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This is a list of revolutions, rebellions, insurrections, and uprisings.
BC
[edit]- Revolutionary/rebel victory
- Revolutionary/rebel defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result unknown or indecisive)
- Ongoing conflict
| Date | Revolution/Rebellion | Location | Revolutionaries/Rebels | Result | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c. 2730 BCE | Set rebellion | Egypt | Priests of Horus | Egypt divides into Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt | [1] | |
| c. 2690 BC | Nubian revolt | Nubians | Pharaoh Khasekhemwy quashed the rebellion, reuniting Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt | [2] | ||
| c. 2380 BC | Sumerian revolt | Lagash, Sumer | Sumerians | The popular revolt deposed King Lugalanda and put the reformer Urukagina on the throne. | [3] | |
| 1046 BC | Battle of Muye | End of the Shang dynasty; beginning of the Zhou dynasty | ||||
| 1042–1039 BC | Rebellion of the Three Guards | Three Guards, separatists and Shang loyalists | Decisive Zhou loyalist victory, Fengjian system established, Resistance of Shang loyalists is broken. | [5] | ||
| 842 BC | Compatriots Rebellion | Peasants and soldiers | King Li of Zhou was exiled and China was ruled by the Gonghe Regency until Li's death. | [6][7] | ||
| 626–620 BC | Revolt of Babylon | The Babylonians overthrew Assyrian rule, establishing the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which ruled over the Near East for about a century. | [8] | |||
| 570 BC | Amasis revolt | Egyptian soldiers | Pharaoh Apries was overthrown and exiled, giving Amasis II the opportunity to seize the throne. Apries later attempted to retake Egypt, with Babylonian support, but was defeated and killed. | [9] | ||
| 552–550 BC | Persian Revolt | Persis, Media | Persians, led by Cyrus the Great | Median rule overthrown, Persis and Media become part of the new Achaemenid Empire | ||
| 522 BC | Anti-Achaemeneid Rebellions | Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Elamites, Medians and Parthians | Darius the Great quashes all the rebellions within the space of a year. | [10] | ||
| 510–509 BC | Roman Revolution | Republicans | The Roman monarchy was overthrown and in its place the Roman Republic was established. | [11] | ||
| 508–507 BC | Athenian Revolution | Democrats | The Tyrant Hippias was deposed and the subsequent aristocratic oligarchy overthrown, establishing Democracy in Athens. | [12] | ||
| 499–493 BC | Ionian Revolt | Ionia, |
Greeks | The Achaemenid Empire asserts its rule over the city states of Ionia. | [13] | |
| 494 BC | First secessio plebis | Plebeians | Patricians freed some of the plebs from their debts and conceded some of their power by creating the office of the Tribune of the Plebs. | [14] | ||
| 484 BC | Bel-shimanni's rebellion | Babylon, |
Rebellion quickly defeated by Xerxes I. | [15] | ||
| 482–481 BC | Shamash-eriba's rebellion | Babylon, |
Rebellion eventually defeated by Xerxes I, Babylon's fortifications were destroyed and its temples were ransacked. | [15] | ||
| 464 BC | Third Messenian War | Messenian Helots | Slave revolt put down by Archidamus II, who called Sparta to arms in the wake of an earthquake. | [16] | ||
| 460–454 BC | Inaros' revolt | Egypt, |
Inaros II and his Athenian allies | Defeated by the Persian army led by Megabyzus and Artabazus, after a two-year siege. Inaros was captured and carried away to Susa where he was crucified. | [17][18] | |
| 449 BC | Second Secessio plebis | Plebeians | The Senate forced the resignation of the Decemviri and restored both the office of Tribune of the Plebs and the right of appeal, which were suspended during the rule of the Decemvir. | [19][20] | ||
| 445 BC | Third Secessio plebis | Plebeians | Intermarriage between Patricians and Plebeians was legalized and the position of Consular Tribune (a Tribune of the Plebs elected with the powers of a consul) was created. | [21][22] | ||
| 351 BC | Phoenician revolt of 351 | Phoenicia | Tennes of Sidon, followed by rulers of Anatolia and Cyprus | Destruction of Sidon, execution of Tennes, and invasion of Egypt. | [23][24] | |
| 342 BC | Fourth Secessio plebis | Plebeians | [21] | |||
| 287 BC | Fifth Secessio plebis | Plebeians | The Lex Hortensia was implemented, establishing that the laws decided by the Plebeian Council were made binding on all Roman citizens, including patricians. This law finally eliminated the political disparity between the two classes, bringing the Conflict of Orders to an end after about two hundred years of struggle. | [25] | ||
| 241 BC | Revolt of the Falisci | Falisci | The Falisci were defeated and subjugated to Roman dominance, the town of Falerii was destroyed. | [26] | ||
| 209 BC | Dazexiang uprising | Villagers led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang | The uprising was put down by Qin forces, Chen and Wu were assassinated by their own men. | [27] | ||
| 206 BC | Liu Bang's Insurrection | Han forces | The Qin dynasty is overthrown in a popular revolt and after a period of contention, Liu Bang is crowned Emperor of the Han dynasty. | |||
| 205–185 BC | Great revolt of the Egyptians | Egypt, |
Egyptians, led by Hugronaphor and Ankhmakis | Revolt put down by the Ptolemaic Kingdom, cementing Greek rule over Egypt. | [28] | |
| 181–179 BC | First Celtiberian War | Hispania, |
Celtiberians | Revolt eventually subdued by the Romans. | [29] | |
| 167–160 BC | Maccabean Revolt | Judea, Coele-Syria, |
Sovereignty of Judea is secured, eventually the independent Hasmonean dynasty is established. | [30] | ||
| 154 BC | Rebellion of the Seven States | Principalities led by Liu Pi | Rebellion crushed after 3 months, further centralization of imperial power. | [31] | ||
| 154–151 BC | Second Celtiberian War | Hispania, |
Celtiberians | Rome increased its influence in Celtiberia | [32] | |
| 143–133 BC | Numantine War | Hispania, |
Celtiberians | Expansion of the Roman territory through Celtiberia. | [33] | |
| 155–139 BC | Lusitanian War | Lusitania, |
Lusitanians, led by Viriatus. | Pacification of Lusitania | [34] | |
| 135–132 BC | First Servile War | Sicily, |
Sicilian slaves, led by Eunus | After some minor battles won by the slaves, a larger Roman army arrived in Sicily and defeated the rebels. | [35] | |
| 125 BC | Fregellae's revolt | Fregellae, |
Fregellaeans | Fregellae was captured and destroyed by Lucius Opimius | [36] | |
| 104–100 BC | Second Servile War | Sicily, |
Sicilian slaves, led by Salvius Tryphon | The revolt was quelled, and 1,000 slaves who surrendered were sent to fight against beasts in the arena back at Rome for the amusement of the populace. To spite the Romans, they refused to fight and killed each other quietly with their swords, until the last flung himself on his own blade. | [37] | |
| 91–88 BC | Social War | Italy, |
Italic peoples | Eventually resulted in a Roman victory. However, Rome granted Roman citizenship to all of its Italian allies, to avoid another costly war. | [38] | |
| 88 BC | Sulla's first march on Rome | Italy, |
Populares | The Optimates were victorious and Sulla briefly took power in Rome. | [39] | |
| 82–81 BC | Sulla's civil war | Italy, |
Populares | The Optimates were once again victorious and Sulla established himself as Dictator of Rome. | [40] | |
| 80–71 BC | Sertorian War | Hispania, |
Populares | The war ended after the Populares leader Quintus Sertorius was assassinated by Marcus Perperna Vento, who was then promptly defeated by Pompey. | [41] | |
| 77 BC | Lepidus' rebellion | Italy, |
Populares | Lepidus was defeated in battle and died from illness, other Populares fled to Spain to fight in the Sertorian War. | [42] | |
| 73–71 BC | Third Servile War | Italy, |
Gladiators, led by Spartacus | The armies of Spartacus were defeated by the legions of Marcus Licinius Crassus. | [43][44] | |
| 65 BC | First Catilinarian conspiracy | Rome, |
Catiline | Lucius Aurelius Cotta and Lucius Manlius Torquatus remain in power as consuls. | [45] | |
| 62 BC | Second Catilinarian conspiracy | Rome, |
Catiline | The plot was exposed, forcing Catiline to flee from Rome. Marcus Tullius Cicero and Gaius Antonius Hybrida remain in power as consuls. | [46] | |
| 52–51 BC | Gallic Wars | Gaul | Gauls, led by Vercingetorix | The Gallic revolt was crushed by Julius Caesar | [47] | |
| 49–45 BC | Great Roman Civil War | Populares, led by Julius Caesar | Caesar defeated the Optimates, assumed control of the Roman Republic and became Dictator in perpetuity. | [48] | ||
| 38 BC | Aquitanian revolt | Gallia Narbonensis, |
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | Revolt suppressed by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. | [49] | |
| 29 BC | Theban revolt | Thebes, Egypt, |
Egyptians | Revolt suppressed by Cornelius Gallus | [50] |
1–999 AD
[edit]| Date | Revolution/Rebellion | Location | Revolutionaries/Rebels | Result | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–6 | Gaetulian War | Mauretania, Roman Empire | Gaetuli | Revolt suppressed by Cossus Cornelius Lentulus | [51] | |
| 6 | Judas Uprising | Judea, Roman Empire | Zealots led by Judas of Galilee | Riots against the Roman census erupt throughout the country, but others are convinced by the High Priest of Israel to obey the census. | [52] | |
| 6–9 | Bellum Batonianum | Illyricum, Roman Empire | Illyrian tribes | Revolt eventually suppressed by the Romans. | [53] | |
| 9–16 | Germanic revolt | Germania | Alliance of Germanic tribes, led by Arminius | The Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus were defeated in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, temporarily halting further Roman occupation and colonization. | [54] | |
| 14 | Mutiny of the legions | Germania and Illyricum, Roman Empire | Roman legions | Revolt suppressed by Germanicus and Drusus Julius Caesar respectively | [55] | |
| 15–24 | Tacfarinas' revolt' | Mauretania, Roman Empire | Musulamii | Revolt suppressed by Publius Cornelius Dolabella | [56] | |
| 17–23 | First Red Eyebrow Rebellion | China | Red Eyebrow and Lulin rebels | Xin dynasty overthrown and the Gengshi Emperor is instated on the throne. | [57][58] | |
| 24–27 | Second Red Eyebrow Rebellion | China | Red Eyebrow rebels | Revolt suppressed by Liu Xiu's forces and the Eastern Han dynasty is established. | [59][60] | |
| 21 | Gaulish debtors' revolt | Gaul, Roman Empire | Treveri and Aedui | The Treveri revolt was put down by Julius Indus and the Aedui revolt was put down by Gaius Silius. | [61] | |
| 26 | Thracian revolt | Odrysian kingdom | Thracians | Revolt suppressed by Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus. | [62] | |
| 28 | Revolt of the Frisii | Frisia | Frisii | The Roman Empire is driven out of Frisia. | [63] | |
| 36 | Revolt of the Cietae | Cappadocia, Roman Empire | Cietae | Rebellion put down by Archelaus of Cilicia. | [64] | |
| 40–43 | Trung sisters' rebellion | Lĩnh Nam | Vietnamese led by the Trung Sisters | After brief end to the First Chinese domination of Vietnam, the Han dynasty reconquers the country and begins the Second Chinese domination of Vietnam. | [65] | |
| 40–44 | Mauretanian revolt | Mauretania, Roman Empire | Mauri led by Aedemon and Sabalus | Revolt suppressed by Gaius Suetonius Paulinus and Gnaeus Hosidius Geta, Mauretania is annexed directly into the empire and split into the Roman provinces of Mauretania Tingitana and Mauretania Caesariensis. | [66] | |
| 42 | Camillus' revolt | Dalmatia, Roman Empire | Roman legions led by Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus | Rebellion quickly collapses, Camillus flees to Vis where he takes his own life. | [67] | |
| 46–48 | Jacob and Simon uprising | Galilee, Judea, Roman Empire | Zealots | Revolt suppressed, Jacob and Simon executed by Tiberius Julius Alexander. | [68] | |
| 60–61 | Boudican revolt | Norfolk, Britain, Roman Empire | Celtic Britons led by Boudica | Revolt crushed by Gaius Suetonius Paulinus. | [69] | |
| 66–73 | First Jewish–Roman War | Jewish people | Revolt crushed by the Roman Empire, Jerusalem and the Second Temple are destroyed in the process. | [70] | ||
| 68 | Vindex's Revolt | Gallia Lugdunensis, Roman Empire | Gaius Julius Vindex | Vindex was defeated in battle by Lucius Verginius Rufus and committed suicide. | [71] | |
| 69 | Colchis uprising | Colchis, Roman Empire | Anicetus | Uprising put down by Roman forces. | [72] | |
| 69–70 | Revolt of the Batavi | Batavia | Batavi | Revolt crushed by Quintus Petillius Cerialis and the Batavi again submitted to Roman rule, Batavia is incorporated into the Roman province of Germania Inferior. | [73] | |
| 89 | Revolt of Saturninus | Germania Superior, Roman Empire | Lucius Antonius Saturninus | Revolt swiftly crushed by the Roman legions. | [74] | |
| 115–117 | Kitos War | Eastern Mediterranean, Roman Empire | Zealots | Revolt crushed by the Roman legions and its leaders executed. | [75] | |
| 117 | Mauretanian revolt | Mauretania, Roman Empire | Mauri | Revolt suppressed by Marcius Turbo | ||
| 132–135 | Bar Kokhba revolt | Judea, Roman Empire | Jewish people led by Simon bar Kokhba | All-out defeat of the Jewish rebels, followed by wide-scale persecution and genocide of Jewish people and the suppression of Jewish religious and political autonomy. | [76] | |
| 172 | Bucolic war | Egypt, Roman Empire | Egyptians led by Isidorus | Revolt suppressed by Avidius Cassius | [77] | |
| 184–205 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | China | Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Jue | The uprising eventually collapsed and was fully suppressed by various warlords of the Eastern Han dynasty. However, the large devolution of power to regional warlords led to the collapse of the Han dynasty not long after. | [78] | |
| 185–205 | Heishan secession | Taihang Mountain, China | Heishan bandits | The autonomous confederacy eventually surrendered to the warlord Cao Cao. | [79] | |
| 185 | Roman mutiny | Britain, Roman Empire | Roman legions | Mutiny suppressed by Pertinax. | [80] | |
| 218 | Battle of Antioch | Antioch, Syria, Roman Empire | Elagabalus | Elagabalus overthrows Macrinus and is installed as Roman Emperor. | [81] | |
| 225–248 | Lady Triệu's uprising | Vietnam | Vietnamese led by Lady Triệu | After several months of warfare Lady Triệu was defeated and committed suicide. The Second Chinese domination of Vietnam continues. | [82] | |
| 227–228 | Xincheng Rebellion | Cao Wei, China | Meng Da | The revolt was suppressed by Sima Yi, Meng Da was captured and executed. | [83] | |
| 251 | Wang Ling's Rebellion | Shouchon, Cao Wei, China | Wang Ling | Wang Ling surrendered to the Wei forces and later committed suicide. | [84] | |
| 255 | Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin's Rebellion | Shouchon, Cao Wei, China | Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin | Cao Wei is victorious, Guanqiu Jian is slain, Wen Qin and his family fled to Eastern Wu. | [84] | |
| 257–258 | Zhuge Dan's Rebellion | Shouchon, Cao Wei, China | Zhuge Dan | Cao Wei is victorious and the Sima clan cements control over the Wei government until its eventual demise. | [84] | |
| 284–286 | Gallic peasants' rebellion | Gaul, Roman Empire | Bagaudae | Rebellion crushed by Caesar Maximian, though the Bagaudae movement would persist until the Fall of the Western Roman Empire. | [85] | |
| 286–296 | Carausian Revolt | Britain and northern Gaul, Roman Empire | Carausius and Allectus | Revolt suppressed, Britain and Gaul retaken. | [86] | |
| 291–306 | War of the Eight Princes | China | Princes of the Sima clan | Sima Yue wins the war and gains influence over the Jin emperor, but Jin authority in northern China severely weakened. | [87] | |
| 304–316 | Uprising of the Five Barbarians | North and Southwest China | Five Barbarians (Han-Zhao and Cheng-Han) | Han-Zhao victory in northern China; Cheng-Han victory in southwestern China; Fall of the Western Jin dynasty in northern China; Formation of the Eastern Jin dynasty in southern China. | [88] | |
| 293 | Revolt of the Thebaid | Thebaid, Roman Empire | Busiris and Qift | Revolt suppressed by Galerius. | [89] | |
| 351–352 | Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus | Syria Palaestina, Roman Empire | Jewish people | The Romans crush the revolt and destroy several Jewish cities. | [90] | |
| 398 | Gildonic War | Africa, |
Comes Gildo | The revolt was subdued by Flavius Stilicho. | [91] | |
| 484 | Justa uprising | Samaria, |
Samaritans | Uprising suppressed by Zeno, who rebuilt the church of Saint Procopius in Neapolis and banned the Samaritans from Mount Gerizim. | [92] | |
| 495 | Samaritan unrest | Samaria, |
Samaritans | Uprising suppressed by the Byzantines. | [92] | |
| 496 | Mazdak's Revolt | Mazdakites | Mazdak successfully converted Kavadh I, before the latter was overthrown by the nobility and the former was executed. | [93] | ||
| 529–531 | Ben Sabar Revolt | Samaria, |
Samaritans led by Julianus ben Sabar | The forces of Justinian I quelled the revolt with the help of the Ghassanids; tens of thousands of Samaritans died or were enslaved. The Christian Byzantine Empire thereafter outlawed the Samaritan faith. | [92] | |
| 532 | Nika revolt | Constantinople, |
Blue and Green demes | Revolt suppressed, its participants killed and Justinian I's rule over the Byzantine empire is strengthened. | [94] | |
| 541 | Vietnamese uprising | Vạn Xuân | Vietnamese led by Lý Nam Đế | The Second Chinese domination of Vietnam is brought to an end, the country declares itself independent as the Kingdom of Vạn Xuân and crowns Lý Nam Đế as the first king of the Early Lý dynasty. | [95] | |
| 556 | Samaritan revolt | Samaria, |
Samaritans and Jewish people | Amantius, the governor of the East was ordered to quell the revolt. | [92] | |
| 572–578 | Samaritan revolt | Samaria, |
Samaritans and Jewish people | Revolt suppressed, the Samaritan faith was outlawed and from a population of nearly a million, the Samaritan community dwindled to near extinction. | [92] | |
| 608–610 | Heraclian revolt | Exarchate of Africa, |
Heraclius the Elder | Phocas executed and Heraclius the Younger is installed as Byzantine Emperor, establishing the Heraclian dynasty. | [96] | |
| 611–617 | Anti-Sui rebellions | China | Former Sui officials and peasant rebels | The Sui dynasty is overthrown, followed by the rise of rebel leader Li Yuan, founder of the Tang dynasty. | [97] | |
| 614–625 | Jewish revolt against Heraclius | Palaestina Prima, |
Jewish people | After Palestine was retaken by the Byzantines, Jewish people were massacred and expelled from the region. | [98] | |
| 623/624/626 | Samo's rebellion | Avar Khaganate | Slavs led by Samo | Avar rule overthrown, Slavic tribes in the area unify to form Samo's Empire. | [99] | |
| 632–633 | Ridda wars | Arabia, |
Arab tribes | Rebels forced to submit to the caliphate of Abu Bakr. | [100] | |
| 656–661 | First Fitna | Umayyads | Hasan ibn Ali negotiates a treaty acknowledging Mu'awiya I as caliph, establishing the Umayyad Caliphate. | [101] | ||
| 680–692 | Second Fitna | Zubayrids, Alids and Kharijites | The Umayyad Caliphate increases its own power, restructuring the army and Arabizing and Islamizing the state bureaucracy. | [102] | ||
| 696–698 | Sufri revolt | Central Iraq, |
Sufri led by Shabib ibn Yazid al-Shaybani | Defeated by the caliphate, although Sufrism continued to be practiced in Mosul. | [103] | |
| 700–703 | Ibn al-Ash'ath's rebellion | Iraq, |
Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath | Revolt suppressed by the caliphate, signalling the end of the power of the tribal nobility of Iraq, which henceforth came under the direct control of the Umayyad regime's staunchly loyal Syrian troops. | [104] | |
| 720–729 | Yazid's mutiny | Basra, |
Yazid ibn al-Muhallab | Revolt suppressed by the caliphate. | [105] | |
| 713–722 | Annam uprising | Vietnam | Vietnamese led by Mai Thúc Loan | The independent kingdom was put down by a military campaign at the order of the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, continuing the Third Chinese domination of Vietnam | [106] | |
| 734–746 | Harith's rebellion | Khurasan, |
Al-Harith ibn Surayj | Harith is killed and the rebellion crushed, although the revolt weakened Arab power in Central Asia and facilitated the beginning of the Abbasid Revolution. | [107] | |
| 740 | Zaidi Revolt | Kufa, |
Zayd ibn Ali | The Umayyad governor of Iraq managed to bribe the inhabitants of Kufa which allowed him to break the insurgence, killing Zayd in the process | [108] | |
| 740–743 | Berber Revolt | Maghreb, |
Berbers led by Maysara al-Matghari | Umayyads expelled from the Maghreb and several independent Berber states are established in the area. | [109] | |
| 744–747 | Third Fitna | Pro-Yaman Umayyads, Alids led by Abdallah ibn Mu'awiya, Kharijites led by Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani | Victory of Marwan II and the pro-Qays faction in the inter-Umayyad civil war and anti-Umayyad revolts crushed, although Umayyad authority was now permanently weakened. | [110] | ||
| 747–748 | Ibadi revolt | South Arabia, |
Ibadis | Umayyad victory in the Hijaz and the Yemen; though Ibadi autonomy is secured in Hadramawt. | [111] | |
| 747–750 | Abbasid Revolution | Abbasids | Abbasid Caliphate established, bringing an end to the privileged status for Arabs and discrimination against non-Arabs. | [107] | ||
| 752–760 | Mardaite revolts | Mount Lebanon and |
Lebanese Christians and Byzantine Empire | Christian inhabitants of parts of interior and coastal Lebanon expelled and replaced with Arab tribes. | [112] | |
| 754 | Abdallah's rebellion | Syria, |
Abdallah ibn Ali | Abdallah's army is defeated by Abu Muslim. | [113] | |
| 755 | Córdoban revolution | Almuñécar, al-Andalus, |
Umayyads led by Abd al-Rahman I | Umayyads take control of al-Andalus, establishing the Emirate of Córdoba. | [114] | |
| 755–763 | An Lushan Rebellion | Yan, China | An Lushan | Yan defeated by the Tang imperial forces, although the Tang dynasty was weakened. | [115] | |
| 762–763 | Alid Revolt | Hejaz and Southern Iraq, |
Alids led by Muhammad ibn Abdallah | Revolt suppressed by the caliphate, followed by a large-scaled reprisal campaign against the Alids. | [116] | |
| 772–804 | Saxon Wars | Saxony | Saxons | Saxony is annexed into the Frankish empire and the Saxons are forcibly converted from Germanic paganism to Catholicism. | [117] | |
| 786 | Alid revolt | Mecca, Hejaz, |
Alids | Revolt crushed by the Abbasid army and members of the Alid house are executed. One of the Alids, Idris ibn Abdallah, fled the battlefield to the Maghreb, where he established the Idrisid dynasty. | [118] | |
| 791–802 | Phùng rebellion | Vietnam | Vietnamese led by Phùng Hưng | Briefly ruled the country before the Third Chinese domination of Vietnam is reestablished. | [119] | |
| 793–796 | Qays–Yaman war | Syria, |
Qays | Revolt crushed by the Abbasids and their Yamani allies. | [120] | |
| 794–795 | Al-Walid's rebellion | Jazira, |
Kharijites led by Al-Walid ibn Tarif al-Shaybani | Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani met the rebels in battle in late 795, at al-Haditha above Hit, and defeated al-Walid in single combat, killing him and cutting off his head. Yazid also killed a large number of the Kharijites and forced the remainder to disperse, and the revolt ended in defeat. | [121] | |
| 811–838 | Fourth Fitna | Alids led by Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq, Qays led by Nasr ibn Shabath al-Uqayli | Al-Ma'mun takes power as Caliph, al-Sadiq is forced into exile, Qays territory is lost and Nasr surrenders to the caliphate, and the Tahirids begin their reign over Khorasan | [122] | ||
| 816–837 | Babak Khorramdin Revolt | An uprising or revolt of Khurramites led by Babak Khorramdin against the Abbasid Caliphate in Azerbaijan. | The suppression of the uprising, Babak was captured and executed, with more than 100,000 of his followers killed. | [123] | ||
| 814 | al-Ribad rebellion | Guadalquivir, Emirate of Córdoba | Clerics in al-Ribad | Rebellion crushed at Al-Hakam I | [124] | |
| 821–823 | Thomas the Slav's rebellion | Anatolia, |
Thomas the Slav | Thomas is surrendered and executed by the Byzantines | [125] | |
| 824–836 | Tunisian mutiny | Tunisia, Ifriqiya, |
Arabs | Aghlabids put down the revolt with the help of the Berbers | [126] | |
| 822 | Aristocratic rebellion | Aristocrats led by Kim Hŏn-ch'ang | The royal faction was able to regain much of the territory that Kim Hŏn-ch'ang's forces had taken. After the fall of Gongju, Kim Hŏn-ch'ang took his own life. | |||
| 841–842 | Umayyad rebellion | Palestine, |
Umayyads led by Al-Mubarqa | Al-Hidari defeated al-Mubarqa's forces in a battle near Ramlah, al-Mubarqa taken prisoner and brought to the caliphal capital, Samarra, where he was thrown into prison and never heard of again. | [127] | |
| 841–845 | Stellinga | Saxony, Carolingian Empire | Saxon freemen and freedmen | Revolt crushed by the Carolingians and their allies in the Saxon nobility. | [128] | |
| 845–846 | Chang Pogo's mutiny | Chang Pogo | Chang Pogo assassinated by an emissary from the Silla court. | [129] | ||
| 859–860 | Qiu's rebellion | Zhejiang, China | Peasants led by Qiu Fu | Rebellion was suppressed by the imperial general Wang Shi. | [130] | |
| 861–876 | Saffarid revolution | Sistan, Khorasan, |
Saffarids led by Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar | al-Saffar overthrows Abbasid rule over Iran and establishes the Saffarid dynasty. | [131] | |
| 864 | Alid uprising | Iraq, |
Alids led by Yahya ibn Umar | The Alids attacked Al-Musta'in's forces, but were defeated and fled, Umar was subsequently executed. | [132] | |
| 865–866 | Fifth Fitna | Iraq, |
Al-Mu'tazz | Al-Musta'in deposed as Caliph and succeeded by Al-Mu'tazz. | [133] | |
| 866–896 | Kharijite Rebellion | Jazira, |
Kharijites | It was finally defeated after the caliph al-Mu'tadid undertook several campaigns to restore caliphal authority in the region. | [134] | |
| 869–883 | Zanj Rebellion | Sawad, |
Zanj | Revolt eventually suppressed by the Abbasids. | [135] | |
| 874–884 | Qi rebellion | China | Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao | Rebellions suppressed by the Tang dynasty, which later collapsed due to the destabilization caused by the rebellion. | [136] | |
| 880–928 | Bobastro rebellion | Emirate of Córdoba | Muwallads and Mozarabs led by Umar ibn Hafsun | Ibn Hafsun died in 917, his coalition then crumbled, and while his sons tried to continue the resistance, they eventually fell to Abd-ar-Rahman III, who proclaimed the Caliphate of Córdoba. | [137] | |
| 899–906 | The Qarmatian Revolution | Eastern Arabia, |
Qarmatians | Qarmatians successfully establish a republic in Eastern Arabia, becoming the most powerful force in the Persian Gulf. The Qarmatians were eventually reduced to a local power by the Abbasids in 976 and annihilated by the Seljuq-backed Uyunid Emirate in 1076. | [138] | |
| 917–924 | Bulgarian–Serbian war | Balkans | Serbians led by Zaharija | Serbia is annexed into the First Bulgarian Empire. | [139] | |
| 928–932 | Bithynian rebellion | Bithynia, |
Basil the Copper Hand | The revolt was finally subdued by the imperial army and Basil was executed. | [140] | |
| 943–947 | Ibadi Berber revolt | Ifriqiya, |
Ibadi Berbers led by Abu Yazid | Revolt suppressed by the Fatimids, Abu Yazid captured and killed. | [141] | |
| 969–970 | First rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger | Caesarea, |
Phokas family | Rebellion extinguished by Bardas Skleros, Phokas was captured and exiled to Chios, where he stayed for 7 years. | [142] | |
| 976–979 | Rebellion of Bardas Skleros | Anatolia, |
Bardas Skleros | Bardas Phokas the Younger recalled from exile to put down Skleros' rebellion at the Battle of Pankaleia, Skleros seeks refuge in Baghdad. | [143] | |
| 983 | Great Slav rising | Elbe, Germany, |
Polabian Slavs | Halt to Ostsiedlung. | [144] | |
| 987–989 | Second Rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger | Anatolia, |
Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros | Rebel armies surrendered after the death of Phokas. | [145] | |
| 993–995 | Da Shu rebellion | Sichuan, China | Da Shu Kingdom | The Song dynasty was able to suppress the rebellion and restore their rule over the Shu region. | [146] | |
| 996 | Peasants' revolt in Normandy | Norman peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [147] | ||
| 996-998 | Revolt of Tyre (996–998) | Tyre, Lebanon, |
Tyrians and Byzantine Empire | Revolt suppressed and rebels killed or enslaved | [148] |
1000–1499
[edit]| Date | Revolution/Rebellion | Location | Revolutionaries/Rebels | Result | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1034–1038 | Serb revolt against the Byzantine Empire | Duklja, |
Serbs led by Vojislav of Duklja | Revolt suppressed and Vojislav imprisoned, before starting another rebellion which eventually succeeded | ||
| 1040–1041 | Uprising of Peter Delyan | Balkan peninsula, |
Bulgarians led by Peter Delyan | Rebellion suppressed by Emperor Michael IV | [149] | |
| 1072 | Uprising of Georgi Voyteh | Balkan peninsula, |
Bulgarians led by Georgi Voyteh | Revolt suppressed by Damianos Dalassenos | [150] | |
| 1090 | Takeover of Alamut | Alamut, Seljuk Empire | Hashshashin led by Hassan-i Sabbah | Nizari Ismaili state founded, creating the Order of Assassins | ||
| 1095 | Rebellion of northern nobles against William Rufus | England | Northern nobles led by Robert de Mowbray | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
| 1125 | Almohads against the Almoravids | Atlas Mountains | Masmuda tribes led by Ibn Tumart | Establishment of the Almohad Caliphate | ||
| 1143-1145 | Commune of Rome Uprising | Rome | Commune of Rome | Establishment of the Commune of Rome | ||
| 1156 | Hōgen Rebellion | Japan | Forces loyal to retired Emperor Sutoku | Rebellion suppressed by forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa. Established the dominance of samurai clans and eventually the first samurai-led government in the history of Japan | ||
| 1185 | Rebellion of Asen and Peter against Byzantine Empire | Balkan Mountains | Bulgarians and Vlachs | Creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire | ||
| 1209–1211 | Quách Bốc Rebellion | Lý dynasty | Army led by General Quách Bốc | Defeat of Emperor Lý Cao Tông and further weakening of the declining Lý dynasty | ||
| 1233–1234 | Stedinger revolt | Frisia | Stedingers | Revolt suppressed by a crusade called by Pope Gregory IX | ||
| 1237–1239 | Babai Revolt | Sultanate of Rum | Rebels | Revolt suppressed | ||
| 1242–1249 | The First Prussian Uprising | Pomerania | Teutonic Knights | Swantopolk II returned seized lands. Knights allowed safe passage in Pomerania. Treaty of Christburg (secured rights for Christians) | ||
| 1250 | Bahri revolt | Egypt | Bahri Mamluks | Mamluks consolidated power and established the Bahri dynasty | ||
| 1282 | Sicilian Vespers | Sicily | Sicilian rebels | Angevin regime overthrown | ||
| 1296–1328 | First Scottish War of Independence | Scotland | Kingdom of Scotland | Renewed Scottish independence | ||
| 1302 | Battle of the Golden Spurs | Flanders | County of Flanders | Flemish victory. French ousted | ||
| 1323–1328 | Peasant revolt in Flanders | Flanders | County of Flanders | Restoration of pro-French court. Repression of rebels | ||
| 1332–1357 | Second Scottish War of Independence | Scotland | Kingdom of Scotland | Treaty of Berwick. Renewed Scottish independence | ||
| 1342 | Zealots of Thessalonica | Byzantine Empire | Zealots of Thessalonica | Zealots ruled Thessalonica for 8 years | ||
| 1343–1345 | St. George's Night Uprising | Estonia | Local Estonians from the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek | Uprising suppressed | ||
| 1346-1347 | Rebellion of Ismail Mukh | Deccan, |
Ismail Mukh's forces | Rebellion victory, later establishment of the Bahmani Sultanate. | ||
| 1354 | Revolt of Cola di Rienzi | Rome | Cola di Rienzi and loyal forces (with help from Louis I)[151] | Successfully revolted. However, Cola eventually abdicated and left Rome | ||
| 1356–1358 | Jacquerie uprising | Northern France | Peasants | Revolt successfully repressed | ||
| 1368 | Red Turban Rebellions | China | Peasant Han Chinese led by Zhu Yuanzhang | Establishment of the Ming dynasty | ||
| 1378 | Revolt of the Ciompi | Florence | Laborers from Florence | City government seized. Demands of the laborers initially met. Though this would prove to be temporary. | ||
| 1378–1384 | Tuchin Revolt | Béziers | Locals from Béziers | Duc de Berry suppressed the revolt | ||
| 1381 | Peasants' Revolt. This was a rebellion in England led by Wat Tyler and John Ball, in which peasants demanded an end to serfdom. | England | Rebels led by Wat Tyler | Wat Tyler killed, revolt suppressed | ||
| 1382 | Harelle | Rouen, Paris | Guild members of Rouen | Revolt leaders killed. City rights revoked | ||
| c. 1387 | Isfahan revolt | Isfahan | Local rebels | Revolt violently repressed[152] | ||
| 1400–1415 | Welsh revolt | Wales | Rebels headed by Owain Glyndŵr | England conquered Wales | ||
| 1404/1408/1413^ | Uprising of Konstantin and Fruzhin | Historical region of Bulgaria | Bulgarian nobles | Failure to liberate Bulgaria | ||
| 1418–1427 | Lam Sơn uprising | Northern Vietnam | Rebels led by Lê Lợi | Independence of Đại Việt | ||
| 1421–1432 | Jasrat's rebellion | Delhi Sultanate | Khokhars of Sialkot led by Jasrat | Liberation of Punjab upto Ravi. Later pushed back to Chenab. | ||
| 1431–1435 | First Irmandiño revolt | Galicia | Peasantry and bourgeoisie | Revolt suppressed | ||
| 1434–1436 | Engelbrekt rebellion | Dalarna | Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson | Engelbrekt assassinated. Kalmar Union eroded | ||
| 1437 | Transylvanian peasants revolt | Kingdom of Hungary | Transylvanian peasants and petty nobles | Patrician victory | ||
| 1444–1468 | Skanderbeg's rebellion | Ottoman-ruled Albania | Skanderbeg and his forces | Skanderbeg agreed to peace and paid tribute to the Ottomans. | ||
| 1450 | Jack Cade's Rebellion | Kent, England | Rebels led by Jack Cade | Royal victory | ||
| 1462–1485 | Rebellion of the Remences | Principality of Catalonia | Peasants | Indecisive | ||
| 1467–1470 | Second Irmandiño revolt | Galicia | Peasantry and bourgeoisie | Irmandiño movement defeated | ||
| 1497 | Cornish rebellion of 1497 | England | Rebels mainly from Cornwall | Royal victory |
1500–1699
[edit]| Date | Revolution/Rebellion | Location | Revolutionaries/Rebels | Result | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1499–1501 | Rebellion of the Alpujarras | Kingdom of Granada | Muslims of Granada | Rebellion suppressed and mass forced conversions of all Muslims in Granada | ||
| 1501–1503 | War of Deposition against King Hans | Kalmar Union | Swedish separatists | Separatist victory, Kalmar Union de facto dissolved | ||
| 1501–1504 | Alvsson's rebellion against King Hans of Norway | Denmark and Norway | Norwegian separatists | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1514 | Peasants' war led by György Dózsa | Kingdom of Hungary | Peasants led by György Dózsa | Rebellion suppressed and György Dózsa was executed | ||
| 1515 | Slovene peasant revolt | Holy Roman Empire | Peasants | Revolt put down by Holy Roman Empire mercenaries | ||
| 1515–1523 | Arumer Zwarte Hoop | Habsburg Netherlands | Frisian rebels led by Pier Gerlofs Donia and Wijerd Jelckama. | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1516 | Trần Cảo Rebellion | Lê dynasty | Rebellion suppressed. Lê dynasty weakened by ensuing civil war | |||
| 1519–1523 | Revolt of the Brotherhoods | Valencia | Germanies autonomist rebels | Rebel leader L'Encobert killed and strongholds of the Germanies captured | ||
| 1520–1522 | Revolt of the Comuneros | Royalist Castilians | Comuneros rebels | Royalist victory | ||
| 1521–1522 | Santo Domingo Revolt | Enslaved Africans | Suppression of the revolt | |||
| 1521–1523 | Gustav Vasa's Rebellion | Rebels led by nobleman Gustav Vasa | Rebels successfully deposed King Christian II from the throne of Sweden | |||
| 1524–1525 | German Peasants' War | Suppression of revolt and execution of its participants | ||||
| 1526 | Slave revolt in San Miguel de Gualdape | Rebels | Inconclusive | |||
| 1531 | The Straccioni Rebellion, uprising in Lucca | Rebels | ||||
| 1532–1547 | Sebastián Lemba's rebellion | Rebels led by maroon Sebastián Lemba | Suppression of the revolt | |||
| 1536 | Pilgrimage of Grace | Suppression of the uprisings, execution of the leading figures | ||||
| 1540–1542 | Mixtón War | Caxcanes | Spaniard and indigenous allied victory | |||
| 1542 | Dacke War | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1548 | Revolt of the Pitauds | French peasants against the salt tax | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1548–1582 | Bayano Wars | Enslaved Bayano rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1549 | Prayer Book Rebellion | Catholic rebels in Cornwall and Devon | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1549 | Kett's Rebellion | East Anglian rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1550–1590 | Chichimeca War | Chichimeca Confederation | Chichimeca military victory | |||
| 1567–1872 | Philippine revolts against Spain | Rebels | ||||
| 1568–1571 | Morisco rebellions in Granada | Morisco rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1568–1648 | Eighty Years' War | Peace of Münster | ||||
| 1569–1570 | Rising of the North | Elizabeth I of England | Partisans of Mary, Queen of Scots and Northern English Catholics | Elizabethan victory | ||
| 1570–1618 | Gaspar Yanga's revolt against Spanish colonial rule in Mexico | Rebels led by Gaspar Yanga | Ended with the signing of a treaty with Spain | |||
| 1573 | Croatian–Slovene peasant revolt | Croatian, Styrian and Carniolan nobility and Uskoks | Croatian and Slovene peasants | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1590–1610 | Celali rebellions | Ottoman Empire | Celali rebels | Suppressed by Kuyucu Murad Pasha | ||
| 1591–1594 | Rappenkrieg | Basel | Peasants | Negotiations led to a restriction to tax increases. Insurgents were spared punishment | ||
| 1594–1595 | Croquant rebellion | Limousin | Rebels | Croquants disarmed | ||
| 1594–1603 | Nine Years' War | Irish alliance | English victory | |||
| 1594 | Banat Uprising | Ottoman Empire | Serb rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1596 | Club War | Nobility and army | Peasants and army | Nobility victory | ||
| 1596–1597 | Serb Uprising against the Ottomans | Ottoman Empire | Serb rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1597 | First Guale revolt developed in Florida against the Spanish missions and led by Juanillo | Rebels led by Juanillo | Rebellion suppressed | [153][154] | ||
| 1598 | First Tarnovo uprising | Ottoman Empire | Bulgarian rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1600–1601 | Thessaly rebellion | Ottoman Empire | Greek rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1600–1607 | Acaxee Rebellion | Acaxee | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1606–1607 | Bolotnikov rebellion | Tsardom of Russia | Rebels led by Bolotnikov | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1616–1620 | Tepehuán Revolt | Tepehuánes | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1618–1625 | Bohemian Revolt |
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Imperial victory | |||
| 1631–1634 | Salt Tax Revolt | Rebels in Biscay | Ringleaders arrested and executed | |||
| 1637–1638 | Shimabara Rebellion | Tokugawa shogunate | Japanese Catholics | Tokugawa victory | [155] | |
| 1639 | Revolt of the va-nu-pieds | Rebels in Normandy | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1640–1668 | Portuguese Revolt | Portuguese victory | ||||
| 1640–1652 | Catalan Revolt | Catalan defeat | ||||
| 1641–1642 | Irish Rebellion of 1641 | Irish victory and the Founding of the Irish Catholic Confederation | ||||
| 1641 | Acclamation of Amador Bueno in the Captaincy of São Vicente, Brazil | Captaincy of São Vicente | [156][157][158] | |||
| 1642–1652 | English Civil War | Parliamentarian victory, Execution of Charles I, establishment of the Commonwealth of England | ||||
| 1644 | Li Zicheng's Uprising | Ming dynasty | Rebels led by Li Zicheng | Overthrow of the Ming dynasty and the establishment of the Shun dynasty | ||
| 1647 | Naples Revolt | Neapolitan Republic | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1648 | Khmelnytsky uprising | Emergence of Cossack Hetmanate under Russian protection | ||||
| 1648 | Moscow salt riot | Tsardom of Russia | Rebels | Arrest and execution of many of the leaders of the uprising | ||
| 1648–1653 | Fronde | Parlements | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1658 | Revolt of Abaza Hasan Pasha | Ottoman Empire | Rebels led by Abaza Hasan Pasha | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1659 | Bakhtrioni uprising | Strategically inconclusive | ||||
| 1662–1664 | Bashkir rebellion | Tsardom of Russia | Bashkir rebels | Demands of the rebels met | ||
| 1664–1670 | Magnate conspiracy | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1667–1668 | First Revolt of the Angelets | Vallespir | Anti-salt tax rebels | Compromise of Céret. Tax inspectors ended controls | ||
| 1668–1676 | Solovetsky Monastery uprising | Tsardom of Russia | Old Believer monks | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1670–1674 | Second Revolt of the Angelets | Conflent | Rebels against the salt tax | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1672 | Pashtun rebellion | Mughal Empire | Pashtun rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1672–1674 | Lipka rebellion | Tatars' privileges, payments and religious freedoms guaranteed | [159] | |||
| 1672–1678 | Messina Revolt | Sicilian rebels | ||||
| 1674–1680 | Trunajaya rebellion | Rebel forces | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1675 | Revolt of the papier timbré, an anti-tax revolt in Brittany | Rebels in Brittany | ||||
| 1675–1676 | King Philip's War | Native Americans | Confederation victory | |||
| 1676 | Bacon's Rebellion | Colony of Virginia | Virginia colonists, indentured servants and slaves | Change in Virginia's Native American-Frontier policy | ||
| 1680–1692 | Pueblo Revolt | Puebloans | Pueblo victory, expulsion of Spanish settlers | |||
| 1681–1684 | Bashkir rebellion | Tsardom of Russia | Bashkir rebels | Demands of the rebels met | [160] | |
| 1682 | Moscow Uprising | Tsardom of Russia | Streltsy regiments | Sophia suppressed the Streltsy and Tararui in their attempts to remove her from power | ||
| 1684 | Beckman's Revolt | Maranhão e Grão-Pará | Manoel Beckman and rebels | Rebellion suppressed | [161][162] | |
| 1685 | Monmouth Rebellion | Monmouth rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1685 | Argyll Rebellion | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1686 | Second Tarnovo uprising | Ottoman Empire | Bulgarian rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1687–1689 | Revolt of the Barretinas | Catalan rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1688 | Chiprovtsi uprising | Ottoman Empire | Catholic Bulgarian rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1688 | Siamese revolution of 1688 | Victory for Phetracha's forces and his Dutch allies | ||||
| 1688 | Glorious Revolution | Rebels | James II replaced as king by his daughter Mary II and her husband William III | |||
| 1688–1746 | Jacobite risings | Jacobites | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1689 | Karposh’s Rebellion | Ottoman Empire | Bulgarian rebels | Rebellion suppressed | [163] | |
| 1689 | Boston revolt | Dissolution of the Dominion of New England; ouster of officials loyal to James II | ||||
| 1693 | Second Brotherhood | Valencia | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1698 | Streltsy uprising | Tsardom of Russia | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed |
1700–1799
[edit]| Date | Revolution/Rebellion | Location | Revolutionaries/Rebels | Result | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1702–1715 | War of the Camisards | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1703–1711 | Rákóczi Uprising | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1707–1709 | Bulavin Rebellion | Tsardom of Russia | Don Cossack rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1707–1709 | Newcomers' War | Captaincy of São Vicente, Brazil | Paulistas | Rebellion suppressed | [164][165] | |
| 1709 | Mirwais Hotak's rebellion against Gurgin Khan, the Persian governor of Kandahar | Rebels led by Mirwais Hotak | rebellion successful | |||
| 1709–1710 | Pablo Presbere's insurrection against Spanish colonial power | Rebels led by Pablo Presbere | ||||
| 1710–1711 | Peddlers' War | Pernambuco, Brazil | Rebels | [166][167] | ||
| 1711 | Cary's Rebellion | Rebels | ||||
| 1712 | Tzeltal Rebellion | indigenous rebels | ||||
| 1712 | New York Slave Revolt of 1712 | Rebel slaves | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1713-1714 | War of the Catalans | Catalan defeat | ||||
| 1715 | First Jacobite rising | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1720 | Vila Rica Revolt | Minas Gerais, Brazil | Rebels | [168][169] | ||
| 1722 | Afghan rebels defeated Shah Sultan Husayn and ended the Safavid dynasty. | Afghan rebels | rebellion successful | |||
| 1728–1740 | First Maroon War | Jamaican Maroons | Maroon victory, the British government offered peace treaties | |||
| 1729 | Natchez revolt | French colonists | the Natchez | |||
| 1731 | Samba rebellion | French Louisiana | Rebel slaves | |||
| 1733–1734 | slave insurrection on St. John | Rebel slaves | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1737–39 | Serb uprising | Serb rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1739 | Stono Rebellion | Escaped slaves | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1741 | New York Conspiracy of 1741 | slaves and poor whites | ||||
| 1743 | Fourth Dalecarlian rebellion | peasants' | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1744–1829 | Dagohoy rebellion | Boholano people | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1745–1746 | Jacobite rising | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1747 | Orangist revolution | |||||
| 1748 | Uprising led by Juan Francisco de León in Panaquire, Venezuela, against monopoly interests and the dominance of the Royal Company Guipuzcoana in terms of trade cocoa | Rebels led by Juan Francisco de León | ||||
| 1749 | Conspiracy of the Slaves | Malta | Rebel slaves | |||
| 1751–1752 | Pima Revolt | |||||
| 1753 | The Lunenburg Rebellion | immigrant rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1755–1769 | The revolution that ended Genoese rule and established a Corsican Republic | Revolution was brought to an end by the French conquest of Corsica | ||||
| 1760 | Tacky's War | Enslaved "Coromantee" people | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1763 | Berbice slave uprising | Society of Berbice Society of Suriname Barbados Navy Dutch Navy | Arawak and Carib allies | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1763–1766 | Pontiac's War | numerous North American Indian tribes | Military stalemate | |||
| 1765 | Quito Revolt of 1765 | Rebels | ||||
| 1765 | Strilekrigen | Norwegian farmers | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1768 | Louisiana Rebellion of 1768 | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1769–1773 | First Carib War | Carib inhabitants of Saint Vincent | ||||
| 1770 | Orlov revolt | Supported by: |
Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1770 | Abdzakh revolution. The Circassians of the Abdzakh region started a great revolution in Circassian territory in 1770. Classes such as slaves, nobles and princes were completely abolished. The Abdzakh Revolution coincides with the French Revolution. While many French nobles took refuge in Russia, some of the Circassian nobles took the same path and took refuge in Russia | Circassians of the Abdzakh region | [170] | |||
| 1771–1785 | Tây Sơn wars | Tây Sơn Cham people Chinese Vietnamese (1771–1777) Pirates of the South China Coast |
Nguyễn lord Chinese Vietnamese (Hoà Nghĩa army) |
Nguyễn lord victory | ||
| 1773–1775 | Pugachev's Rebellion | Coalition of Cossacks, Russian Serfs, Old Believers, and non-Russian peoples | Rebellion suppressed | [171] | ||
| 1775 | Rising of the Priests | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1775–1783 | American Revolutionary War | Revolutionary victory | ||||
| 1780–1782 | José Gabriel Condorcanqui, known as Túpac Amaru II, raises an indigenous peasant army in revolt against Spanish control of Peru. Julián Apasa, known as Túpac Katari allied with Túpac Amaru and lead an indigenous revolt in Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia) nearly destroying the city of La Paz in a siege. | Túpac Amaru II | ||||
| 1780–1787 | The Patriot Revolt | Rebels | ||||
| 1781 | Revolt in Bihar | Rebels in Bihar | ||||
| 1781 | Revolt of the Comuneros | Rebels | ||||
| 1782 | Sylhet uprising | Bengali Muslim Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1782 | Geneva Revolution | Republic of Geneva | the third estate | |||
| 1786–1787 | Shays' Rebellion | Shaysites | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1786–1787 | Lofthusreisingen | Norway | Rebels | |||
| 1787 | Abaco Slave Revolt | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1788 | Kočina Krajina Serb rebellion | Serb rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1789–1799 | French Revolution | Revisionaries | Revolutionary victory
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| 1789–1790 | Brabant Revolution | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1789–1791 | Liège Revolution |
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Revolutionary victory
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| 1790 | Saxon Peasants' Revolt | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1790 | The first slave revolt | British Virgin Islands | Rebels | |||
| 1791 | Whiskey Rebellion | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1791 | Mina conspiracy | Rebels | ||||
| 1791–1804 | Haitian Revolution | 1791–1793
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1791–1793
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Haitian victory | ||
| 1792 | War in Defence of the Constitution | Polish defeat | ||||
| 1793 | Slave rebellion produced in the Guadeloupe island following the outbreak of the French Revolution. | Rebels | ||||
| 1793 | Jumla rebellion | Kingdom of Nepal | Sobhan Shahi
People of Jumla |
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| 1793–1796 | War in the Vendée | Supported by: |
Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1794 | Kościuszko Uprising | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1794 | Whiskey Rebellion | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1794 | Stäfner Handel uprising | Republic of Zürich | Rebels | |||
| 1795 | Batavian Revolution | Supported by: |
Supported by: |
Revolutionary victory | ||
| 1795 | Curaçao Slave Revolt | Slave rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1795–1796 | 1795–1796: In those years broke out several slave rebellions in the entire Caribbean, influenced by the Haitian Revolution: in Cuba, Jamaica (Second Maroon War), Dominica (Colihault Uprising), Louisiana (Pointe Coupée conspiracy), Saint Lucia (Bush War, so-called "Guerre des Bois"), Saint Vincent (Second Carib War), Grenada (Fédon's rebellion), Curaçao (led by Tula), Guyana (Demerara Rebellion) and in Coro, Venezuela (led by José Leonardo Chirino) | [172] | ||||
| 1796 | Conspiracy of Equals | Rebels | Conspiracy discovered and repressed | |||
| 1796 | Boca de Nigua Revolt | Slave rebels led by Francisco Sopo | ||||
| 1796–1804 | White Lotus Rebellion | Qing dynasty | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1797 | Spithead and Nore mutinies | Mutineers | ||||
| 1797 | 1797 Rugby School Rebellion | Mutineers | ||||
| 1797 | Scottish Rebellion | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1798 | Irish Rebellion of 1798 | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1798 | The Maltese Revolt in September 1798 against French administration in Malta. The French capitulated in September 1800 after they were blockaded inside the islands' harbour fortifications for two years | Rebels | ||||
| 1798–1804 | James Corcoran's Guerilla Campaign | |||||
| 1799–1800 | Fries's Rebellion | Rebels led by John Fries | ||||
| 1799-1803 | Michael Dwyers Guerilla Campaign | |||||


1800–1849
[edit]| 1803 | Irish rebellion of 1803 | Rebellion suppressed | |||||
| 1804 | Uprising against the Dahije | Serbian victory | |||||
| 1804-13 | First Serbian Uprising | Rebellion suppressed | |||||
| 1809 | Tyrolean Rebellion | Supported by: |
French Victory | ||||
| 1809–1825 | Bolivian War of Independence | Royalists: | Patriots: | Patriot Victory | |||
| 1809–1826 | Peruvian War of Independence | Royalists: | Patriots:
Co-belligerents |
Patriot Victory | |||
| 1810 | The House Tax Hartal was an occasion of nonviolent resistance to protest a tax in parts of British India, with a particularly noteworthy example of hartal (a form of general strike) in the vicinity of Varanasi | Demonstrators | |||||
| 1810 | The West Florida rebellion against Spain, eventually becomes a short-lived republic. | Rebels | |||||
| 1810–1821 | Mexican War of Independence | Insurgent victory | |||||
| 1810 | May Revolution | Primera Junta | Primera Junta victory | ||||
| 1810–1818 | Argentine War of Independence | Royalists | Patriots: | Argentine victory and emancipation from Spanish colonial rule | |||
| 1810–1823 | Venezuelan War of Independence | 1810: 1811–1816: 1816–1819: 1819–1823: |
Patriot victory | ||||
| 1810–1826 | Chilean War of Independence | Royalists:
Mapuche allies of the Royalists |
Patriots:
Mapuche allies of the Patriots |
Chilean victory | |||
| 1811 | Paraguayan Revolt | Paraguayan Rebels | Revolt victory | ||||
| 1811 | German Coast uprising | Enslaved Africans | Suppression of uprising | ||||
| 1811 | 1811 Independence Movement | Salvadoran revolutionaries | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1812 | The peasant rebellion of Hong Gyeong-nae | Joseon dynasty | Rebels | ||||
| 1812 | Aponte conspiracy | Cuban rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1812 | 1812 Mendoza and Mojarra Conspiracy | Dominican rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1814 | Norwegian War of Independence |
Supported by:
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Swedish victory | ||||
| 1814 | Hadži Prodan's Revolt | Rebellion suppressed | |||||
| 1815 | George Boxley's slave rebellion in Spotsylvania County, Virginia | Slave rebels | |||||
| 1815–1817 | Second Serbian uprising | Strategic Serbian diplomatic victory; Establishment of the autonomous Principality of Serbia | |||||
| 1816 | Bussa's rebellion | Slave rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1816–1858 | Seminole Wars | Seminole Yuchi Choctaw Freedmen |
American victory | ||||
| 1817 | Pernambucan Revolt | Portuguese victory and resulted in the creation of the short-lived Republic of Pernambuco (7 March 1817 – 20 May 1817). | |||||
| 1817 | Pentrich rising, | Rebels led by William Oliver | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1817 | Paika Rebellion | Bhoi dynasty | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1817–1818 | Uva-Wellassa Rebellion | Rebellion suppressed | |||||
| 1820 | The Revolutions of 1820 were a wave of revolutions attempting to establish liberal constitutional monarchies in Italy, Spain and Portugal. | ||||||
| 1820 | Radical War | Various Groups | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1820–1822 | Ecuadorian War of Independence | Patriot victory. Annexation of the territory to Gran Colombia. | |||||
| 1820–1824 | The revolutionary war of independence in Peru led by José de San Martín | ||||||
| 1821 | Marcos Xiorro's conspiracy to incite a slave revolt in Spanish Puerto Rico | Rebels | |||||
| 1821 | Wallachian uprising |
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End of the Phanariote Era |
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| 1821–1829 | Greek War of Independence | 1821:
After 1822: Military support:
Diplomatic support: |
Greek victory | ||||
| 1822 | Denmark Vesey's suppressed slave uprising in South Carolina | Slave rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1822–1823 | The republican revolution in Mexico overthrows Emperor Agustín de Iturbide | Rebels | Rebel victory | ||||
| 1822–1825 | Brazilian War of Independence | Brazilian victory | |||||
| 1823 | Demerara rebellion of 1823 | Rebel slaves | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1824 | Chumash revolt of 1824 | Chumash Native Americans | |||||
| 1825 | Decembrist revolt | Northern Society of the Decembrists | Rebellion suppressed, Decembrists executed or deported to Siberia | ||||
| 1825–1830 | Java War | Javanese rebels | Dutch victory | ||||
| 1826 | Janissary revolts | Janissaries | |||||
| 1826–1827 | Fredonian Rebellion | Rebellion suppressed | |||||
| 1826–1828 | Lao rebellion | Military support: |
Siamese victory | ||||
| 1827–1828 | The failed conservative rebellion in Mexico led by Nicolás Bravo. | rebels led by Nicolás Bravo | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1828–1834 | Liberal Wars | Supported by: |
Supported by:
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| 1829 | Bathurst War | Wiradjuri | British victory | ||||
| 1829–1832 | War of the Maidens. Countrymen dressed as women resisted the new forestry law, which restricted their use of the forest |
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| 1830 | The Revolutions of 1830 were a wave of Romantic nationalist revolutions in Europe | ||||||
| 1830–1831 | Belgian Revolution |
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Belgian victory | ||||
| 1830 | July Revolution | Middle class against Bourbon King Charles X | Charles X which forced him out of office and replaced him with the Orleanist King Louis-Philippe (the "July Monarchy") | ||||
| 1830–1831 | November uprising | Congress Poland | Russian victory | ||||
| 1830 | Ustertag revolution | Canton of Zürich | Rebels | ||||
| 1830 | Bathurst Rebellion | Convict rebels | |||||
| 1830–1833 | Yagan's War | Noongar people | |||||
| 1830–1836 | Tithe War | Irish Demonstrators | |||||
| 1831 | Nat Turner's slave rebellion | Insurgents | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1831 | Merthyr Rising | ||||||
| 1831, 1834, 1848 | Canut revolts | Lyonnais silk workers (French: canuts) | |||||
| 1831–1832 | Bosnian uprising | Ottoman victory | |||||
| 1831–1832 | Baptist War | Slave rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1832 | June Rebellion |
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Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1832–1833 | Anastasio Aquino's Rebellion | Indigenous rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1832–1843 | Abdelkader's rebellion in French-occupied Algeria | Rebels led by Abdelkader | |||||
| 1833–1835 | Lê Văn Khôi revolt | Nguyễn dynasty | Lê Văn Khôi rebels
Supported by: |
Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1834 | Flores' Rebellion | Nicaragua | Rebels | ||||
| 1834–1859 | Imam Shamil's rebellion in Russian-occupied Caucasus | Rebels | |||||
| 1835–1836 | Texas Revolution | De facto Texian independence from the Centralist Republic of Mexico | |||||
| 1835 | Malê revolt | Malê slaves (primarily Nagôs) | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1835–1840 | The Cabanagem | Rebellion suppressed | |||||
| 1835–1845 | Ragamuffin War |
Supported by: |
Peace treaty between both parties
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| 1837 | Río Arriba Rebellion | Republic of Mexico | Puebloans | Temporary success:
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| 1837-1838 | Rebellions of 1837-1838 | Upper Canada | Hunter's Lodges (Upper Canada)
Patriotes (Lower Canada) |
Rebels defeated in both Upper and Lower Canada
Upper and Lower Canada unified into the single Province of Canada |
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| 1837-1838 | Sabinada | Empire of Brazil | Bahia Republic, led by Francisco Sabino | Government victory; rebel capital of Salvador captured after four months of resistance | |||
| 1838-1841 | Balaida | Empire of Brazil | Rebels
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| 1839 | Amistad Rebellion | Amistad slave ship | Slaves | Initial slave victory, eventual capture of slaves by the United States
United States v. The Amistad supreme court decision |
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| 1839-1843 | Rebecca Riots | Wales | Farmers and agricultural workers | End in riots due to increased military presence
Act of Parliament amends laws relating to turnpike trusts |
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| 1841 | Creole revolt | Creole American slave ship | Slaves | Revolt successful | |||
| 1841-1842 | Dorr Rebellion | Rhode Island | Disenfranchised voters led by Thomas Wilson Dorr | Military government victory
Land qualification to vote removed from the state constitution |
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| 1841-1842 | Afghan uprising | Kabul, Emirate of Kabul
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Afghan citizens of Kabul | Afghan victory
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| 1842 | Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation | Cherokee Nation | Slaves | Slaves eventually captured and some executed | |||
| 1844–1856 | Dominican War of Independence | Dominican victory | |||||
| 1845-1872 | New Zealand Wars | New Zealand | Māori iwi | Eventual British victory
16000 km2 of Māori land seized in New Zealand Settlements Act of 1863 |
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| 1846 | Greater Poland uprising | Greater Poland
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Poles | Planned revolution never goes through
8 rebels executed |
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| 1846 | Kraków uprising | Free City of Kraków, Austrian Empire | Polish resistance | Austrian victory | |||
| 1846 | Bear Flag Revolt | Alta California, Mexico | California Republic | California Republic declared, soon annexed by United States | |||
| 1847-1901 | Caste War of Yucatán | Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico and British Honduras | Maya people | Initial Mayan victory, eventual defeat
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| 1847 | The Taos Revolt | New Mexico, United States | Hispano and Puebloan rebels | American strategic victory
Mexican tactical victory |
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| 1847 | Sonderbund War | Sonderbund | Confederate victory | ||||
| 1848 | French Revolution of 1848 | Monarchy of France | Revolutionaries | Revolutionary victory
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| 1848-1849 | German revolutions of 1848-1849 | German Confederation | Revolutionaries
The quasi-state of the German Empire |
Rebellion quelled | |||
| 1848 | Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states | Various states in the Italian peninsula | Revolutionaries | Revolutionaries defeated | |||
| 1848 | Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire | Revolutionaries | Counterrevolutionary victory
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| 1848 | March Unrest | Sweden | Armed protesters | Rebellion quelled | |||
| 1848 | Prague uprising | Prague under the Austrian Empire | Rebels | Rebellion defeated | |||
| 1848 | Greater Poland uprising | Kingdom of Prussia | Rebels seeking Polish independence | Rebellion defeated | |||
| 1848 | Young Ireland rebellion | Ireland under the |
Rebellion defeated | ||||
| 1848-1849 | Serb uprising of 1848–1849 | Southern Kingdom of Hungary | Serbian Vojvodina | Rebel victory
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| 1848 | Wallachian Revolution of 1848 | Counter-revolutionary victory | |||||
| 1848 | Moldavian Revolution of 1848 | Liberal and nationalist revolutionaries | Counter-revolutionary victory | ||||
| 1848 | Matale rebellion | British victory | |||||
| 1848-1849 | Praieira revolt | Imperial victory | [179] | ||||





1850–1899
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- 1851–64: The Taiping Rebellion by the God Worshippers against the Qing dynasty of China. In total between 20 and 30 million lives had been lost, making it the second deadliest war in human history.
- 1852: The Kautokeino rebellion in Kautokeino, Norway.
- 1852–62: The Herzegovina Uprising (1852–62) in Ottoman Herzegovina.
- 1853–55: The Small Knife Society rebellion in Shanghai, China.
- 1854: A revolution in Spain against the Moderate Party Government.
- 1854: The Eureka Rebellion (Eureka Stockade) in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Miners battled British Colonial forces against taxation policies of the Government.
- 1854–56: Peasant Rebel in Vietnam, led by Cao Ba Quat, against the Nguyễn dynasty.
- 1854–56: The Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856) in Guangdong (Canton), China.
- 1854–73: The Miao Rebellion in China.
- 1854–55: The Revolution of Ayutla in Mexico.
- 1855–1856: The Karakalpak Rebellion by the Karakalpak leader Ernazor Alakoz against the Khanate of Khiva[180][181][182]
- 1855–73: The Panthay Rebellion by Chinese Muslims against the Qing dynasty.
- 1857: The Indian rebellion against British East India Company, marking the end of Mughal rule in India. Also known as the 1857 War of Independence and, particularly in the West, the Sepoy Mutiny.
- 1858: The Mahtra War in Estonia.
- 1858: Pecija's First Revolt, in Ottoman Bosnia.
- 1858–61: The War of the Reform in Mexico.
- 1859: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, an effort by abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in Southern states by taking over Harpers Ferry Armory in Virginia.
- 1859: The Second Italian War of Independence.
- 1861–65: The American Civil War in the United States, between the United States and the Confederate States of America, which was formed out of eleven southern states.
- 1863–65: A counter-rebellion occurred in the self-declared Free State of Jones in Mississippi.
- 1861–66: Quantrill's Raiders in Missouri.
- 1862: The Sioux Uprising in Minnesota.[183]
- 1862–77: The Dungan revolt (1862–1877) by Chinese Muslims against the Qing dynasty.
- 1862: The 23 October 1862 Revolution was a popular insurrection which led to the overthrow of King Otto of Greece.
- 1863: The New York Draft riots.[184]
- 1863–65: The January Uprising was the Polish uprising against the Russian Empire.
- 1863–65: The Dominican Restoration War was the Dominican Republic's second war of independence, this time against the Kingdom of Spain.
- 1864–65: The Mejba Revolt was a rebellion in Tunisia against the doubling of an unpopular poll tax imposed by Sadok Bey.
- 1865: The Morant Bay rebellion.
- 1866: The Uprising of Polish political exiles in Siberia.
- 1866–68: The Meiji Restoration and modernization revolution in Japan. Samurai uprising leads to overthrow of shogunate and establishment of "modern" parliamentary, Western-style system.
- 1867: The Fenian Rising: an attempt at a nationwide rebellion by the Irish Republican Brotherhood against British rule.
- 1868: The Glorious Revolution in Spain deposes Queen Isabella II.
- 1868: The Grito de Lares was the first major revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico. The rebels proclaimed the independence of Puerto Rico from Spain.
- 1868–74: The Six Years' War, often called the Dominican Republic's third war of independence, was to disrupt the annexation to the United States.
- 1868–78: Ten Years' War, also known as the Great War (Guerra Grande) and the War of '68, was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain, led by Cuban-born planters (especially by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes) and other wealthy natives.
- 1869–70: The Red River Rebellion, the events surrounding the actions of a provisional government established by Métis leader Louis Riel at the Red River Colony, Manitoba, Canada.
- 1870–72: The Revolution of the Lances, the National Party revolts against the Colorado Government in Uruguay.
- 1870–71: Lyon Commune in France.
- 1871: The Paris Commune.
- 1871–72: Porfirio Díaz rebels against President Benito Juárez of Mexico.
- 1871: The liberal revolution in Guatemala.
- 1873: The Petroleum Revolution in the First Spanish Republic.
- 1873–74: The Cantonal rebellion in the First Spanish Republic.
- 1873: The Khivan slave uprising against slavery in the Khanate of Khiva.
- 1875: The Deccan Riots.
- 1875: The Stara Zagora Uprising, a revolt by the Bulgarian population against Ottoman rule.
- 1875–76: The Svaneti uprising of 1875–1876
- 1875–78: The Great Eastern Crisis:
- 1875–77: The Herzegovinian rebellion, the most famous of the rebellions against the Ottoman Empire in Herzegovina; unrest soon spread to other areas of Ottoman Bosnia.
- 1876: The April uprising, a revolt by the Bulgarian population against Ottoman rule.
- 1876: The Razlovtsi insurrection, a revolt by the Bulgarian population against Ottoman rule, part of the April Uprising.
- 1876–78: Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876–1878)
- 1876–78: Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–78)
- 1877–78: Romanian War of Independence
- 1878: Kumanovo Uprising
- 1878: Kresna–Razlog uprising, a revolt by the Bulgarian population against Ottoman rule.
- 1878 Greek Macedonian rebellion
- Epirus Revolt of 1878
- Cretan Revolt (1878)
- 1876: The second rebellion by Porfirio Díaz against President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada of Mexico.
- 1877: The Satsuma Rebellion of Satsuma ex-samurai against the Meiji government.
- 1877: Banda del Matese in Italy.
- 1879: Little War (Cuba) or Small War, second of three conflicts between Cuban rebels and Spain. It started on 26 August 1879 and ended in rebel defeat in September 1880.
- 1879–1882: The Urabi Revolt: an uprising in Egypt on 11 June 1882 against the Khedive and European influence in the country. It was led by and named after Colonel Ahmed Urabi.
- 1880–1881: The Brsjak revolt.
- 1883: The Timok Rebellion was a popular uprising that began in eastern Serbia.
- 1885: A peasant revolt in the Ancash region of Peru led by Pedro Pablo Atusparía succeeds in occupying the Callejón de Huaylas for several months.
- 1885–96: Cần Vương movement of Vietnam, led by emperor Hàm Nghi, against French colonialism
- 1885: The North-West Rebellion of Métis in Saskatchewan.
- 1885: Bulgarian unification - accomplished after revolts in Eastern Rumelian towns, followed by a coup.
- 1888: The Peasant Rebellion in Banten, Indonesia.
- 1889: The Republican Revolution in Brazil.
- 1890–1914: The Saminism Movement in Indonesia.
- 1890: Revolution of the Park, Argentina.
- 1892: Jerez uprising in Spain.
- 1893: Revolution of 1893, Argentina
- 1893: A liberal revolt brings José Santos Zelaya to power in Nicaragua.
- 1894: Lunigiana revolt in Italy.
- 1894–95: The Donghak Peasant Revolution: Korean peasants led by Jeon Bong-jun revolted against the Joseon dynasty; the revolt was crushed by Japanese and Chinese intervention, leading to First Sino-Japanese War.
- 1895: The revolution against President Andrés Avelino Cáceres in Peru ushers in a period of stable constitutional rule.
- 1895–1896: The War of Canudos was a conflict between the First Brazilian Republic and the residents of Canudos in the northeastern state of Bahia.
- 1895–1896: The First Italo-Ethiopian War in which Ethiopians fought against Italians colonizers.
- 1895–1898: Cuban War of Independence, the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, being initiated by José Martí.
- 1896: Yaqui Uprising in Sonora and Arizona
- 1896–98: The Philippine Revolution, a war of independence against Spanish rule directed by the Katipunan society.
- 1897: The Intentona de Yauco (Attempted Coup of Yauco), was the second and last major revolt against Spanish colonial rule in Puerto Rico, staged by Puerto Rico's pro-independence movement.
- 1898: The Dukchi Ishan (Andican Uprising): Kirgiz, Uzbek, and Kipcak peoples rebelled against Tsarist Russia in Turkestan (Fargana Valley).
- 1898: The Hut Tax War was a resistance in the newly annexed Protectorate of Sierra Leone to a new, severe tax imposed by the colonial military governor.
- 1898: The Dog Tax War was a confrontation between the Colony of New Zealand and a group of Northern Māori, led by Hone Riiwi Toia, opposed to the enforcement of a 'dog tax'.
- 1898: The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, A mob of white supremacists forced out the city government of Wilmington, North Carolina.[185]
- 1899: The tancament de caixes, a tax revolt in Barcelona.
- 1899–1902: The Philippine–American War, a conflict over sovereignty of the Philippines between the de facto sovereign First Philippine Republic and the nominally sovereign United States.
- 1899–1901: The Boxer Rebellion against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion and technology that occurred in China during the final years of the Qing dynasty, which was defeated by the Eight-Nation Alliance.
- 1899–1962: The Mau was a non-violent movement for Samoan independence from colonial rule (by Germany and then New Zealand) during the first half of the 20th century.
1900s
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- 1900: The War of the Golden Stool was a resistance by the Asante of West Africa against the imposition of colonial rule by the United Kingdom.
- 1901–1936: Holy Man's Rebellion.
- 1903: The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising breaks out in the Ottoman Empire.
- 1904: Revolution of 1904
- 1904: A liberal revolution in Paraguay.
- 1904–1908: Macedonian Struggle.
- 1904–1908: Herero Wars in German South-West Africa.
- 1905: Argentine Revolution of 1905.
- 1905–1906: The Persian/Iranian Constitutional Revolution.
- 1905–1906: The Maji Maji Rebellion in German East Africa.
- 1905: Shoubak Revolt.
- 1905: Łódź insurrection.
- 1905–1907: Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905–07).
- 1905–1906: 1905 Tibetan Rebellion.
- 1905–1907: 1905 Russian Revolution, which was abortive and ultimately crushed, though forming the critical precedent for the 1917 Russian Revolution.
- 1906: Bambatha Rebellion by the Zulus of southern Africa against British rule.
- 1906–1908: Theriso revolt.
- 1907: The Romanian Peasants' Revolt.
- 1908: The Young Turk Revolution: Young Turks force the autocratic ruler Abdul Hamid II to restore parliament and constitution in the Ottoman Empire.
- 1909: HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (1909).
- 1909: Hauran Druze Rebellion.
1910s
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- 1910: The republican revolution in Portugal.
- 1910–1920: The Mexican Revolution overthrows the dictator Porfirio Díaz; seizure of power by the National Revolutionary Party (later called Institutional Revolutionary Party).
- 1910: The Albanian Revolt of 1910 against Ottoman centralization policies in Albania.
- 1910–1911: The Sokehs Rebellion erupts in German-ruled Micronesia. Its primary leader, Somatau, is executed soon after being captured.
- 1911–1912: The Xinhai Revolution overthrows the ruling Qing dynasty and establishment of the Republic of China.
- 1911–1912: The East Timorese rebellion against colonial Portugal.
- 1911–1912: The Dominican Civil War (1911–1912) against the Dominican Government.
- 1912: The Albanian Revolt of 1912 against Ottoman Empire rule in Albania.
- 1912-1916: The Contestado War was a guerrilla war for land between settlers and landowners in South Brazil.
- 1913: The Second Revolution against President Yuan Shikai 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. The Ten Days War ended when federal troops intervened.
- 1914: The Dominican Civil War (1914) against the Dominican Government.
- 1914: The revolt of Peasants of Central Albania overthrows Prince William of Wied.
- 1914–1915: The Boer Revolt against the British in South Africa.
- 1914–1915: Muslim rebellion in Krujë (Albania)
- 1915: The Armenian revolt in city of Van against the Ottomans in Turkey.
- 1915: Somba rebellion (Tammari people)[186]
- 1915–1916: The National Protection War against the Empire of China headed by Emperor Yuan Shikai. The Republic of China was restored.
- 1915–1916: The Tapani incident is the last major Chinese uprising in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era.
- 1916: The Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland during which the Irish Republic was proclaimed.
- 1916: An anti-French uprising in Algeria.[vague]
- 1916: The Central Asian Revolt started when the Russian Empire government ended its exemption of Muslims from military service.
- 1916: Cochinchina uprising of Vietnam against French colonialism
- 1916–1917: The Tuareg rebellion against French colonial rule of the area around the Aïr Mountains of northern Niger.
- 1916–1918: The Arab Revolt with the aim of securing independence from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1916–1923: The Irish War of Independence, 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. Sparking the Irish Civil War between pro-treaty forces and pro-republic forces
- 1916–1917: Ahmad bin Yahya revolt
- 1916–1947: The Indian people's struggle against the British for Indian Independence.
- 1917: Makonbe uprising
- 1917: The French Army Mutinies.
- 1917: Thái Nguyên uprising of Vietnam, led by Trinh Van Can, against French colonialism
- 1917: The February Revolution made Tsar Nicholas II abdicate and abolishes the Russian monarchy
- 1917: The Green Corn Rebellion takes place in rural Oklahoma.
- 1917: The October Revolution in Russia: Bolsheviks take over the provisional government of the Russian Republic, instituting the first socialist society in the world. The chaos leads to the final collapse of the Russian Empire as many peripheral territories declare independence and anti-Bolshevik forces rose in revolt against the new Soviet Russian order, sparking the Russian Civil War, eventually leading to the establishment of the Soviet Union.
- 1917–1921: The Ukrainian Revolution: Nationalists and Soviet allies both declare separate republics in Ukraine, fighting anarchists under Nestor Makhno as well as White forces loyal to the Ukrainian State, a German puppet state.
- 1918: The Finnish Civil War: Finnish Red Guards sympathetic to the Bolsheviks in Russia rise in revolt against the newly independent Finnish Whites, supported by the German Empire.
- 1918–1922: The Third Russian Revolution, a failed anarchist revolution against Bolshevism.
- 1918: The Rumburk rebellion
- 1918: The Uprising in the Kragujevac [cz]
- 1918: Czechoslovak coup in Dobruška[187] By mistake the first attempt to declare the Czechoslovak Republic.
- 1918: General strike of 14 October 1918 [cz]
- 1918: Czechoslovak coup in Písek [cz] As a result of the October strike, the second mistake attempt to declare the Czechoslovak Republic.
- 1918: Czechoslovak coup in Prague Declaration the Czechoslovak Republic
- 1918: Aster Revolution ends Habsburg rule in Hungary
- 1918–1919: The German Revolution overthrows the Kaiser; establishment of the Weimar Republic after a brief socialist uprising by the Spartacists.
- 1918: The Wilhelmshaven mutiny.
- 1918: The Kiel mutiny
- 1918: Prešov revolt [sk]
- Simko Shikak revolt (1918–1922)
- 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 and José Carlos Mariátegui.
- 1918–1919: The Greater Poland Uprising, Polish uprising against German authorities.
- 1918: Rio de Janeiro anarchist insurrection in Brazil.
- 1918–1919: The 1919 Egyptian revolution against the British occupation of Egypt.
- 1918–1920: The Georgian–Ossetian conflict, the southern Ossetians revolted against Georgian rule.[188]
- 1918–1931: The Basmachi Revolt against Soviet Russia rule in Central Asia.
- 1919: The Christmas uprising in Montenegro: Montenegrins (Zelenaši) rebelled against unification of the Kingdom of Montenegro with the Kingdom of Serbia.
- 1919: Sudet demonstrations [cz]
- 1919: Shooting in the Bratislava (1919) [sk]
- 1919: March 1st movement In Korea against the Japanese occupation (1910). Ultimately fails.
- 1919: Illegal 2nd Congress of Czechoslovak Legions (Yekaterinburg)[189]
- 1919: The Sette Giugno (Malta)
- 1919-1920: The Biennio Rosso in Italy.
- 1919–1922: The Turkish War of Independence commanded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
- 1919–1921: The Tambov Rebellion, one of the largest peasant rebellions against the Bolshevik regime during the Russian Civil War.
- 1919: Uprising in Železna Ruda [cz]
- 1919–1921: The Silesian uprisings of the ethnic Poles against Weimar rule.
- 1919: A revolution in Hungary, resulting in the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic.
- 1919: Counterrevolution in Hungary against the Hungarian Soviet Republic. After many failed attempts, legitimist and other far-right forces take over Transdunabia after the Soviet Republic falls to the Romanians.
1920s
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- 1920: The Pitchfork uprising was a peasant uprising against the Soviet policy of the war communism in what is today Tatarstan.
- 1920: Kapp Putsch and the following Ruhr Uprising in Germany
- 1920: Iraqi Revolt
- 1920-1922 Tambov Rebellion
- 1920–1922: Patagonia Rebelde, the uprising and violent suppression of a rural workers' strike in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz in Patagonia between 1920 and 1922.
- 1920–1922: Gandhi led Non-cooperation movement.
- 1920: The Husino uprising in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1920: December general strike in Czechoslovakia [cz]
- 1920: Oslavan uprising [cz]
- 1921: The Battle of Blair Mountain ten to fifteen thousand coal miners rebel in West Virginia, 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 of Soviet sailors against the government of the early Russian SFSR.
- 1921: The Poplar Rates Rebellion.
- 1921: Brief communist takeover of Baranya county, declaring the Serbian-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic
- 1921: Uprising in West Hungary by far-right paramilitaries resisting the Hungarian handover of Burgerland to Austria
- 1921: Habsburg legitimist rebellion attempting to restore Charles IV to the throne of Hungary.
- 1921: The rebellion of Mirdita led by Markagjoni declares the independence of Republic of Mirdita from Albania.
- 1921–1922: The Karelian Uprising
- 1921–1923: The Yakut Revolt.
- 1921–1924: A revolution in (Outer) Mongolia re-establishes the country's independence and sets out to construct a Soviet-style socialist state.
- 1921: The Moplah rebellion, uprising against the colonial British authority and Hindu landlords in the Malabar in South India by Mappila Muslims, aftermath of a series of peasant uprising in the past centuries.
- 1921: March Action in Germany
- 1922: The March on Rome, organized mass demonstration which resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party acceding to power in the Kingdom of Italy.
- 1922: The Bondelswarts Rebellion by Khoikhoi people against the apartheid regime of South West Africa.
- 1922–1923: The Irish Civil War, between supporters of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the government of the Irish Free State and more radical members of the original Irish Republican Army who opposed the treaty and the new government.
- 1923: Bajram Curri attacks gendarmerie of Kruma, Albania.
- 1923: The founding of the Republic of Turkey by overthrow of the Ottoman Empire and introduction of Atatürk's Reforms.
- 1923: The Klaipėda Revolt in the Memel territory that had been detached from Germany after World War I.
- 1923: Küstrin Putsch in Germany
- 1923: The German October, communist revolutions across Germany, including the Hamburg Uprising and Reichsexekution in Saxony and Thuringia
- 1923: September Uprising in Bulgaria.
- 1923-24: Rebellion in Pfalz, by Franz Joseph Heinz's Pfälzischen Corps
- 1923: The Adwan Rebellion in Jordan.
- 1924–1925: The Khost rebellion in Afghanistan.
- 1924: The August Uprising in Georgia against Soviet rule.
- 1925: The Sheikh Said Rebellion.
- 1925: The July Revolution in Ecuador.
- 1925–1927: The Great Syrian Revolt, a revolt initiated by the Druze and led by Sultan al-Atrash against French Mandate.
- 1926: Angry catholic peasants of Dukagjin, Shkodër fight against army and gendarmerie.
- 1926: The National Revolution in Portugal initiated a period known as the National Dictatorship.
- 1926–1929: The Cristero War in Mexico, an uprising against anti-clerical government policy.
- 1926–1927: The first Communist rebellion in Indonesia against colonialism and imperialism of Dutch colonial government.
- 1927-1937: First half of the Chinese Civil War.
- 1927: Sheikh Abdurrahman rebellion by Kurdish Zazas against Turkey.
- 1927–1930: The Wahhabi Rebellion of Ikhwan against Ibn Saud in Arabia.
- 1927–1931: The Ağrı Rebellion by Kurds against Turkey.
- 1927–1933: A rebellion led by Augusto César Sandino against the United States presence in Nicaragua.
- 1928–1931: A rebellion led by Bhagat Singh against the British Rule in India.
- 1929: The Women's War broke out when thousands of Igbo women traveled to the town of Oloko to protest against the Warrant Chiefs, whom they accused of restricting the role of women in the government.
1930s
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- 1930: The Brazilian Revolution of 1930 led by Getúlio Vargas.
- 1930–1931: Nghe-Tinh Revolt in Vietnam, led by the Communist Party of Indochina, against French colonialism.
- 1930–1934: The Saya San Rebellion in British Burma, led by Saya San, against British rule in Burma.
- 1930: Yên Bái mutiny of Vietnam, led by Vietnamese Nationalist Party, against French Occupation.
- 1930: The Salt Satyagraha, a campaign of non-violent protest against the salt tax in British India.
- 1930: The Musha Incident led by the Seediq Indigenous group is the last major uprising in Japanese-controlled Taiwan.
- 1931: Taking of Encarnación by anarcho-syndicalists in Paraguay.
- 1932: Alt Llobregat insurrection in Spain.
- 1932: The Constitutionalist Revolution against provisional president Getúlio Vargas led Brazil to a short civil war.
- 1932: The Aprista revolt in Trujillo, Peru.
- 1932: The 1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising, known as La matanza ("The Slaughter"), Pipil and peasant rebellion led by Farabundo Martí
- 1932: The Siamese coup d'état of 1932, sometimes called the "Promoters Revolution", ends absolute monarchy in Thailand.
- 1933: Anarchist insurrection of January 1933 in Spain.
- 1933: The popular revolution against Cuban dictator Gerardo Machado.
- 1933: Dutch sailors on the cruiser HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën mutiny.
- 1933: Boworadet Rebellion in Thailand
- 1933: Anarchist insurrection of December 1933 in Spain.
- 1934: Latvian coup d’état by Latvian prime minister Kārlis Ulmanis against the parliamentary system in Latvia. Lasted until 1940.
- 1934: The Austrian Civil War between paramilitary forces of socialist Schutzbund and fascist Heimwehr
- 1934: The Spanish Revolutionary General Strike of October took place during the black biennium of the Second Spanish Republic.
- 1935: Muharrem Bajraktari, former Aide-de-camp of King Zog, led a revolt against government in North Albania.
- 1935: A secret anti-Zogist organization led an uprising against the Albanian government and King Zog in Fier and Lushnje.
- 1935: The Communist Uprising in Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro; Brazil.[190][191]
- 1935–1936: Iraqi Shia revolts against Hashemite central rule.
- 1935: Imam Reza shrine rebellion in Iran of Shi'ite radicals against Reza Shah.
- 1935–1936: Second Italo-Ethiopian War in which Ethiopians resisted Italian occupation.
- 1936: The Febrerista Revolution, led by Rafael Franco, ended oligarchic Liberal Party rule in Paraguay.
- 1936: The Spanish Revolution, a workers' social revolution that began during the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
- 1936: The Portuguese Naval revolt against the Estado Novo regime.
- 1936–1939: Arab revolt in Palestine against the British Mandate.
- 1936–1939: Spanish Civil War.
- 1936–1939: David Toro seizes power in Bolivia, initiating a period of so-called "military socialism", including nationalization of Standard Oil and passage of progressive labor laws, and establishing a corporative state in 1938.
- 1937–1938: The Dersim Rebellion, the most important Kurdish rebellion in modern Turkey.[192]
- 1937: The Fets de Maig or "May Days", a major strike in Catalonia, Spain.
- 1937: The Revolt of Delvina, a revolt of gendarmerie and local peasants against King Zog.
- 1938: Sudeten German uprising orchestrated by Sudeten German Party against Czechoslovakia.
- 1938: The Integralist Uprising in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[193]
- 1939–1965: Spanish Maquis insurgency
- 1939–1940: The Irish Republican Army attempt a sabotage campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland
- 1939–1945: Resistance during World War II
- 1939-1945: Polish resistance
1940s
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- 1940–1948: The Insurgency in Chechnya.
- 1940: Cochinchina Uprising of Vietnam, led by Viet Minh, against French and Japanese Occupation
- 1940-1944: French Resistance
- 1940: Bac Son Uprising of Vietnam, led by Viet Minh, against French and Japanese Occupation
- 1940–1947: Mohammad Ali Jinnah's struggle for a separate state for the Muslims of India.
- 1941: The June Uprising against the Soviet Union in Lithuania.
- 1941: Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom, Romania
- 1941–1945: Yugoslav People's Liberation War against the Axis powers in World War II.
- 1941–1944: Greek Resistance
- 1941: Do Luong Mutiny of Vietnam, led by Doi Cung, against French occupation
- 1942: Sri Lankan soldiers ignite the Cocos Islands Mutiny in an unsuccessful attempt to transfer the islands to Japanese control.
- 1942: The destruction of the German garrison in Lenin.
- 1942–1944: The Irish Republican Army tries to start a new campaign in Northern Ireland called the Northern Campaign and fails
- 1943: The Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
- 1943: The uprising at Treblinka extermination camp.
- 1943: Following the liberation of Albania, the Communist Party of Albania under Enver Hoxha consolidated its control and declared the People's Republic of Albania in January 1946.
- 1943: The uprising at Sobibór extermination camp.
- 1943: The Woyane Rebellion in northern Ethiopia threatens to topple the newly restored government, and is put down with British help.
- 1943–1945: Italian Resistance Movement against Nazi occupation and the Fascist Italian Social Republic, culminating in 25 April final insurrection in Northern Italy.
- 1944: The Guatemalan Revolution overthrows the dictator Federico Ponce Vaides by liberal military officers.
- 1944: The Warsaw uprising was an armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation and Nazi rule. It started on 1 August 1944.
- 1944: The Paris Uprising staged by the French Resistance against the German Paris garrison.
- 1944: The Slovak National uprising against Nazi Germany.
- 1944: The uprising at Auschwitz extermination camp.
- 1944–1947: The Jewish insurgency in Palestine.
- 1944–1947: A Communist-friendly government was installed in Bulgaria following a coup d'état and the Soviet invasion.
- 1944–1949: The Greek Civil War.
- 1944-1953: Anti-communist resistance in Poland.
- 1944–1965: The Forest Brothers Rebellion in Baltic states against Soviet Union.
- 1945: The first anti-communist revolt in Eastern Europe in Koplik, Albania led by bayraktars and intellectuals.
- 1945–1949: The Indonesian National Revolution against Dutch after their independence from Japan. Led by Sukarno, Hatta, Tan Malaka, etc. with the Dutch led by Van Mook.
- 1945: May uprising of Czech people cz
- The Prague uprising against German occupation during World War II.
- 1945: Ba To Uprising of Vietnam, led by Viet Minh, against French and Japanese Occupation
- 1945: The August Revolution led by Ho Chi Minh and Viet Minh declared the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from French rule.
- 1945: A democratic revolution in Venezuela, led by Rómulo Betancourt.
- 1945-1949: Second half of the Chinese Civil War.
- 1946: The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny takes place in Bombay, and spreads to different parts of British India, demanding Indian independence.
- 1946 — 1951: Telangana Rebellion a Communist-led Peasant rebellion in Telangana and Hyderabad, India, ("Telangana Peasants Armed Struggle") was a Peasant rebellion against the feudal lords of the Telangana region in the princely state of Hyderabad, and later the Indian government.
- 1946: Another attempt of anti-communist forces in Albania to take out the government takes place in Shkodër.
- 1946: The Battle of Athens, Tennessee (aka the McMinn County War); a local revolt against officials accused of rigging local elections.
- 1947: Three months after an abortive coup, civil war broke out in Paraguay. The rebellion was crushed by the government of dictator Higinio Morínigo.
- 1947 : Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan waged and led a guerrilla war against the Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir and formed a revolutionary Government on 24 October under his Presidency. He captured a large area of Kashmir called Azad Kashmir.
- 1947–1952: In the Albanian Subversion, 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.
- 1947: Angami Zapu Phizo declared the independence of Nagaland from India only to be subdued by the Indian army.
- 1947: The 228 Massacre occurred following discontent and resentment of the native Taiwanese under the early rule of the KMT of the island.
- 1947: India wins independence from Britain.
- 1947-1949: The Malagasy Uprising.
- 1948: The Costa Rican Civil War precipitated by the vote of the Costa Rican Legislature, dominated by pro-government representatives, to annul the results of the presidential election of 1948.
- 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.
- 1948-1989: The communist insurgency in Burma is launched.
- 1948: Al-Wathbah (the Leap) uprising in Iraq.
- 1948 : Second Communist rebellion in Indonesia. The Communists tried to establish the Indonesian Soviet Republic, but were crushed by the Indonesian National Armed Forces.
- 1949: Chinese Communist Revolution. A period of social and political revolution in China that culminated in the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
- 1949-1962: Darul Islam rebellion. Darul Islam attempted to overthrow the government and establish an Islamic state in Indonesia.
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- 1950: The Cazin uprising in the town of Cazin, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1950: The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s in Puerto Rico, attempt on the life of US president Harry S. Truman in the Blair House, and shooting at Congress, was a call for Puerto Rico's independence and uprising by the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party against United States Government rule of Puerto Rico.
- 1950s: The Mau Mau uprising.
- 1950: Republic of South Maluku (RMS) separatist rebellion. The rebellion was crushed by Indonesian National Armed Forces. Surviving RMS rebels founded government-in-exile in The Netherlands.
- 1951: A Revolution in Nepal introduced democracy in Nepal.
- 1951-1952: 426 Battalion rebellion. An Indonesian army battalion rebelled against the government with the support of Darul Islam. The rebellion was crushed in 1952, and the remaining rebels joined Darul Islam and an armed group in the Merapi Merbabu Complex.
- 1952: A popular revolution in Bolivia led by Víctor Paz Estenssoro and the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) initiates a period of multiparty democracy lasting until a 1964 military coup.
- 1952: The Rosewater Revolution in Lebanon.
- 1952: Egyptian Revolution of 1952
- 1953: The Vorkuta uprising was a major uprising of the Gulag inmates in Vorkuta in the summer of 1953. Like other camp uprisings it was bloodily quelled by the Red Army and the NKVD.[194]
- 1953: Uprising of 1953 in East Germany.
- 1953–1959: The Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro removes the government of General Fulgencio Batista. By 1962 Cuba had been transformed into a declared socialist republic.
- 1953–1975: The Laotian Civil War in Laos.
- 1954–1962: The Algerian War of Independence: an uprising against French colonialism.
- 1954–1968: The Civil rights movement in the United States was a struggle by African Americans to end legalized racial discrimination, disenfranchisement and racial segregation.
- 1954: The Kengir uprising in the Soviet prison labor camp Kengir.
- 1954: The Uyghur uprising against Chinese rule in Hotan.
- 1955–1960: The Guerrilla war against British colonial rule of Cyprus led by the EOKA (National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters).
- 1955–1972: The First Sudanese Civil War was a conflict between the northern part of Sudan and a south that demanded more regional autonomy.
- 1955–1958: The Revolución Libertadora in Argentina.
- 1956–1962: The Border Campaign led by the Irish Republican Army against the British, along the border of the independent Republic of Ireland and British Northern Ireland.
- 1956: De-Stalinization revolution in the Eastern Bloc:
- The Khrushchev Thaw
- The 1956 Georgian demonstrations
- The Poznań protests, a workers' uprising in the Polish People's Republic that was suppressed.
- The Polish October
- The Hungarian Revolution, a failed workers' and peasants' revolution against the Soviet-supported communist state in Hungary.
- The Bucharest student movement
- 1956: The Tibetan rebellions against Chinese rule broke out in Amdo and Kham.
- 1956: Quỳnh Lưu uprising against communist government in North Vietnam
- 1958: A popular revolt in Venezuela against military dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez culminates in a civic-military coup d'état.
- 1958: The Iraqi Revolution (14 July 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 uprising against Chinese rule led to the flight of the Dalai Lama.
- 1959–1962: In the Rwandan Revolution, the Tutsi king of Rwanda is forced into exile by Hutu extremists; racial pogroms follow an assassination attempt on Hutu leader Grégoire Kayibanda.
1960s
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- 1960: A group of disaffected Ethiopian officers make an unsuccessful attempt to depose Emperor Haile Selassie and replace him with a more progressive government, but are defeated by the rest of the Ethiopian military.
- 1960: April Revolution erupts in South Korea, leading to the end of the First Republic of South Korea.
- 1961: The Legality Campaign (Campanha da Legalidade) in Brazil.[195][196]
- 1961: El Barcelonazo in Venezuela.
- 1961–1970: First Kurdish Iraqi War erupts as a result of Barzanji clan uprising.
- 1961–1991: The Eritrean War of Independence led by Isaias Afewerki against Ethiopia.
- 1961–1975: The Angolan War of Independence began as an uprising against forced cotton harvesting, and became a multi-faction struggle for control of Portugal's Overseas Province of Angola.
- 1962: El Carupanazo in Venezuela.
- 1962: El Porteñazo in Venezuela.
- 1962–1974: The leftist African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) wages a revolutionary war of independence in Portuguese Guinea. 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.
- 1962: The military coup of 1962 in Burma, led by General Ne Win, who became the country's strongman.
- 1962–present: Papua conflict.
- 1962: A revolution in northern Yemen overthrew the imam and established the Yemen Arab Republic.
- 1962–1975: Dhofar Rebellion in Oman.
- 1963: White Revolution in Iran.
- 1963: 1963 demonstrations in Iran.
- 1963 Dutch farmers' revolt.
- 1963: Syrian coup d'état in Syria that brought Ba'ath Party to power.
- 1963–1970: The Bale Revolt in southern Ethiopia, was a guerrilla war by local Somali and Oromo against Amhara settlers.
- 1963–1971: Ogaden Revolt in southern Ethiopia, a guerrilla war by Somalis seeking self-determination.
- 1964: Simba Rebellion in the Congo.
- 1964: The Zanzibar Revolution overthrew the 157-year-old Arab monarchy, declared the People's Republic of Zanzibar, and began the process of unification with Julius Nyerere's Tanganyika.
- 1964: 1964 Brazilian coup d'état led by Field Marshal Humberto Castelo Branco against president Joao Goulart.
- 1964–1979: The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga, was a guerrilla war which lasted from July 1964 to 1979 and led to universal suffrage, the end of white minority rule in Rhodesia, and the creation of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
- 1964: The October Revolution in Sudan, driven by a general strike and rioting, forced President Ibrahim Abboud to transfer executive power to a transitional civilian government, and eventually to resign.
- 1964–1975: The Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO), formed in 1962, commenced a guerrilla war against Portuguese colonialism. Independence was granted on 25 June 1975; however, the Mozambican Civil War 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: Following the overthrow of Dominican President Juan Bosch in 1963, tensions erupted between loyalists of the government and rebels, sparking the April Revolution. The fear of communist rule in the Dominican Republic, similar to the case of Cuba after the Cuban Revolution, triggered a second U.S invasion into the country.
- 1965: 30 September Movement was a failed coup by the Communist Party to turn Indonesia into a Communist state.
- 1965: The March Intifada in Bahrain: a Leftist uprising demanding an end to the British presence in Bahrain.
- 1965-1983: The communist insurgency in Thailand is launched.
- 1966: Kwame Nkrumah is removed from power in Ghana by coup d'état.
- 1966–1990: A South African Police patrol clashes with militants of the South West African People's Organization in 1966, sparking the Namibian War of Independence. The conflict is part of the larger South African Border War and linked closely with South Africa's intervention in the Angolan Civil War. It largely ended with Namibia's first democratic elections in 1989.
- 1966–1993: A guerrilla warfare was conducted against the government of François Tombalbaye from the Sudan-based group FROLINAT.
- 1966–1976: Mao Zedong launches the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China, a sociopolitical movement to purge revisionist and bourgeois elements from the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese society at large through violent class struggle.
- 1966–1998: The Ulster Volunteer Force was recreated by militant Ulster Protestant loyalists in Northern Ireland to wage war against the Irish Republican Army and the Roman Catholic community at large.
- 1966: The year it is estimated the Black Power movement began, with no exact official end date.
- 1967–1970: Biafra: The former eastern Nigeria unsuccessfully fought for a breakaway republic of Biafra, after the mainly Igbo people of the region suffered pogroms in northern Nigeria the previous year.
- 1967: The Naxalite Movement begins in India, led by the AICCCR.
- 1967: Anguillans resentful of Kittitian domination of the island expelled the Kittitian police and declared independence from the British colony of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. British forces retook the island in 1969 and made Anguilla a separate dependency in 1980. There was no bloodshed in the entire episode.
- 1967–1973: The Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War begins to turn violent, the violence later escalates. Incidents include the Weather High School Jailbreaks and the Greenwich Village townhouse explosion
- 1967: Pro-communist, anti-British riots in Hong Kong
- 1967: Long, hot summer of 1967 – a series of 159 race riots which occurred in major cities across the United States in the summer of 1967
- 1967 Buffalo riot (June 26 – July 1)
- 1967 Cairo riot (July 17)
- 1967 Cambridge riot (July 24, 1967)
- 1967 Detroit riot (July 23–28)
- 1967 Toledo riot (July 23–25)
- 1967 Milwaukee riot (July 30 – August 31)
- 1967 Newark riots (July 12–17)
- 1967 Plainfield riots (July 14–16)
- 1967 Saginaw riot (July 26)
- 1967 Albina riot (July 30)
- 1968–present: Moro conflict in the Philippines.
- 1968: The revolution in the Republic of Congo.
- 1968: The Protests of 1968:
- The May 1968 revolt: students' and workers' revolt against the government of Charles de Gaulle in France.
- A failed attempt by leader Alexander Dubček to liberalise Czechoslovakia in defiance of the Soviet-supported communist state culminates in the Prague Spring.
- The March of the One Hundred Thousand was a manifestation of popular protest against the military dictatorship in Brazil, which occurred in Rio de Janeiro.
- The 1968 movement in Italy
- The 1968 student demonstrations in Yugoslavia
- The West German student movement
- A mass movement of workers, students, and peasants in Pakistan forced the resignation of President Mohammad Ayub Khan.
- The 1968 Polish political crisis
- The Mexican Movement of 1968
- King-assassination riots – a series of race riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1968 Democratic National Convention protests
- Columbia University protests of 1968
- 1968: A coup by Juan Velasco Alvarado in Peru, followed by radical social and economic reforms.
- 1968–1969 Iraqi communists launched an insurgency in southern Iraq.[197]
- 1968–1969: The Egbe Agbekoya Revolt was an unsuccessful peasant revolt in Western Nigeria.
- 1969–present: Communist rebellion in the Philippines.
- 1969–1998: The Troubles: the Provisional Irish Republican Army and other Republican Paramilitaries waged an armed campaign against British Security forces and Loyalist Paramilitaries in an attempt to bring about a United Ireland.
- 1969: The Days of Rage occur, part of the Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
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- 1970: Borghese Coup fails in Italy.
- 1970: The Black Power Revolution occurs in Trinidad.
- 1970: A rebellion in Guinea by what its government identified as Portuguese agents.
- 1970–1971: Black September in Jordan
- 1971: The Bangladesh Liberation War led by the Mukti Bahini establishes the independent People's Republic of Bangladesh from the former East Pakistan.
- 1971 Dutch farmers' revolt
- 1972–present: The Maoist insurgency in Turkey is launched.
- 1972: A revolution in Benin.
- 1972: A military-led revolution against the civilian government of President Philibert Tsiranana in the Malagasy Republic; a Marxist faction takes power in 1975 under Didier Ratsiraka, modeled on the North Korean juche theory developed by Kim Il Sung.
- 1973: 1973 Chilean coup d'etat led by Captain General Augusto Pinochet against President Salvador Allende in Chile.
- 1973: Wounded Knee Incident. American Indian Movement activists and Oglala Lakota besiege the small town of Wounded Knee in protest of government policies towards Native Americans and the corrupt Wilson Regime. Part of the Red Power movement
- 1973: Mohammad Daud Khan overthrows the monarchy and establishes a republic in Afghanistan.
- 1973: Worker-student demonstrations in Thailand force dictator Thanom Kittikachorn and two close associates to flee the country, beginning a short period of democratic constitutional rule.
- 1974: The Ethiopian Revolution results in the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie, the establishment of the communist Derg junta and the beginning of the Ethiopian Civil War.
- 1974–1975: The Carnation Revolution overthrows the right-wing dictatorship in Portugal. Leads to the independence of Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste and recognition of Guinea-Bissau's self-proclaimed independence.
- 1975–1991: The Western Sahara War was a conflict between the Sahrawi national liberation movement named POLISARIO against the armies of their neighbours, Morocco and Mauritania, who have entered the territory when the Spanish colonizers troops fled.
- 1975: A revolution in Cambodia.
- 1975: Lebanese Civil War lasted from 1975 to 1990.
- 1975: 15 August, coup led by young military officers and the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Bangladesh.
- 1975: Coup led by Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf and Colonel Shafaat Jamil in Bangladesh to depose President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. Three days later a counter-coup by Colonel Abu Taher puts Ziaur Rahman in power.
- 1975: Having become disillusioned with the rule of Leonid Brezhnev, Valery Sablin leads a mutiny in hopes of starting a Leninist revolution in the Soviet Union.
- 1976-1988: The "May-Revolution" by the Kurds in North-Iraq against the government.
- 1976: Student demonstrations and election-related violence in Thailand lead police to open fire on a sit-in at Thammasat University, killing hundreds. The military seizes power the next day, ending constitutional rule.
- 1976: The Gang of Four is removed from power in China in a coup led by Chairman Hua Guofeng with the support of senior officers of the People's Liberation Army, ending the Cultural Revolution.
- 1976: 1976 Argentine coup d'etat led by Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla against President Isabel Perón.
- 1977: Egyptian Bread Riots the riots were a spontaneous uprising by hundreds of thousands of lower-class people, at least 79 people were killed and 800 wounded.
- 1977: The Market Women's Revolt in Guinea leads to a lessening of the state's role in the economy.
- 1977: A mutiny in Bangladesh Air Force occurs, with the goal of establishing a Marxist government,[198] resulting in the deaths of 11 air force officers. Subsequently, 1143 airmen and soldiers were executed for their alleged involvement in the uprising.[198]
- 1978: The Saur Revolution led by the Khalq faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan deposes and kills President Mohammad Daud Khan.
- 1979: New Jewel Movement led by Maurice Bishop launch an armed revolution and overthrow the government of Eric Gairy in Grenada.
- 1979: The popular overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship in the Nicaraguan Revolution.
- 1979: Anti-Communist Rebels in Nicaragua (aka) Contras start to form.
- 1979: The Iranian Revolution overthrows Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, resulting in the formation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- 1979: Cambodia is liberated from the Khmer Rouge regime by the Vietnam-backed Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party.
- 1979: 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état led by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo against Francisco Macías Nguema.
- 1979–1992: Salvadoran Civil War
1980s
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- 1980: National Socialist Council of Nagaland launches its struggle against Indian administration and the establishment of the greater Nagaland.
- 1980: 25 February. Suriname Government are put aside by a group of soldiers. The leader of the revolution is Desi Delano Bouterse.
- 1980: Gwangju uprising, alternatively called the "May 18 Democratic Uprising", in South Korea
- 1980: The Santo Rebellion in the Anglo-French condominium of New Hebrides
- 1980–2000: The Communist Party of Peru launched the internal conflict in Peru.
- 1980: First Entumbane uprising in Zimbabwe.
- 1981: Assassination of Ziaur Rahman in Bangladesh sparks protests and riots.
- 1981: Second Entumbane uprising in Zimbabwe.
- 1982: General Hussain Muhammad Ershad seizes power through a bloodless coup, deposing president Abdus Sattar in Bangladesh.
- 1983–1984: Diretas Já, a Brazilian civil unrest movement that demanded direct presidential elections.
- 1983: Overthrow of the ruling Conseil de Salut du peuple (CSP) by Marxist forces led by Thomas Sankara in Upper Volta, renamed Burkina Faso in the following year.
- 1983: Prime Minister of Grenada, Maurice Bishop, overthrown and subsequently executed by high-ranking government officials.
- 1983–2009: Starting from 23 July 1983, an on-and-off civil war against the Government of Sri Lanka by the secessionist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam begins. The LTTE fight to establish an independent Tamil state in the Tamil-majority northeastern half of Sri Lanka. Fighting would last for nearly 26 years, resulting in the brutal defeat of the LTTE.
- 1983–2005: The Second Sudanese Civil War was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War, and one of the longest lasting and deadliest wars of the later 20th century.
- 1984–1999: Kurdish uprising for independence from the Republic of Turkey
- 1984–1985: Pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) forces in New Caledonia revolt following an election boycott and occupy the town of Thio 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.[199]
- 1985: Soviet and Afghanistan POWs rose against their captors at Badaber base.
- 1986: The People Power Revolution peacefully overthrows Ferdinand Marcos after his two-decade rule in the Philippines.
- 1986–1991: Somali Rebellion as a result of military dictator Siad Barre beginning to attack clan-based dissident groups.
- 1986: Khalistan Commando Force started armed movement for the establishment of Khalistan, an independent Sikh homeland. The movement, as is the case with other Sikh nationalistic movements, was fueled in part by the Indian army's Operation Blue Star. The armed struggle resulted in thousands of mostly civilian deaths.
- 1987 : The June Struggle overthrew military dictatorship of South Korea.
- The rigged 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election created a catalyst for the insurgency when it resulted in some of the state's legislative assembly members forming armed insurgent groups launches its struggle against Indian administration.
- 1987–1991: The First Intifada, or the Palestinian uprising, a series of violent incidents between Palestinians and Israelis.
- 1988–1991: The Pan-Armenian National Movement frees Armenia from Soviet rule.
- 1988–1991: The Singing Revolution, bloodless overthrow of communist rule in Soviet-occupied Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- 1988: The 8888 Uprising In Burma or Myanmar.
- 1989: Armed resistance breaks out in the Kashmir valley against Indian administration.[200]
- 1989–1990 Dutch farmers' protests against wheat price reductions and environmental legislation.
- 1989–1997: The First Liberian Civil War in Liberia
- 1989: Revolutions of 1989 – a series of revolutions against Communist states around the world, especially in the Soviet satellite states of the Eastern Bloc
- Strikes by the Solidarity movement end in negotiations leading to the end of martial law and the peaceful overthrow of the Communist government in Poland
- Demonstrations in Hungary led to the peaceful overthrow of the Communist government and the dismantlement of the Hungarian border fence with Austria
- The Tiananmen Square protests, a series of street demonstrations led by students, intellectuals and labour activists in the People's Republic of China between 15 April and 4 June 1989, ends in a violent crackdown by the People's Liberation Army.
- Demonstrations in East Germany led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- Demonstrations in the People's Republic of Bulgaria led to the fall of the communist government there.
- The bloodless Velvet Revolution removes the communist government in Czechoslovakia.
- The Romanian Revolution kills the dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife, Elena Ceauşescu, in the Socialist Republic of Romania
- Baltic Way demonstrations against the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia; part of the Singing Revolution against Soviet rule leading to the independence of the Baltic States in 1991
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- 1990: Oka Crisis
- 1990: People's Movement I was a revolution to restore democracy in Nepal and end the panchayat system in Nepal.
- 1990–present: United Liberation Front of Asom launch major violent activities against Indian rule in Assam. To date, the resulting clashes with the Indian army have left more than 10,000 dead.[201]
- 1990: 1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh Strikes and Protests topple the Bangladeshi military government and democracy is restored for the first time in nine years.
- 1990: The Poll tax riots were a series of riots in British towns and cities during protests against the Community Charge introduced by the government of Margaret Thatcher.
- 1990–1993: Rwandan Civil War
- 1990–1992: Anticommunist forces led a National Democratic Revolution that overthrew President Ramiz Alia and ended with an election victory by the Democratic Party of Albania, the biggest anticommunist party in Albania.
- 1990–1995: The Log Revolution in Croatia starts, triggering the Croatian War of Independence.
- 1990–1995: The First Tuareg Rebellion in Niger and Mali.
- 1991–2002: The Sierra Leone Civil War against the administration of president, Joseph Saidu Momoh.
- 1991: 1991 Iraqi uprisings
- 1991: The failed 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt takes place, leading to the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 1991: Chechen Revolution leading to the Declaration of Sovereignty of the Chechen Republic.
- 1991: The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front take control of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, after dictator Haile Mariam Mengistu flees the country, bringing an end to the Ethiopian Civil War
- 1991: Somali National Movement rebels establish the Somaliland administration in northwestern Somalia, and declare the region independent from the rest of the country.
- 1992: 1992 Los Angeles riots
- 1992: Black May (1992) Thailand popular protest in Bangkok against the government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon and the military crackdown that followed. Up to 200,000 people demonstrated in central Bangkok at the height of the protests.
- 1992–1995: Bosnian War
- 1992: Afghan uprising against the Taliban by United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan, or the Northern Alliance.
- 1993: Waco siege (USA)
- 1993: Pakaunė mutiny (Lithuania)
- 1994: The 1990s Uprising in Bahrain, Shiite-led rebellion for the restoration of democracy in Bahrain.
- 1994: The Zapatista Rebellion: an uprising in the Mexican state of Chiapas demanding equal rights for indigenous peoples and in opposition to growing neoliberalism in North America.
- 1994–1996: The First Chechen Rebellion against Russia.
- 1996–2006: Nepalese Civil War
- 1996: Islamic movement in Afghanistan led by the Taliban established Taliban rule.
- 1996–1997: The First Congo War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 1997: The 1997 rebellion in Albania sparked by Ponzi scheme failures.
- 1997–1999: The Republic of the Congo Civil War
- 1998: The Indonesian Revolution of 1998 resulted the resignation of President Suharto after three decades of the New Order period.
- 1998–1999: The Kosovo War
- 1998–1999: The Guinea-Bissau Civil War against the administration and government of President Joao Bernardo Vieira.
- 1998–2003: The Second Congo War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 1999–2003: The Second Liberian Civil War against the government of Liberia.
- 1999–2009: The Second Chechen Rebellion against Russia.
- 1999: The Iran student protests, July 1999 were, at the time, the most violent protests to occur against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- 1999–2000: The Cochabamba Water War in Bolivia.
2000s
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- 2000–2005: The Second Intifada, a continuation of the First Intifada, between Palestinians and Israel.
- 2000: The bloodless Bulldozer Revolution, first of the four colour revolutions (in 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2005), overthrows Slobodan Milošević's régime in Yugoslavia.
- 2001: The 2001 Macedonia conflict.
- 2001-2021: The Taliban insurgency following the 2001 war in Afghanistan which overthrew Taliban rule.
- 2001: The 2001 EDSA Revolution peacefully ousts Philippine President Joseph Estrada after the collapse of his impeachment trial.
- 2001: Supporters of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada violently and unsuccessfully stage a rally, so-called the EDSA Tres, in an attempt of returning him to power.
- 2001: Cacerolazo in Argentina. Following mass riots and a period of civil unrest, popular protests oust the government and two additional interim presidents within months. December 2001 riots in Argentina
- 2003–2005: Bolivian gas conflict.
- 2003: The Rose Revolution, second of the colour revolutions, displaces the president of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze, and calls new elections.
- 2003–2011: The Iraqi insurgency refers to the armed resistance by diverse groups within Iraq to the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
- 2003–present: The Darfur rebellion led by the two major rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM/A) and the Justice and Equality Movement, recruited primarily from the land-tilling Fur, Zaghawa, and Massaleit ethnic groups.
- 2003–present: Conflict in the Niger Delta
- 2004–2004: The Shi'ite Uprising against the US-led occupation of Iraq.
- 2004–2005: The Orange Revolution in Ukraine. After pro-Russian prime minister Viktor Yanukovych was declared the winner of the presidential elections, people took to the streets in protest against mass fraud and vote falsification. Eventually, the country's Supreme Court ordered a recount, in which pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was declared the winner. This was the third colour revolution.
- 2005: A failed attempt at popular colour-style revolution in Azerbaijan, led by the groups Yox! and Azadlig.
- 2004: War in North-West Pakistan.
- 2004–present: The Naxalite insurgency in India, led by the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
- 2004–2013: The Kivu conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 2005: The Cedar Revolution, triggered by the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, asks for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon.
- 2005: The Tulip Revolution (a.k.a. Pink/Yellow Revolution) overthrows the President of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, and set new elections. This is the fourth colour revolution.
- 2005: Paraguayan People's Army insurgency.
- 2005: 15 April Intifada – Arab uprising in the Iranian province of Khuzestan.
- 2005: Ecuador experiences a nationwide and countrywide revolution, consisting of rallies and demonstrations, rioting and protests in March–April 2005 from indigenous tribes that started with a protest that mushroomed into a widespread uprising and popular movement that led to the overthrow of the government.
- 2006: 2006 democracy movement in Nepal was a revolution against Undemocratic rule of King Gyanendra.
- 2006: The 2006 Oaxaca protests demanding the removal of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, the governor of Oaxaca state in Mexico.
- 2006–present: The Mexican drug war.
- 2007: The Lawyers' Movement in Pakistan emerged to restore a judge but eventually moved to rebel against the military dictatorship of General Pervez Musharraf.
- 2007–2015: The Civil war in Ingushetia.
- 2007–2009: The Second Tuareg Rebellion in Niger.
- 2007: The Burmese anti-government protests, including the Saffron Revolution of Burmese Buddhist monks.
- 2008: 2008 Armenian presidential election protests.
- 2008: 2008 Kashmir Unrest.
- 2008: A Shiite uprising in Basra.
- 2008: Attacks in Lanao del Norte in the Philippines by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front led by Kumander Bravo and Umbrfa Kato.
- 2008: Anti-austerity protests in Ireland
- 2008: 2008 Tibetan unrest.
- 2009: 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, leading to development of Iranian Green Movement
- 2009: 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh killing 57 army officers.
- 2009–2011: A civil uprising popularly known as the Kitchenware Revolution brought down the Icelandic government after the collapse of the country's financial system in October 2008.
- 2009: The 2009 Malagasy political crisis in the Madagascar.
- 2009: The Dongo conflict In the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 2009–present: Somali Civil War (2009–present).
- 2009–2015: South Yemen insurgency.
- 2009: 2009 Boko Haram uprising.
- 2009–2017: Insurgency in the North Caucasus.
2010s
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- 2010–2011: 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis.
- 2010–2012: Tajikistan insurgency.
- 2010: Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010.
- 2010: Kashmir Unrest 2010.
- 2010–2012: Anti-austerity movement in Greece
- 2010–2012: Arab Spring:
- The Tunisian revolution (2010–2011) forces President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to resign and flee the country, and sets free elections.
- The 2011 Egyptian revolution brings down the regime of President Hosni Mubarak.
- The 2011 Libyan Civil War in which rebel forces gradually take control of the country, and kill leader Muammar Gaddafi following NATO-led intervention in the war.
- 2011 Post-civil war violence in Libya.
- Syrian Revolution.
- Bahraini uprising of 2011.
- 2011 Yemeni Revolution, the revolt that led to the eventual resignation of Ali Abdullah Saleh as President of Yemen.
- 2011–present: Sinai insurgency.
- 2011: Cherán uprising.
- 2011: Wukan protests in China.
- 2011–2020: Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
- 2011–2017: Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon
- 2011–present: Ethnic violence in South Sudan.
- Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013).
- 2011–2013 Maldives political crisis: Public protests and police mutiny led to resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed.
- 2011–2012: Occupy movement.
- 2011: 2011 Rome city uprising
- 2012–present: Rojava conflict in Syrian Kurdistan.
- 2012–2015: Northern Mali conflict.
- 2012–2012: 2012 Tuareg rebellion.
- 2012–present: Central African Republic conflict–François Bozizé, president of the Central African Republic, is overthrown by the rebel coalition Séléka, led by Michel Djotodia.
- 2012–2013: M23 rebellion.
- 2012–2015 unrest in Romania.
- 2013: 2013 Protests in Brazil
- 2013 Eritrean Army mutiny.
- 2013: Gezi Park protests in Turkey.
- 2013–present: Turkey–ISIL conflict.
- 2013 South Sudanese political crisis.
- 2013–14 Tunisian protests against the Ennahda-led government.
- 2013–2020: South Sudanese Civil War.
- RENAMO insurgency (2013–2019).
- 2013–2014: Euromaidan.
- 2013–14 Thai political crisis.
- 2013–14 Cambodian protests.
- 2014–present: 2014 Protests in Venezuela.
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017).
- 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine.
- 2014–2020: Second Libyan Civil War.
- 2014: Abkhazian Revolution.
- 2014: The Umbrella Revolution of Hong Kong
- 2014 Burkinabé uprising.
- 2014: Ferguson unrest in Missouri
- 2015–present: Yemeni Civil War (2015–present).
- Burundian unrest (2015–18).
- 2015–present: Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present).
- 2015–2022: ISIL insurgency in Tunisia.
- 2015: 2015 Baltimore protests
- 2016–present: 2016 Niger Delta conflict.
- 2016 Ethiopian protests.
- 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest, also known as "Fishball Revolution" in Mong Kok, Hong Kong
- 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, a failed military coup.
- 2016–2019: Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
- 2017–present: Anglophone Crisis, also known as the Ambazonia War, or the Cameroonian Civil War.
- 2016–17 South Korean protests, or Candlelight Revolution, in South Korea.
- 2016–17 Kashmir unrest.
- 2016–17: United States election protests – protests challenging the outcome of the 2016 United States presidential election.
- 2017 Ivory Coast mutiny.
- 2017: 2017 Military Police of Espírito Santo strike in Espírito Santo, Brazil.[202][203][204]
- 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis.
- 2017–2018 Romanian protests.
- 2017–2018 Iranian protests.
- 2018–present: 2018–19 Arab protests:
- 2018 Jordanian protests.
- 2018–2019: Sudanese revolution, which resulted in the ouster of the President.
- 2019–2020 Algerian protests, also called Revolution of Smiles or Hirak Movement.
- 2019–present: 2019 Iraqi protests, also nicknamed the October Revolution, and 2019 Iraqi Intifada.
- 2019–present: 2019–20 Lebanese protests, also referred to as the Lebanese revolt.
- 2018 Armenian Velvet Revolution, which resulted in the ouster of the Prime Minister.
- 2018–2019 Gaza border protests, also referred to by organizers as the "Great March of Return".
- 2018–2020: 2018–20 Nicaraguan protests.
- 2018–2019: 2018–2019 Haitian protests.
- 2018–2019 Ingushetia protests
- 2018–present: Yellow vests protests.
- 2019–2020: 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
- 2019 Papua protests.
- 2019 Indonesian protests and riots.
- 2019 Puerto Rico Anti-Corruption / Chat scandal Protest.
- 2019–present: Dutch farmers' protests.
- 2019 Ecuadorian protests.
- 2019–2020 Catalan protests.
- 2019–2022 Chilean protests, also called "Estallido social".
- 2019 Bolivian protests
- 2019–2020 Iranian protests.
- 2019–2020: Citizenship Amendment Act protests, in India.
2020s
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- Protests against responses to the COVID-19 pandemic – a series of protests around the world against various governments' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly lockdowns.
- Strikes during the COVID-19 pandemic – strikes against wages or low hazard pay, insufficient workplace hazard controls such as a lack of personal protective equipment or social distancing, high rents or evictions, and the pandemic's general economic impact.
- 2020–2023 United States racial unrest – a series of protests against racial inequality and police brutality in the United States, sometimes in favor of abolishing or defunding the police.
- 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests – protests against Boyko Borisov's government.
- 2020–2021 Belarusian protests – protests against Alexander Lukashenko's government.
- 2020–2021 Thai protests – pro-democracy protests for reform to the Thai monarchy and against the 2017 Thai Constitution and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's government.
- 2020 Malian protests, also called "Malian Spring".
- 2020 Inner Mongolia protests
- 2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland – protests against a Constitutional Tribunal ruling restricting abortion.
- End SARS protests – protests to abolish the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Nigeria. (2020)
- 2020 Kyrgyz Revolution, also called the Third Kyrgyz Revolution.
- Indonesia omnibus law protests – protests against the Omnibus Law on Job Creation.
- 2020 Peruvian protests – protests against the impeachment and removal of Martín Vizcarra.
- 2020 Guatemalan protests
- 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest – protests against the 2020 Indian agriculture acts.
- Tigray War – the conflict started as an uprising in Ethiopia's Tigray region led by the TPLF, but then developed into a civil war in Northern Ethiopia.
- 2020-2021 United States election protests – protests challenging the legitimacy of the results in the 2020 United States presidential election.
- 2021 Boğaziçi University protests
- 2021 Tunisian protests
- 2021 Russian protests
- 2021-present Myanmar protests, also called the Spring Revolution, followed by the escalated civil war.
- 2021 Greek protests
- 2021 Bangladesh anti-Modi protests
- 2021 Northern Ireland riots
- 2021 Colombian protests
- 2021 Senegalese protests
- 2021-2023 Eswatini protests
- 2021 South African unrest
- 2021 Brazilian protests
- 2021 Cuban protests, also called the Cuba Libre movement.
- 2021–2022 Iranian protests
- Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
- 2021–2022 Afghan protests
- 2021 Solomon Islands unrest
- 2021–2022 Serbian environmental protests
- 2022 Kazakh unrest, also called Bloody January.
- Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Canada convoy protest
- 2022 Sri Lankan protests
- 2022 Corsica unrest
- 2022 Azadi March I
- 2022 Karakalpak protests
- 2022 Ecuadorian protests
- 2022 Peruvian economic protests
- 2022 Iranian food protests
- 2022–2023 Mahsa Amini protests in Iran
- 2022–2023 Brazilian election protests
- 2022 Azadi March II
- Moldovan protests (2022–2023)
- 2022 COVID-19 protests in China
- 2022 Mongolian protests
- 2022–2023 Peruvian protests
- 2023 French pension reform unrest
- 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests
- 2023 Gaza Protests
- War in Sudan (2023)
- Wagner Group rebellion
- Nahel Merzouk riots - major protests in France following the killing of 17-year old Nahel Merzouk by a police officer.
- Kenya Finance Bill protests–Series of protests against the Kenya Finance Bill 2024
- July Revolution (Bangladesh)
- 2024 Venezuelan protests
- 2024–2025 Mozambican protests
- 2024 Abkhazian protests
- 2024–2025 Georgian protests
- 2024–2025 Romanian election annulment protests
- 2025 Slovak protests
- 2025 Turkish protests
- 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests
See also
[edit]- List of civil wars
- List of cultural, intellectual, philosophical and technological revolutions
- List of films about revolution
- List of guerrillas
- List of invasions
- List of peasant revolts
- List of rebellions in China
- List of riots
- List of strikes
- Uprisings led by women
- List of usurpers
- List of wars of independence (national liberation)
- List of women who led a revolt or rebellion
- Political history of the world
- Slave rebellion (including list of North American slave revolts)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Vietnamese observers totaled 80-100.[citation needed]
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List of revolutions and rebellions
View on GrokipediaConceptual Foundations
Defining Revolutions
A revolution constitutes a profound, rapid alteration in the political order of a society, achieved principally through coercive means such as organized violence or mass upheaval, resulting in the displacement of the incumbent regime and the establishment of a novel system of governance or social organization. This process inherently involves the breakdown of existing authority structures and their supersession by challengers who seize control of state apparatuses, often extending beyond mere leadership changes to encompass systemic reconfiguration of power relations. Empirical analyses underscore that successful revolutions typically require both elite defection and widespread popular contention, distinguishing them from incremental reforms or isolated insurrections.[2] Prominent political scientists delineate revolutions through structural and causal lenses. Theda Skocpol, in her comparative study of historical cases, characterizes social revolutions as "rapid, basic transformations of a society's state and class structures, accompanied and in part carried through by class-based revolts from below," emphasizing state collapse amid international pressures and domestic agrarian upheavals as precipitating factors, as observed in the French Revolution of 1789, Russian Revolution of 1917, and Chinese Revolution of 1911–1949.[6] Charles Tilly frames revolutions within contentious politics, defining a revolutionary situation as one marked by multiple overlapping claims to sovereignty—where challengers vie with incumbents for control over governmental resources and coercion—necessitating sustained collective action and resource mobilization, evidenced in events like the English Civil War (1642–1651).[7] Jack Goldstone integrates these elements, positing revolutions as episodes combining forcible regime overthrow, broad societal mobilization, ideological pursuit of transformative justice, and the erection of an alternative polity, which differentiates them from coups d'état (limited to elite maneuvers without mass engagement) or civil wars (protracted conflicts without decisive structural renewal).[8] From a causal realist perspective, revolutions arise not merely from ideational grievances but from material fissures in state capacity, such as fiscal insolvency, military overextension, or demographic strains that erode regime resilience, enabling coordinated opposition to exploit vulnerabilities. Data from cross-national datasets, including over 100 documented cases since 1800, reveal that revolutions succeed in approximately 25–30% of attempts, correlating with factors like urban crowding and elite fragmentation rather than economic equality alone.[5] This definition privileges verifiable outcomes—regime replacement via contention—over subjective narratives of progress, acknowledging that many self-proclaimed revolutions devolve into cycles of repression without net liberalization, as critiqued in analyses of post-1917 Bolshevik consolidation.[9]Defining Rebellions
A rebellion constitutes an organized act of violent resistance against constituted authority, wherein participants employ force to challenge, displace, or compel concessions from the ruling power, often rooted in grievances over taxation, land rights, religious persecution, or political exclusion.[10] Unlike sporadic riots, rebellions feature coordinated leadership, mobilization of followers beyond immediate localities, and explicit political objectives, such as regime replacement or policy reversal, as evidenced in historical analyses of events like the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England, where insurgents targeted royal officials and demanded abolition of serfdom.[11] Empirical patterns indicate that rebellions frequently arise from material deprivations or perceived threats to status, with success hinging on defection of regime enforcers rather than mass participation alone.[3] Key criteria for classifying an event as a rebellion include the deliberate use of arms to publicize demands and coerce compliance, sustained duration exceeding isolated clashes (often weeks to months), and opposition to a recognized sovereign rather than mere banditry or factional strife.[12] For instance, the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 in the United States involved armed farmers protesting excise taxes, forming militias, and marching on Pittsburgh, yet it dissolved upon federal mobilization without achieving its aims, illustrating how rebellions test but rarely shatter entrenched power structures.[13] Scholarly distinctions emphasize that while rebellions threaten overthrow through violence, they lack the ideological innovation or institutional redesign typical of revolutions, often reverting to pre-existing social orders upon suppression.[10][14] In causal terms, rebellions emerge when asymmetric information about regime weakness incentivizes risk-tolerant actors to initiate conflict, but their failure rate—estimated at over 90% in pre-modern cases—stems from superior state coercion and elite cohesion, underscoring that violence alone seldom suffices without broader societal fractures.[3] This differentiates them from revolutions, where cascading defections and alternative governance models propagate systemic rupture, as opposed to rebellions' more contained, restorative dynamics aimed at rectification rather than reinvention.[15] Historical records, such as those of the German Peasants' War (1524–1525), reveal rebellions' tendency toward fragmentation, with over 300,000 deaths but no enduring political transformation, reinforcing their role as pressure valves rather than foundational upheavals.[11]Criteria for Inclusion and Distinctions
Events qualify for inclusion in this catalog if they constitute organized, collective actions by non-state actors or dissident factions aimed at challenging or overthrowing established political authority, typically through violent or coercive means, with documented historical evidence of intent to effect systemic change in governance, social order, or power distribution.[2] Such events must demonstrate scale beyond isolated incidents, involving mobilization of armed groups, civilian masses, or military units, as evidenced by contemporary accounts or archaeological records where applicable. Spontaneous riots, individual assassinations, or legal reforms without coercive resistance are excluded, as they lack the structured opposition characteristic of revolutions or rebellions.[16] Coups d'état led primarily by elite insiders may be omitted unless accompanied by broader popular participation, prioritizing mass-based causal dynamics over narrow conspiracies.[17] Verification relies on primary sources such as official chronicles, inscriptions, or eyewitness reports, cross-referenced against multiple independent accounts to mitigate biases in state-sponsored narratives, which often understate insurgent successes or exaggerate loyalties.[18] Inclusion requires causal linkage to grievances like taxation, dynastic overreach, or ideological shifts, substantiated by economic data or decree analyses, rather than retrospective ideological labeling. Events with ambiguous outcomes or minimal territorial control are included as rebellions if they meet organizational thresholds, ensuring the catalog captures failed attempts that illuminate patterns of resistance without conflating them with transformative upheavals.[19] Distinctions between revolutions and rebellions hinge on outcomes and depth of transformation: revolutions denote successful seizures of central power leading to enduring institutional reconfiguration, such as the replacement of monarchies with republics or shifts in property relations, verified by post-event stability of new regimes lasting at least a generation.[20] Rebellions, conversely, encompass unsuccessful or partially realized uprisings that fail to consolidate control over core territories or propagate systemic alterations, often culminating in restoration of prior authority or fragmentation without novel governance models.[21] This binary, while not absolute—some revolutions incorporate prior rebellions as precursors—avoids semantic inflation by reserving "revolution" for empirically rare instances of causal rupture, where force yields not mere regime turnover but reconfiguration of state-society relations, as opposed to rebellions' frequent reversion to status quo equilibria.[22] Hybrid cases, like prolonged civil wars resolving into revolutionary orders, are classified by terminal control and ideological institutionalization.[23]Analytical Perspectives
Causal Mechanisms and Triggers
Structural weaknesses in state capacity, such as fiscal insolvency and administrative breakdown, frequently underpin revolutions by eroding the government's ability to maintain control amid internal dissent and external threats. Theda Skocpol's comparative analysis of the French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions identifies international pressures— including geopolitical competition and military overextension—as key mechanisms that strain absolutist states, leading to loss of loyalty from the military and countryside elites, thereby creating opportunities for mass mobilization.[24] This state-centered approach contrasts with class-based explanations, emphasizing how structural vulnerabilities, rather than purely ideological or economic grievances, precipitate systemic upheaval when regimes fail to adapt to competitive international environments.[25] Demographic and economic pressures amplify these state frailties, as population growth outpaces resources, fostering elite overproduction, urbanization strains, and intensified intra-elite competition for positions and patronage. Jack Goldstone's demographic-structural theory posits that such dynamics generate fiscal crises and social immobility, correlating with major revolts in early modern Europe, including the English Civil War and Fronde rebellions, where population booms from the 16th century onward eroded state solvency by the mid-17th.[26] Empirical patterns show revolutions peaking during periods of rapid demographic expansion followed by stagnation, as seen in 18th-century France, where population pressures contributed to grain shortages and tax revolts amid rising state debts from wars.[27] Social-psychological mechanisms, particularly relative deprivation, explain individual incentives for participation, where perceived gaps between expected and actual well-being—often after periods of improvement—fuel collective violence. Ted Gurr's model, derived from cross-national data on civil strife from 1961–1965, argues that this frustration intensifies under conditions of blocked opportunities, as in post-colonial African rebellions or urban riots, driving recruitment into oppositional networks when institutional channels for redress collapse.[28] Complementing this, James Davies' J-curve hypothesis highlights economic trajectories: prolonged rising prosperity followed by abrupt reversals, such as the 1780s agricultural failures in France or the 1917 Russian war-induced scarcities, create acute disequilibria that mobilize diverse groups against entrenched regimes.[29] Rebellions, often more localized than revolutions, share mechanisms like resource scarcity and grievance amplification but typically lack the scale for systemic transformation, arising from immediate fiscal impositions or ecological shocks in peripheral regions. Historical data indicate that rebellions surge during subsistence crises, with 17th-century European peasant uprisings—such as the German Peasants' War of 1524–1525—triggered by enclosure policies and tithes amid harvest failures, reflecting localized relative deprivation without broader state collapse.[27] Regime type influences vulnerability: ineffective autocracies with weak coercive apparatuses experience higher rebellion rates, as quantitative studies of 19th–20th century cases show correlations between state ineffectiveness and onset probabilities exceeding 20% under combined economic downturns and elite divisions.[30] Precipitating triggers exploit these mechanisms by providing focal points for coordination, such as leadership assassinations, military defeats, or exogenous shocks like pandemics that reveal regime incompetence. For instance, the 1917 February Revolution in Russia was ignited by food riots amid World War I losses, amplifying pre-existing structural strains from demographic urbanization and fiscal exhaustion.[24] In rebellions, triggers often involve direct extractive policies, as in the 1381 English Peasants' Revolt sparked by poll taxes during labor shortages post-Black Death, where poll tax hikes from 1377–1381 mobilized rural discontent into widespread insurgency.[27] These events lower participation thresholds by signaling regime vulnerability, enabling cascades of defection per threshold models of collective action.[31] Overall, successful escalations require conjunctural alignment of mechanisms, where no single factor suffices absent others, as evidenced by failed 20th-century attempts lacking elite splits or military neutrality.[5]Empirical Patterns of Success and Failure
Empirical analyses of revolutions and rebellions reveal that success—defined as achieving the primary political objectives, such as regime change or territorial control—is rare, with violent campaigns succeeding in approximately 26% of cases from 1900 to 2006, compared to 53% for nonviolent civil resistance campaigns over the same period.[32] This disparity holds across diverse contexts, including anti-colonial struggles and transitions from authoritarianism, where nonviolent methods attract broader participation, often exceeding 3.5% of the population, fostering defections among security forces and reducing overall fatalities by a factor of 22:1 relative to armed efforts.[33][34] Violent rebellions, by contrast, frequently consolidate regime loyalty and invite harsher repression, limiting recruitment and prolonging conflicts without proportional gains in leverage.[35]| Campaign Type | Success Rate | Time Period | Key Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonviolent Civil Resistance | 53% | 1900–2006 | Nonviolent and Violent Campaigns (NAVCO) 1.0 |
| Violent Armed Rebellion | 26% | 1900–2006 | Nonviolent and Violent Campaigns (NAVCO) 1.0 |
| Urban Civic Revolutions | >40% (post-1960s peak) | 1980s–2010s | Varieties of Revolution typology |
Long-Term Impacts and Causal Realities
Empirical analyses of historical revolutions reveal that long-term political outcomes frequently deviate from democratic ideals, with many resulting in the consolidation of new authoritarian structures rather than inclusive governance. Violent revolutions, which constitute the majority in historical records, exhibit a low propensity for yielding stable democracies, often reverting to elite capture or military rule due to the fragmentation of power post-upheaval.[43] Nonviolent campaigns show higher success rates in transitioning to democracy, yet even these face challenges from entrenched interests, as evidenced by comparative studies of regime changes since the 20th century.[44] Causal mechanisms underscore that revolutions disrupt existing constraints on power without inherently creating new ones, allowing ambitious actors to monopolize authority, as seen in cases like the French Revolution's progression to Napoleonic dictatorship.[45] Economically, revolutions typically impose structural breaks that impede sustained development, with post-revolutionary regimes underperforming in growth, inequality reduction, and quality-of-life metrics. Cross-national evaluations of revolutions after 1600 indicate unconvincing economic trajectories, marked by inefficiencies, persistent or exacerbated inequality, and limited welfare gains despite ideological promises of equity.[46] For instance, the 1979 Iranian Revolution engendered a 46-54% decline in per capita GDP relative to counterfactual paths, alongside enduring institutional degradation in areas like judicial independence, persisting through 2021.[47] The French Revolution of 1789 offers a mixed case: regional land redistributions initially boosted agricultural productivity by up to 25% in affected areas, yet high-emigration zones experienced a 12.7% GDP per capita drop by 1860, with recovery tied to later reforms rather than revolutionary impetus.[48] Causal realities highlight that revolutionary violence erodes physical and human capital, fostering uncertainty that deters investment and innovation, while new elites prioritize rent-seeking over broad prosperity. Success in fostering long-run growth hinges on establishing inclusive institutions that secure property rights and constrain arbitrary power, a rare outcome contingent on pre-revolutionary power distributions and broad coalitions, as in England's Glorious Revolution of 1688, which enabled constitutional limits and preceded industrialization.[45] In contrast, extractive paths dominate when revolutions empower narrow groups, as in absolutist consolidations following many European upheavals or 20th-century socialist experiments, where centralized control stifled markets and led to stagnation or collapse.[46] These patterns affirm that revolutions act as critical junctures amplifying underlying institutional weaknesses rather than reliably engineering progress, with empirical divergences explained by the interplay of de facto power mobilization and commitment problems in post-conflict bargaining.[45]Chronological Catalog
Before Common Era (BCE)
The earliest recorded instance of organized resistance against entrenched elite corruption occurred in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash around 2350 BCE, when Urukagina seized power from the corrupt ruler Lugalanda and implemented sweeping reforms to alleviate burdens on the populace, including debt cancellation and protection of widows and orphans.[49] These measures targeted abuses by officials and priests, representing a proto-revolutionary push for justice, though Urukagina's regime lasted only briefly before conquest by Lugalzagesi of Umma.[50] In ancient China, the Zhou forces under King Wu overthrew the Shang dynasty at the Battle of Muye circa 1046 BCE, defeating an army of 170,000 with 45,000 troops and 300 chariots, justified by claims of the Shang king's tyranny and the introduction of the Mandate of Heaven doctrine to legitimize dynastic change.[51] This conquest marked a fundamental shift in governance ideology, portraying the uprising as a moral rebellion against despotic rule rather than mere expansion.[52] Cyrus II of Persia rebelled against his Median overlord Astyages in 553 BCE, mobilizing Persian forces to capture Ecbatana by 550 BCE and establishing the Achaemenid Empire through a combination of military success and integration of Median nobility.[53] Ancient accounts, including those preserved in Babylonian chronicles, depict the revolt as stemming from familial tensions and Persian discontent with Median dominance, leading to Cyrus's consolidation of power over former Median territories.[54] The Ionian Revolt from 499 to 493 BCE saw Greek city-states in Asia Minor, led by Aristagoras of Miletus, rise against Persian satrapal control, burning Sardis and seeking aid from Athens and Eretria, though ultimately suppressed at the Battle of Lade due to naval disunity.[55] This uprising exposed Persian administrative vulnerabilities and precipitated the Greco-Persian Wars, driven by grievances over tribute and tyrannical proxies. In Athens, the revolution of 508 BCE involved the populace expelling the tyrant Hippias with Spartan assistance, enabling Cleisthenes to enact constitutional reforms that reorganized the citizen body into demes and tribes, diluting aristocratic clan power and laying foundations for isonomia (equality under law). These changes shifted authority toward broader participation, marking a pivotal transition from oligarchic rule to proto-democratic institutions amid factional strife. The Great Revolt of the Egyptians (205–186 BCE) erupted against Ptolemaic rule following Ptolemy IV's death, with native priests and elites in Upper Egypt installing pharaohs like Hugronaphor, who controlled Thebes and surrounding regions amid widespread anti-Hellenistic sentiment fueled by heavy taxation and cultural impositions.[56] The uprising fragmented Ptolemaic authority, requiring military reconquest and concessions like the Rosetta Decree to restore temple privileges.[57] The Maccabean Revolt (167–160 BCE) began when Judas Maccabeus and his family resisted Seleucid king Antiochus IV's suppression of Jewish practices, including temple desecration, through guerrilla warfare that recaptured Jerusalem in 164 BCE and rededicated the Second Temple.[58] Rooted in religious zeal against Hellenization, the insurgency established Hasmonean independence, though internal divisions persisted post-victory.[59] The Third Servile War (73–71 BCE), led by the Thracian gladiator Spartacus, involved up to 120,000 escaped slaves defeating multiple Roman legions initially, ravaging southern Italy before suppression by Marcus Licinius Crassus, with 6,000 crucifixes along the Appian Way.[60] This rebellion highlighted vulnerabilities in Rome's slave-based economy and military praetorian responses to internal threats.[61]1–999 CE
The period from 1 to 999 CE saw rebellions and civil upheavals primarily in the Roman and Byzantine Empires, Han and Tang China, and the early Islamic caliphates, often sparked by heavy taxation, ethnic grievances, religious dissent, or military factionalism, which weakened central authorities and facilitated dynastic shifts.[62][63][64]- Batavian Revolt (69–70 CE): Germanic Batavians under Julius Civilis rebelled against Roman over-recruitment and abuse of auxiliary troops in the Rhineland, allying briefly with Batavian auxiliaries and Frisians; initial victories included destroying two legions, but Roman forces under Quintus Petillius Cerialis recaptured key forts, ending the revolt with negotiated autonomy for the Batavians.[65][62]
- Great Jewish Revolt (66–73 CE): Judean Jews rose against Roman procurators' corruption, religious desecration, and taxation, expelling Roman garrisons from Jerusalem and establishing a provisional government; Roman legions under Vespasian and Titus reconquered Judea over four years, culminating in the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE, where over 1 million perished per contemporary estimates, and the Second Temple was razed.[63][66]
- Bar Kokhba Revolt (132–136 CE): Led by Simon bar Kokhba, whom Rabbi Akiva proclaimed the Messiah, Jews in Judea rebelled against Emperor Hadrian's plan to build Aelia Capitolina on Jerusalem's ruins and ban circumcision, establishing an independent state with coinage and administration for three years; Roman forces under Sextus Julius Severus deployed 12 legions, killing 580,000 rebels and enslaving survivors, depopulating Judea and renaming it Syria Palaestina.[67][68]
- Yellow Turban Rebellion (184–205 CE): Daoist-inspired peasants under Zhang Jue revolted against Eastern Han corruption, famine, and eunuch dominance, forming militias with yellow headscarves symbolizing earth overcoming Han's fire element; initial uprisings in multiple commanderies mobilized hundreds of thousands, but imperial generals like Huangfu Song suppressed core forces by 185 CE, though remnants persisted, accelerating Han fragmentation into warlord states.[64][69]
- Nika Riots (532 CE): Factions of chariot-racing Blues and Greens in Constantinople united against Emperor Justinian I's tax hikes and executions of political prisoners, burning half the city and proclaiming Hypatius emperor; Justinian's wife Theodora urged retention of power, enabling Belisarius to slaughter 30,000 rioters in the Hippodrome, solidifying Justinian's rule but highlighting urban volatility.[70][71]
- Ridda Wars (632–633 CE): Following Muhammad's death, Arabian tribes renounced central zakat payments and Islam, with figures like Tulayha and Musaylima declaring prophethood; Caliph Abu Bakr dispatched armies under Khalid ibn al-Walid, defeating rebels at battles like Yamama (where 20,000 apostates died), restoring Rashidun authority over Arabia and enabling further conquests.[72][73]
- Abbasid Revolution (747–750 CE): Descendants of Muhammad's uncle Abbas, backed by Persian mawali discontented with Umayyad Arab favoritism and repression, launched uprisings from Khurasan under Abu Muslim; decisive victory at the Battle of the Zab in 750 CE killed Caliph Marwan II, establishing Abbasid rule in Baghdad and shifting power eastward, though massacring Umayyads.[74][75]
- An Lushan Rebellion (755–763 CE): Tang general An Lushan, of Sogdian-Turkic origin, mutinied against Emperor Xuanzong's favoritism toward Yang Guifei and eunuchs, proclaiming the Yan dynasty and capturing both Tang capitals, Changan and Luoyang; internal betrayals and Tang alliances with Uighurs enabled reconquest by 763 CE, but at a cost of 13–36 million deaths from war, famine, and disease, irrevocably weakening Tang central control.[76][77]
1000–1499
The rebellions and revolutions between 1000 and 1499 often arose from economic distress, heavy taxation, labor shortages following the Black Death (1347–1351), and resentment against foreign or feudal rulers. In Europe, these manifested as urban and rural uprisings challenging noble privileges and royal policies, typically suppressed with significant violence. In Asia, they included successful overthrows of non-native dynasties, driven by ethnic tensions and millenarian ideologies. Few achieved lasting structural change, highlighting the resilience of feudal and imperial systems against popular discontent. Kenmu Restoration (1333–1336)Emperor Go-Daigo orchestrated a rebellion against the Kamakura shogunate, allying with discontented samurai to capture Kyoto and restore direct imperial rule, ending over a century of shogunal dominance. Policies favored court nobles over warriors, alienating key supporters like Ashikaga Takauji, who defected and established the rival Muromachi shogunate in 1336, limiting the restoration to three years.[78][79] Red Turban Rebellion (1351–1368)
This widespread Han Chinese uprising against the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty began in the Huai River basin, fueled by floods, famine, the Black Death, and anti-Mongol sentiment; rebels adopted red turbans as a symbol and drew on White Lotus Society eschatology promising a native savior. Factional leader Zhu Yuanzhang consolidated power, capturing Dadu (Beijing) in 1368 and proclaiming the Ming dynasty, which expelled Yuan remnants to the north.[80][81] Jacquerie (1358)
Northern French peasants, derogatorily called Jacques Bonhommes, revolted against seigneurial abuses amid the Hundred Years' War, English chevauchées, and royal taxes; starting near Compiègne on May 28, they destroyed over 100 castles and killed nobles before noble forces under Charles II of Navarre crushed them at Mello on June 10, executing leaders like Guillaume Cale and massacring thousands. The revolt reflected post-plague labor leverage but reinforced feudal hierarchies.[82] Ciompi Revolt (1378–1382)
In Florence, wool-carders (ciompi) and other unguilded laborers rebelled against guild oligarchies and bankers' dominance, exacerbated by war debts from the War of the Eight Saints and economic downturns; seizing power in July 1378, they established three new guilds and a populist government under Michele di Lando, but elite factions ousted them by August 1382, executing leaders and restoring patrician control.[83] English Peasants' Revolt (1381)
Triggered by the third poll tax of 1377–1381, enforcement failures, and lingering grievances from the Statute of Labourers (1351) capping wages post-Black Death, rebels under Wat Tyler and John Ball marched on London from Kent and Essex, executing Archbishop Sudbury and Treasurer Hales before Richard II negotiated at Mile End and Smithfield; royal forces then suppressed the uprising, killing Tyler and executing over 1,500.[84] Hussite Wars (1419–1434)
Bohemian followers of executed reformer Jan Hus rebelled against Sigismund's succession and Catholic orthodoxy after the July 30, 1419 defenestration of Prague officials; radical Taborites and moderate Utraquists repelled five crusades using wagon forts and firearms, achieving the Compactata of Basel (1436) granting communion in both kinds and secular land control, though internal divisions led to Taborite defeat in 1434.[85][86]
1500–1699
The 16th and 17th centuries featured widespread rebellions across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, often triggered by religious schisms, fiscal burdens, and resistance to centralized authority or colonial rule. These uprisings reflected tensions between feudal structures and emerging absolutism, with peasants, nobles, and indigenous groups challenging entrenched powers amid the Reformation and global expansion. While some sought reform within existing systems, others aimed at regime change, though most were suppressed with significant bloodshed, highlighting patterns of elite mobilization against popular discontent.[87][88] German Peasants' War (1524–1525)This was the largest peasant uprising in Western Europe prior to the French Revolution, involving up to 300,000 participants across southwestern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Sparked by economic hardships, enclosure of commons, and inspired by Martin Luther's critiques of ecclesiastical authority, rebels issued the Twelve Articles demanding abolition of serfdom, fair tithes, and access to forests and fisheries. Nobles and princes, supported by Luther's condemnation of the revolt as devilish, crushed it at battles like Frankenhausen in May 1525, resulting in 100,000 deaths and reinforced feudal hierarchies.[87][89][90] Dutch Revolt (1568–1648)
Also known as the Eighty Years' War, this conflict began as a Protestant-led resistance against Spanish Habsburg rule under Philip II, who imposed heavy taxes and enforced Catholic orthodoxy via the Inquisition. Led by William of Orange, rebels in the northern Netherlands declared independence in 1581, capturing key cities like Leiden after the 1574 siege. The war intertwined with the broader struggle for religious tolerance and commercial autonomy, culminating in the 1648 Peace of Münster, which recognized the Dutch Republic's sovereignty and expelled Spanish forces after decades of guerrilla warfare and naval engagements.[91][92] Li Zicheng's Rebellion (1630–1644)
Amid Ming Dynasty famines, corruption, and Manchu threats, Li Zicheng, a former postal worker turned bandit leader, mobilized peasant armies in Shaanxi, proclaiming himself the "Dashing King" in 1644. His forces, numbering over 1 million at peak, captured Beijing in April 1644, leading to Emperor Chongzhen's suicide and the dynasty's collapse after 276 years. Internal disunity and Qing intervention routed Li's regime within months, but the uprising accelerated the transition to Qing rule by exposing Ming military weaknesses.[93][94] English Civil Wars (1642–1651)
Rooted in disputes over royal prerogative, taxation without parliamentary consent, and religious policies under Charles I, Parliamentarian forces rebelled against perceived absolutism, allying with Scottish Covenanters. Key victories like Naseby in 1645, led by Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army, executed the king in 1649 and established the Commonwealth republic. The wars caused 200,000 deaths in England alone, reshaping governance toward parliamentary supremacy, though Restoration in 1660 reversed some gains.[88][95] Pueblo Revolt (1680)
Pueblo peoples in present-day New Mexico, facing Spanish encomienda labor, forced conversions, and cultural suppression since 1598, coordinated under leaders like Popé to expel colonists. On August 10, 1680, warriors killed 400 Spaniards, destroyed missions, and besieged Santa Fe, forcing Governor Antonio de Otermín's retreat southward. The uprising held Spanish authority at bay for 12 years, restoring indigenous practices until Diego de Vargas's reconquest in 1692, marking a rare successful indigenous resistance to colonial domination.[96][97] Glorious Revolution (1688–1689)
Protestant nobles invited William of Orange to invade amid James II's Catholic favoritism and birth of a Catholic heir, prompting James's flight to France. With minimal resistance, William and Mary accepted the throne under the Bill of Rights, limiting monarchical powers and affirming parliamentary consent for taxation and armies. This bloodless shift entrenched constitutional monarchy, influencing later limits on absolutism without widespread popular violence.[98][99]
1700–1799
The 18th century marked a surge in rebellions against monarchical and colonial authorities, often fueled by fiscal burdens, serfdom, slavery, and demands for representation or autonomy. These events, while varying in scale and ideology, frequently arose from structural inequalities and weak state responses to grievances, leading to both short-term violence and long-term political transformations in some cases. Empirical records indicate that successful outcomes correlated with external alliances or military disarray in ruling powers, whereas failures stemmed from superior state coercion and internal divisions among rebels.[100][101] Key uprisings included peasant revolts in Russia, colonial independence struggles in North America, indigenous resistance in South America, urban riots in Britain, and revolutionary cascades in France and its colonies. These were not isolated but interconnected through Enlightenment ideas and global trade disruptions, though causal chains emphasized local triggers like tax hikes and legal abuses over abstract ideologies.[102][103][104]| Year(s) | Event | Location | Key Facts and Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1739 | Stono Rebellion | South Carolina, British North America | Enslaved Africans, numbering around 20-100, rose against plantation owners on September 9, killing about 20 whites before being suppressed by militia; it prompted stricter slave codes but highlighted vulnerabilities in the plantation system.[105] |
| 1773–1775 | Pugachev's Rebellion | Russian Empire (Urals and Volga regions) | Led by Cossack Emelyan Pugachev, who falsely claimed to be the deposed Tsar Peter III, the uprising involved up to 1 million peasants, Cossacks, and Bashkirs protesting serfdom and noble privileges; rebels besieged Orenburg for six months but were defeated by imperial forces, with Pugachev executed in Moscow in 1775, resulting in over 20,000 rebel deaths and reinforced autocratic controls.[100][102] |
| 1775–1783 | American Revolution | Thirteen Colonies, North America | Colonial militias, protesting taxation without representation and British military occupation, fought imperial forces starting with battles at Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775); alliances with France proved decisive, culminating in British surrender at Yorktown (1781) and the Treaty of Paris (1783), establishing U.S. independence with approximately 25,000 American deaths.[106] |
| 1780 | Gordon Riots | London, Great Britain | Anti-Catholic protests organized by Lord George Gordon against the 1778 Papists Act escalated into six days of arson and looting from June 2, destroying over 100 buildings including Newgate Prison; martial law quelled the violence, with about 850 arrests, 25 executions, and property damage estimated at £100,000-£180,000, underscoring religious tensions amid wartime strains.[103][107] |
| 1780–1783 | Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II | Viceroyalty of Peru (Andes region) | Indigenous cacique José Gabriel Condorcanqui (Túpac Amaru II) initiated the revolt on November 4, 1780, by executing a corrupt Spanish official, mobilizing tens of thousands of Quechua and Aymara against forced labor (mit'a) and tribute; the uprising spread to modern Bolivia and Argentina but collapsed due to Spanish reinforcements, ending with Túpac Amaru's brutal execution in Cusco in 1781 and mass reprisals killing up to 100,000.[104][108] |
| 1789–1799 | French Revolution | France and colonies | Triggered by fiscal crisis and Estates-General convocation (May 1789), events escalated with the storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789), abolition of feudalism, and monarchy's fall (1792); the Reign of Terror (1793–1794) executed 16,000-40,000 via guillotine amid civil war, concluding with Napoleon's 18 Brumaire coup (1799), causing 200,000-300,000 deaths and reshaping European governance through war exports.[101][109] |
| 1791–1804 (initiated 1791) | Haitian Revolution | Saint-Domingue (modern Haiti) | Slave revolt erupted August 22, 1791, led by figures like Dutty Boukman, amid French revolutionary turmoil; involving 100,000+ enslaved Africans against 30,000 whites and free people of color, it destroyed plantations and ended with independence in 1804 under Jean-Jacques Dessalines, at a cost of 100,000+ black and 24,000 white deaths, marking the only successful slave-led revolution.[110][111] |
1800–1849
The era from 1800 to 1849 featured the conclusion of the Haitian Revolution, extensive independence struggles across Latin America against Spanish colonial rule, and a series of European uprisings driven by nationalism, liberalism, and opposition to absolutism. These events dismantled colonial empires and challenged monarchical systems, often resulting in new nation-states or temporary constitutional reforms, though many failed to achieve lasting democratic change due to counter-revolutionary forces and internal divisions. Empirical patterns show success more frequent in peripheral colonial regions with geographic advantages for guerrilla warfare, while European revolts frequently succumbed to military suppression by entrenched powers.| Year(s) | Event | Location | Key Details and Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1804 | Haitian Revolution (conclusion) | Haiti (formerly Saint-Domingue) | Slave-led uprising against French colonial rule, initiated in 1791 under Toussaint Louverture, ended with declaration of independence on January 1, 1804, under Jean-Jacques Dessalines; resulted in the world's first independent nation governed by former slaves, with over 100,000 deaths from combat and disease. |
| 1808–1826 | Latin American Wars of Independence | Spanish colonies in South and Central America, Mexico | Series of revolts sparked by Napoleon's invasion of Spain in 1808, weakening colonial legitimacy; key leaders included Simón Bolívar (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) and José de San Martín (Argentina, Chile, Peru); battles like Boyacá (1819) and Ayacucho (1824) secured victories; by 1825, most regions achieved independence, forming republics though often unstable due to caudillo rule and economic disruption.[112][113] |
| 1821–1830 | Greek War of Independence | Greece (Ottoman Empire) | Nationalist revolt against Ottoman control, beginning with uprising in March 1821; involved philhellene volunteers and European intervention (e.g., British, French, Russian navies at Navarino in 1827); resulted in independence recognized by Treaty of Constantinople (1832), establishing Kingdom of Greece, with 100,000+ casualties.[114] |
| 1825 | Decembrist Revolt | Russia | Coup attempt by liberal army officers on December 14, 1825, against Nicholas I's accession, demanding constitutional limits on autocracy; suppressed within days, with 5 leaders executed and over 100 exiled to Siberia; highlighted elite discontent but reinforced tsarist absolutism. |
| 1830 | July Revolution | France | Overthrow of Charles X after July Ordinances restricting press and elections; led to constitutional monarchy under Louis Philippe; inspired liberal reforms but limited suffrage to wealthy males.[115] |
| 1830–1831 | Belgian Revolution | Belgium (United Kingdom of the Netherlands) | Separatist uprising against Dutch rule starting August 1830, fueled by cultural and economic grievances; resulted in independence by 1831 via London Conference, establishing neutral Kingdom of Belgium with constitutional monarchy.[115] |
| 1830–1831 | November Uprising | Poland (Russian partition) | Nationalist rebellion against Russian domination, beginning November 29, 1830; Polish forces initially captured Warsaw but were defeated by Russian armies; led to repression, loss of autonomy, and exile of 10,000+ insurgents.[115] |
| 1835–1836 | Texas Revolution | Texas (Mexico) | Anglo settlers' revolt against Mexican centralism, including Siege of the Alamo (March 1836, 200 Texian deaths) and San Jacinto victory (April 1836); established Republic of Texas, annexed by U.S. in 1845.[116] |
| 1848–1849 | Revolutions of 1848 (Springtime of Nations) | Multiple European states (France, German states, Italy, Austria, Hungary) | Wave of uprisings starting in Sicily (January 1848), demanding liberal constitutions, unification, and end to absolutism; French February Revolution ousted Louis Philippe for Second Republic; German Frankfurt Assembly failed; Hungarian Revolution suppressed by Russian intervention (20,000+ deaths); most crushed by autumn 1849, but sowed seeds for later national unifications.[115][117] |
1850–1899
The period from 1850 to 1899 saw numerous uprisings driven by anti-colonial sentiments, ethnic nationalism, religious fervor, and resistance to centralizing reforms, often resulting in heavy suppression by imperial powers and contributing to shifts in governance structures.[118] Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864): This massive civil conflict in southern China was led by Hong Xiuquan, who proclaimed himself the younger brother of Jesus Christ and sought to establish a theocratic Taiping Heavenly Kingdom based on a heterodox Christian ideology blended with Chinese millenarianism. Triggered by economic distress, corruption in the Qing dynasty, and foreign incursions following the Opium Wars, the rebels captured Nanjing in 1853 and controlled vast territories, implementing radical land reforms and gender equality policies. Qing forces, aided by Western mercenaries like Charles Gordon's Ever-Victorious Army, recaptured Nanjing in 1864, leading to Hong's suicide and the rebellion's collapse; estimates place the death toll at 20 to 30 million from combat, famine, and disease.[119] Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857–1858): Also known as the Sepoy Mutiny, this uprising began on May 10, 1857, when Bengal sepoys in Meerut revolted against the British East India Company over greased cartridges rumored to be coated in animal fat offensive to Hindu and Muslim soldiers, amid broader grievances including annexation policies and cultural insensitivities. The revolt spread to Delhi, where rebels proclaimed the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II as leader, and involved princely states and civilian participation across northern and central India, with atrocities committed by both sides including massacres at Cawnpore. British reinforcements suppressed the rebellion by mid-1858, executing leaders and dissolving the Company, transferring control to the British Crown; casualties included around 6,000 British and up to 800,000 Indians.[118][120][121] January Uprising (1863–1864): In the Russian-controlled Kingdom of Congress Poland, this nationalist insurrection erupted on January 22, 1863, sparked by forced conscription into the Russian army and aimed at restoring Polish independence through guerrilla warfare coordinated by the underground Polish National Government. Insurgents, numbering up to 20,000 at peak but poorly armed, conducted hit-and-run attacks across Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus, issuing decrees for land reform to gain peasant support. Russian forces, exceeding 90,000 troops, crushed the uprising by mid-1864, executing or exiling leaders like Romuald Traugutt; it resulted in over 40,000 combat deaths and accelerated Russification policies, including asset confiscations from Polish nobles.[122][123] Paris Commune (1871): Following France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, radical workers and National Guard units in Paris proclaimed this short-lived autonomous government on March 18, 1871, rejecting the conservative Third Republic and implementing socialist measures like worker cooperatives and church separations. The Commune controlled Paris for 72 days, enacting decrees on education and labor but facing internal divisions. Versailles government troops under Adolphe Thiers stormed the city in the "Bloody Week" of May 21–28, killing 20,000 to 30,000 communards and executing leaders; it marked a pivotal experiment in proletarian self-rule but solidified conservative dominance in France.[124] Satsuma Rebellion (1877): In Japan, disaffected samurai from Satsuma domain, led by Saigō Takamori—a key figure in the Meiji Restoration—rose against the central government's abolition of samurai stipends and privileges on January 29, 1877, viewing modernization as a betrayal of warrior traditions. The rebels, armed with outdated swords and early firearms, clashed with imperial conscript armies using modern rifles and artillery, culminating in defeat at the Battle of Shiroyama on September 24, where Saigō died by seppuku; approximately 20,000 rebels and 6,000 government troops perished, confirming the Meiji oligarchy's consolidation and the end of feudal resistance.[125][126] ʿUrābī Revolt (1879–1882): Egyptian army officers under Aḥmad ʿUrābī Pasha challenged Khedive Tawfīq's pro-European policies and foreign debt control, launching a nationalist movement in September 1881 that demanded constitutional reforms and reduced Ottoman-Turkish influence. The revolt gained popular support among fellahin and urban classes, forcing a chamber of delegates and military expansion, but British intervention—citing threats to the Suez Canal—led to the bombardment of Alexandria in July 1882 and occupation after the Battle of Tel el-Kebir. ʿUrābī was exiled, and Britain established a protectorate, entrenching colonial rule despite initial Egyptian gains in sovereignty.[127][128] Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901): Originating in November 1899 in Shandong province, this anti-foreign, anti-Christian uprising by the Yihetuan (Boxer) secret society targeted missionaries and converts amid economic hardships and imperial concessions, spreading to Beijing by 1900 with tacit Qing support under Empress Dowager Cixi. Boxers besieged foreign legations from June 20 to August 14, 1900, killing thousands including the German minister and 200+ foreigners. An eight-nation alliance relieved the siege, sacked Beijing, and imposed the Boxer Protocol in 1901, fining China 450 million taels and executing leaders; deaths exceeded 100,000, mostly Chinese civilians, accelerating Qing decline.[129]1900–1909
- Boxer Rebellion (1900): An anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in northern China, initiated by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (Boxers), targeted missionaries, converts, and foreign legations in Beijing, culminating in the siege of foreign compounds from June to August 1900. The rebellion, initially tolerated by the Qing government, prompted an international alliance of eight nations to relieve the siege and occupy Beijing, resulting in the Boxer Protocol of 1901, which imposed heavy indemnities on China exceeding 450 million taels of silver and stationed foreign troops in the capital.[130]
- War of the Golden Stool (1900): In the Ashanti Empire (present-day Ghana), British colonial authorities demanded the sacred Golden Stool, symbolizing the soul of the Ashanti nation, prompting Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa to lead a rebellion against British rule starting in March 1900. British forces under Sir Frederick Hodgson captured Kumasi after fierce resistance, but the stool was never surrendered, leading to the formal annexation of Ashanti as a British protectorate by July 1901, with an estimated 2,000 Ashanti warriors killed.[131]
- Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising (1903): Organized by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) in Ottoman Macedonia and Thrace, this revolt began on August 2, 1903 (St. Elijah's Day, Ilinden), declaring the short-lived Kruševo Republic, a multi-ethnic entity lasting 10 days before Ottoman suppression involving massacres of over 4,600 civilians, destruction of 12,440 houses, and displacement of 70,000 people. The uprising sought autonomy but failed due to lack of external support, exacerbating ethnic tensions in the Balkans.[132]
- Herero Rebellion (1904–1907): The Herero people in German South West Africa (Namibia) revolted against colonial land expropriation and labor exploitation on January 12, 1904, killing over 100 German settlers before General Lothar von Trotha's forces defeated them at Waterberg in August 1904, issuing extermination orders that drove Herero into the Omaheke desert, resulting in 50,000–80,000 deaths from thirst, combat, and concentration camps, reducing the population by 80%.[133]
- Russian Revolution of 1905: Triggered by Bloody Sunday on January 9, 1905, when troops fired on peaceful petitioners in St. Petersburg, killing over 1,000, this wave of strikes, peasant revolts, and mutinies (including the Battleship Potemkin) across the Russian Empire forced Tsar Nicholas II to issue the October Manifesto, granting a Duma parliament and civil liberties, though partially reversed later; it involved 2 million strikers and highlighted autocratic failures amid Russo-Japanese War defeats.
- Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905–1909): Sparked by protests against a sugar tariff and bastinado punishment of merchants in December 1905, merchants, clergy, and intellectuals in Tehran demanded a constitution, leading to Mozaffar ad-Din Shah's August 1906 decree establishing the Majlis parliament and limiting monarchical power. Mohammad Ali Shah's 1908 bombardment of the Majlis prompted provincial uprisings, restoring the constitution in July 1909 after his deposition, marking Iran's shift toward constitutional monarchy amid Russian and British influences.[134]
- Young Turk Revolution (1908): Officers of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), disillusioned with Sultan Abdülhamid II's autocracy, mutinied in Macedonia on July 3, 1908, led by Major Ahmed Niyazi, compelling the sultan to restore the 1876 constitution and reconvene parliament by July 23. This ended 30 years of suspension, initiating the Second Constitutional Era, though CUP dominance soon shifted toward authoritarianism, influencing Ottoman entry into World War I.[135]
1910–1919
The decade from 1910 to 1919 witnessed a surge in revolutionary activity, driven by imperial decay, nationalist aspirations, and the disruptions of World War I, which eroded centralized authority across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. Empires such as the Ottoman, Qing, Russian, and Austro-Hungarian faced existential challenges from internal dissent, while colonial and semi-colonial regions like Mexico and Portugal saw uprisings against entrenched dictatorships and monarchies. These events often blended liberal republicanism, ethnic separatism, and socialist radicalism, resulting in the collapse of several dynasties but also paving the way for new authoritarian regimes in some cases.[136][137]- Portuguese Revolution of 5 October 1910: Republican forces, including military units and civilian protesters, overthrew the Braganza monarchy after King Manuel II fled Lisbon amid widespread discontent with monarchical corruption and economic stagnation. The uprising, coordinated by the Portuguese Republican Party, led to the proclamation of the First Portuguese Republic on October 5, with Teófilo Braga as provisional president; religious orders were expelled and their properties seized shortly thereafter. This bloodless coup in the capital, supported by naval bombardments, marked Portugal's transition from constitutional monarchy to republic, though it ushered in a period of political instability with over 40 governments in the next 16 years.[138][139]
- Mexican Revolution (1910–1920): Sparked on November 20, 1910, by Francisco Madero's call to arms against the long-ruling dictator Porfirio Díaz, the revolution involved a coalition of landowners, peasants, and intellectuals challenging Díaz's authoritarian rule and foreign-influenced economic policies. Díaz resigned and fled in May 1911 after defeats like the Battle of Ciudad Juárez, but factional strife persisted, with figures like Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa launching agrarian revolts against Madero's successor governments; the conflict caused an estimated 1–2 million deaths through warfare, famine, and disease before stabilizing under the 1917 Constitution.[140][141]
- Albanian Revolts (1910–1912): A series of uprisings against Ottoman centralization policies under the Young Turks began in 1910, led by chieftains like Isa Boletini in Kosovo and northern Albania, protesting taxes, disarmament, and cultural assimilation; these evolved into the broader 1912 revolt starting in January, involving Muslim and Christian Albanians who captured key towns like Pristina and Skopje. The Ottoman Sultan conceded Albanian autonomy demands on September 4, 1912, including administrative reforms and linguistic rights, amid the Balkan Wars' onset, which accelerated Albanian independence declarations in November 1912.[142][143]
- Xinhai Revolution (1911): On October 10, 1911, revolutionaries in Wuchang, Hubei Province, mutinied against the Qing Dynasty, triggering a nationwide uprising fueled by anti-Manchu sentiment, Sun Yat-sen's republican ideology, and resentment over foreign concessions and dynastic weakness. The revolt spread rapidly, forcing Emperor Puyi's abdication on February 12, 1912, and the establishment of the Republic of China under provisional president Sun Yat-sen, who yielded to Yuan Shikai; it ended over two millennia of imperial rule but fragmented into warlordism due to power struggles.[136][144]
- Easter Rising (1916): On April 24, 1916 (Easter Monday), Irish republican militants from the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army, led by figures like Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, seized key Dublin sites including the General Post Office, proclaiming an Irish Republic against British rule amid World War I grievances. British forces suppressed the six-day insurrection by April 29, with over 450 deaths (mostly civilians) and widespread destruction in Dublin; while militarily a failure, the execution of 15 leaders galvanized Irish nationalism, shifting opinion toward independence.[145][146]
- Arab Revolt (1916–1918): Launched on June 5, 1916, by Sharif Hussein bin Ali of Mecca, with British backing via the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence promising Arab independence, the revolt targeted Ottoman control in the Hejaz region, capturing Mecca, Taif, and Jeddah through guerrilla tactics aided by T.E. Lawrence. Hussein's sons, Faisal and Abdullah, commanded forces that disrupted Ottoman supply lines, contributing to Allied advances in Palestine and Syria, though post-war Sykes-Picot divisions limited Arab gains; Ottoman forces held Medina until 1919.[147][148]
- Russian Revolutions (1917): The February Revolution (March 8–16, Gregorian calendar) erupted in Petrograd with strikes and mutinies against Tsar Nicholas II's autocracy, exacerbated by food shortages and World War I defeats, leading to the tsar's abdication on March 15 and the formation of a Provisional Government under Alexander Kerensky alongside soviets. The October Revolution (November 7) saw Bolshevik forces under Vladimir Lenin seize power in Petrograd, overthrowing the Provisional Government and establishing Soviet rule, which suppressed opposition and withdrew from the war via the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918, initiating civil war.[149]
- German Revolution (1918–1919): Triggered by a sailors' mutiny in Kiel on October 29, 1918, amid World War I collapse and Kaiser Wilhelm II's abdication on November 9, the revolution spread through workers' and soldiers' councils, toppling the monarchy and establishing the Weimar Republic under Friedrich Ebert. Radical Spartacist uprisings in Berlin (January 1919), led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, were crushed by Freikorps militias, resulting in thousands of deaths and consolidating social democratic control over communist challenges.[137][150]
- Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919): Proclaimed on March 21, 1919, by communist leader Béla Kun after overthrowing the democratic government amid postwar chaos and Romanian border threats, the regime nationalized industries, enforced Red Terror against "class enemies," and mobilized a Red Army. Lasting 133 days until August 1, it collapsed under military defeats by Romanian and Allied forces, leading to 5,000–10,000 executions and Kun's flight; the failure stemmed from economic isolation, internal purges, and lack of Bolshevik support from Russia.[151][152]
1920–1929
The 1920s featured numerous uprisings driven by anti-colonial resistance, opposition to post-World War I treaties, peasant discontent with requisition policies, and internal challenges to nascent revolutionary regimes. These events often involved irregular forces clashing with state or imperial armies, resulting in significant casualties and influencing subsequent governance structures. Iraqi Revolt (1920): In June 1920, tribes and nationalists across Iraq launched an armed uprising against the British mandate administration, which had assumed control after the Ottoman collapse, protesting colonial imposition and demanding independence. The revolt spread from Baghdad to rural areas, involving Sunni and Shia cooperation, but British forces, numbering around 60,000 troops including Indian and Assyrian units, suppressed it by October through aerial bombings and ground offensives, with estimates of 6,000 to 10,000 Iraqi deaths and over 2,000 British casualties. The event prompted Britain to install Faisal I as king in 1921 under a nominal constitutional monarchy, though effective control remained with colonial authorities.[153][154] Kapp Putsch (1920): On March 13, 1920, right-wing nationalists led by Wolfgang Kapp and General Walther von Lüttwitz, using Freikorps paramilitaries, attempted a coup in Berlin to overthrow the Weimar Republic government, motivated by opposition to Treaty of Versailles disarmament clauses requiring the dissolution of these units. The putsch briefly seized the capital but collapsed after four days due to a general strike organized by trade unions and Social Democrats, paralyzing the economy and administration. It highlighted Weimar's fragility, with over 1,000 arrests following, though leaders escaped initially.[155][156] Tambov Rebellion (1920–1921): Beginning in August 1920 in Russia's Tambov province, peasants under Socialist Revolutionary leader Alexander Antonov rebelled against Bolshevik War Communism policies, particularly forced grain requisitions that exacerbated famine conditions affecting millions. The uprising, involving up to 50,000 guerrillas using pitchforks and rifles, controlled rural areas and disrupted Soviet supply lines until Red Army forces, totaling over 100,000 under Mikhail Tukhachevsky, crushed it by mid-1921 through mass executions, concentration camps, and experimental chemical gas attacks on villages. Casualties exceeded 100,000, contributing to the policy shift toward the New Economic Policy in 1921.[157][158] Kronstadt Rebellion (1921): In March 1921, sailors and workers at the Kronstadt naval base near Petrograd mutinied against Bolshevik rule, demanding restoration of Soviet democracy, free elections, and an end to grain seizures amid economic collapse. The rebels, numbering about 15,000, established a provisional council and repelled initial assaults, but after the ice thawed, Trotsky's forces stormed the base on March 18, killing or executing around 2,000 defenders and later suppressing 2,000 more in purges. This event underscored internal Bolshevik vulnerabilities, accelerating Lenin's concessions via the New Economic Policy.[159] Rif War (1921–1926): Led by Abd el-Krim, Berber tribes in Morocco's Rif region rebelled against Spanish colonial expansion starting in July 1921, achieving a major victory at the Battle of Annual where 13,000 Spanish troops were killed or captured due to poor leadership and supply. The insurgents proclaimed the Republic of the Rif, employing guerrilla tactics against over 300,000 combined Spanish-French forces, but French intervention in 1925 and chemical weapon use overwhelmed them by May 1926, with total casualties around 50,000 Rifians and 40,000 Europeans. The defeat prompted Spanish military reforms and Primo de Rivera's dictatorship.[160][161] Patagonia Rebelde (1920–1922): From November 1920, sheep shearers and rural workers in Argentina's Santa Cruz province, organized by anarchist and socialist unions, struck against exploitative estancia owners for better wages and conditions amid post-World War I inflation. The movement spread across Patagonia, but President Hipólito Yrigoyen's dispatch of 500 troops under Colonel Héctor Varela led to brutal suppression, with summary executions of up to 1,500 strikers by early 1922, fracturing labor unity and enabling conservative backlash.[162] Basmachi Revolt (ongoing into 1920s): In Central Asia's Ferghana Valley and surrounding areas, Muslim Turkic and Kyrgyz guerrillas, loosely united under the Basmachi banner, intensified resistance from 1920 against Soviet land reforms, atheism campaigns, and Russification following the Russian Civil War. Numbering up to 20,000 fighters at peaks, they received intermittent aid from White émigrés and Enver Pasha until his death in 1922, but Red Army offensives, including armored trains and aerial support, reduced strongholds by 1924, though sporadic fighting persisted until 1931 with tens of thousands killed.[163][164] Escobar Rebellion (1929): In March 1929, General Gonzalo Escobar, a disaffected Cristero War veteran, launched a coup from Nuevo Laredo against interim President Emilio Portes Gil during the Maximato era, allying with northern dissidents over election disputes and Calles' influence. Government loyalists, retaining two-thirds of the army, defeated the rebels by May after battles like the Siege of Naco, with Escobar fleeing to the U.S.; casualties were under 1,000, solidifying PRI dominance but exposing revolutionary factionalism.[165]1930–1939
The Brazilian Revolution of 1930 was an armed uprising that overthrew President Washington Luís on October 3, after disputed elections, installing Getúlio Vargas as provisional leader and ending the First Brazilian Republic.[166][167] The revolt involved military forces from Minas Gerais, Paraíba, and Rio Grande do Sul, with clashes lasting until October 26, resulting in Vargas centralizing power amid economic crisis from the Great Depression.[168] In Vietnam, the Nghe-Tinh Soviets uprising from late 1930 to early 1931 saw peasants and workers, organized by the Indochinese Communist Party, establish rural soviets in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces against French colonial taxes and repression.[169][170] Strikes escalated to armed resistance, including red guards and land redistribution, but French forces crushed the movement by mid-1931, executing leaders and killing thousands.[170] The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 erupted in São Paulo state, Brazil, from July 9 to October 1932, as oligarchs and civilians rebelled against Vargas's provisional government, demanding a new constitution and elections.[171][166] Paulistas mobilized 100,000 fighters, including volunteers, against federal troops, but after heavy fighting and 934 deaths, São Paulo capitulated, leading Vargas to convene a constituent assembly in 1933.[171] Spain's Revolution of 1934, centered in Asturias from October 4 to 19, involved miners' strikes evolving into an armed socialist-anarchist uprising against the center-right government of Alejandro Lerroux, fearing fascist gains after right-wing electoral victories.[172] Rebels seized mines, proclaimed soviets, and executed opponents, controlling much of the province until the Foreign Legion and Moorish troops under Francisco Franco suppressed the revolt, killing over 1,500 and arresting 30,000.[172] The 1936–1939 Arab Revolt in Mandatory Palestine began in April 1936 with a general strike by Arabs protesting British policies favoring Jewish immigration and land sales, escalating to guerrilla attacks on British forces and Jewish settlements.[173] Led initially by local committees and later Haj Amin al-Husseini, the uprising involved 5,000–10,000 fighters, causing 5,000 Arab, 400 Jewish, and 200 British deaths before British military operations and the 1939 White Paper quelled it, weakening Arab leadership.[173][174] In July 1936, a military rebellion in Spain, coordinated by generals Emilio Mola and Francisco Franco, aimed to overthrow the Second Republic's Popular Front government amid political violence and reforms perceived as threatening by conservatives.[175] The coup began on July 17 in Spanish Morocco and spread to the mainland on July 18, partially failing but igniting the Spanish Civil War, with rebels controlling key areas and receiving foreign aid, ultimately prevailing in 1939.[175][176]1940–1949
The 1940s featured numerous rebellions and uprisings, primarily as resistance movements against occupying forces during World War II and as post-war bids for national independence or regime change amid shifting global alliances. These events often involved irregular forces challenging established authorities, with outcomes shaped by external military interventions and internal divisions. Key examples include urban insurrections in occupied Europe, anti-colonial struggles in Asia, and civil conflicts in the immediate aftermath of Allied victories.- 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: In German-occupied Poland, Jewish fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto resisted Nazi efforts to deport remaining residents to death camps, using smuggled weapons and improvised explosives in street combat that lasted from April 19 to May 16; the uprising was ultimately crushed, with most participants killed, but it delayed deportations and symbolized defiance.[177]
- 1944 Warsaw Uprising: The Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa), numbering around 40,000 fighters, launched a coordinated assault against German occupiers in Warsaw on August 1, aiming to liberate the city ahead of the Soviet advance; the 63-day battle involved intense urban fighting, with insurgents controlling significant areas initially before German reinforcements suppressed the revolt on October 2, resulting in an estimated 15,000-18,000 Polish deaths and the near-total destruction of the city.[178][179]
- 1944–1949 Greek Civil War: Communist-led Democratic Army of Greece guerrillas clashed with government forces backed by Britain and later the United States, erupting in December 1944 amid post-liberation power struggles; the conflict, marked by atrocities on both sides, ended in August 1949 with communist defeat after over 150,000 deaths, solidifying Greece's alignment with the West.[180]
- 1945–1949 Indonesian National Revolution: Following Japan's surrender, Indonesian nationalists under Sukarno declared independence on August 17, 1945, prompting Dutch attempts to reassert colonial control; irregular militias and republican forces waged guerrilla warfare against Dutch troops, culminating in United Nations-mediated talks that granted full sovereignty on December 27, 1949, after approximately 100,000 combatant and civilian fatalities.[181]
- 1949 Chinese Revolution: Communist forces under Mao Zedong, after years of intermittent civil war with Nationalists, captured key cities and forced Chiang Kai-shek's retreat to Taiwan; on October 1, Mao proclaimed the People's Republic of China in Beijing, ending Nationalist rule on the mainland following battles that claimed millions of lives since the 1920s but intensified in the late 1940s.[182]
1950–1959
- 1950: Puerto Rican Nationalist Party revolts – On October 30, 1950, members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, led by Pedro Albizu Campos, initiated coordinated uprisings across Puerto Rico, including the declaration of independence in Jayuya and attacks on police barracks, alongside an assassination attempt on U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C., aimed at ending U.S. colonial control.[183][184] The U.S. military suppressed the revolts within days, resulting in dozens of deaths and the arrest of hundreds of nationalists.[185]
- 1952: Bolivian National Revolution – From April 9 to 11, 1952, the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR), supported by miners and peasants, overthrew the military junta in La Paz through armed insurrection, installing Víctor Paz Estenssoro as president.[186][187] The revolution led to universal suffrage, nationalization of tin mines, and agrarian reform redistributing land from elites to indigenous peasants.[188]
- 1952: Egyptian Revolution – On July 23, 1952, the Free Officers Movement, a group of army officers including Gamal Abdel Nasser, staged a bloodless coup in Cairo, forcing King Farouk to abdicate and ending the monarchy after widespread discontent with corruption and British influence.[189][190] The coup established a republic under military rule, initiating reforms like land redistribution and the withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal by 1956.[191]
- 1952–1960: Mau Mau Uprising – Beginning in 1952, Kikuyu, Embu, and Meru tribesmen formed the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (Mau Mau) to resist British colonial land policies and demand independence, conducting guerrilla attacks on settler farms and collaborators, which prompted a state of emergency and mass detentions.[192][193] British forces, employing concentration camps and collective punishment, suppressed the rebellion by 1960, with estimates of 11,000–20,000 Mau Mau deaths, accelerating Kenya's path to independence in 1963.[194]
- 1953: East German Uprising – On June 16–17, 1953, East Berlin construction workers struck against mandated work quota increases, sparking nationwide protests by up to one million people demanding free elections and an end to Soviet domination.[195][196] Soviet tanks and East German security forces crushed the uprising, killing at least 50 demonstrators and arresting thousands.[197]
- 1956: Hungarian Revolution – Sparked on October 23, 1956, by student protests in Budapest against Soviet-imposed policies, the uprising spread into a nationwide revolt, leading to the appointment of reformist Imre Nagy as premier, who promised multiparty democracy and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact.[198][199] Soviet forces invaded on November 4, crushing resistance after street fighting that killed around 3,000 Hungarians and 700 Soviet troops, with Nagy executed in 1958.[200]
- 1958: 14 July Revolution (Iraq) – On July 14, 1958, General Abdul Karim Qasim led a military coup in Baghdad, overthrowing the Hashemite monarchy, executing King Faisal II and Prime Minister Nuri al-Said, and proclaiming a republic amid popular resentment over corruption and Western alliances.[201][202] The revolution ended the monarchy but led to internal factionalism, with Qasim pursuing neutralist policies until his overthrow in 1963.[203]
- 1959: Cuban Revolution – Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, after guerrilla warfare from 1956, captured Havana on January 1–2, 1959, forcing dictator Fulgencio Batista to flee and establishing a communist government that nationalized industries and aligned with the Soviet Union.[204] The revolution resulted in trials and executions of Batista supporters, mass expropriations, and eventual U.S. embargo after Castro's defiance.[205]
- 1959: Tibetan Uprising – On March 10, 1959, thousands of Tibetans in Lhasa protested Chinese occupation and rumors of a plot against the Dalai Lama, escalating into armed clashes that prompted the 14th Dalai Lama's flight to India on March 17.[206][207] Chinese forces suppressed the revolt by March 20, destroying monasteries and killing thousands, solidifying control over Tibet.[208]
1960–1969
The decade of the 1960s witnessed several armed rebellions and revolutions, primarily in post-colonial states and regions seeking autonomy or regime change amid decolonization and Cold War influences. These conflicts often involved ethnic or ideological insurgencies against newly independent governments or colonial remnants, with outcomes shaped by external interventions from powers like the United States, Belgium, Britain, and Soviet-aligned actors.[209]| Event | Dates | Location | Description and Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunei Revolt | December 8–17, 1962 | Brunei (British protectorate) | An armed insurrection by the Brunei People's Party and the North Kalimantan National Army against the Sultanate and proposed inclusion in the Federation of Malaysia, aiming for a merger with Indonesia and Sarawak. Rebels seized Limbang and attacked police stations, but British forces, including Gurkhas, suppressed the uprising within days, capturing key leaders like A.M. Azahari who fled to Indonesia; it triggered the broader Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation (1963–1966).[210][211] |
| First Iraqi-Kurdish War (Barzani Rebellion) | September 11, 1961–1970 (active phase in 1960s) | Northern Iraq | Kurdish forces under Mustafa Barzani rebelled against the Iraqi government of Abdul Karim Qasim for greater autonomy, following broken promises of federalism after the 1958 revolution; involving guerrilla warfare, aerial bombings by Iraqi forces, and Kurdish control of mountain regions. The conflict persisted into the 1970s with truces and renewed fighting, costing thousands of lives but failing to secure full independence.[212][213] |
| Dhofar Rebellion | 1962–1976 (escalated from 1965) | Dhofar region, Oman | A separatist insurgency by the Dhofar Liberation Front (later Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman) against Sultan Said bin Taimur, driven by poverty, Arab nationalism, and Marxist ideology with support from South Yemen, China, and the USSR; rebels controlled rural areas and sought to detach Dhofar. Omani forces, aided by British and Iranian troops, defeated the rebels by 1976 through hearts-and-minds campaigns and military offensives.[214][215] |
| Zanzibar Revolution | January 12, 1964 | Zanzibar (recently independent from Britain) | A swift uprising by African nationalists of the Afro-Shirazi Party and Umma Party, led by John Okello, overthrew the Arab-dominated Sultanate of Jamshid bin Abdullah, involving massacres of up to 20,000 Arabs and property seizures amid ethnic tensions from colonial-era inequalities. The revolution established a republic under Abeid Karume, which merged with Tanganyika in April 1964 to form Tanzania, though reprisals and purges continued.[216][217][218] |
| Simba Rebellion (part of Congo Crisis) | 1964–1965 | Eastern Congo (now DRC) | Lumumbist rebels, self-styled "Simbas" (Swahili for lions), launched uprisings in Stanleyville (Kisangani) and other areas, seizing hostages including 1,000+ Europeans and proclaiming a communist-leaning People's Republic of Congo; supported by Soviet arms but disorganized and reliant on witchcraft rituals for morale. Government forces, bolstered by Belgian paratroopers (Operation Dragon Rouge) and white mercenaries under Mike Hoare, retook key towns by November 1964, crushing the rebellion and executing leaders like Christophe Gbenye in absentia.[209][219][220] |
1970–1979
- Black Power Revolution (Trinidad and Tobago, 1970): Protests erupted in February 1970 against lingering colonial structures and racial inequalities post-independence, drawing thousands of participants influenced by U.S. civil rights movements; the unrest lasted 55 days, involving demonstrations, strikes, and clashes with authorities, culminating in a state of emergency declared on April 21, 1970, after army mutiny attempts.[221][222]
- Carnation Revolution (Portugal, 1974): On April 25, 1974, junior military officers from the Armed Forces Movement executed a nearly bloodless coup against the authoritarian Estado Novo regime, which had ruled for over four decades; civilians joined by placing carnations in soldiers' rifles, symbolizing nonviolence, leading to the overthrow of Marcelo Caetano and the end of Portugal's colonial wars in Africa.[223][224][225]
- Ethiopian Revolution (Ethiopia, 1974): Widespread discontent over famine, inflation, and imperial rule sparked mutinies in the armed forces starting in January 1974; the Derg, a military council formed in June, deposed Emperor Haile Selassie on September 12, 1974, establishing a socialist provisional government that implemented land reforms and nationalizations amid ongoing purges and civil strife.[226][227]
- Saur Revolution (Afghanistan, 1978): The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), a communist faction, launched a coup on April 27, 1978, assassinating President Mohammed Daoud Khan and seizing Kabul; the putsch, named after the Afghan month of Saur, installed Nur Muhammad Taraki as leader, initiating radical reforms that provoked widespread rural rebellions.[228][229][230]
- Iranian Revolution (Iran, 1978–1979): Mass protests against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's monarchy intensified from January 1978, fueled by economic woes, repression via SAVAK, and opposition led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; the uprising culminated on February 11, 1979, with the monarchy's collapse after the shah's exile, resulting in an Islamic Republic established via referendum on April 1, 1979, with an estimated 2,000–3,000 deaths in clashes.[231][232][233]
- Nicaraguan Revolution (Nicaragua, 1979): The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) waged guerrilla warfare and urban uprisings against Anastasio Somoza Debayle's dictatorship, escalating after 1978 assassination attempts and natural disasters; Somoza fled on July 17, 1979, after FSLN forces captured Managua, ending 46 years of Somoza family rule and installing a revolutionary junta that nationalized key industries.[234][235]
1980–1989
- Gwangju Uprising (May 18–27, 1980): In South Korea, citizens in Gwangju protested against the military coup led by Chun Doo-hwan, forming militias after government forces killed demonstrators; the crackdown resulted in an estimated 200 civilians dead, galvanizing opposition to authoritarian rule.[236]
- Solidarity Movement (1980–1989): In Poland, shipyard workers in Gdańsk initiated strikes in July 1980 demanding worker rights and free trade unions, leading to the formation of the independent Solidarity trade union under Lech Wałęsa, which grew to 10 million members and challenged communist authority through nonviolent actions until martial law in 1981 and eventual negotiations culminating in semi-free elections in 1989.[237]
- 23-F Coup Attempt (February 23, 1981): In Spain, Civil Guard officers under Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero stormed the Congress of Deputies during a vote on a new government, holding 350 lawmakers hostage for 18 hours in an effort to restore military rule amid democratic transition; King Juan Carlos I's televised condemnation and military loyalty to the constitution thwarted the plot, with Tejero and accomplices later imprisoned.[238]
- People Power Revolution (February 22–25, 1986): In the Philippines, millions gathered along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue in Manila to protest Ferdinand Marcos's fraudulent election claim against Corazon Aquino, with defections by Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile and Chief of Staff Fidel Ramos, plus nonviolent crowd resistance to military advances, forcing Marcos to flee and restoring democratic elections.[239]
- First Intifada (December 1987–1993): In the Gaza Strip and West Bank, Palestinian residents launched widespread protests, strikes, and stone-throwing against Israeli occupation following a traffic incident killing four workers, involving civil disobedience and boycotts coordinated via underground networks; Israeli responses included over 1,000 Palestinian deaths and mass arrests, pressuring both sides toward the Oslo Accords.[240][241]
- 8888 Uprising (August 1988): In Myanmar (then Burma), students in Yangon sparked nationwide protests on August 8 against economic mismanagement and military rule under Ne Win, drawing hundreds of thousands in strikes and marches; the junta's violent suppression killed thousands, leading to a State Law and Order Restoration Council takeover and prolonged isolation.[242]
- Velvet Revolution (November 17–29, 1989): In Czechoslovakia, student demonstrations in Prague against communist rule escalated into mass strikes and protests involving up to 500,000 participants, coordinated by Civic Forum and Public Against Violence; the nonviolent campaign forced the resignation of the communist leadership, installing Václav Havel as president and dismantling one-party rule without bloodshed.[243]
- Romanian Revolution (December 16–25, 1989): In Romania, protests in Timișoara against the eviction of pastor László Tőkés spread to Bucharest, clashing with Securitate forces loyal to Nicolae Ceaușescu; army defections and public uprising on December 21–22 led to Ceaușescu's flight and execution on December 25, ending 42 years of communist dictatorship amid over 1,000 deaths.[244]
1990–1999
- Jana Andolan (1990): In Nepal, the People's Movement involved widespread protests starting February 18, 1990, against the absolute monarchy and Panchayat system, demanding multiparty democracy; it resulted in over 100 deaths and forced King Birendra to reinstate parliament, lift the ban on political parties, and hold elections in 1991, marking the transition to constitutional monarchy.[245][246]
- Oka Crisis (1990): Mohawk protesters from Kanesatake and Kahnawake blockaded a disputed golf course expansion on sacred land near Oka, Quebec, Canada, from July 11 to September 26, 1990, leading to a 78-day standoff with Quebec police and Canadian forces; one police officer was killed, and the crisis highlighted indigenous land rights but ended without resolution of the underlying claim.[247][248]
- Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995): Tuareg groups in Mali and Niger launched insurgencies seeking autonomy or independence for the Azawad region, driven by marginalization and returnee grievances post-Libyan service; conflicts involved attacks on government forces, resulting in thousands displaced and peace accords in 1991 (Mali) and 1995 (Niger) that integrated rebels but failed to fully resolve demands.[249][250]
- Rwandan Civil War (1990–1993): The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), composed mainly of Tutsi exiles, invaded from Uganda on October 1, 1990, challenging the Hutu-dominated government of Juvénal Habyarimana amid ethnic tensions; intermittent fighting killed thousands and displaced over a million before the 1993 Arusha Accords established a power-sharing government, though violations led to renewed conflict and the 1994 genocide.[251][252]
- Algerian Civil War (1991–2002): Following the Islamic Salvation Front's (FIS) victory in the December 1991 legislative elections, the military annulled results on January 11, 1992, sparking Islamist rebellions by groups like the Armed Islamic Group (GIA); violence escalated with bombings, massacres, and counterinsurgency, claiming 150,000–200,000 lives before the 1999 Civil Concord reduced fighting.[253]
- Zapatista Uprising (1994): On January 1, 1994, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) seized towns in Chiapas, Mexico, protesting NAFTA's impact on indigenous rights and inequality; the 12-day rebellion killed about 150 before a ceasefire, leading to the San Andrés Accords in 1996 for autonomy reforms, though implementation was limited.[254][255]
- First Chechen War (1994–1996): Chechen separatists under Dzhokhar Dudayev declared independence in 1991, prompting Russian invasion on December 11, 1994, to restore federal control; intense urban fighting in Grozny caused 35,000–100,000 civilian deaths and ended with the Khasavyurt Accord on August 31, 1996, granting de facto autonomy until 1999.[256][257]
- Kosovo Liberation Army Insurgency (1995–1999): Ethnic Albanian militants of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) escalated attacks on Yugoslav forces from 1995, seeking independence for Kosovo; by 1998, full rebellion involved guerrilla warfare, massacres, and NATO intervention in 1999, resulting in over 13,000 deaths and UN administration under Resolution 1244.
2000–2009
- Bulldozer Revolution (Serbia, 2000): Mass protests erupted after the September 2000 presidential election, where opposition candidate Vojislav Koštunica claimed victory amid allegations of fraud by incumbent Slobodan Milošević; on October 5, demonstrators stormed key government buildings in Belgrade using bulldozers and other heavy machinery, leading to Milošević's resignation and Koštunica's assumption of power without significant violence.[258][259]
- Rose Revolution (Georgia, 2003): Following parliamentary elections on November 2, 2003, marred by widespread fraud allegations, opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili led protests in Tbilisi; on November 22, demonstrators entered parliament holding roses, prompting President Eduard Shevardnadze to resign, paving the way for Saakashvili's election and reforms aimed at reducing corruption.[260][261]
- Darfur Rebellion (Sudan, 2003–ongoing): In February 2003, rebel groups Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) launched attacks on government targets in Darfur, citing marginalization of non-Arab ethnic groups; the Sudanese government responded with Janjaweed militias, resulting in over 300,000 deaths and 2.7 million displaced by 2005, with the conflict escalating into widespread atrocities.[262][263]
- Orange Revolution (Ukraine, 2004): After the November 21, 2004, presidential runoff where Viktor Yanukovych was declared winner amid documented fraud, hundreds of thousands protested in Kyiv's Independence Square for weeks; the Supreme Court annulled results, leading to a December rerun won by Viktor Yushchenko, marking a shift toward pro-Western policies.[264][265]
- 2004 Haitian Rebellion: Armed insurgents, including former soldiers and police, seized northern towns starting February 2004, advancing toward Port-au-Prince amid unrest against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide; on February 29, Aristide departed amid claims of U.S. involvement, leading to a UN stabilization mission and interim government.[266][267]
- Tulip Revolution (Kyrgyzstan, 2005): Protests followed parliamentary elections on February 27 and March 13, 2005, accused of fraud favoring President Askar Akayev's allies; demonstrators stormed government buildings in Bishkek on March 24, forcing Akayev's resignation and exile, with opposition figures assuming power.[268][269]
- Andijan Uprising (Uzbekistan, 2005): On May 13, protesters freed prisoners and seized government sites in Andijan amid trials of alleged Islamists and economic grievances; security forces fired on crowds, killing hundreds (estimates 187–700+), suppressing the revolt and prompting international condemnation.[270][271]
- Green Movement Protests (Iran, 2009): Following the June 12 presidential election where Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared winner over Mir-Hossein Mousavi amid fraud claims, millions protested in Tehran and other cities through August; authorities cracked down with arrests, deaths (at least 72), and internet restrictions, failing to overturn results but highlighting reformist dissent.[272][273]
2010–2019
The 2010s witnessed a wave of popular uprisings across multiple regions, driven by grievances over corruption, economic stagnation, and authoritarian governance, with varying degrees of success in achieving regime change. These events included the ousting of long-standing leaders in Kyrgyzstan and several Arab states, though many devolved into prolonged conflicts or counter-revolutions due to power vacuums and external interventions. Key examples encompassed the Kyrgyz Revolution, the Arab Spring sequence, and Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, each marked by mass protests escalating to violence and leadership transitions.[274][275][276]- Kyrgyz Revolution (April 2010): Protests erupted on April 6 in Talas against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's administration, fueled by rising utility prices, corruption, and nepotism, quickly spreading to Bishkek where demonstrators stormed government buildings on April 7. Security forces killed at least 85 protesters, prompting Bakiyev's flight to southern Kyrgyzstan and eventual exile in Belarus after opposition leaders formed an interim government. The upheaval resulted in over 2,000 injuries and ethnic clashes in June between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in Osh and Jalal-Abad, killing around 470 and displacing 400,000, exacerbating communal tensions without resolving underlying instability.[277][274][278]
- Tunisian Revolution (December 2010–January 2011): Sparked by Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation on December 17, 2010, in Sidi Bouzid over police harassment and unemployment, protests demanding President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's resignation spread nationwide, involving strikes by 300,000 workers and clashes that killed 338. Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia on January 14, 2011, ending his 23-year rule and leading to elections for a constituent assembly, though economic woes persisted.[275][279]
- Egyptian Revolution (January–February 2011): Inspired by Tunisia, mass demonstrations began January 25 in Cairo's Tahrir Square, with up to 2 million participants protesting President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year authoritarianism, corruption, and poverty affecting 40% of the population. After 18 days of protests, 846 deaths, and military non-intervention, Mubarak resigned on February 11, handing power to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which oversaw elections won by Islamists but later facilitated a 2013 military coup.[275][279]
- Libyan Uprising and Civil War (February–October 2011): Protests against Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule started February 15 in Benghazi, escalating into armed rebellion with rebels capturing eastern cities and NATO airstrikes under UN Resolution 1973 from March 19 aiding advances. Gaddafi was killed on October 20 in Sirte after rebels overran Tripoli in August, but the power vacuum contributed to factional warfare and state fragmentation persisting beyond the decade.[275][279]
- Yemeni Revolution (January–February 2012): Anti-government protests from January 27, 2011, targeted President Ali Abdullah Saleh's corruption and economic mismanagement, leading to defections and Gulf Cooperation Council mediation; Saleh transferred power to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi on February 25, 2012, after 32 years, amid ongoing tribal and Islamist insurgencies that fueled a 2014-2015 civil war.[275][279]
- Syrian Uprising (March 2011–ongoing): Peaceful protests in Deraa on March 15 against Bashar al-Assad's regime over torture and inequality morphed into armed rebellion by July, with defectors forming the Free Syrian Army; government crackdowns killed over 500,000 by 2019, displacing 13 million, and drawing foreign jihadists and interventions, preventing regime overthrow.[275][279]
- Revolution of Dignity (November 2013–February 2014): Triggered November 21 by President Viktor Yanukovych's refusal to sign an EU association agreement favoring Russian ties, Euromaidan protests in Kyiv grew to hundreds of thousands, demanding anti-corruption reforms and his resignation amid riot police violence killing 108 by February 20. Yanukovych fled to Russia on February 22, enabling a parliamentary vote for interim leadership and elections, though sparking Russian annexation of Crimea and Donbas conflict.[276][280][281]