List of revolutions and rebellions

The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789, during the French Revolution

This is a list of revolutions and rebellions. (For a list of coups d'tat and coup attempts, see List of coups d'tat and coup attempts).

Contents

[edit] BC

[edit] 1–999 AD

[edit] 1000–1499

The end of the unsuccessful Peasants' Revolt in England 1381. Rebel leader Wat Tyler is killed while Richard II watches. A second image within the painting shows Richard addressing the crowd.

[edit] 1500–1699

Bolotnikov's Battle with the Tsar's Army at Nizhniye Kotly Near Moscow by a Russian painter Ernest Lissner.
Episode of the Fronde at the Faubourg Saint-Antoine by the Walls of the Bastille
Scene from the Moscow Uprising: Natalia Naryshkina shows Ivan V to the Streltsy to prove that he well.

[edit] 1700–1799

Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781, during the American Revolutionary War.
Depiction of the Battle of Vinegar Hill during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Battle at "Snake Gully" during the Haitian Revolution against French rule.

[edit] 1800–1849

Siege of Saragossa (1809): The French assault on the San Engracia monastery.
Cheering revolutionaries during the Revolutions of 1848

[edit] 1850–1899

Battle of the Yangtze during the Taiping Rebellion.
Confederate soldiers killed behind wall during the Battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War.
Paris Commune, May 29, 1871

[edit] 1900–1909

Demonstrations in Istanbul during the Young Turk Revolution

[edit] 1910–1919

Leaders of the 1910 revolt after the First Battle of Ju¡rez. Seen are Jos Mara Pino Su¡rez, Venustiano Carranza, Francisco I. Madero (and his father), Pascual Orozco, Pancho Villa, Gustavo Madero, Raul Madero, Abraham Gonzalez, and Giuseppe Garibaldi Jr.
1917 - Execution at Verdun sometime in 1916

[edit] 1920–1929

[edit] 1930–1939

Soldiers assembled in front of the Throne Hall, Siam, 24 June 1932

[edit] 1940–1949

Patrol of Lieut. StanisÅaw Jankowski ("Agaton") from Battalion PiäÅä, 1 August 1944: "W-hour" (17:00)
The PLA enters Beijing in the Pingjin Campaign and control the later capital of PRC

[edit] 1950–1959

Barricades in Algiers. "Long live Massu" (Vive Massu) is written on the banner. (January 1960)
Ral Castro (left), with his arm around second-in-command, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, in their Sierra de Cristal Mountain stronghold in Oriente Province Cuba, 1958.

[edit] 1960–1969

Portuguese soldiers in Angola

[edit] 1970–1979

Khomeini returns to Iran after 14 years exile on February 1, 1979

[edit] 1980–1989

[edit] 1990–1999

Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter downed by Chechens near Grozny, December 1994

[edit] 2000–present

[edit] Cultural, intellectual, philosophical and technological revolutions

A Watt steam engine in Madrid. The development of the steam engine propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened beyond groundwater levels.

The term revolution is also used to denote trends which have resulted in great social changes outside the political sphere, such as changes in mores, culture, philosophy or technology. Many have been global, while others have been limited to single countries. Such revolutions include, in alphabetical order:

[edit] References

[edit] See also




Related topics in the Connexions Subject Index

Alternatives  –  Left History  –  Libraries & Archives  –  Social Change  – 


This article is based on one or more articles in Wikipedia, with modifications and additional content contributed by Connexions editors. This article, and any information from Wikipedia, is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).

We welcome your help in improving and expanding the content of Connexipedia articles, and in correcting errors. Connexipedia is not a wiki: please contact Connexions by email if you wish to contribute. We are also looking for contributors interested in writing articles on topics, persons, events and organizations related to social justice and the history of social change movements.

For more information contact Connexions