of the United States consisting of the portion of the Louisiana Purchase that was not partitioned off into Territory of Orleans, which later became the state of Louisiana....
   from New France
  New France
  
  The Viceroyalty of New France was the area French colonization of the Americas by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to Spain and Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763....
   to New Spain
  New Spain
  
  The Viceroyalty of New Spain , was the political unit of Spain territories in North America and Asia-Pacific. The territory included the present-day Southwestern United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines....
  .
• 1770: The Orlov Revolt
  Orlov Revolt
  
  The Orlov Revolt was a precursor to the Greek War of Independence , which saw a Greece uprising in the Peloponnese at the instigation of Aleksey Grigoryevich Orlov, commander of the Russian Naval Forces of the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774....
   in Peloponnese
  Peloponnese
  
  The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus is a large peninsula and Regions of Greece in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth....
  .
• 1773–1775:Pugachev's Rebellion
  Pugachev's Rebellion
  
  Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773-74 was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in Russia after 1762. It began as an organized insurrection of Yaik Cossacks headed by Emelyan Pugachev, a disaffected ex-lieutenant of the Russian Imperial army, against a background of profound peasant unrest and war with the Ottoman...
   was the largest peasant revolt in Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  's history. Between the end of the Pugachev rebellion and the beginning of the 19th century, there were hundreds of outbreaks across Russia.
• 1774–1783: The American Revolution
  American Revolution
  
  The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
   establishes independence of the thirteen North American colonies from Great Britain, creating the republic of the United States of America. A war of independence
  War of Independence
  
  The term War of Independence is generally used to describe a war occurring over a Territory that has Declaration of independence independence. Once the state that previously held the territory sends in military forces to assert its sovereignty or the native population clashes with the former occupier, a separatist rebellion has begun....
   in that it created one nation from another, it was also a revolution in that it overthrew an existing societal and governmental order: the Monarchic Colonial government. The American Revolution heavily influenced the French Revolution
  French Revolution
  
  The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
   that followed it and led to the creation of a Constitutional form of government (see U.S. Constitution).
• 1773–1802?: The Tay Son Revolt, annihilation of the ruling Trinh and Nguyen clans as well as the Le Dynasty in Dai Viet
  Vietnam
  
  Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
  .
• 1780–1782: José Gabriel Condorcanqui, known as Túpac Amaru II
  Túpac Amaru II
  
  T?pac Amaru II was the leader of an indigenous uprising in 1780 against the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although unsuccessful, he later became a mythical figure in the Independence of Peru and indigenous rights movement and an inspiration to a myriad of causes in Peru....
  , raises an indigenous peasant army in revolt against Spanish control of Peru
  Peru
  
  Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
  . Julián Apasa, known as Tupac Katari
  Tupac Katari
  
  T?pac Katari , born Juli?n Apasa, was a leader in the rebellions of indigenous people in Bolivia in the early 1780s.A member of the Aymara, Apasa took the name "Tupac Katari" to honor two rebel leaders: Tom?s Katari, and Tupac Amaru II....
   allied with Tupac Amaru and lead an indigenous revolt in Alto Peru (preset day Bolivia
  Bolivia
  
  The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
  ) nearly destroying the city of La Paz
  La Paz
  
  Nuestra Se?ora de La Paz is the administrative Capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department, Bolivia. As of the 2001 census, the city of La Paz had a population of 789,585, and together with the neighboring cities of El Alto and Viacha, make the biggest urban area of Bolivia, with a population of over 1.6 mill...
   in a siege.
• 1789: Regarded as one of the most influential of all socio-political revolutions, the French Revolution
  French Revolution
  
  The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
   is associated with the rise of the bourgeoisie and the downfall of the aristocracy.

• 1793–1796: The Revolt in the Vendée
  Revolt in the Vendée
  
  The War in Vend?e was a civil war and counterrevolution in Vend?e between House of Bourbon and French First Republic during the French Revolution....
   was popular uprising against the Republican government during the French Revolution
  French Revolution
  
  The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
  .
• 1794: The Polish revolt
  Kosciuszko Uprising
  
  The Kosciuszko Uprising was an rebellion led by Tadeusz Kosciuszko in Poland and Lithuania in 1794. It was a failed attempt to liberate Poland and Lithuania of Russian Empire influence after the Second Partition of Poland and the creation of the Confederation of Targowica....
  .
• 1795–1796: Rebels in Grenada
  Grenada
  
  Grenada is an island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines....
   led by Julien Fédon executed the governor and wrested control of most of the island from Britain, which maintained a stronghold in St. George's, the capital. The goal was to incorporate Grenada into revolutionary France, but Fédon soon disappeared and was never heard from again.
• 1796–1804: The White Lotus Rebellion
  White Lotus Rebellion
  
  The White Lotus Rebellion was a China anti-Manchu uprising that occurred during the Qing dynasty. It broke out in 1796 among impoverished settlers in the mountainous region that separates Sichuan province from Hubei and Shaanxi provinces....
   against the Manchu Dynasty
  Qing Dynasty
  
  The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
   in China.
• 1797: The Spithead and Nore mutinies
  Spithead and Nore mutinies
  
  The Spithead and Nore mutinies were two major mutiny by sailors of the Royal Navy in 1797. There was also discontent and minor incidents on ships in other locations in the same year....
   were two major mutinies by sailors of the British Royal Navy
  Royal Navy
  
  The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
  .
• 1798: The Irish Rebellion of 1798
  Irish Rebellion of 1798
  
  The Irish Rebellion of 1798 , or 1798 rebellion as it is known locally, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against United Kingdom and its subject Kingdom of Ireland....
   failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.

1800–1899

• 1803: The rebellion of Robert Emmet
  Robert Emmet
  
  Robert Emmet was an Irish nationalism rebel leader. He led an abortive rebellion against British rule in 1803 and was captured, tried and executed....
   in Dublin
  Dublin
  
  Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
  , Ireland
  Ireland
  
  Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
   against British rule.
• 1804–1813: The First Serbian Uprising
  First Serbian Uprising
  
  The First Serbian Uprising was the first stage of the Serbian revolution which lasted for nine years and approximately nine months , during which Serbia perceived itself as an independent state for the first time after 400 years of History of Ottoman Serbia and short-lasting Treaty of Belgrade....
   against Ottoman
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
   rule.
• 1808: The Dos de Mayo Uprising against the occupation of Madrid
  Madrid
  
  Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
   by French
  France
  
  France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
   troops.
• 1808–1814: The Peninsula war.
• 1809–1810: The rebellion of Velu Thampi Dalawa
  Velu Thampi Dalawa
  
  Velayudhan Chempakaraman Thampi was the Dewan or Prime Minister of the Indian kingdom of Travancore between 1801 and 1809 during the reign of His Highness Maharajah Balarama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal....
   of Travancore
  Travancore
  
  Travancore or Thiruvithaamkoor was a Indian Princely State in India under the British Raj, with its capital at Thiruvananthapuram ruled by the Travancore Royal Family.The name Thiruvithankoor might be derived from Thiruvithankode where the capital Padmanabhapuram was situated....
  .
• 1810–1821: The Mexican War of Independence
  Mexican War of Independence
  
  Mexican War of Independence , was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and Spanish colonial authorities, which started on 16 September 1810....
  , a revolution against Spanish colonialism.
• 1810: The Viceroy of the Río de la Plata
  Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
  
  The Viceroyalty of the R?o de la Plata was the last and most shortlived viceroyalty created by Spain in 1776. Its limits roughly contained the territories of present day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay....
   is deposed by local officers in Argentina
  Argentina
  
  Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
  .

• 1817: The Pernambucan Revolution, a republican separatist movement which resulted in the creation of the short-lived Republic of Pernambuco (7 March 1817–20 May 1817).
• 1817: The Pentrich Revolution, Derbyshire
  Derbyshire
  
  Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains....
  ; an ill-fated attempt to overthrow the Government, unknowingly it was instigated by William Oliver, aka Oliver the Spy. Three men were executed in November 1817, and fourteen men were transported to NSW. The event is known as 'England's Last Revolution' (9–10 June 1817).
• 1820: Revolutions in Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
   and Portugal
  Portugal
  
  Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
  .
• 1820–1824: The revolutionary war of independence in Peru
  Peru
  
  Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
   led by José de San Martín
  José de San Martín
  
  Jos? Francisco de San Mart?n Matorras, also known as Jos? de San Mart?n , was an Argentina general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain....
  .
• 1821–1829: The Greek War of Independence
  Greek War of Independence
  
  The Greek War of Independence was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1829, with later assistance from several Europe powers, against the Ottoman Empire, who were assisted by their vassal state, the Egypt under Muhammad Ali and his successors....
  .
• 1822–1823: The republican revolution in Mexico
  Mexico
  
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
   overthrows Emperor Agustín de Iturbide
  Agustín de Iturbide
  
  Agust?n de Iturbide was born into a noble family in Valladolid, New Spain . He was commissioned into the colonial army when still in his teens....
  .
• 1825: The Decembrist revolt
  Decembrist revolt
  
  The Decembrist revolt or the Decembrist uprising took place in Imperial Russia on 14 December , 1825. Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I of Russia's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia removed himself from the line of succession....
   in Russian Empire
  Russian Empire
  
  File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
  .
• 1825–1830: The Java War
  Java War
  
  The Java War or Diponegoro War was fought in Java between 1825 and 1830. It started as a rebellion led by the illustrious Prince Diponegoro....
   or Dipanegara Revolution, when the prince of Mataram Islam against the tax and land rent dommination from Dutch
  Netherlands
  
  The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
  .
• 1826: The Janissary revolt in Ottoman Empire
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
  .
• 1827–1828: The failed conservative rebellion in Mexico
  Mexico
  
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
   led by Nicolás Bravo
  Nicolás Bravo
  
  Nicol?s Bravo Rueda was a Mexico politician and soldier. He distinguished himself in both offices during the 1846–1848 Mexican-American War....
  .
• 1830: The July Revolution, or the French Revolution of 1830, was a revolt by the middle class against Bourbon King Charles X which forced him out of office and replaced him with the Orleanist King Louis-Philippe (the "July Monarchy").

• 1830–1831: The November Uprising in Poland.
• 1832–1843: Abdelkader's rebellion in French-occupied Algeria
  Algeria
  
  Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
  .
• 1834–1859: Imam Shamil
  Imam Shamil
  
  Imam Shamil was an Caucasian Avars political and religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus. He was a leader of anti-Russian Empire resistance in the Caucasian War and was the third Imam of Dagestan and Chechnya ....
  's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus
  Caucasus Mountains
  
  The Caucasus Mountains is a Mountain range in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea sea in the Caucasus region.The Caucasus Mountains are made up of two separate mountain systems:...
  .
• 1835–1836: Texas secedes from Mexico in the Texas Revolution
  Texas Revolution
  
  The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Mexican Texas portion of the Mexican state Coahuila y Tejas....
  .
• 1835–1845: The War of Tatters
  War of Tatters
  
  War of the Farrapos or Farroupilha Revolution was a Republican uprising that began in southern Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in 1835....
  , Separatists gauchos
  Gaucho
  
  File:Gaucho1868b.jpgGaucho is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos or Patagonian pampa, found principally in parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Zona Austral and Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil....
   revolutionaries declared the independence of the Rio Grande do Sul
  Rio Grande do Sul
  
  is the southernmost States of Brazil of Brazil, and the State with the fourth highest Human Development Index . In Rio Grande do Sul is the most southern city of the country, Chu?, on Uruguayan border....
   from Brazil
  Brazil
  
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
  .
• 1837–1838: The Rebellions of 1837
  Rebellions of 1837
  
  The Rebellions of 1837 were a pair of Canada armed rebellion that occurred in 1837 and 1838 in response to frustrations in political reform and ethnic conflict....
   failed republican revolutions against British rule in Canada.
• 1841–1842: The Afghan uprising
  Massacre of Elphinstone's Army
  
  The Massacre of Elphinstone's Army was a victory of Afghanistan forces, led by Akbar Khan , the son of Dost Mohammad Khan, over a combined United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and British Raj force, led by William George Keith Elphinstone, in January 1842....
  . Hostile Afghan
  Afghan
  
  Afghan may refer to:* A term for something or someone of, from, with familial roots in, or pertaining to Afghanistan.* The term by which Pashtun people are designated by Persian-speakers; as such, it may mean something of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community....
   tribes massacred Elphinstone's British army including some 12,000 civilian dependents and camp followers.
• 1847: The Maya Rebellion in Yucatán
  Yucatán
  
  Yucat?n is one of the States of Mexico of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucat?n Peninsula. The Yucatan peninsula includes three states: Yucat?n, Campeche, and Quintana Roo; all three modern states were formerly part of the larger historic state of Yucat?n in the 19th century....
  .
• 1847: The Taos Revolt
  Taos Revolt
  
  The Taos Revolt was a popular insurrection against the United States occupation of present-day New Mexico in 1847 during the Mexican-American War....
   in New Mexico against the United States.
• 1848: The Revolutions of 1848
  Revolutions of 1848
  
  The European Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout the European continent....
   were a wave of failed liberal and republican revolutions that swept Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  .
• 1848: The French Revolution of 1848 led to the creation of the French Second Republic
  French Second Republic
  
  The French Second Republic was the republican government of France between the Revolutions of 1848 in France and the coup by Napoleon III of France which initiated the Second French Empire....
  .
• 1848: The Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states
  Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states
  
  The Italian states in 1848As with Germany, there was no "Italy" at the time of the Revolutions of 1848, but a collection of independent states....
  .
• 1848: The Revolutions of 1848 in the German states
  Revolutions of 1848 in the German states
  
  "Germany" at the time of the Revolutions of 1848 had been a collection of 39 states loosely bound together in the German Confederation. As nationalist sentiment crystallized into resistance to the traditional political structure, repeated calls for freedom, democracy and national unity came to threaten the status quo....
  .
• 1848: The Hungarian Revolution of 1848
  Hungarian Revolution of 1848
  
  The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in Hungary grew into a war for independence from Austrian Empire....
   grew into a war for independence from Austrian Empire
  Austrian Empire
  
  The Austrian Empire was a periodization successor state empire founded on a remnant of the Holy Roman Empire centered on what is today's Austria that officially lasted from 1804 to 1867....
  .
• 1848: The Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848
  Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848
  
  The Young Irelander Rebellion was a failed uprising of the Young Ireland political movement, which took place on July 29, 1848 in the village of Ballingarry, County Tipperary, Ireland....
   took place during the Great Irish Famine.
• 1848: A rebellion in British-ruled Ceylon
  Sri Lanka
  
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
  .
• 1851–1864: The Taiping Rebellion
  Taiping Rebellion
  
  The Taiping Rebellion was a large-scale revolt in China from 1850 to 1864, during the Qing Dynasty, by an army led by Heterodoxy Christianity convert Hong Xiuquan....
   against the Qing Dynasty
  Qing Dynasty
  
  The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
   and Manchu
  Manchu
  
  The Manchu people are a Tungusic peoples who originated in Manchuria . During their rise in the seventeenth century, with the help of Ming rebels , they conquered the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until its abolition in 1911 after the Xinhai Revolution, which established Republic of China in its place....
   domination in China. In total between 20 and 30 million lives had been lost, making it the second deadliest war
  War
  
  ...
   in human history.
• 1854: A revolution in Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
   against the Moderate Party
  Moderate Party
  
  The Moderate Party is a centre-right, Liberal conservatism List of political parties in Sweden in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of Conservatism in the Riksdag....
   Government.
• 1854–1873: The Miao
  Miao
  
  Miao is a sub-division in Changlang district. Its about 25 km from the Assam border. The main tribes in this region are the Tangsa, Singpho, Lishu and Chakma....
   Rebellion in China.
• 1854–1855: The Revolution of Ayutla in Mexico
  Mexico
  
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
  .
• 1855–1873: The Panthay rebellion
  Panthay Rebellion
  
  The Panthay Rebellion , known in Chinese as the Du Wenxiu Rebellion was a separatist movement of the Hui people and Islam in Chinas against the imperial Qing Dynasty in southwestern Yunnan Province, China, as part of a wave of Hui-led multi-ethnic unrest....
   by Chinese Muslim
  Muslim
  
  :A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
  s against the Qing Dynasty
  Qing Dynasty
  
  The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
  .
• 1857: The failed Indian rebellion against British East India Company
  British East India Company
  
  The East India Company was an early England joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the Indies, but that ended up trading with the Indian subcontinent and China....
  , marking the end of Mughal
  Mughal Empire
  
  The Mughal Empire was a Muslim imperial power of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century....
   rule in India. Also known as the 1857 War of Independence and, particularly in the West, the Sepoy Mutiny
  Sepoy Mutiny
  
  Sepoy Mutiny may refer to:*Indian Rebellion of 1857*1915 Singapore Mutiny*Vellore Mutiny...
  .
• 1858: The Mahtra War
  Mahtra War
  
  Mahtra War was a peasant insurgency at the Mahtra estate in Estonia, in the then Russian Empire in May-July 1858.The revolt was suppressed using the regular army, 14 peasants were wounded and 7 killed on site, 3 died later of wounds....
   in Estonia
  Estonia
  
  Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
  .
• 1858–1861: The War of the Reform in Mexico
  Mexico
  
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
  .
• 1859: The Second Italian War of Independence
  Second Italian War of Independence
  
  The Second War of Italian Independence, Franco-Austrian War, or Austro-Sardinian War was fought by Napoleon III of France and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859....
  .
• 1861–1865: The American Civil War
  American Civil War
  
  The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
   in the United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  , between the United States and the Confederate States of America
  Confederate States of America
  
  The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
  , which was formed out of eleven southern
  Southern United States
  
  The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive region in the southeastern and south-central United States....
   states
  U.S. state
  
  A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
  .
• 1861–1866: Quantrill's Raiders
  Quantrill's Raiders
  
  Quantrill's Raiders were a loosely organized force of pro-Confederate States of America bushwhackers who fought in the American Civil War under the leadership of William Clarke Quantrill....
   in Missouri
  Missouri
  
  Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....
  .
• 1862: The Sioux Uprising
  Dakota War of 1862
  
  The Dakota War of 1862 was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of the eastern Sioux or Dakota people which began on August 17, 1862, along the Minnesota River in southwest Minnesota and ended with a mass capital punishment of thirty-eight Dakota on December 26, 1862, in Mankato, Minnesota....
   in Minnesota
  Minnesota
  
  Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
  .
• 1862–1877: The Muslim Rebellion
  Dungan revolt
  
  The Dungan Revolt was a religious war in 19th-century China. It is also known as the Hui Minorities' War and the Muslim Rebellion. The term is sometimes used to refer to the Panthay Rebellion in Yunnan as well....
   by Chinese Muslims against the Qing Dynasty
  Qing Dynasty
  
  The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
  .
• 1863: The New York Draft Riots
  New York Draft Riots
  
  The New York Draft Riots , were Riot in New York City that were the culmination of discontent with new laws passed by United States Congress to Conscription in the United States#Early drafts men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War....
  .
• 1863–1865: The January Uprising was the Polish uprising against the Russian Empire
  Russian Empire
  
  File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
  .
• 1865: The Morant Bay rebellion
  Morant Bay rebellion
  
  The Morant Bay rebellion began on October 11, 1865, when Paul Bogle led 200 to 300 black men and women into the town of Morant Bay, parish of Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica, Jamaica....
  .
• 1866: The Uprising of Polish political exiles in Siberia
  Uprising of Polish political exiles in Siberia
  
  Siberian Uprising or Baikal Insurrection was a short-lived uprising of about 700 Poland political prisoners and exilees in Siberia, Russian Empire, that started on 24 June 1866 and lasted for a few days, till their defeat on 28 June....
  .
• 1866–1868: The Meiji Restoration
  Meiji Restoration
  
  The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure....
   and modernization revolution in Japan. Samurai
  Samurai
  
  is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial society Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character ? was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau....
   uprising leads to overthrow of shogunate and establishment of "modern" parliamentary, Western-style system.
• 1867: The Fenian Rising
  Fenian Rising
  
  The Fenian Rising of 1867 was a rebellion against United Kingdom rule in Ireland, organised by the Fenian Brotherhood.After the suppression of the Irish People newspaper, disaffection among Irish radical nationalists had continued to smoulder, and during the latter part of 1866 Irish Republican Brotherhood leader James Stephens endeav...
  : an attempt at a nationwide rebellion by the Irish Republican Brotherhood
  Irish Republican Brotherhood
  
  The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic Republic" in the mid nineteenth and early twentieth centuries....
   against British rule.
• 1868: The Glorious Revolution
  Glorious Revolution (Spain)
  
  The Glorious Revolution took place in Spain in 1868,deposing Isabella II of Spain.An 1866 rebellion led by General Juan Prim and a revolt of the sergeants at San Gil sent a signal to Spanish liberals and republicans that there was serious unrest with the state of affairs in Spain that could be harnessed if it were properly led....
   in Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
   deposes Queen Isabella II
  Isabella II of Spain
  
  Isabella II was List of Spanish monarchs She was Spain's first and so far only queen regnant, although she is sometimes considered the third Queen Regnant of Spain, as previous monarchs of Leon and Castile were counted as kings and queens of Spain....
  .
• 1868: In the Grito de Lares
  Grito de Lares
  
  El Grito de Lares —also referred as the Lares uprising, the Lares revolt, Lares rebellion or even Lares Revolution—was the revolt against Spain rule in Puerto Rico on September 23, 1868, in the town of Lares, Puerto Rico....
  , rebels proclaim the independence of Puerto Rico
  Puerto Rico
  
  Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
   from Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  .
• 1869–1870: The Red River Rebellion
  Red River Rebellion
  
  The Red River Rebellion or Red River Resistance are names given to the events surrounding the actions of a provisional government established by M?tis people leader Louis Riel in 1869 at the Red River Settlement in what is now the Canadian province of Manitoba....
  , the events surrounding the actions of a provisional government
  Provisional government
  
  A provisional government is an emergency or interim government set up when a political void has been created by the collapse of a previous administration or regime....
   established by Métis
  Métis people (Canada)
  
  The M?tis are descendants of marriages of Cree, Inuit, Ojibway, Algonquin, Saulteaux, Menominee, and other indigenous peoples of the Americas to Europeans and other ethnicities from around the world, and are one of three officially-recognized Aboriginal peoples in Canada, the other two being the First Nations and Inuit....
   leader Louis Riel
  Louis Riel
  
  Louis David Riel was a Politics of Canada, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the M?tis people people of the Canadian prairies....
   at the Red River Settlement, Manitoba
  Manitoba
  
  Manitoba is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 647,797 square kilometres and a population of 1,207,959 , with more than half located within the Winnipeg Capital Region ....
  , Canada
  Canada
  
  Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  .
• 1871: The Paris Commune
  Paris Commune
  
  The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 28 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between Anarchism and Socialism, and is hailed by both as the first seizure of power by the working class....
  .
• 1871–1872: Porfirio Díaz
  Porfirio Díaz
  
  Jos? de la Cruz Porfirio D?az Mori was a Mexico politician who would later become the President of Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 to 1911, and one of the most controversial figures of the country....
   rebels against President Benito Juárez
  Benito Juárez
  
  Benito Pablo Ju?rez Garc?a was a Zapotec people Amerindian who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858?1861 as interim, 1861?1865, 1865?1867, 1867?1871 and 1871?1872....
   of Mexico.
• 1871: The liberal revolution in Guatemala
  Guatemala
  
  Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast....
  .
• 1875: The Deccan Riots
  Deccan Riots
  
  In May and June, 1875, peasants of Maharastra in some parts of Pune District, Satara district and Nagar districts revolted against increasing agrarian distress....
  .
• 1875: The Herzegovinian rebellion
  Herzegovinian rebellion
  
  The Herzegovinian Rebellion of 1875 is the most significant of the rebellions against the Ottoman Empire in Herzegovina. The uprising was precipitated by the harsh treatment of the mostly Catholic and Orthodox population under the Bosnia beys and aghas of the Ottoman province of Bosnia Province, Ottoman Empire....
  , the most famous of the rebellions against the Ottoman Empire
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
   in Herzegovina
  Herzegovina
  
  Herzegovina is the southern region of Bosnia-Herzegovina, comprising 11.419 sq km or around 22% of the total area of the present-day country....
  ; unrest soon spread to other areas of Ottoman Bosnia
  Bosnia Province, Ottoman Empire
  
  The Province of Bosnia or Pashaluk of Bosnia was a key Ottoman Empire province, the westernmost one, mostly based on the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as most of Slavonia, Lika and Dalmatia in present-day Croatia....
  .
• 1876: The second rebellion by Porfirio Díaz
  Porfirio Díaz
  
  Jos? de la Cruz Porfirio D?az Mori was a Mexico politician who would later become the President of Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 to 1911, and one of the most controversial figures of the country....
   against President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
  Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
  
  Sebasti?n Lerdo de Tejada y Corral was a jurist and Liberal president of Mexico....
   of Mexico.
• 1876: The April uprising, a revolt by the Bulgarian population against Ottoman
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
   rule.
• 1877: The Satsuma Rebellion
  Satsuma Rebellion
  
  The , was a revolt of Satsuma han ex-samurai against the Meiji government from January 29, 1877 to September 24,1877, 11 years into the Meiji Era. It was the last, and the most serious, of a series of armed uprisings against the new government....
   of Satsuma
  Satsuma han
  
  The Satsuma domain was one of the most powerful feudal domains in Tokugawa shogunate Japan, and played a major role in the Meiji Restoration and in the government of the Meiji period which followed....
   ex-samurai
  Samurai
  
  is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial society Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character ? was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau....
   against the Meiji government.
• 1882: The Urabi Revolt
  Urabi Revolt
  
  The Urabi Revolt or Orabi Revolt , also known as the Orabi Revolution, was an uprising in Egypt in 1879-82 against the Khedive and European influence in the country....
  : an uprising in Egypt
  Egypt
  
  Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
   on June 11, 1882 against the Khedive
  Khedive
  
  Khedive was a title first used by Muhammad Ali of Egypt as governor and monarch of Egypt and Sudan, and subsequently by his dynastic successors....
   and European influence in the country. It was led by and named after Colonel Ahmed Urabi
  Ahmed Urabi
  
  Colonel Ahmed Orabi or Ahmed Urabi , was an Egyptians army officer and later an army general who revolted against the khedive and European domination of Egypt in 1879 in what has become known as the Urabi Revolt....
  .
• 1885: A peasant revolt in the Ancash region of Peru led by Pedro Pablo Atusparía succeeds in occupying the Callejón de Huaylas
  Callejón de Huaylas
  
  The Callej?n de Huaylas is a valley in the Ancash Region in the north-central highlands of Peru.Going north from Lima, the road climbs to an altitude of 3945 m, where the Laguna Conococha marks the head of the valley....
   for several months.
• 1885: The North-West Rebellion
  North-West Rebellion
  
  The North-West Rebellion of 1885 was a brief and unsuccessful Rebellion by the M?tis people people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel against the Dominion of Canada, which they believed had failed to address their concerns for the survival of their people....
   of Métis
  Metis
  
  Metis meant "cunningness" or "craft, skill" in Ancient Greek.Metis may also refer to:* Metis , a Titaness and the first wife of Zeus...
   in Saskatchewan
  Saskatchewan
  
  Saskatchewan is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 588,276.09 square kilometres and a population of 1,015,895 , mostly living in the southern half of the province....
  .
• 1888: The Rebellion of Peasant in Banten, Indonesia.
• 1893: A liberal revolt brings José Santos Zelaya
  José Santos Zelaya
  
  Jos? Santos Zelaya L?pez was the 49th President of Nicaragua of Nicaragua from 25 July 1893 to 21 December 1909.He was a son of Jos? Mar?a Zelaya Fern?ndez, born in Olancho Department, Honduras, and wife Juana L?pez .......
   to power in Nicaragua
  Nicaragua
  
  Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democracy republic. It is the largest state in Central America with an area of 130,000 km2, about the size of the state of New York....
  .
• 1894–1895: The Donghak Peasant Revolution
  Donghak Peasant Revolution
  
  The Donghak Peasant Revolution was an anti-government, anti-yangban and anti-foreign uprising in 1894 in Korea which was the catalyst for the First Sino-Japanese War....
  : Korea
  Korea
  
  Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
  n peasants led by Jeon Bong-jun
  Jeon Bong-jun
  
  Jeon Bong-jun was born in Taein, Jeollabuk-do, Korea. At a young age he became a convert of the Donghak Peasant Revolution, Due to his physical appearance, he was called "Nokdu Janggun" ...
   revolted against Joseon Dynasty
  Joseon Dynasty
  
  Joseon , was a sovereign state founded by Taejo Taejo of Joseon, and lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo Kingdom at what is today the city of Kaesong....
  ; the revolt was crushed by Japanese
  Empire of Japan
  
  The Empire of Japan was a Japanese political entity that existed during the period from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until its defeat in World War II in 1945....
   and Chinese
  Qing Dynasty
  
  The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
   intervention, leading to First Sino-Japanese War
  First Sino-Japanese War
  
  The First Sino-Japanese War was a war fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji period Imperial Japan over the control of Korea. The Sino-Japanese War would come to symbolize the degeneration and enfeeblement of the Qing Dynasty and demonstrate how successful modernization had been in Japan since the Meiji Restoration as compared with the...
  .
• 1895: The revolution against President Andrés Avelino Cáceres
  Andrés Avelino Cáceres
  
  Andr?s Avelino C?ceres Dorregaray was twice List of Presidents of Peru during the 19th century, from 1886 to 1890, and again from 1894 to 1895....
   in Peru
  Peru
  
  Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
   ushers in a period of stable constitutional rule.
• 1896–1898: The Philippine Revolution
  Philippine Revolution
  
  The Philippine Revolution was an armed military conflict between the people of the Philippines and the Spain colonial authorities which resulted in the secession of the Philippine Islands from the Spanish Empire....
  , a war of independence against Spanish rule directed by the Katipunan
  Katipunan
  
  The Katipunan was a Philippine revolutionary organization founded by Philippines rebels in Manila, in 1892, which aimed to gain independence from Spain....
   society.
• 1898: The Dukchi Ishan (Andican Uprising): Kirgiz, Uzbek, and Kipcak peoples rebelled against Tsarist Russia in Turkestan (Fargana Valley).
• 1898: A mob of white supremacists forced out the city government of Wilmington, North Carolina
  Wilmington, North Carolina
  
  Wilmington is a city in and the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. The population was 75,838 at the United States Census, 2000....
  .
• 1899–1901: The Boxer Rebellion
  Boxer Rebellion
  
  The Boxer Rebellion, or more properly Boxer Uprising, was a violent anti-foreign, anti-Christian movement by the "Righteous Fists of Harmony,? Yihe tuan or Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists in China....
   against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion and technology that occurred in China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
   during the final years of the Qing Dynasty
  Qing Dynasty
  
  The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
  .

1900–1909

• 1903: The Ilinden Uprising of the Macedonians in the Ottoman Empire
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
   breaks out.
• 1904: A liberal revolution in Paraguay
  Paraguay
  
  Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay , is one of the only two landlocked countries in South America . It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River and is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest....
  .
• 1905: The failed bourgeois-liberal revolution
  Russian Revolution of 1905
  
  The 1905 Russian Revolution is a historical term describing a wave of political terrorism, strikes, peasant unrests, mutinies, both anti-government and undirected, that swept through vast areas of the Russian Empire, leading to the establishment of the State Duma of the Russian Empire, multi-party system and the Russian Constitution of 1906....
   against Tsar Nicholas II in Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  .
• 1905–1906: The Persian/Iranian constitutional revolution.
• 1905–1906: The Maji Maji Rebellion
  Maji Maji Rebellion
  
  The Maji Maji Rebellion, sometimes called the Maji Maji War, was a violent African resistance to colonial rule in the German colony of Tanganyika, an uprising by several African indigenous communities in German East Africa against the Germany rule in response to a German policy designed to force African peoples to grow cotton for export...
   in German east Africa.
• 1907: The Romanian Peasants' Revolt
  1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt
  
  The 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt took place in March 1907 in Moldavia and it quickly spread, reaching Wallachia. The main cause was the discontent of the peasants about the inequity of land ownership, which was in the hands of just a few large landowners....
  .
• 1908: The Young Turk Revolution
  Young Turk Revolution
  
  The Young Turk Revolution of 1908 reversed the suspension of the Ottoman Empire parliament by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, marking the onset of the Second Constitutional Era ....
  : Young Turks
  Young Turks
  
  The Young Turks were a coalition of various groups favoring reformation of the Administration of the Ottoman Empire. Through the Young Turk Revolution, their movement brought about the Second Constitutional Era ....
   force the autocratic ruler Abdul Hamid II to restore parliament and constitution in the Ottoman Empire.

1910–1919

• 1910-1920: The Mexican Revolution
  Mexican Revolution
  
  The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910 with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio D?az....
   overthrows the dictator Porfirio Díaz; seizure of power by Institutional Revolutionary Party.
• 1910: The republican revolution in Portugal
  Portugal
  
  Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
  .
• 1910–1911: The Sokehs Rebellion erupts in German-ruled Micronesia
  Micronesia
  
  Micronesia , from the Greek language mikros and nesos , is a subregion of Oceania, comprising hundreds of small islands in the Pacific Ocean....
  . Its primary leader, Somatau, is executed soon after being captured.
• 1911: The Xinhai Revolution
  Xinhai Revolution
  
  The Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution , also known as the 1911 Revolution or the Chinese Revolution, began with the Wuchang Uprising on October 10, 1911 and ended with the abdication of Emperor Puyi on February 12, 1912....
   overthrows the ruling Qing Dynasty and establishment of the Republic of China.
• 1914: The Ten Days War was a shooting war involving irregular forces of coal miners using dynamite and rifles on one side, opposed to the Colorado National Guard, Baldwin Felts detectives, and mine guards deploying machine guns, cannon and aircraft on the other, occurring in the aftermath of the Ludlow Massacre
  Ludlow massacre
  
  The Ludlow massacre refers to the violent deaths of 20 people, 11 of them children, during an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado, Colorado in the United States on April 20, 1914....
  . The Ten Days War ended when federal troops intervened.
• 1914: The Boer Revolt against the British in South Africa
  South Africa
  
  The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
  .
• 1915: The Armenian Revolt
  Armenian Genocide
  
  The Armenian Genocide , also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, the Great Calamity —refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian people population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I....
   in city of Van
  Van
  
  A van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a light commercial vehicle or LCV....
   against the Ottomans in Turkey
  Turkey
  
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
   resulted in the first genocide
  Genocide
  
  Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.While precise genocide definitions, a legal definition is found in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ....
   of 20th century, where a million and a half Armenians
  Armenians
  
  The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
   were sent on death marches.
• 1916: The Easter Rising
  Easter Rising
  
  The Easter Rising was a rebellion staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was an attempt by militant Irish republicanism to win independence from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
   in Dublin, Ireland during which the Irish Republic was proclaimed.
• 1916: An anti-French uprising in Algeria
  Algeria
  
  Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
  .
• 1916: The Central Asian Revolt
  Kazakhstan
  
  Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a large Eurasian country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the List of countries by area as well as the world's largest landlocked country, it has a territory of 2,727,300 km? ....
   started when the Russian Empire
  Russian Empire
  
  File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
   government ended its exemption of Muslims from military service.
• 1916–1917: The Tuareg rebellion
  Kaocen Revolt
  
  The Kaocen Revolt was a Tuareg rebellion against French colonial empires of the area around the A?r Mountains of northern Niger during 1916-17....
   against French colonial rule
  French colonial empires
  
  The French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule from the 1600s to the late 1960s. In terms of land area, the Empire reached its height of 12,347,000 km? after World War One....
   of the area around the Aïr Mountains
  Aïr Mountains
  
  The A?r Mountains is a triangular massif, located in northern Niger, within the Sahara desert. Part of the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands Ecoregion, they rise to more than 6,000 ft and extend over 84 000 km?....
   of northern Niger
  Niger
  
  Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east....
  .
• 1916–1918: The Arab Revolt
  Arab Revolt
  
  The Arab Revolt was initiated by the Sherif Hussein ibn Ali with the aim of securing independence from the ruling Ottoman Turks and creating a single unified Arab state spanning from Aleppo in Syria to Aden in Yemen....
   with the aim of securing independence from the Ottoman Empire
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
  .
• 1916–1923: The Irish War of Independence
  Irish War of Independence
  
  The Irish War of Independence from January 1919 to July 1921 was a guerrilla warfare mounted against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Ireland by the Irish Republican Army ....
  , the period of nationalist rebellion, guerrilla warfare, political change and civil war which brought about the establishment of the independent nation, the Irish Free State
  Irish Free State
  
  The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand....
  .
• 1916–1947: Gandhi's struggle against the British
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
   for Indian Independence.
• 1917: The French Army Mutinies
  French Army Mutinies (1917)
  
  The French Army Mutinies of 1917 took place in the Champagne section of the Western Front and started just after the conclusion of the disastrous Second Battle of the Aisne....
  .
• 1917: The February Revolution overthrows Tsar Nicholas II in Russia.
• 1917: The Green Corn Rebellion
  Green Corn Rebellion
  
  The Green Corn Rebellion took place in 1917 in rural Oklahoma. It was a brief popular uprising against military conscription by poor farmers aligned with the Socialist Party of America....
   takes place in rural Oklahoma
  Oklahoma
  
  Oklahoma is a U.S. state and a sovereignty located in the South Central United States and Southern United States of the United States of America ....
  .
• 1917: The October Revolution in Russia: Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia and the establishment of the Soviet Union.
• 1918: The Finnish Civil War
  Finnish Civil War
  
  The Finnish Civil War was a part of the national and social turmoil caused by World War I in Europe. The war was fought in Finland from 27 January to 15 May 1918, between the forces of the Social Democratic Party of Finland led by the People's Deputation of Finland, commonly called the "Reds" , and the forces of the non-socialist, conse...
  .
• 1918: The Christmas Uprising
  Christmas Uprising
  
  The Christmas Uprising or Christmas Rebellion refers to events organized by the Montenegrin emigration in Italy, which occurred in Montenegro after the First World War....
   in Montenegro
  Montenegro
  
  Montenegro , Montenegrin language/Serbian language: ???? ????, Crna Gora , ) is a country located in Balkans. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south....
  : Montenegrins (Zelenaši
  Zelenaši
  
  The zelena?i were a group of Montenegrins dissidents, most notable for instigating the 1919 Christmas rebellion. They existed from 1918 to 1926 in Montenegro in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which supported the House of Petrovic-Njego? of Montenegro over the House of Karadordevic of Serbia, and were opposed to the mode Serbs unification had ta...
  ) rebelled against unification of Kingdom of Montenegro
  Kingdom of Montenegro
  
  The Kingdom of Montenegro was a kingdom in southeastern Europe.The capital of the kingdom was Cetinje. The currency of the Kingdom was the Montenegrin perper....
   with Kingdom of Serbia
  Kingdom of Serbia
  
  The Kingdom of Serbia was created when Prince Milan Obrenovic, ruler of the Principality of Serbia, was crowned King in 1882. The Principality of Serbia was ruled by the Karadjordjevic dynasty from 1817 onwards ....
  .
• 1918: The Wilhelmshaven mutiny
  Wilhelmshaven mutiny
  
  The Wilhelmshaven mutiny was a major mutiny by sailors of the Germany High Seas Fleet in 29 October 1918. The mutiny triggered the German revolution which was to sweep aside the monarchy within a few days....
  .
• 1918: The German Revolution overthrows the Kaiser; establishment of the Weimar Republic
  Weimar Republic
  
  The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
  .
• 1918–1919: A wave of strikes and student unrest shakes Peru. These events influence two of the dominant figures of Peruvian politics in the 20th century: Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
  Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
  
  V?ctor Ra?l Haya de la Torre was a Peruvian political leader who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance political movement....
   and José Carlos Mariátegui
  José Carlos Mariátegui
  
  Jos? Carlos Mari?tegui La Chira was a Peruvian journalist, political philosopher, and activist. A prolific writer before his early death at age 35, he is considered one of the most influential Latin American socialists of the 20th century....
  .
• 1918–1919: The Greater Poland Uprising (1918-1919) Polish uprising against German authorities.
• 1918–1920: The Georgian-Ossetian conflict (1918-1920)
  Georgian-Ossetian conflict (1918-1920)
  
  The Georgian-Ossetian conflict comprised a series of Rebellion, which took place in the Ossetians-inhabited areas of what is now South Ossetia, a breakaway republic in Georgia , against the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic and then the Menshevik-dominated Democratic Republic of Georgia which claimed several thousand lives and le...
  , the southern Ossetians
  Ossetians
  
  The Ossetians are an Iranian peoples ethnic group indigenous peoples to Ossetia, a region that spans the Caucasus Mountains. The Ossetians mostly populate North Ossetia-Alania in Russia, and South Ossetia a large part of which is now de facto independent....
   revolted against Georgian
  Georgia (country)
  
  Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
   rule.
• 1918–1921: The Ukrainian Revolution
  Ukrainian Revolution
  
  Ukrainian Revolution may refer to:* Khmelnytsky Uprising of 1648* Ukraine after the Russian Revolution, see also:** Russian Revolution of 1905...
  .
• 1918–1922: The Third Russian Revolution
  Third Russian Revolution
  
  The Left SR uprising or Left SR revolt was a coup and other assassinations and Rebellion against the Bolsheviks by the Left Socialist Revolutionary Party in 1918....
  , a failed anarchist revolution against both Bolshevism and the White movement.
• 1918–1931: The Basmachi Revolt
  Basmachi Revolt
  
  The Basmachi Revolt , or Basmachestvo , was a Muslim and largely Turkic peoples uprising against Russian Empire and Russian SFSR rule in Central Asia....
   against Soviet Russia
  Russian SFSR
  
  The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , also called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Russian SFSR and the RSFSR for short, was the largest and most populous of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union and became the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
   rule in Central Asia
  Central Asia
  
  Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south....
  .
• 1919–1921: The Tambov Rebellion
  Tambov Rebellion
  
  The Tambov Rebellion of 1919–1921 was one of the largest and well organized peasant rebellions against the Bolshevik regime during the Russian Civil War ....
  , one of the largest peasant rebellions against the Bolshevik
  Bolshevik
  
  Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists were a faction of the Marxism Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the 2nd Congress of the RSDLP in 1903 and ultimately became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union....
   regime during the Russian Civil War
  Russian Civil War
  
  The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed and the Bolshevik party assumed power in Saint Petersburg....
  .
• 1919–1921: The Silesian Uprisings
  Silesian Uprisings
  
  The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three armed Rebellion of the Poles and Polish Silesians of Upper Silesia, from 1919?1921, against Weimar Republic rule; the resistance hoped to break away from Germany in order to join the Second Polish Republic, which had been established in the wake of World War I....
   of the ethnic Poles
  Poles
  
  The Polish people, or Poles , are a West Slavs ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent....
   against Weimar
  Weimar Republic
  
  The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
   rule.
• 1919–1922: The Turkish War of Independence
  Turkish War of Independence
  
  The Turkish War of Independence is the political and military resistance developed by Turkish revolutionaries to the Allies of World War I partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after its defeat in World War I....
   commanded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  
  Mustafa Kemal Atat?rk was a Turkish people army officer, revolutionary statesman, and Father of the Nation Turkey as well as its List of Presidents of Turkey....
  .
• 1919: The German Revolution
  German Revolution
  
  The German Revolution was the politically-driven civil conflict in Germany at the end of World War I. The period lasted from 1918#November until the formal establishment of the Weimar Republic in August 1919....
  .
• 1919: A revolution in Hungary
  Hungary
  
  Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
  , resulting in the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic
  Hungarian Soviet Republic
  
  The Hungarian Soviet Republic or Soviet Republic of Hungary was a Communism regime established in Hungary from March 21 until August 6, 1919, under the leadership of B?la Kun....
  .

1920–1929

• 1920: The Pitchfork Uprising
  Pitchfork Uprising
  
  The Pitchfork Uprising of 1920, also known as Black Eagle uprising, was a peasant uprising against the Soviet policy of the war communism in what is today Tatarstan....
   was a peasant uprising against the Soviet policy of the war communism
  War communism
  
  War communism was the economic and political system that existed in the Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921. According to Soviet historiography, this policy was adopted by the Bolsheviks with the aim of keeping towns and the Red Army supplied with weapons and food, in conditions when all normal economic mechanisms...
   in what is today Tatarstan
  Tatarstan
  
  Republic of Tatarstan is a federal subjects of Russia of the Russian Federation . Its size is 68,000 km? with a population of 3,800,000. Its capital is Kazan....
  .
• 1920–1947: Mohammad Ali Jinnah's struggle for a separate state for the Muslims of India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  .
• 1920–1922: Gandhi led Non-cooperation movement
  Non-cooperation movement
  
  The Edwin Movement , was the first-ever series of nationwide people's movements of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience, led by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress....
  .
• 1921: The Battle of Blair Mountain
  Battle of Blair Mountain
  
  The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest organized armed uprising in United States labor history and led almost directly to the labor laws currently in effect in the United States of America....
   ten to fifteen thousand coal miners rebel in West Virginia
  West Virginia
  
  West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....
  , assaulting mountain-top lines of trenches established by the coal companies and local sheriff's forces in the largest armed, organized uprising in American labor history.
• 1921: The Kronstadt rebellion
  Kronstadt rebellion
  
  This article is about the historical event known as the Kronstadt rebellion. For information about the similarly named punk band see Kronstadt Uprising ...
   of Soviet sailors against the government of the early Russian SFSR
  Russian SFSR
  
  The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , also called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Russian SFSR and the RSFSR for short, was the largest and most populous of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union and became the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
  .
• 1921–1923: The Yakut Revolt
  Yakut Revolt
  
  The Yakut Revolt or the Yakut Expedition was the last episode of the Russian Civil War. The hostilities took place between September 1921 and June 1923 and were centred on the Ayano-Maysky District of the Russian Far East....
  .
• 1921–1924: A revolution in (Outer) Mongolia
  Mongolia
  
  Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and People's Republic of China to the south, east and west....
   re-establishes the country's independence and sets out to construct a Soviet
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
  -style socialist state
  Socialist state
  
  The term socialist state can carry one of several different meanings:*Strictly speaking, any real or hypothetical state organized along the principles of socialism may be called a socialist state....
  .
• 1922–1923: The Irish Civil War
  Irish Civil War
  
  The Irish Civil War was a conflict that accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State as an entity independence from the United Kingdom within the British Empire....
  , between supporters of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
  Anglo-Irish Treaty
  
  The Anglo-Irish Treaty , officially called the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was a treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and representatives of the de facto Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence....
   and the government of the Irish Free State
  Irish Free State
  
  The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand....
   and more radical members of the original Irish Republican Army
  Irish Republican Army
  
  The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation descended from the Irish Volunteers, established 25 November 1913 and who in April 1916 staged the Easter Rising....
   who opposed the treaty and the new government.
• 1923: The founding of the Republic of Turkey by overthrow of the Ottoman Empire
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
   and introduction of Atatürk's Reforms
  Atatürk's Reforms
  
  Atat?rk's Reforms were a series of political, legal, cultural, social and economic reform movement that were implemented to transform the young Republic of Turkey into a modern, Politics of Turkey and secularism in Turkey nation-state....
  .
• 1923: The Klaipeda Revolt
  Klaipeda Revolt
  
  The Klaipeda Revolt took place during January 1923 in the Memel territory that had been detached from German Empire after World War I. The status of the region as a mandated territory under temporary France administration was resolved after the event when it became part of Lithuania as Klaipeda region....
   in the Memel territory that had been detached from Germany
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
   after World War I.
• 1924–1927: The Sheikh Said Rebellion
  Sheikh Said rebellion
  
  Sheikh Said Rebellion is a rebellion of an Zaza People clergy Sheikh Said Piran and a group of Kurdish Hamidieh soldiers in 1925....
  .
• 1925: The July Revolution in Ecuador
  Ecuador
  
  Ecuador , officially the , literally, "Republic of the equator") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west....
  .
• 1925–1927: The Syrian Revolution, a revolt initiated by the Druze
  Druze
  
  The Druze are a religious community found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and in the Palestinian territories whose traditional religion is said to have begun as an offshoot of Islam, but is unique in its incorporation of Gnosticism, Neoplatonism and other philosophies, similar to other followers of Ismaili Shi'a Islam....
   and led by Sultan al-Atrash
  Sultan al-Atrash
  
  Sultan al-Atrash, Commonly known as Sultan Pasha al-Atrash Prominent Arab Druze leader, Syrian nationalist and Commander General of the Great Syrian Revolution ....
   against French Mandate
  Mandate
  
  Mandate can refer to:*Mandate , same as power of attorney in common law*Mandate , an obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body*Mandate , an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction...
  .
• 1926: The National Revolution in Portugal
  Portugal
  
  Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
   initiated a period known as the National Dictatorship
  Ditadura Nacional
  
  The Ditadura Nacional was the name of the Portugal regime initiated by the election of President ?scar Carmona on 1928 that lasted until the adoption of the new constitution in 1933, when the regime changed its name to Estado Novo ....
  .
• 1926–1929: The Cristero War
  Cristero War
  
  File:Cristeroscolgados.jpgThe Cristero War of 1926 to 1929 was an uprising and counter-revolution against the Mexican government of the time, set off specifically by the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917....
   in Mexico
  Mexico
  
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
  , an uprising against anti-clerical government policy.
• 1926–1927: The first PKI
  PKI
  
  PKI can refer to any of several things:* Public key infrastructure* Partai Komunis Indonesia * Kings Island, an amusement park formerly known as Paramount's Kings Island...
   (Indonesian Communist Party) rebellion against colonialism
  Colonialism
  
  Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over Territory beyond its borders by the establishment of either settler or exploitation colony in which Indigenous people populations are direct rule, Population transfers, or Genocide....
   and imperialism
  Imperialism
  
  Imperialism has two meanings; one describing an action and the other describing an attitude.#Action: Imperialism is the practice of extending the power, control or rule by one country over areas outside its borders....
   of Dutch Hindie.
• 1927–1931: The Kurdish Rebellion
  Republic of Ararat
  
  The Republic of Ararat was a self-proclaimed Kurdish people state. It was located in the east of modern Turkey, being centred on Agri Province. ...
   against Turkey
  Turkey
  
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
  .
• 1927–1933: A rebellion led by Augusto César Sandino against the United States presence in Nicaragua
  Nicaragua
  
  Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democracy republic. It is the largest state in Central America with an area of 130,000 km2, about the size of the state of New York....
  .

1930–1939

• 1930: The Brazilian Revolution of 1930
  Brazilian Revolution of 1930
  
  The Revolution of 1930 was a movement that overthrew President Washington Lu?s and installed Get?lio Vargas as Provisional President....
   led by Getúlio Vargas
  Getúlio Vargas
  
  Get?lio Dornelles Vargas served as President of Brazil of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954....
  .
• 1930: The Salt Satyagraha
  Salt Satyagraha
  
  The Salt Satyagraha was a campaign of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India which began with the Salt March to Dandi on March 12, 1930....
  , a campaign of non-violent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India
  Colonial India
  
  Colonial India refers to areas of the Indian Subcontinent under the rule of European Colonialism powers. The colonial era in India began in 1502, when the Portuguese Empire established the first European trading centre at Kollam, Kerala....
  .
• 1932: The Constitutionalist Revolution
  Constitutionalist Revolution
  
  The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 is the name given to the uprising of part of the population of the Brazilian state of S?o Paulo against the federal government....
   against the provisional president Getúlio Vargas
  Getúlio Vargas
  
  Get?lio Dornelles Vargas served as President of Brazil of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954....
   led Brazil to a short civil war.
• 1932: The Aprista revolt in Trujillo, Peru
  Trujillo, Peru
  
  Trujillo, in northwestern Peru, is the capital of the La Libertad Region, and the second largest city in Peru. The urban area has 811,979 inhabitants and is an economic hub in northern Peru....
  .
• 1932: The Siamese coup d'état of 1932, sometimes called the "Promoters Revolution", ends absolute monarchy in Thailand
  Thailand
  
  The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
  .
• 1933: The popular revolution against Cuban dictator Gerardo Machado
  Gerardo Machado
  
  Gerardo Machado y Morales was the 5th President of Cuba and a general of the Cuban War of Independence. He was born in the central Province of Las Villas and was from a poor background....
  .
• 1934: In October, workers including radical socialists and anarchists stage coups in the Spanish
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
   regions of Asturias
  Asturias
  
  The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous communities of Spain within the kingdom of Spain, former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages....
   and Catalonia
  Catalonia
  
  Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
  . The immediate cause was the entrance of a right-wing Catholic party into the government of the unstable Second Spanish Republic
  Second Spanish Republic
  
  The Second Spanish Republic was the system of government in Spain between April 14 1931, when King of Spain Alfonso XIII of Spain left the country following local and municipal elections in which republican candidates won the majority of votes in urban areas and April 1 1939, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered to Nationalist...
  . The Asturian uprising was put down by General Francisco Franco
  Francisco Franco
  
  Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Te?dulo Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade , commonly known as Francisco Franco or Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was the dictator and Head of State of Spain from October 1936, and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in 1975....
  .
• 1936: The Febrerista Revolution, led by Rafael Franco, ended oligarchic Liberal Party rule in Paraguay.

• 1936–1939: A period of so-called "military socialism" in Bolivia
  Bolivia
  
  The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
   follows a revolution in which celebrated war hero David Toro
  David Toro
  
  Jos? David Toro Ruilova was a former colonel in the Bolivian army and member of the High Command during the Chaco War . Of controversial participation in the conflict , he became de facto President of the Republic in May 1936 as a result of a military uprising headed by his friend and comrade, Major Germ?n Busch....
   takes power. A constitution establishing a corporative state is promulgated in 1938, following the nationalization of Standard Oil
  Standard Oil
  
  Standard Oil was a predominant United States integrated petroleum producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as an Ohio Corporation, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations until it was broken up...
   and the passage of progressive labor laws.
• 1937–1938: The Dersim Rebellion
  Dersim rebellion
  
  The Dersim rebellion took place in Turkey, 1937. It was led by Seyid Riza of Kizilbash Zaza elites, who was chief of the Abbasusagi tribe, against Turkey led by Mustafa Kemal Atat?rk....
   was the most important Kurdish
  Kurdish people
  
  The Kurds are an Iranian peoples ethnolinguistic group mostly inhabiting a region that includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey and which is known as Kurdistan....
   rebellion in modern Turkey
  Turkey
  
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
  .
• 1937: The "Jornadas de Mayo", a workers' revolution in Catalonia
  Catalonia
  
  Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
  .
• 1938–1948: The Zionist Revolution, or the period of Jewish nationalist rebellion and guerrilla warfare against the British Empire
  British Empire
  
  The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
   in Palestine
  Palestine
  
  Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is derived from a name used already much earlier for a narrower geographical region, mainly along the coastal region....
   which brought about the establishment of the State of Israel.

1940–1949

• 1940–1944: The Insurgency in Chechnya
  1940-1944 insurgency in Chechnya
  
  The 1940-1944 Chechnya insurgency was a revolt against the Soviet Union authorities in the mountainous Chechnya....
  .
• 1941: The June Uprising against the Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
   in Lithuania
  Lithuania
  
  Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
  .
• 1941–1945: Yugoslav People's Liberation War against the Axis Powers
  Axis Powers
  
  The Axis powers were those countries that were opposed to the Allies of World War II during World War II. The three major Axis powers - Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Italy , and Empire of Japan - were part of a military alliance on the signing of the Tripartite Pact in September 1940, which officially founded the Axis powers....
   in World War II
  World War II
  
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
  .
• 1942: Sri Lankan soldiers ignite the Cocos Islands Mutiny
  Cocos Islands Mutiny
  
  The Cocos Islands Mutiny was a failed mutiny by Ceylonese soldiers against United Kingdom officers, on the Cocos Islands in May 1942, during the World War II....
   in an unsuccessful attempt to transfer the islands to Japanese control.
• 1942: The destruction of the German garrison in Lenin
  The destruction of the German garrison in Lenin
  
  The Lenin Garrison was destroyed on September 12, 1942 during a partisan uprising against the Nazis.After the liquidation of the Lenin ghetto and the murder of its inhabitants on August 14, 1942, about 30 Jews remained alive in Lenin, as they continued to work directly for the Germans as tailors, shoemakers, builders, and photographers....
  .
• 1943: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
  Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
  
  The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the History of the Jews in Poland insurgency that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in Occupation of Poland during World War II, and which opposed Nazi Germany's effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to the Treblinka extermination camp....
  .
• 1943: The uprising at Treblinka extermination camp
  Treblinka extermination camp
  
  Treblinka II was a Germany extermination camp in occupied Poland during World War II. Around 850,000 people - more than 99.5 percent of them Jews, but also other victims were killed there between July 1942 and October 1943; the camp was closed after a revolt during which a few Germans were killed and a small number of prisoners escaped....
  .
• 1943: The uprising at Sobibór extermination camp
  Sobibór extermination camp
  
  Sobibor was a Nazi Germany extermination camp set up in the Lublin region of occupied Poland as part of Operation Reinhard; the official German language name was Schutzstaffel-Sonderkommando Sobibor....
  .
• 1944: The Guatemalan Revolution overthrows the dictator Federico Ponce Vaides by liberal military officers.
• 1944: The Warsaw Uprising
  Warsaw Uprising
  
  The Warsaw Uprising was a struggle by the Armia Krajowa to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany occupation during World War II. The Uprising began on 1 August 1944, as part of a nationwide rebellion, Operation Tempest....
   was an armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish
  Poland
  
  Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
   Home Army
  Armia Krajowa
  
  The Armia Krajowa , abbreviated "AK", was the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II Nazi Germany-History of Poland . It was formed in February 1942 from the Zwiazek Walki Zbrojnej and over the next two years absorbed most other Polish underground forces....
   (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw
  Warsaw
  
  Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
   from German
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
   occupation and Nazi
  Nazism
  
  Nazism, officially National Socialism , refers to the ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Workers? Party under Adolf Hitler, and the policies adopted by the dictatorial government of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945....
   rule. It started on August 1 1944.
• 1944: The Paris Uprising
  Liberation of Paris
  
  The Liberation of Paris took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the surrender of the occupying German garrison on the 25th and is accounted as the last battle in the Operation Overlord and the transitional conclusion of the Allied invasion breakout in Operation Overlord into a broad-fronted general offensive....
   staged by the French Resistance
  French Resistance
  
  File:Croix de Lorraine2.svgThe French Resistance is the collective name used for the French resistance movements which fought against the Nazi Germany German occupation of France in World War II and the collaborationist Vichy Regime during World War II....
   against the German Paris garrison.
• 1944: The Slovak National Uprising
  Slovak National Uprising
  
  The Slovak National Uprising or 1944 Uprising was an armed insurrection organized by the Slovakia Resistance during World War II movement during World War II....
   against Nazi Germany
  Nazi Germany
  
  Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
  .
• 1944: The uprising at Auschwitz extermination camp.
• 1944–1947: A Communist-friendly government was installed in Bulgaria
  Bulgaria
  
  The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
   following a coup d'état and the Soviet invasion.
• 1944: Following the liberation of Albania
  Albania
  
  Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....
  , the Communist Party of Albania
  Communist Party of Albania
  
  Communist Party of Albania may refer to:* Party of Labour of Albania* Communist Party of Albania * Communist Party of Albania 8 November...
   under Enver Hoxha
  Enver Hoxha
  
  , was the authoritarian leader of the People's Republic of Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985, as the Secretary General of the Communism Albanian Party of Labour....
   consolidated its control and declared the People's Republic of Albania in January 1946.
• 1944–1949: The Greek Civil War
  Greek Civil War
  
  The Greek Civil War , fought from 1946 to 1949 by the Governmental forces, receiving logistical support by the United Kingdom at first and later by the United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece , the military branch of the Communist Party of Greece , was the result of a highly polarized struggle between leftists and rightists which sta...
  .
• 1944–1965: The Forest Brothers Rebellion
  Forest Brothers
  
  File:Alfons Rebane in Estonian Army.jpgThe Forest Brothers were the Estonian partisan who waged guerrilla warfare against Soviet rule during the Occupation of Baltic states of the three Baltic states during, and after, World War II....
   in Baltic states against Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
  .
• 1945–1949: The Indonesian National Revolution
  Indonesian National Revolution
  
  The Indonesian National Revolution or Indonesian War of Independence was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between Indonesia and the Netherlands, and an internal social revolution....
   against Dutch
  Netherlands
  
  The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
   after their independence from Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
  . Led by Soekarno, Hatta
  Hatta
  
  Hatta may refer to:* Hatta , an Arab village in Palestine abandoned in 1948* Hatta Village, a village in Damoh District, Madhya Pradesh, India...
  , Tan Malaka
  Tan Malaka
  
  Tan Malaka was an Indonesian nationalism activist and communism leader. A staunch critic of both the colonial Dutch East Indies government and the republican Sukarno administration that governed the country after the Indonesian National Revolution, he was also frequently in conflict with the leadership of the Communist Party of Indonesia ,...
  , etc. with the Dutch led by Van Mook.
• 1945: The Prague uprising
  Prague uprising
  
  The Prague uprising was an attempt by the Czech resistance to liberate the city of Prague from Nazi Germany German occupation of Czechoslovakia during World War II....
   against German
  Nazi Germany
  
  Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
   occupation
  German occupation of Czechoslovakia
  
  Following the Anschluss of Nazi Germany and Austria in March 1938, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's next target for annexation was Czechoslovakia. His pretext was the alleged privations suffered by ethnic German populations living in Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland....
   during World War II
  World War II
  
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
  .
• 1945: The August Revolution led by Ho Chi Minh
  Ho Chi Minh
  
  H? Ch? Minh was a Vietnamese communism revolutionary and statesman who was Prime Minister and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam ....
   declared the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from French rule.
• 1945: A democratic revolution in Venezuela
  Venezuela
  
  Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
  , led by Rómulo Betancourt
  Rómulo Betancourt
  
  R?mulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello , "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was President of Venezuela of Venezuela from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Accion Democratica - Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century....
  .
• 1946: The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny takes place in Bombay, and spreads to different parts of British India, demanding Indian independence.
• 1947: Three months after an abortive coup, civil war broke out in Paraguay
  Paraguay
  
  Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay , is one of the only two landlocked countries in South America . It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River and is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest....
  . The rebellion was crushed by the government of dictator Higinio Morínigo
  Higinio Morínigo
  
  General Higinio Mor??igo Mart?nez was a Paraguayan dictator, general and political figure. He served as the President of Paraguay from 7 September 1940 to 3 June 1948....
  .
• 1946–1951: The Telengana Rebellion: a Communist-led peasant revolt
  Peasant revolt
  
  Peasant, Peasants' or Popular is variously paired with Revolt, Uprising and War and may refer to :*Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 209BC...
   in Hyderabad State
  Hyderabad State
  
  Hyderabad state was the largest princely state in the erstwhile British Indian Empire. It was located in the south-central region of the Indian subcontinent, and was ruled, from 1724 until 1948, by a hereditary Nizam....
  , India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  .
• 1947–1952: In the Albanian Subversion
  Albanian Subversion
  
  The Albanian Subversion is one of the earliest and most notable failures of the Western Covert operation paramilitary operations behind the Iron Curtain....
  , the intelligence services of the United States and Britain deployed exiled fascists, Nazis, and monarchists in a failed attempt to foment a counterrevolution in Communist-ruled Albania.
• 1948: Following the liberation of Korea, Marxist former guerrillas under Kim Il Sung work to rapidly industrialize the country and rid it of the last vestiges of "feudalism.".
• 1948–1960: The Malayan Emergency
  Malayan Emergency
  
  The Malayan Emergency refers to a guerrilla warfare for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and the Malayan Races Liberation Army, the military arm of the Malayan Communist Party, from 1948 to 1960; some have gone as far as to characterise it as a civil war....
  .
• 1949: The Communist-led Chinese Revolution
  Chinese Civil War
  
  The Chinese Civil War or , which lasted from April 1927 to May 1950, was a civil war in China between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party ....
   under chairman Mao overthrows the ruling Nationalist Party and establishes the People's Republic of China.
• 1950: The Jayuya revolt in Puerto Rico, explosion in the Blair House
  Blair House
  
  Blair House is the official state guest house for the President of the United States. It is located at 1651-1653 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., opposite the Old Executive Office Building of the White House, off the corner of President's Park#Lafayette Park....
  , and shooting at Congress, all looking for Puerto Rican independence.
• 1954–1962: The Algerian War of Independence
  Algerian War of Independence
  
  The Algerian War , also known as Algerian War of Independence, led to Algeria's independence from France. An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare, maquis fighting, terrorism against civilians, use of torture on both sides and counter-terrorism operations by the French Army....
  : a revolutionary war of independence against French colonialism.

1950–1959

• 1950s: The Mau Mau Uprising
  Mau Mau Uprising
  
  The Mau Mau Uprising of 1952 to 1960 was an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the United Kingdom Colonial rule. The core of the resistance was formed by members of the Kikuyu ethnic group, along with smaller numbers of Embu and Ameru....
  .
• 1952: A popular revolution in Bolivia led by Víctor Paz Estenssoro
  Víctor Paz Estenssoro
  
  ?ngel V?ctor Paz Estenssoro was a politician and former president of Bolivia. He ran for president 8 times , winning in 1951, 1960, 1964, and 1985....
   and the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
  Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
  
  The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement is a Bolivian political party, perhaps the most important in the country during the 20th century. At the legislative elections in Bolivia in 2002, the party won, in an alliance with the Free Bolivia Movement, 26.9% of the popular vote and 36 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia and 11...
   (MNR) initiates a period of multiparty democracy lasting until a 1964 military coup.
• 1952: The Rosewater Revolution in Lebanon
  Lebanon
  
  Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
  .
• 1953: The Vorkuta uprising
  Vorkuta Uprising
  
  The Vorkuta Uprising was a major uprising of the concentration camp inmates in Vorkuta in July?August 1953, shortly after the arrest of Lavrentiy Beria....
   was a major uprising of the Gulag
  Gulag
  
  The Gulag was the government agency that administered the penal labor camps of the Soviet Union. Gulag is the Russian acronym for The Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps and Colonies of the NKVD....
   inmates
  Political prisoner
  
  A political prisoner is someone held in prison or otherwise detained, perhaps under house arrest, for his or her involvement in Politics....
   in Vorkuta
  Vorkuta
  
  Vorkuta is a coal mining types of inhabited localities in Russia in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic circle in the Pechora coal basin at the Usa River river....
   in the summer of 1953. Like other camp uprisings it was bloodily quelled by the Red Army
  Red Army
  
  The Red Army was the armed force first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union....
   and the NKVD
  NKVD
  
  The NKVD or People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the leading secret police organization of the Soviet Union that was responsible for Soviet political repressions during the Stalinism era....
  .
• 1954: The Kengir uprising
  Kengir uprising
  
  The Kengir uprising was a prisoner uprising that took place in the Soviet Union prison labor camp Kengir in May and June 1954. Its duration and intensity distinguished it from other Gulag uprisings in the same period ....
   in the Soviet prison labor camp Kengir
  Kengir
  
  Kengir is a village in central Kazakhstan. During the Soviet era, a prison labor camp of Steplag division of Gulag in Kazakhstan was set up adjacent to it....
  .
• 1954: The Uyghur
  Uyghur people
  
  The Uyghur are a Turkic peoples of Central Asia. Many English speakers pronounce it as "wEEger" but the pronunciation "ooygOOr" is closer to native ....
   uprising against Chinese
  People's Republic of China
  
  The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
   rule in Hotan.
• 1955–1960: The Guerrilla war against British colonial rule of Cyprus
  Cyprus
  
  Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....
   led by the EOKA
  EOKA
  
  EOKA but sometimes expanded as Ethnik? Org?nosis Kipriako? Ag?nos was a Greek Cyprus nationalist military resistance organisation that fought for the end of British Empire rule of the island, for self-determination and for enosis....
   (National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters).
• 1955–1972: The First Sudanese Civil War
  First Sudanese Civil War
  
  The First Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1955 to 1972 between the northern part of Sudan and a south that demanded more regional autonomy....
   was a conflict between the northern part of Sudan and a south that demanded more regional autonomy.
• 1955–1970: The Union of the Peoples of Cameroon
  Union of the Peoples of Cameroon
  
  The Union of the Peoples of Cameroon is a political party in Cameroon.UPC was founded on April 10 1948, at a meeting in the bar Chez Sierra in Bassa....
   (UPC) engages in a guerrilla struggle against French colonialism in the French Cameroons. In 1955 the UPC was for all practical purposes banned, and in 1960 Cameroon achieved independence under the conservative government of President Ahmadou Ahidjo
  Ahmadou Ahidjo
  
  Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo was the first List of Presidents of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982....
  . After the gradual assassinations of many of its top leaders and the proclamation of a one-party state in 1966, the last significant remnants of the insurgency were extinguished in 1970. The UPC, unlike many other guerrilla organizations throughout Africa, never achieved state power.
• 1956–1959: The Cuban Revolution
  Cuban Revolution
  
  The Cuban Revolution was a revolution that led to the overthrow of the Dictator government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July movement and other revolutionary organizations....
   led by Fidel Castro removes the government of General Fulgencio Batista
  Fulgencio Batista
  
  Fulgencio Batista y Zald?var was a Cuban military officer, dictator and politician.Batista was the military leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940 and President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944....
  . By 1962 Cuba had been transformed into a declared socialist republic.
• 1956–1962: The Border Campaign led by the Irish Republican Army
  Irish Republican Army
  
  The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation descended from the Irish Volunteers, established 25 November 1913 and who in April 1916 staged the Easter Rising....
   against the British, along the border of the independent Republic of Ireland
  Republic of Ireland
  
  Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
   and British Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland
  
  conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
  .

• 1956: The Tibetan
  Tibetan people
  
  group = Tibetans|image = File:Bundesarchiv Bild 135-BB-046-03, Tibetexpedition, Tibeter.jpg|caption =|population = between 5 and 10 million...
   rebellions against Chinese
  People's Republic of China
  
  The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
   rule broke out in Amdo
  Amdo
  
  Amdo is one of the three traditional cultural areas of Tibet, the other two being ?-Tsang and Kham; it is also the birth place of Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, the 14th Dalai Lama....
   and Kham
  Kham
  
  Kham , is a region presently divided between the China provinces of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, and Sichuan where Khampas, a subgroup within the Tibetan ethnicity, live....
  .
• 1958: A popular revolt in Venezuela
  Venezuela
  
  Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
   against military dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez
  Marcos Pérez Jiménez
  
  Marcos Evangelista P?rez Jim?nez was a soldier and Presidents of Venezuela of Venezuela from 1952 to 1958....
   culminates in a civic-military coup d'état.
• 1958: The Iraqi Revolution led by nationalist soldiers abolishes the British-backed monarchy, executes many of its top officials, and begins to assert the country's independence from both Cold War power blocs.
• 1959: The failed Tibetan
  Tibetan people
  
  group = Tibetans|image = File:Bundesarchiv Bild 135-BB-046-03, Tibetexpedition, Tibeter.jpg|caption =|population = between 5 and 10 million...
   uprising against Chinese
  People's Republic of China
  
  The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
   rule led to the flight of the Dalai Lama
  Dalai Lama
  
  The Dalai Lama is a lineage of religious leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism and was the political leader of Lhasa-based Tibetan government between the 17th century and 1959....
  .
• 1959: The Tutsi
  Tutsi
  
  The Tutsi are one of three native peoples of the nations of Rwanda and Burundi in central Africa, the other two being the Twa and the Hutu....
   king of Rwanda
  Rwanda
  
  The Republic of Rwanda is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania....
   is forced into exile by Hutu
  Hutu
  
  The Hutu are a Central African ethnic group, living mainly in Rwanda and Burundi....
   extremists; racial pogroms follow an assassination attempt on Hutu leader Grégoire Kayibanda
  Grégoire Kayibanda
  
  Gr?goire Kayibanda was the first elected President of Rwanda. He was born in Tare, Rwanda, and came from the south of the country. He led Rwanda's struggle to become independent from Belgium and replaced the Tutsi monarch with a republic....
  .

1960–1969

• 1961–1991: The Eritrean War of Independence
  Eritrean War of Independence
  
  The Eritrean War of Independence was a conflict fought between the Ethiopian government and Eritrean Separatism, both before and during the Ethiopian Civil War....
   led by Isaias Afewerki against Ethiopia.
• 1961–1975: Angola
  Angola
  
  Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordering Namibia to the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, and Zambia to the east, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean....
  n Marxists and other radicals grouped in the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
  Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
  
  The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Party of Labour is an Angolan List of political parties that has ruled the country since independence in 1975....
   (MPLA) begin guerrilla attacks on Portuguese infrastructure. With extensive military assistance from Cuba
  Cuba
  
  The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
  , the MPLA is able to outmaneuver two rival organizations and establish control of Luanda
  Luanda
  
  Luanda is the Capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and administrative center and has a population of approximately 4.8 million ....
   in time for independence on November 11, 1975. Civil war between the MPLA government and the anti-communist UNITA
  UNITA
  
  The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought with the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola in the Angolan War for Independence and then against the MPLA in the ensuing Angolan Civil War ....
   continued on-and-off until 2002, when UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi
  Jonas Savimbi
  
  Jonas Malheiro Savimbi led UNITA, an Anti-communism rebel group that fought against the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola in the Angolan Civil War until his death in a clash with Government troops in 2002....
   was killed.
• 1962–1974: The leftist African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
  African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
  
  The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde or PAIGC is a political party that governed Guinea-Bissau from independence in 1974 until the late 1990s and from 2004 to 2005....
   (PAIGC) wages a revolutionary war of independence in Portuguese Guinea
  Portuguese Guinea
  
  Portuguese Guinea was the name for what is today Guinea-Bissau from 1446 to September 10, 1974....
  . In 1973, the independent Republic of Guinea-Bissau is proclaimed, and the next year the republic's independence is recognized by the reformist military junta in Lisbon
  Lisbon
  
  Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
  .
• 1962: The military coup of 1962 in Burma, led by General Ne Win
  Ne Win
  
  Ne Win was a Burma statesman and military commander. He was Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1974 and also President of Burma from 1962 to 1981....
  , who became the country's strongman.
• 1962: A revolution in northern Yemen
  Yemen
  
  Yemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east....
   overthrew the imam and established the Yemen Arab Republic
  Yemen Arab Republic
  
  The Yemen Arab Republic , also known as North Yemen or Yemen , was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the northern part of what is now Yemen....
  .
• 1963–1967: The Aden Emergency
  Aden Emergency
  
  The Aden Emergency was an insurgency against British Forces Aden in what is now the country of Yemen on the southern Arabian Peninsula. It began on 10 December 1963, when a state of emergency was declared in the British Crown Colony of Colony of Aden, a British possession since 1837, and its hinterland, the Aden Protectorate....
  : nationalists in British-ruled Aden
  Aden
  
  Aden is a city in Yemen, 170 kilometers east of Bab-el-Mandeb.Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a low isthmus....
  , with an eye on recent events in North Yemen and in Palestine, declared war on the British under the umbrella of the National Liberation Front (NLF). The UK handed over control to an independent South Yemen in November 1967. In 1969, the moderate president Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi was edged out in favor of more radical socialists, who convoked a constituent assembly and began to develop the state along Marxist-Leninist lines. The result was the only Communist state in the Arab world, and the first in a Muslim country.
• 1964: Following an American school's provocative decision to raise only the flag of the United States
  Flag of the United States
  
  The flag of the United States consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the Flag terminology bearing fifty small, white, Star s arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars alternating with rows of five stars....
  , Panamanian students marched into the Panama Canal Zone
  Panama Canal Zone
  
  The Panama Canal Zone was a 553 square mile territory inside of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles on each side of the centerline ....
   with the flag of Panama
  Flag of Panama
  
  File:Flag of Panama.svgThe flag of Panama was made by Maria Ossa de Amador. It has been officially adopted by the "ley 4 de 1925"; the flag is celebrated on November 4, one day after Panamanian independence from Colombia....
  . After the latter flag was torn, thousands more become involved, starting huge riots that lasted three days. About 20 people were killed and hundreds more injured.
• 1964: The Zanzibar Revolution
  Zanzibar Revolution
  
  The Zanzibar Revolution was the 1964 overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar and his mainly Arab government by local African revolutionaries. An ethnically-diverse state consisting of a number of islands off the east coast of Tanganyika, Zanzibar had been granted independence by Britain in 1961....
   overthrew the 157-year-old Arab monarchy, declared the People's Republic of Zanzibar, and began the process of unification with Julius Nyerere
  Julius Nyerere
  
  Julius Kambarage Nyerere served as the first President of Tanzania and previously Tanganyika, from the country's founding in 1964 until his retirement in 1985....
  's Tanganyika
  Tanganyika
  
  Tanganyika is an East African territory lying between the largest of the African great lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika....
  .
• 1964–1979: The Rhodesian Bush War
  Rhodesian Bush War
  
  The Rhodesian Bush War also known as the Zimbabwe War of Liberation or the Second Chimurenga , was a civil war in what was then the country of Rhodesia, which lasted from July 1964 to 1979....
  , also known as the Second Chimurenga or the Liberation Struggle, was a guerrilla war which lasted from July 1964 to 1979 and led to universal suffrage, the end of white-rule in Zimbabwe Rhodesia, and the creation of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
• 1964: The October Revolution in Sudan
  Sudan
  
  Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
  , driven by a general strike and rioting, forced President Ibrahim Abboud
  Ibrahim Abboud
  
  El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud was a Sudanese dictator, general, and political figure. Abboud, a career soldier, served in World War Two in Eritrea and Ethiopia....
   to transfer executive power to a transitional civilian government, and eventually to resign.
• 1964–1975: The Mozambican Liberation Front
  Mozambican Liberation Front
  
  The Liberation Front of Mozambique, better known by the acronym FRELIMO, from the Portuguese language Frente de Liberta??o de Mo?ambique is a political party which was founded in 1962 to fight for Mozambique independence, which was achieved in 1975....
   (FRELIMO), formed in 1962, commenced a guerrilla war against Portuguese colonialism. Independence was granted on June 25, 1975; however, the Mozambican Civil War
  Mozambican Civil War
  
  The Mozambican Civil War began in 1977, two years after the end of the Mozambican War of Independence. The ruling party, FRELIMO , was violently opposed from 1977 by the Rhodesian, and later South African, funded Mozambican National Resistance ....
   complicated the political situation and frustrated FRELIMO's attempts at radical change. The war continued into the early 1990s after the government dropped Marxism as the state ideology.
• 1964–present: The Colombian Armed Conflict.
• 1965: The March Intifada in Bahrain
  Bahrain
  
  The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
  : a Leftist uprising demanding an end to the British
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
   presence in Bahrain
  Bahrain
  
  The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
  .
• 1966: Kwame Nkrumah
  Kwame Nkrumah
  
  Kwame Nkrumah , was an influential 20th century advocate of Pan-Africanism, and the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast , from 1952 to 1966....
   is removed from power in Ghana
  Ghana
  
  The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
   by coup d'état.
• 1966–1993: A guerrilla warfare was conducted against the repressive government of François Tombalbaye
  François Tombalbaye
  
  Fran?ois Tombalbaye, also called Ngarta Tombalbaye , was a teacher and a trade union activist who served as the first president of Chad. He was born in the southern region of the country in the Moyen-Chari Prefecture near the city of Koumara and was of the Sara people ethnic group, the prominent ethnicity in the five southern prefectur...
   from the Sudan-based group FROLINAT
  FROLINAT
  
  FROLINAT is an insurgent rebel group that was active in Chad between 1966 and 1993....
  . After the killing of field commander Ibrahim Abatcha
  Ibrahim Abatcha
  
  Ibrahim Abatcha was a Muslim Chadian politician reputed of Marxist leanings and associations. His political activity started during the decolonization process of Chad from France, but after the country's independence he was forced to go in exile due to the increasing authoritarism of the country's first President Fran?ois Tombalbaye....
   in 1968, the movement jettisoned its socialist rhetoric and split into irreconcilable factions that often fought among themselves. Tombalbaye was brought down and executed in a 1975 military coup
  Chadian coup of 1975
  
  The Chadian coup of 1975 was in considerable part generated by the growing distrust of the Heads of state of Chad of Chad, Fran?ois Tombalbaye, for the Chadian Armed Forces....
  , and in 1979 the FROLINAT factions established the Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT). This experiment lasted until 1982, when a FROLINAT splinter, led by Hissène Habré
  Hissène Habré
  
  Hiss?ne Habr? , also spelled Hissen Habr?, was the leader of Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990....
  , took control of N'Djamena
  N'Djamena
  
  N'Djamena , population 721,000 , is the Capital city of Chad. It is also the largest city in the country. A port on the Chari River, near the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Kouss?ri, to which the city is connected by a bridge....
  . Supporters of marginalized GUNT president Goukouni Oueddei
  Goukouni Oueddei
  
  Goukouni Oueddei is a Chadian political figure. He was Heads of State of Chad in 1979 and again from 1979 to 1982. He is currently in exile.Goukouni is from the northern half of the country and is the son of Oueddei Kichidemi, derde of the Teda....
   held out for a few years at Bardaï
  Bardai, Chad
  
  Barda? is a small town and oasis in the extreme north of Chad, the main town of the Tibesti Department, one of the four departments of the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region....
  , but the group eventually dissolved; but a new formation, the MPS
  MPS
  
  The three letter acronym MPS can refer to:...
  , continued the civil war and brought to power in 1990 Idriss Déby
  Idriss Déby
  
  Lieutenant General Idriss D?by Itno is the List of Presidents of Chad and the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement. D?by is of the Bidayat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group....
  .
• 1966–1998: The Ulster Volunteer Force
  Ulster Volunteer Force
  
  The Ulster Volunteer Force is a Ulster loyalism group in Northern Ireland. The current incarnation was formed in May 1966 as a paramilitary group and named after the Ulster Volunteers of 1912, although there is no direct connection between the two....
   was recreated by militant Protestant British loyalists
  Ulster loyalism
  
  Ulster loyalism is a militant Unionism in Ireland ideology held mostly by Protestants in Northern Ireland. Some individuals claim that Ulster loyalists are Working class unionists willing to use violence in order to achieve their aims....
   in Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland
  
  conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
   to wage war against the Irish Republican Army
  Irish Republican Army
  
  The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation descended from the Irish Volunteers, established 25 November 1913 and who in April 1916 staged the Easter Rising....
   and the Roman Catholic community at large.
• 1967–1968 Iraqi communists launched an insurgency in southern Iraq
  History of Iraq
  
  This article includes an overview from prehistory to the present in the region of the current state of Iraq in Mesopotamia. ...
  .
• 1967–1970: Biafra
  Biafra
  
  The Republic of Biafra was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria. Biafra was inhabited mostly by the Igbo people and existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970....
  : The former eastern Nigeria
  Nigeria
  
  Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federation constitutional republic comprising States of Nigeria and one Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria....
   unsuccessfully fought for a breakaway republic of Biafra, after the mainly Ibo people of the region suffered pogroms in northern Nigeria the previous year.
• 1967: The Naxalite
  Naxalite
  
  Naxalite or Naxalism is an informal name given to communist groups that were born out of the Sino-Soviet split in the Communism in India....
   Movement begins in India, led by the AICCCR.
• 1967: Anguilla
  Anguilla
  
  Anguilla is a British overseas territories in the Caribbean, one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles. It consists of the main island of Anguilla itself, approximately 26 km long by 5 km wide at its widest point, together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population....
  ns resentful of Kittitian domination of the island expelled the Kittitian police and declared independence from the British colony of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
  Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
  
  St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla was historically an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Caribbean Sea. This entity later became a province to the short lived West Indies Federation in 1958....
  . British forces retook the island in 1969 and made Anguilla a separate dependency in 1980. There was no bloodshed in the entire episode.
• 1968: The revolution in the Republic of Congo.
• 1968: Student protests and riots in Egypt
  Egypt
  
  Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
   in the wake of the Six-Day War
  Six-Day War
  
  In the Six-Day War of June 5-10, 1967, Israel defeated the armies of the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. In Arabic, the war is called ....
   lead to the ratification of the March 30 Program to deepen democratic processes.
• 1968: The May 1968 revolt: students' and workers' revolt against the government of Charles de Gaulle in France.
• 1968: A coup by Juan Velasco Alvarado
  Juan Velasco Alvarado
  
  Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado was a left-wing politics-leaning Peruvian General who ruled Peru from 1968 to 1975 under the title of "President of the Revolutionary Government."...
   in Peru, followed by radical social and economic reforms.
• 1968: A failed attempt by leader Alexander Dubcek to liberalise Czechoslovakia in defiance of the Soviet-supported communist state culminates in the Prague Spring
  Prague Spring
  
  The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II....
  .
• 1969–1998: The Troubles
  The Troubles
  
  The Troubles was a period of ethno-political conflict in Northern Ireland which spilled over at various times into England, the Republic of Ireland and Continental Europe....
  : the Provisional Irish Republican Army
  Provisional Irish Republican Army
  
  The Provisional Irish Republican Army , is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that considers itself a direct continuation of the Irish Republican Army that fought in the Irish War of Independence....
   and other Republican Paramilitaries
  Irish Republicanism
  
  Irish republicanism is an ideology based on the Irish nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a single independent republic.In 1801, under the Act of Union 1800, the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland merged to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
   waged an armed campaign against British Security forces and Loyalist Paramilitaries
  Ulster loyalism
  
  Ulster loyalism is a militant Unionism in Ireland ideology held mostly by Protestants in Northern Ireland. Some individuals claim that Ulster loyalists are Working class unionists willing to use violence in order to achieve their aims....
   in an attempt to bring about a United Ireland
  United Ireland
  
  A united Ireland is the term used to refer to a wholly independent Ireland. Presently, the island of Ireland is divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland ....
  .
• 1969: A mass movement of workers, students, and peasants in Pakistan
  Pakistan
  
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
   forced the resignation of President Mohammad Ayub Khan.
• 1969: The overthrow of the pro-Western monarchy by Arab nationalist military officers in Libya
  Libya
  
  Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
  .
• 1969: Somalia
  Somalia
  
  Somalia , officially the Republic of Somalia and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa....
  's multiparty system supplanted by a military socialist government under Siad Barre.

1970–1979

• 1970: A rebellion in Guinea
  Guinea
  
  Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa formerly known as French Guinea. The country's current population is estimated at 10,211,437 ....
   by what its government identified as Portuguese agents.
• 1971: The Bangladesh Liberation War
  Bangladesh Liberation War
  
  The Bangladesh Liberation WarBangladesh Liberation War/nomenclature justification was an armed conflict pitting West Pakistan against East Pakistan and India, that resulted in the secession of East Pakistan to become the independent nation of Bangladesh....
   led by the Mukti Bahini
  Mukti Bahini
  
  Mukti Bahini , also termed as the "Freedom Fighters" or FFs, collectively refers to the armed organizations who fought against the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War....
   establishes the independent People's Republic of Bangladesh.
• 1972: A revolution in Benin
  Benin
  
  Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north; its short coastline to the south leads to the Bight of Benin....
  .
• 1972: A military-led revolution against the civilian government of President Philibert Tsiranana
  Philibert Tsiranana
  
  Philibert Tsiranana was a Malagasy people politician and leader, who served as the first President of Madagascar from 1959 to 1972. He epitomized the country from 1960 to the end of his presidency....
   in the Malagasy Republic; a Marxist faction takes power in 1975 under Didier Ratsiraka
  Didier Ratsiraka
  
  Vice Admiral Didier Ratsiraka was the President of Madagascar from 1975 until 1993 and from 1997 until 2002.Ratsiraka served as foreign minister under Gabriel Ramanantsoa from 1972 until 1975....
  , modeled on the North Korean juche
  Juche
  
  The Juche Idea is the official state ideology of North Korea and the political system based on it. The doctrine is a component part of Kimilsungism, the North Korean term for Kim Il-sung's family regime....
   theory developed by Kim Il Sung.
• 1973: Mohammad Daud overthrows the monarchy and establishes a republic in Afghanistan
  Afghanistan
  
  Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
  .
• 1973: Worker-student demonstrations in Thailand
  Thailand
  
  The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
   force dictator Thanom Kittikachorn
  Thanom Kittikachorn
  
  Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn was a military dictator of Thailand. A staunch anti-Communist, Thanom oversaw a decade of military rule in Thailand from 1963 to 1973, until public protests which exploded into violence forced him to step down....
   and two close associates to flee the country, beginning a short period of democratic constitutional rule.
• 1974: A revolution in Ethiopia
  Ethiopia
  
  Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....
  .
• 1974: The Carnation Revolution
  Carnation Revolution
  
  The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril, was a left-leaning military coup started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarianism dictatorship to a democracy after two years of a transitional period known as PREC , characterized by social turmoil and...
   overthrows of right-wing dictatorship in Portugal.
• 1975: A revolution in Cambodia
  Cambodia
  
  The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
  .
• 1975: A revolution in Laos
  Laos
  
  Laos , officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west....
   overthrows the monarchy by guerrilla forces of the Pathet Lao.
• 1975: 15 August, coup led by young military officers and the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  
  Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh, was assassinated in his own residence in a military coup in the early hours of August 15, 1975 while he was serving as the self-declared life-long president of the country....
   in Bangladesh.
• 1975: A revolution in Cape Verde
  Cape Verde
  
  The Republic of Cape Verde , is an archipelago nation located in the Macaronesia ecoregion of the North Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa....
  .
• 1975: Coup led by Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf
  Khaled Mosharraf
  
  Khaled Mosharraf was a Bangladeshi military officer who was a key commander of the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He led a military coup against the politicians and military officers who had seized power in Bangladesh in 1975, but was himself overthrown and assassinated shortly afterwards....
   and Colonel Shafaat Jamil
  Shafaat Jamil
  
  Colonel Shafaat Jamil , Bir Bikram is a former Bangladesh Army officer and a decorated freedom fighter....
   in Bangladesh
  Bangladesh
  
  , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....
   to depose President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
  Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
  
  Khondaker Moshtaq Ahmad was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 15 August to 6 November, 1975 after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh....
  . Three days later a counter-coup by Colonel Abu Taher
  Abu Taher
  
  Lieutenant Colonel Abu Taher a communist and a left-leaning radical activist of the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, responsible for the Soldiers Uprising and the radical breakout that occurred in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh in Nov 7th 1975....
   puts Ziaur Rahman
  Ziaur Rahman
  
  Lieutenant-General Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttam, Hilal-i-Jurat was a charismatic Bangladeshi war hero, politician and statesman. He was the President of Bangladesh from 1976 uptill 1981 and founded the Bangladesh Nationalist Party , one of the two largest political parties in the country....
   in power.
• 1976: Student demonstrations and election-related violence in Thailand
  Thailand
  
  The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
   lead police to open fire on a sit-in at Thammasat University
  Thammasat University
  
  Thammasat University , formerly known as the University of Moral and Political Science , is Thailand's second oldest university. ranks Thammasat as 7th of 44 Thai, 84th of 100 Asian, and 850th of 4,000 world universities....
  , killing hundreds. The military seizes power the next day, ending constitutional rule.
• 1977: The Market Women's Revolt in Guinea
  Guinea
  
  Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa formerly known as French Guinea. The country's current population is estimated at 10,211,437 ....
   leads to a lessening of the state's role in the economy.
• 1978: The Saur Revolution
  Saur Revolution
  
  The Saur Revolution is the name given to the Communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan takeover of political power in Afghanistan on 27 April 1978....
   led by the Khalq faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan deposes and kills President Mohammad Daud.
• 1979: The dictatorship of Eric Gairy overthrown by the New Jewel Movement in Grenada
  Grenada
  
  Grenada is an island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines....
  .
• 1979: The popular overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship by progressive/Marxist Nicaraguan Revolution
  Nicaraguan Revolution
  
  The Nicaraguan Revolution embodies a major historical part, not only to Nicaragua, Central America and the American continent, it also marked one of the high notes to the development of the Cold War....
  .
• 1979: The Iranian Revolution
  Iranian Revolution
  
  The Iranian Revolution was the revolution that transformed Iran from a Iranian monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution and founder of the Islamic Republic....
   overthrows the U.S.-backed Shah, resulting in an Islamist cleric-led theocracy.
• 1979: Cambodia
  Cambodia
  
  The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
   is liberated from the Khmer Rouge
  Khmer Rouge
  
  File:CPKbanner.PNGThe Khmer Rouge was the communist ruling party of Cambodia — which it renamed Democratic Kampuchea — from 1975 to 1979....
   regime by the Vietnam-backed Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party.

1980–1989

• 1980: The Santo Rebellion in the Anglo-French condominium
  Condominium (international law)
  
  In international law, a condominium is a political territory in or over which two or more sovereign powers formally agree to share equally dominium and exercise their rights jointly, without dividing it up into 'national' zones....
   of New Hebrides
  New Hebrides
  
  New Hebrides was the colonial name for an island group in the Pacific Ocean that now forms the nation of Vanuatu. The New Hebrides were colonized by both the United Kingdom and France in the 18th century shortly after Captain James Cook visited the islands....
  . The primary nationalist leader, Father Walter Lini
  Walter Lini
  
  Father Walter Hadye Lini was an Anglican priest and the founding Prime Minister of Vanuatu. He was born on Pentecost Island. During the era when Vanuatu was a Condominium ruled by the United Kingdom and France, Lini formed the Vanua'aku Pati, which was principally backed by English language-speakers....
  , favored Cold War nonalignment and opposed nuclear weapons in the Pacific. The French resident, Jean-Jacques Robert, who feared that an independent Vanuatu would provide inspiration to similar movements in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, collaborated with an uprising led by Jimmy Stevens
  Jimmy Stevens
  
  Jimmy Stevens, known as "Moses" , was a Ni-Vanuatu nationalist and politician. As leader of the conservative Nagriamel movement, he declared the independence of Espiritu Santo island as the "State of Vemerana" in June 1980 and referred to himself as "prime minister"....
  ' Nagriamel
  Nagriamel
  
  Nagriamel was a political movement based in the northern islands of the New Hebrides during the late 1970s.Nagriamel called for a focus on the traditional, village-centered way of life for the ni-Vanuatu people, though its messianism leader Jimmy Stevens and his compound in the Fanafo area of upland Espiritu Santo gave it something of a cu...
   movement in Espiritu Santo
  Espiritu Santo
  
  Espiritu Santo is the largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, with a surface area of 3955.5 km?. It belongs to the archipelago of the New Hebrides in the Pacific region of Melanesia....
  . With logistical help and training from supporters of the Phoenix Foundation
  Phoenix Foundation
  
  The Phoenix Foundation is a libertarian foundation that has supported numerous attempts which at times have been violent to create independent enclaves based on libertarian principles and tax havens....
   of the United States, Stevens declared independence as the State of Vemerana. The Nagriamel society had decisively lost elections to the territorial assembly in 1975 and 1979, which revealed its lack of a mass base of support. The revolt was put down by the Vanuatu Mobile Force and Papua New Guinean troops soon after independence was granted on July 30, 1980.
• 1980–2000: The Communist Party of Peru
  Shining Path
  
  The Communist Party of Peru , more commonly known as the Shining Path , is a Maoism Guerrilla warfare organization in Peru. When it first launched the internal conflict in Peru in 1980, its stated goal was to replace what it saw as Bourgeoisie democracy with "New Democracy ." The Shining Path believed that by imposing a dictatorship of...
   launched the internal conflict in Peru
  Internal conflict in Peru
  
  It has been estimated that nearly 70,000 people died in the internal conflict in Peru that started in 1980 and, although still ongoing, had greatly wound down by 2000....
  .
• 1981: Assassination of Ziaur Rahman
  Assassination of Ziaur Rahman
  
  Ziaur Rahman, the president of Bangladesh, was assassinated by a faction of officers of Bangladesh Army, on May 30, 1981, in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong....
   in Bangladesh sparks protests and riots.
• 1982: General Hussain Muhammad Ershad seizes power through a bloodless coup, deposing president Abdus Sattar
  Abdus Sattar
  
  Judge Abdus Sattar was a Bangladeshi jurist and politician who served as the president of Bangladesh following the assassination of Ziaur Rahman....
   in Bangladesh.
• 1983: Overthrow of the ruling Conseil de Salut du peuple (CSP) by Marxist forces led by Thomas Sankara in Upper Volta
  Upper Volta
  
  Upper Volta can refer to:*French Upper Volta **a territory in French West Africa **a territory of the French Union *Republic of Upper Volta ...
  , renamed Burkina Faso
  Burkina Faso
  
  Burkina Faso , also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and C?te d'Ivoire to the south west....
   in the following year.
• 1983–2005: The Second Sudanese Civil War
  Second Sudanese Civil War
  
  The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, although it was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. It took place, for the most part, in southern Sudan and was one of the longest lasting and deadliest wars of the later 20th century....
   was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War
  First Sudanese Civil War
  
  The First Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1955 to 1972 between the northern part of Sudan and a south that demanded more regional autonomy....
  , and one of the longest lasting and deadliest wars of the later 20th century.
• 1984–1985: Pro-independence FLNKS forces in New Caledonia
  New Caledonia
  
  New Caledonia , is a "sui generis collectivity" of France located in the subregion of Melanesia in the Oceania. It comprises a main island , the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands....
   revolt following an election boycott and occupy the town of Thio
  Thio, New Caledonia
  
  Thio is a commune in France in the South Province, New Caledonia of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean....
   from November 1984 to January 1985. Thio is retaken by the French after the assassination of Éloi Machoro, the security minister in the FLNKS provisional government and the primary leader of the occupation.
• 1985: Soviet and Afghanistan
  Afghanistan
  
  Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
   P.O.W. rose against their captors at Badaber
  Badaber Uprising
  
  Badaber Uprising was an armed uprising by Soviet and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan P.O.W. at Badaber, Pakistan in April 26 and 27, 1985, against much larger units of Pakistan's regular army accompanied by Afghan mujahideen....
   base.
• 1986: The People Power Revolution peacefully overthrows Ferdinand Marcos
  Ferdinand Marcos
  
  Ferdinand Emmanuel Edral?n Marcos was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate ....
   after his two decade rule in the Philippines
  Philippines
  
  The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
  .
• 1987–1991: The First Intifada
  First Intifada
  
  The First Intifada was a mass Palestinian Rebellion against Israeli rule in the Palestinian Territories. The rebellion began in the Jabalya Camp refugee camp and quickly spread throughout Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem....
  , or the Palestinian uprising, a series of violent incidents between Palestinians and Israelis.
• 1988–1991: The Pan-Armenian National Movement
  Pan-Armenian National Movement
  
  The Pan-Armenian National Movement or Armenian Allnational Movement is a political party in Armenia, presently without parliamentary representation....
   frees Armenia from Soviet rule.
• 1988: The 8888 Uprising
  8888 Uprising
  
  The 8888 Uprising was a national revolution in Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma demanding democracy in 1988. The uprising began on August 8, 1988, and from this date , it is known as the "8888 Uprising"....
   In Burma or Myanmar.
• 1989: The Singing Revolution
  Singing Revolution
  
  The Singing Revolution is a commonly used name for events between 1987 and 1990 that led to the restoration of the independence of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania....
  , bloodless overthrow of communist rule in Estonia
  Estonia
  
  Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
  , Latvia
  Latvia
  
  Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
   and Lithuania
  Lithuania
  
  Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
  .
• 1989: The violent Caracazo
  Caracazo
  
  The caracazo or sacud?n is the name given to the wave of protests, riots and looting that occurred on 27 February 1989 in the Venezuelan capital Caracas and surrounding towns....
   riots in Venezuela
  Venezuela
  
  Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
  . In the next few years, there are two attempted coups and President Carlos Andrés Pérez
  Carlos Andrés Pérez
  
  Carlos Andr?s P?rez Rodr?guez , best known as CAP and often referred to as "El Gocho" , was President of Venezuela of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993....
   is impeached.
• 1989: The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
  Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
  
  The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the People's Republic of China beginning on April 14....
   were a series of demonstrations led by students, intellectuals and labour. activists
  Labour movement
  
  The term labour movement or labor movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working class, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments, in particular through the implementation of labour and employment law....
   in the People's Republic of China
  People's Republic of China
  
  The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
   between April 15, 1989 and June 4, 1989.
• 1989: The bloodless Velvet Revolution
  Velvet Revolution
  
  The "Velvet Revolution" or "Gentle Revolution" refers to a nonviolence revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the Communist government....
   overthrows the communist regime in Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia
  
  Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918 until 1992 . On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia....
  .
• 1989: The Romanian Revolution violently overthrows the communist state in Romania
  Romania
  
  Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
  .

1990–1999

• 1990–1995: The Log Revolution
  Log Revolution
  
  The Log Revolution was an incident which started from August 17, 1990 in areas of the Socialist Republic of Croatia which were populated significantly by Serbs of Croatia....
   in Croatia
  Croatia
  
  Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
   starts, triggering the Croatian War of Independence
  Croatian War of Independence
  
  The Croatian War of Independence was a war in Croatia from 1991 to 1995. Initially, the war was waged between Croatian police forces and the Serbs living in the Socialist Republic of Croatia, who opposed its secession from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and proclaimed an autonomous "Republic of Serb Krajina" to ensure their st...
  .
• 1990–1995: The First Tuareg Rebellion in Niger
  Niger
  
  Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east....
   and Mali
  Mali
  
  Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C?te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west....
  .
• 1991: The Kurdish
  Iraqi Kurdistan
  
  Iraqi Kurdistan Region is an autonomous, federally recognized political, ethnic and economic region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, and Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the South....
   uprising against Saddam Hussein in Iraqi Kurdistan
  Iraqi Kurdistan
  
  Iraqi Kurdistan Region is an autonomous, federally recognized political, ethnic and economic region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, and Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the South....
  .
• 1991: The Shiite Uprising
  1991 Uprising in Karbala
  
  The Shiite Uprising in Karbala was one of many major points of unrest in Iraq following the Gulf War. The uprising started after demoralized troops throughout Iraq began to rebel against Saddam Hussein....
   in Karbala
  Karbala
  
  Karbala is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad at 32.61?N, 44.08?E. In the time of Husayn ibn Ali's life, the place was also known as al-Ghadiriyah, Naynawa, and Shathi'ul-Furaat....
  .
• 1992–1995: Bosnian War of Independence.
• 1992: An Afghan uprising against the Taliban by United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan
  United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan
  
  The United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan , also known as the Northern Alliance , was a military-political umbrella organization created by the Islamic State of Afghanistan in 1996....
  , or the Northern Alliance.
• 1994: The 1990s Uprising in Bahrain
  1990s Uprising in Bahrain
  
  The 1990s Uprising in Bahrain or 1990s Intifada was an Islamist led rebellion that took place in Bahrain between 1994 and 2000.Like other uprisings during the 1990s, the Bahrain intifada stated aims were for democratic reform, and it was considered as the first movement in the Arab world where leftist, liberals and Islamists joined fo...
  , Shiite-led rebellion for the restoration of democracy in Bahrain
  Bahrain
  
  The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
  .
• 1994: The Zapatista Rebellion: an uprising in the Mexican state of Chiapas
  Chiapas
  
  Chiapas is the southernmost States of Mexico of Mexico, located towards the southeast of the country. Chiapas is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the north, Veracruz to the northwest, and Oaxaca to the west....
   demanding equal rights for indigenous peoples
  Indigenous peoples
  
  File:Kaiapos.jpegThe term indigenous peoples or autochthonous peoples can be used to describe any ethnic group of people who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest known historical connection, alongside immigrants which have populated the region and which are greater in number....
   and in opposition to growing neoliberalism
  Neoliberalism
  
  Neoliberalism is a political philosophy, actually a continuance and redefinition of classical liberalism, influenced by the neoclassical economics....
   in North America.
• 1994–1996: The First Chechen Rebellion
  First Chechen War
  
  The First Chechen War also known as the War in Chechnya was fought between Russia and Chechnya from 1994 to 1996 and resulted in Chechnya's de facto independence from Russia as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria....
   against Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  .
• 1996: An Islamic movement in Afghanistan led by the Taliban.
• 1997–1999: The Kosovo Rebellion
  Kosovo Liberation Army
  
  The Kosovo Liberation Army or KLA was a Kosovar Albanians guerilla group which sought the independence of Kosovo from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990s....
   against Yugoslavia
  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  
  The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or FRY was a federal state consisting of the republics of Republic of Serbia and Republic of Montenegro from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , created after the other four republics broke away from Yugoslavia amid rising ethnic tensions....
  .
• 1998: The election in Venezuela of socialist leader Hugo Chávez is called the Bolivarian Revolution
  Bolivarian Revolution
  
  The ?Bolivarian Revolution? refers to a social movement and political process in Venezuela led by Venezuelan president Hugo Ch?vez, the founder of the Fifth Republic Movement....
  .
• 1998: The Indonesian Revolution of 1998
  Indonesian Revolution of 1998
  
  Suharto retired in May 1998 following collapse of support for his three-decade long Presidency of Indonesia....
   resulted the resignation of Suharto after three decades of the New Order
  New Order (Indonesia)
  
  The New Order is the term coined by former Indonesian President Suharto to characterize his regime as he came to power in 1966 Immediately following the 30 September Movement in 1965, the political situation was uncertain, but the Suharto's New Order found much popular support from groups wanting a separation from Indonesia's problems since...
   period.
• 1999–present: The Second Chechen Rebellion
  Second Chechen War
  
  The Second Chechen War, in a later phase better known as the War in the North Caucasus, was launched by the Russian Federation starting August 26 1999, in which Russian federal forces re-took control of the separatist region of Chechnya and installed a pro-Kremlin regime which is now lead by President Ramzan Kadyrov....
   against Russia.

2000–present

• 2000–present: The Second Intifada a continuation of the First Intifada
  First Intifada
  
  The First Intifada was a mass Palestinian Rebellion against Israeli rule in the Palestinian Territories. The rebellion began in the Jabalya Camp refugee camp and quickly spread throughout Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem....
  . The wave of violence that began in September 2000 between Palestinian
  Palestinian people
  
  Palestinian people or Palestinians , also commonly rendered as Palestinian Arabs are terms commonly used to refer to the Arab population with family origins in Palestine....
   Arabs and Israel
  Israel
  
  Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
  is.
• 2000: The bloodless Bulldozer Revolution, first of the four colour revolutions, overthrows Slobodan Miloševic's régime in Yugoslavia.
• 2001: The 2001 Macedonia conflict
  2001 Macedonia conflict
  
  The insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia was an armed conflict which began when the ethnic Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia National Liberation Army ]] militant group attacked the Military of the Republic of Macedonia of the Republic of Macedonia at the beginning of January 2001....
  .
• 2001–present: The Taliban insurgency
  Taliban insurgency
  
  The Taliban insurgency took root shortly after the group's fall from power following the War in Afghanistan . The Taliban continue to attack Afghan, United States Armed Forces, and other International Security Assistance Force troops and many terrorist incidents attributable to them have been registered....
   following the 2001 war in Afghanistan
  War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
  
  The War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001 as the U.S. military operation Operation Enduring Freedom, was launched by the United States with the United Kingdom in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks....
  .
• 2001: The 2001 EDSA Revolution
  2001 EDSA Revolution
  
  The EDSA Revolution of 2001, also called by the local media as EDSA II or the Second People Power Revolution, is the common name of the four-day popular movement revolution that peacefully overthrew Philippines President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada from January 17 - January 20, 2001....
   peacefully ousts Philippine President
  List of Presidents of the Philippines
  
  This a complete list of President of the Philippines that consists of the 14 heads of state in the history of the Philippines. The list includes Presidents who were inaugurated as President of the Philippines following the ratification of a constitution that explicitly declares the existence of the Philippines....
   Joseph Estrada
  Joseph Estrada
  
  Jos? Marcelo Ej?rcito , better known as Joseph Ejercito Estrada, or Erap, is a film actor in the Philippines and was the 13th President of the Philippines from June 30, 1998 to January 20, 2001....
   after the collapse of his impeachment
  Impeachment
  
  Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to consider whether or not to forcibly remove a government official from office....
   trial
  Trial
  
  A trial is, in the most general sense, a test, usually a test to see whether something does or does not meet a given standard.It may refer to:...
  .
• 2001: Supporters of Philippines former president
  List of Presidents of the Philippines
  
  This a complete list of President of the Philippines that consists of the 14 heads of state in the history of the Philippines. The list includes Presidents who were inaugurated as President of the Philippines following the ratification of a constitution that explicitly declares the existence of the Philippines....
   Joseph Estrada
  Joseph Estrada
  
  Jos? Marcelo Ej?rcito , better known as Joseph Ejercito Estrada, or Erap, is a film actor in the Philippines and was the 13th President of the Philippines from June 30, 1998 to January 20, 2001....
   violently and unsuccessfully stage a rally, so-called the EDSA Tres, in an attempt of returning him to power.
• 2003: The Rose Revolution
  Rose Revolution
  
  The "Revolution of Roses" was a bloodless revolution in the country of Georgia in 2003 that displaced President Eduard Shevardnadze....
  , second of the colour revolutions, displaces the president of Georgia
  Georgia (country)
  
  Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
  , Eduard Shevardnadze
  Eduard Shevardnadze
  
  Eduard Amvrosiyevich Shevardnadze served as the President of Georgia from 1995 until he resigned on 23 November 2003 as a consequence of the bloodless Rose Revolution....
  , and calls new elections.
• 2003–present: The Iraqi insurgency
  Iraqi insurgency
  
  The Iraqi insurgency is composed of a diverse mix of militias, foreign fighters, all Iraqi units or mixtures using violent measures against the United States-led Multinational force in Iraq in Iraq and the post-2003 Iraqi government, or by propaganda or money supportive thereof....
   refers to the armed resistance by diverse groups within Iraq
  Iraq
  
  Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
   to the US occupation of Iraq
  2003 invasion of Iraq
  
  The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1, 2003, was spearheaded by the United States, backed by United Kingdom forces and smaller contingents from Australia, Spain, Poland and Denmark....
   and to the establishment of a liberal democracy
  Liberal democracy
  
  Liberal democracy is the dominant form of democracy in the 21st century. During the Cold War, liberal democracies were contrasted with the Communist People's Republics or "Popular Democracies", which claimed an alternative conception of democracy....
   therein.
• 2003–present: The Darfur
  Darfur
  
  Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
   rebellion led by the two major rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement
  Sudan Liberation Movement
  
  The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army or is a nation-wide, plural, multi ? ethnic, secular Sudanese opposition party, whose objective is the creation of a free, secular, democratic State in Sudan, based on equal civil rights, the rule of law, and market economy....
   (SLM/A) and the Justice and Equality Movement
  Justice and Equality Movement
  
  The Justice and Equality Movement is a rebel group involved in the Darfur conflict of Sudan. It is led by Khalil Ibrahim. Along with other rebel groups such as the Sudan Liberation Movement , they are fighting against the Sudanese government....
  , recruited primarily from the land-tilling Fur
  Fur people
  
  The Fur are a people of the western Sudan, principally inhabiting the region of Darfur, where they are the largest tribe.They are a Western Sudanese people who practice sedentary herding and agriculture, mainly the cultivation of millet....
  , Zaghawa
  Zaghawa
  
  The Zaghawa are an African List of ethnic groups or tribe, mainly living in eastern Chad and western Sudan, including the Darfur province of Sudan....
  , and Massaleit ethnic groups.
• 2004–present: The Shi'ite Uprising
  Mahdi Army
  
  This page describes the Shia Mahdi Army of contemporary Iraq; for the Sunni Mahdi Army of Nineteenth Century Sudan, see Muhammad Ahmad.The Mahdi Army, also known as the Mahdi Militia or Jaish al Mahdi , is an Iraqi paramilitary force created by the Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in June 2003....
   against the US-led occupation of Iraq
  Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2006
  
  campaign=Iraq War, Post-Invasion|partof=the Iraq War|image=File:Iraq 2003 occupation.png|caption=Occupation zones in Iraq as of September 2003|date=May 1, 2003 ? present...
  .
• 2004: After Viktor Yanukovych
  Viktor Yanukovych
  
  Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a Ukraine politician, the current leader of the influential Party of Regions and the leader of opposition of Ukraine....
   was declared the winner of a presidential election in Ukraine
  Ukraine
  
  Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
  , the Orange Revolution
  Orange Revolution
  
  The Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter intimidation and direct electoral fraud....
   arose and installed Viktor Yushchenko
  Viktor Yushchenko
  
  Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is the third and current President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005.As an informal leader of the Our Ukraine, he was one of the two main candidates in the October–November 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, 2004....
   as president, believing the election to have been fraudulent. This was the third colour revolution.
• 2004: A failed attempt at popular colour-style revolution in Azerbaijan
  Azerbaijan
  
  Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially in Western Asia....
  , led by the groups Yox!
  Yox!
  
  YOX! is a nonviolence pro-democracy youth movement in Azerbaijan, which models itself after other colour revolutional youth groups Otpor, Kmara, Pora, Zubr , and KelKel....
   and Azadlig
  Freedom (Azerbaijan)
  
  Freedom was an electoral alliance of the Musavat , the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party and the Azerbaijan Democratic Party . It won at the last Azerbaijan parliamentary election, 2005, 6 November 2005, only 7 out of 125 seats....
  .
• 2004–present: The Naxalite
  Naxalite
  
  Naxalite or Naxalism is an informal name given to communist groups that were born out of the Sino-Soviet split in the Communism in India....
   insurgency in India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  , led by the Communist Party of India (Maoist)
  Communist Party of India (Maoist)
  
  The Communist Party of India is an underground Maoist political party in India. It was founded on September 21, 2004, through the merger of the Communist Party of India People's War and the Maoist Communist Centre....
  .
• 2005: The Cedar Revolution
  Cedar Revolution
  
  The Cedar Revolution or Independence Intifada was a chain of demonstrations in Lebanon triggered by the assassination of former List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon Rafik Hariri on February 14, 2005....
  , triggered by the assassination
  Assassination
  
  Assassination is the targeted killing of a public figure. Assassinations may be prompted by ideology, politics, or military reasons. Additionally, assassins may be motivated by contract killing, revenge, or celebrity or may be mental disorder....
   of Rafik Hariri
  Rafik Hariri
  
  Rafik Bahaa El Deen Al-Hariri — , was a self-made billionaire and business tycoon, was List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation, 20 October 2004....
  , asks for the withdrawal of Syria
  Syria
  
  Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
  n troops from Lebanon
  Lebanon
  
  Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
  .
• 2005: The Tulip Revolution
  Tulip Revolution
  
  The Tulip Revolution refers to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev and his government in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after the Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, 2005 of February 27 and of March 13 2005....
   (a.k.a. Pink/Yellow Revolution) overthrows the President of Kyrgyzstan
  Kyrgyzstan
  
  Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and People's Republic of China to the east....
  , Askar Akayev, and set new elections. This is the fourth colour revolution.
• 2006–present: 2006 democracy movement in Nepal
  2006 democracy movement in Nepal
  
  The 2006 Democracy Movement is a name given to the ongoing political agitations against the rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal. The movement is also sometimes referred to as Jana Andolan-II , implying it being a continuation of the 1990 Jana Andolan ....
  .
• 2006: The 2006 Oaxaca protests
  2006 Oaxaca protests
  
  The Mexico States of Mexico of Oaxaca was embroiled in a conflict that lasted more than seven months and resulted in at least eighteen deaths and the occupation of the Oaxaca, Oaxaca of Oaxaca by the Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca ....
   demanding the removal of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz
  Ulises Ruiz Ortiz
  
  Ulises Ruiz Ortiz is a Mexico politician and current governor of the State of Oaxaca. He took office in 2004 as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party ....
  , the governor of Oaxaca
  Oaxaca
  
  The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca }} is one of the 31 Mexican state of Mexico, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec....
   state in Mexico
  Mexico
  
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
  .
• 2007: The popular uprising against al-Qa'eda by residents of Anbar Province, Iraq
  Iraq
  
  Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
  .
• 2007-present: The Second Tuareg Rebellion in Niger
  Niger
  
  Niger , officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east....
  .
• 2007: The Burmese anti-government protests
  2007 Burmese anti-government protests
  
  The 2007 Burmese anti-government protests were a series of anti-government protests that started in Burma on August 15, 2007. The immediate cause of the protests was mainly the unannounced decision of the ruling military junta, the State Peace and Development Council, to remove fuel subsidies which caused the price of diesel and gasoline...
  , including the Saffron Revolution of Burmese Buddhist monks.
• 2008: The Tibetan uprising against the Chinese government
  Government of the People's Republic of China
  
  Power within the government of the People's Republic of China is divided among three bodies: the Communist Party of China, the state, and the People's Liberation Army....
  's rule.
• 2008: A Shiite uprising in Basra
  Basra
  
  Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
  .
• 2007–2008: Anti-government food riots
  2007–2008 world food price crisis
  
  The years 2007?2008 saw dramatic increases in world food prices, creating a International crisis and causing political and economical instability and social unrest in both poor and developed nations....
   in many countries across the world.
• 2008: Start of a new political movement in Armenia
  Armenia
  
  Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
  . Former President Levon Ter-Petrossian
  Levon Ter-Petrossian
  
  Levon Ter-Petrossian , sometimes transliterated Levon Ter-Petrosyan or Ter-Petrosian , was the President of Armenia of Armenia from 1991 to 1998....
   tries to overthrow the regime.
• 2009: 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt
  2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt
  
  The 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt, was a mutiny staged from 25 to 26 February 2009 in Dhaka by a section of the Bangladesh Rifles , a Bangladeshi paramilitary force mainly associated with guarding the borders of the country....
  , a revolt by jawans of the border guard paramilitary of Bangladesh, keeping over 50 senior BDR and Bangladesh Army officers as hostage.

Cultural, intellectual, philosophical and technological revolutions

• The Agricultural Revolution
  Agricultural revolution
  
  Agricultural revolution can refer to the:*Neolithic Revolution also the 'First Agricultural Revolution' , which formed the basis for human civilization to develop...
  s, which include:
• The Neolithic Revolution
  Neolithic Revolution
  
  The Neolithic Revolution was the first agricultural revolution—the transition from hunter-gatherer communities and bands, to agriculture and settlement ....
   (perhaps 13000 years ago), which formed the basis for human civilization to develop. It is commonly referred to as the 'First Agricultural Revolution'.
• The Green Revolution
  Green Revolution
  
  Green Revolution usually refers to the transformation of agriculture that began in 1945. One significant factor came at the request of the Mexican government to establish an agricultural research station to develop more varieties of wheat that could be used to feed the rapidly growing population of the country....
   (1945–): The use of industrial fertilizers and new crops greatly increased the world's agricultural output. It is commonly referred to as the 'Second Agricultural Revolution'.
• The British Agricultural Revolution
  British Agricultural Revolution
  
  The British Agricultural Revolution describes a period of development in Britain between the 17th century and the end of the 19th century, which saw a massive increase in agricultural productivity and net output....
   (18th century), which spurred urbanisation and consequently helped launch the Industrial Revolution
  Industrial Revolution
  
  The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, production, and transportation had a profound effect on the socioeconomics and cultural conditions in United Kingdom....
  .
• The Scottish Agricultural Revolution
  Scottish Agricultural Revolution
  
  The Agricultural Revolution in Scotland began in the mid-eighteenth century with the improvements of Scottish Lowlands farmland and the beginning of a transformation of Scottish agriculture from one of the most backward into what was to become the most modern and productive system in Europe....
   (18th century), which led to the Lowland Clearances
  Lowland Clearances
  
  The Lowland Clearances in Scotland were one of the results of the British Agricultural Revolution, which changed the traditional system of agriculture which had existed in Scottish Lowlands in the seventeenth century....
  .
• The Counterculture of the 1960s
  Counterculture of the 1960s
  
  The counterculture of the 1960s refers to the counterculture supported by a loosely connected yet large community of people who, in their strength of numbers, powerful personalities, creative or destructive works, politics, and/or other activities, served as counterpoints to the existing "The Establishment" of "powers that be" in American so...
   (approximately 1960–1973) was a social revolution that originated in the United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
   and United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  , and eventually spread to other western nations. The themes of this movement included the anti-war movement, rebellion against conservative norms, drug use, and the sexual revolution
  Sexual revolution
  
  The sexual revolution encompasses the well-documented changes in social thought and codes of behaviour related to sexuality throughout the Western world that continues to evolve....
   (see below).
• The Sexual revolution
  Sexual revolution
  
  The sexual revolution encompasses the well-documented changes in social thought and codes of behaviour related to sexuality throughout the Western world that continues to evolve....
  : a change in sexual morality and sexual behavior throughout the Western world, mainly during the 1960s and 1970s.
• The Cultural Revolution
  Cultural Revolution
  
  The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the People?s Republic of China was a period of widespread social and political upheaval that led to nation-wide chaos and economic disarray, which would engulf much of Chinese society between 1966 and 1976....
  : a struggle for power within the Communist Party of China
  Communist Party of China
  
  The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and the ruling party of the People's Republic of China and the world's largest political party....
  , which grew to include large sections of Chinese society and eventually brought the People's Republic of China to the brink of civil war, and which lasted from 1966 to 1976.
• The Digital Revolution: The sweeping changes brought about by computing
  Computing
  
  Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and developing computer technology, computer hardware and computer software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology....
   and communication technology, starting from circa 1950 with the creation of the first general-purpose electronic computers.
• The Industrial Revolution
  Industrial Revolution
  
  The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, production, and transportation had a profound effect on the socioeconomics and cultural conditions in United Kingdom....
  : The major shift of technological, socioeconomic and cultural conditions in the late 18th and early 19th centuries that began in Britain and spread throughout the world.
• The Second Industrial Revolution
  Second Industrial Revolution
  
  The Second Industrial Revolution, typically dated between 1870 and 1914, was a second phase of the Industrial Revolution, involving several developments within the chemical industry, electrical industry, petroleum industry, and steel industry....
   (1871–1914).
• The Price revolution
  Price revolution
  
  Used generally to describe a series of economic events from the second half of the 15th century to the first half of the 17th, the price revolution refers most specifically to the high rate of inflation that characterized the period across Western Europe, with prices on average rising perhaps sixfold over 150 years....
  : a series of economic events from the second half of the 15th century to the first half of the 17th, the price revolution refers most specifically to the high rate of inflation that characterized the period across Western Europe
  Western Europe
  
  Western Europe refers to the countries in the western most half of Europe. This concept has had different meanings, political and cultural as well as geographical issues have influenced the area....
  .
• The Quiet Revolution
  Quiet Revolution
  
  The Quiet Revolution was the 1960s period of intense change in Quebec, Canada, characterized by the rapid and effective secularization of society, the creation of a welfare state and a re-alignment of Quebec's politics into Quebec federalism and Quebec separatism factions....
  : a period of rapid change in Quebec
  Quebec
  
  Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
  , Canada
  Canada
  
  Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  , in the 1960s. This leads to the separatist movement for Quebec sovereignty and two referendums.
• The Scientific revolution
  Scientific revolution
  
  The period which many History of science call the Scientific Revolution is commonly viewed as the foundation and origin of modern science.It was a time roughly coinciding with the later part of the Middle Ages and through the Renaissance in which scientific ideas in physics, astronomy, and biology evolved rapidly....
  : A fundamental transformation in scientific ideas around the 16th century.
• The Upper Paleolithic Revolution: The emergence of "high culture", new technologies and regionally distinct cultures.

See also

• List of fictional rebellions
  List of fictional rebellions
  
  This is a list of rebellions and rebel movements in fiction.*Maquis *Rebel Alliance *Varden *Freedom Fighters *List of Final Fantasy VI characters ...
  
• List of wars of independence (national liberation)
  List of wars of independence (national liberation)
  
  This is a list of war of independence .Listed wars may or may not have been successful in achieving a goal of independence.Listed articles should describe the actual conduct of a war....
  
• List of civil wars
  List of civil wars
  
  This is a list of civil wars....
  
• List of coups d'état and coup attempts
• List of riots
  List of riots
  
  This is a chronological list of riots:...
  
• List of strikes
  List of strikes
  
  The following is a list of deliberate absence from work related to specific working conditions or due to general unhappiness with the political order ....
  
• List of usurpers
  List of usurpers
  
  The following is a list of usurpers – illegitimate or controversial claimants to the throne in a monarchy. The word usurper is a derogatory term, and as such not easily definable, as the person seizing power normally will try to legitimise his position, while denigrating that of his predecessor....
  
• Mutiny
  Mutiny
  
  Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly-situated individuals to openly oppose, change or overthrow an existing authority....
  
• Revolution
  Revolution
  
  A revolution is a fundamental social change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time....
  
• Revolutionary wave
  Revolutionary wave
  
  A revolutionary wave is a series of revolutions occurring in various locations. In many cases, an initial revolution inspires other "affiliate revolutions" with similar aims....
  
• Peasant revolt
  Peasant revolt
  
  Peasant, Peasants' or Popular is variously paired with Revolt, Uprising and War and may refer to :*Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 209BC...
  
• General strike
  General strike
  
  A general strike is a strike action by a critical mass of the labour in a city, region or country. While a general strike can be for political goals, economic goals, or both, it tends to gain its momentum from the ideological or Social class sympathies of the participants....
  
• Guerrilla warfare
  Guerrilla warfare
  
  Guerrilla warfare is the Irregular warfare warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile Military tactics to combat a larger and less mobile formal army....
  
• List of guerrillas
  List of guerrillas
  
  List of famous guerrilla warfares, ordered by region:...
  
• List of military commanders
  List of military commanders
  
  See also: Military History...
  
• Ghetto uprising
  Ghetto uprising
  
  Ghetto uprisings were armed revolts by Jews and other groups incarcerated in Nazism ghettos during World War II against the plans to deport the inhabitants to Nazi concentration camp and extermination camps....
  
• Slave rebellion
  Slave rebellion
  
  A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by Slavery. Slave rebellions have occurred in nearly all societies that practice slavery, and are amongst the most feared events for slaveholders....
  
• Janissary revolts
• Insurgency
  Insurgency
  
  An insurgency is a rebellion against a constituted authority when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognised as belligerents. Not all rebellions are insurgencies, because a state of belligerency may exist between one or more sovereign states and rebel forces....
  
• Nonviolent resistance
  Nonviolent resistance
  
  Nonviolent resistance is the practice of achieving socio-political goals through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, and other methods, without using violence....
  
• Polish uprisings
  List of Polish wars
  
  Below is a list of military conflicts in which Poland armed forces participated or took place on Polish territory....
  
• Chinese rebellions
  Chinese rebellions
  
  This is a list of major rebellions that have occurred in China from 209 BCE to present times....
  
• Resistance during World War II
  Resistance during World War II
  
  Resistance movement during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns....
  
• Popular revolt in late medieval Europe
  Popular revolt in late medieval Europe
  
  Popular revolts in late medieval Europe were uprisings and rebellions by peasants in the countryside, or the bourgeois in towns, against nobleman, abbots and kings during the upheavals of the 14th through early 16th centuries, part of a larger "Crisis of the Late Middle Ages"....