Revolutions & Uprisings
14 entries in the Revolutions & Uprisings compendium.
1911 RevolutionThe uprising that ended millennia of imperial rule in China.1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacreStudent and worker protests ended in a violent military crackdown.American RevolutionPolitical movement that created the sovereign United States.Arab SpringA wave of pro-democracy uprisings across the Arab world in the early 2010s.Boxer RebellionAn anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China (1899–1901) by the Society of…Cultural RevolutionA sociopolitical movement launched by Mao Zedong from 1966 to 1976.English Civil WarKing versus Parliament: a revolution that beheaded a monarchy.French RevolutionThe 1789–1799 upheaval that toppled the French monarchy and shaped liberal democracy.Haitian RevolutionA successful slave rebellion that founded a free state ruled by former captives.Hungarian Revolution of 1956A 13-day uprising against Soviet domination, crushed by tanks in November 1956.Indian Rebellion of 1857A major uprising against British East India Company rule in India.Mexican RevolutionA decade-long civil war that reshaped Mexico.Russian RevolutionThe Russian Revolution: a period of political and social change that abolished the monarchy and established…Taiping RebellionA 14-year civil war in late imperial China between the Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, led by…
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