Rebellions against empires
16 entries in the Rebellions Against Empires compendium.
1809 Gottscheer rebellionA peasant revolt against French rule in Gottschee, 1809.1876 Ottoman coup d'étatBloodless coup that began the First Constitutional Era.1959 Viqueque rebellionOne of the post-World War II anti-colonial rebellions in East Timor.Revolt of Babylon (626 BC)Nabopolassar's revolt ended Assyrian rule and founded the Neo-Babylonian Empire.Bhima (Varendra king)Kaivarta chief who led a rebellion against the Pala dynasty in Varendra.Bulgarian–Serbian border revoltSerbian prince who defied Bulgaria and fled to Croatia.Great Theban RevoltA twenty-year revolt that created a rival pharaonic state in Upper Egypt.Liberal rebellions of 1842Poorly coordinated uprisings against centralization in Brazil.Libyan resistance movementRebel force opposing Italian colonization of Libya, 1923–1932.Maccabean RevoltJewish rebellion against Seleucid rule and Hellenization.Ovambo UprisingOvambo rebellion against Portuguese rule in World War I.Resistance in partitioned Poland (1795–1918)Polish resistance movements sought independence from 1795 to 1918.Revolutions of 1917–1923A global wave of socialist and anti-colonial uprisings after World War I.Student movements in UgandaUgandan students shaped political opposition across colonial and post-colonial eras.Trần Cao rebellionA 1516 rebellion that helped topple the Early Lê dynasty.Uprising of IvayloPeasant leader who became emperor of Bulgaria.
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