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This is alist ofrevolutions,rebellions, insurrections, and uprisings.
| Date | Revolution/Rebellion | Location | Revolutionaries/Rebels | Result | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c. 2730 BCE | Set rebellion | Egypt | Priests ofHorus | Egypt divides intoUpper Egypt andLower Egypt | [1] | |
| c. 2690 BC | Nubian revolt | Nubians | PharaohKhasekhemwy quashed the rebellion, reunitingUpper Egypt andLower Egypt | [2] | ||
| c. 2380 BC | Sumerian revolt | Lagash,Sumer | Sumerians | The popular revolt deposedKingLugalanda and put the reformerUrukagina on the throne. | [3] | |
| 1046 BC | Battle of Muye | End of theShang dynasty; beginning of theZhou dynasty | ||||
| 1042–1039 BC | Rebellion of the Three Guards | Three Guards, separatists andShang loyalists | DecisiveZhou loyalist victory,Fengjian system established, Resistance of Shang loyalists is broken. | [5] | ||
| 842 BC | Compatriots Rebellion | Peasants andsoldiers | King Li of Zhou was exiled and China was ruled by theGonghe Regency until Li's death. | [6][7] | ||
| 626–620 BC | Revolt of Babylon | The Babylonians overthrew Assyrian rule, establishing theNeo-Babylonian Empire, which ruled over the Near East for about a century. | [8] | |||
| 570 BC | Amasis revolt | Egyptian soldiers | PharaohApries was overthrown and exiled, givingAmasis 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 byCyrus the Great | Median rule overthrown, Persis and Media become part of the newAchaemenid Empire | ||
| 522 BC | Anti-Achaemeneid Rebellions | Assyrians,Babylonians,Egyptians,Elamites,Medians andParthians | Darius the Great quashes all the rebellions within the space of a year. | [10] | ||
| 510–509 BC | Roman Revolution | Republicans | TheRoman monarchy was overthrown and in its place theRoman Republic was established. | [11] | ||
| 508–507 BC | Athenian Revolution | Democrats | TheTyrantHippias was deposed and the subsequentaristocraticoligarchy overthrown, establishingDemocracy inAthens. | [12] | ||
| 499–493 BC | Ionian Revolt | Ionia, | Greeks | TheAchaemenid Empire asserts its rule over thecity states ofIonia. | [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 theTribune of the Plebs. | [14] | ||
| 484 BC | Bel-shimanni's rebellion | Babylon, | Rebellion quickly defeated byXerxes I. | [15] | ||
| 482–481 BC | Shamash-eriba's rebellion | Babylon, | Rebellion eventually defeated byXerxes I, Babylon's fortifications were destroyed and its temples were ransacked. | [15] | ||
| 464 BC | Third Messenian War | MessenianHelots | Slave revolt put down byArchidamus II, who called Sparta to arms in the wake of anearthquake. | [16] | ||
| 460–454 BC | Inaros' revolt | Egypt, | Inaros II and hisAthenian allies | Defeated by the Persian army led byMegabyzus andArtabazus, after a two-year siege. Inaros was captured and carried away toSusa where he wascrucified. | [17][18] | |
| 449 BC | Second Secessio plebis | Plebeians | TheSenate forced the resignation of theDecemviri and restored both the office ofTribune 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 betweenPatricians andPlebeians was legalized and the position ofConsular Tribune (aTribune of the Plebs elected with the powers of aconsul) was created. | [21][22] | ||
| 351 BC | Phoenician revolt of 351 | Phoenicia | Tennes ofSidon, followed by rulers of Anatolia andCyprus | 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 | TheLex Hortensia was implemented, establishing that the laws decided by thePlebeian Council were made binding on all Roman citizens, includingpatricians. This law finally eliminated the political disparity between the two classes, bringing theConflict of Orders to an end after about two hundred years of struggle. | [25] | ||
| 241 BC | Revolt of theFalisci | Falisci | The Falisci were defeated and subjugated to Roman dominance, the town ofFalerii was destroyed. | [26] | ||
| 209 BC | Dazexiang uprising | Villagers led byChen Sheng andWu 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 | TheQin dynasty is overthrown in a popular revolt and after aperiod of contention, Liu Bang is crowned Emperor of theHan dynasty. | |||
| 205–185 BC | Great revolt of the Egyptians | Egypt, | Egyptians, led byHugronaphor andAnkhmakis | Revolt put down by thePtolemaic Kingdom, cementingGreek rule over Egypt. | [28] | |
| 181–179 BC | First Celtiberian War | Hispania, | Celtiberians | Revolt eventually subdued by theRomans. | [29] | |
| 167–160 BC | Maccabean Revolt | Judea,Coele-Syria, | Sovereignty ofJudea is secured, eventually the independentHasmonean dynasty is established. | [30] | ||
| 154 BC | Rebellion of the Seven States | Principalities led byLiu Pi | Rebellion crushed after 3 months, furthercentralization 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 byViriatus. | Pacification of Lusitania | [34] | |
| 135–132 BC | First Servile War | Sicily, | Sicilian slaves, led byEunus | 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 byLucius Opimius | [36] | |
| 104–100 BC | Second Servile War | Sicily, | Sicilian slaves, led bySalvius 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 grantedRoman citizenship to all of its Italian allies, to avoid another costly war. | [38] | |
| 88 BC | Sulla's first march on Rome | Italy, | Populares | TheOptimates were victorious andSulla briefly took power in Rome. | [39] | |
| 82–81 BC | Sulla's civil war | Italy, | Populares | TheOptimates were once again victorious andSulla established himself asDictator of Rome. | [40] | |
| 80–71 BC | Sertorian War | Hispania, | Populares | The war ended after the Populares leaderQuintus Sertorius was assassinated byMarcus Perperna Vento, who was then promptly defeated byPompey. | [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 bySpartacus | The armies of Spartacus were defeated by the legions ofMarcus Licinius Crassus. | [43][44] | |
| 65 BC | First Catilinarian conspiracy | Rome, | Catiline | Lucius Aurelius Cotta andLucius Manlius Torquatus remain in power asconsuls. | [45] | |
| 62 BC | Second Catilinarian conspiracy | Rome, | Catiline | The plot was exposed, forcing Catiline to flee from Rome.Marcus Tullius Cicero andGaius Antonius Hybrida remain in power asconsuls. | [46] | |
| 52–51 BC | Gallic Wars | Gaul | Gauls, led byVercingetorix | The Gallic revolt was crushed byJulius Caesar | [47] | |
| 49–45 BC | Great Roman Civil War | Populares, led byJulius Caesar | Caesar defeated the Optimates, assumed control of the Roman Republic and becameDictator in perpetuity. | [48] | ||
| 38 BC | Aquitanian revolt | Gallia Narbonensis, | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | Revolt suppressed byMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa. | [49] | |
| 29 BC | Theban revolt | Thebes,Egypt, | Egyptians | Revolt suppressed byCornelius Gallus | [50] |
| Date | Revolution/Rebellion | Location | Revolutionaries/Rebels | Result | Image | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–6 | Gaetulian War | Mauretania,Roman Empire | Gaetuli | Revolt suppressed byCossus Cornelius Lentulus | [51] | |||
| 6 | Judas Uprising | Judea,Roman Empire | Zealots led byJudas of Galilee | Riots against theRoman census erupt throughout the country, but others are convinced by theHigh 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 ofGermanic tribes, led byArminius | TheRoman legions led byPublius Quinctilius Varus were defeated in theBattle of the Teutoburg Forest, temporarily halting further Roman occupation and colonization. | [54] | |||
| 14 | Mutiny of the legions | Germania andIllyricum,Roman Empire | Roman legions | Revolt suppressed byGermanicus andDrusus Julius Caesar respectively | [55] | |||
| 15–24 | Tacfarinas' revolt' | Mauretania,Roman Empire | Musulamii | Revolt suppressed byPublius Cornelius Dolabella | [56] | |||
| 17–23 | First Red Eyebrow Rebellion | China | Red Eyebrow andLulin rebels | Xin dynasty overthrown and theGengshi Emperor is instated on the throne. | [57][58] | |||
| 24–27 | Second Red Eyebrow Rebellion | China | Red Eyebrow rebels | Revolt suppressed byLiu Xiu's forces and theEastern Han dynasty is established. | [59][60] | |||
| 21 | Gaulish debtors' revolt | Gaul,Roman Empire | Treveri andAedui | TheTreveri revolt was put down byJulius Indus and the Aedui revolt was put down byGaius Silius. | [61] | |||
| 26 | Thracian revolt | Odrysian kingdom | Thracians | Revolt suppressed byGaius 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 byArchelaus of Cilicia. | [64] | |||
| 40–43 | Trung sisters' rebellion | Lĩnh Nam | Vietnamese led by theTrung Sisters | After brief end to theFirst Chinese domination of Vietnam, theHan dynasty reconquers the country and begins theSecond Chinese domination of Vietnam. | [65] | |||
| 40–44 | Mauretanian revolt | Mauretania,Roman Empire | Mauri led byAedemon andSabalus | Revolt suppressed byGaius Suetonius Paulinus andGnaeus Hosidius Geta,Mauretania is annexed directly into the empire and split into theRoman provinces ofMauretania Tingitana andMauretania Caesariensis. | [66] | |||
| 42 | Camillus' revolt | Dalmatia,Roman Empire | Roman legions led byLucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus | Rebellion quickly collapses, Camillus flees toVis where he takes his own life. | [67] | |||
| 46–48 | Jacob and Simon uprising | Galilee,Judea,Roman Empire | Zealots | Revolt suppressed, Jacob and Simon executed byTiberius Julius Alexander. | [68] | |||
| 60–61 | Boudican revolt | Norfolk,Britain,Roman Empire | Celtic Britons led byBoudica | Revolt crushed byGaius Suetonius Paulinus. | [69] | |||
| 66–73 | First Jewish–Roman War | Jewish people | Revolt crushed by theRoman Empire,Jerusalem and theSecond Temple are destroyed in the process. | [70] | ||||
| 68 | Vindex's Revolt | Gallia Lugdunensis,Roman Empire | Gaius Julius Vindex | Vindex was defeated in battle byLucius 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 byQuintus Petillius Cerialis and the Batavi again submitted to Roman rule, Batavia is incorporated into theRoman province ofGermania 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 byMarcius Turbo | ||||
| 132–135 | Bar Kokhba revolt | Judea,Roman Empire | Jewish people led bySimon 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 byIsidorus | Revolt suppressed byAvidius Cassius | [77] | |||
| 184–205 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | China | Yellow Turban Army led byZhang Jue | The uprising eventually collapsed and was fully suppressed by various warlords of theEastern 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 warlordCao Cao. | [79] | |||
| 185 | Roman mutiny | Britain,Roman Empire | Roman legions | Mutiny suppressed byPertinax. | [80] | |||
| 218 | Battle of Antioch | Antioch,Syria,Roman Empire | Elagabalus | Elagabalus overthrowsMacrinus and is installed asRoman Emperor. | [81] | |||
| 225–248 | Lady Triệu's uprising | Vietnam | Vietnamese led byLady Triệu | After several months of warfare Lady Triệu was defeated and committed suicide. TheSecond Chinese domination of Vietnam continues. | [82] | |||
| 227–228 | Xincheng Rebellion | Cao Wei,China | Meng Da | The revolt was suppressed bySima 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 andWen Qin | Cao Wei is victorious, Guanqiu Jian is slain, Wen Qin and his family fled toEastern Wu. | [84] | |||
| 257–258 | Zhuge Dan's Rebellion | Shouchon,Cao Wei,China | Zhuge Dan | Cao Wei is victorious and theSima clan cements control over the Wei government until its eventual demise. | [84] | |||
| 284–286 | Gallic peasants' rebellion | Gaul,Roman Empire | Bagaudae | Rebellion crushed by CaesarMaximian, though the Bagaudae movement would persist until theFall of the Western Roman Empire. | [85] | |||
| 286–296 | Carausian Revolt | Britain and northernGaul,Roman Empire | Carausius andAllectus | Revolt suppressed, Britain and Gaul retaken. | [86] | |||
| 291–306 | War of the Eight Princes | China | Princes of theSima clan | Sima Yue wins the war and gains influence over theJin emperor, but Jin authority in northern China severely weakened. | [87] | |||
| 304–316 | Uprising of the Five Barbarians | North andSouthwest China | Five Barbarians (Han-Zhao andCheng-Han) | Han-Zhao victory in northern China;Cheng-Han victory in southwestern China; Fall of theWestern Jin dynasty in northern China; Formation of theEastern Jin dynasty in southern China. | [88] | |||
| 293 | Revolt of the Thebaid | Thebaid,Roman Empire | Busiris andQift | Revolt suppressed byGalerius. | [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 byFlavius Stilicho. | [91] | |||
| 484 | Justa uprising | Samaria, | Samaritans | Uprising suppressed byZeno, who rebuilt the church of Saint Procopius in Neapolis and banned the Samaritans fromMount Gerizim. | [92] | |||
| 495 | Samaritan unrest | Samaria, | Samaritans | Uprising suppressed by the Byzantines. | [92] | |||
| 496 | Mazdak's Revolt | Mazdakites | Mazdak successfully convertedKavadh I, before the latter was overthrown by the nobility and the former was executed. | [93] | ||||
| 529–531 | Ben Sabar Revolt | Samaria, | Samaritans led byJulianus ben Sabar | The forces ofJustinian I quelled the revolt with the help of theGhassanids; 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 Greendemes | Revolt suppressed, its participants killed andJustinian I's rule over the Byzantine empire is strengthened. | [94] | |||
| 541 | Vietnamese uprising | Vạn Xuân | Vietnamese led byLý Nam Đế | TheSecond 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 theEarly Lý dynasty. | [95] | |||
| 556 | Samaritan revolt | Samaria, | Samaritans andJewish people | Amantius, the governor of theEast was ordered to quell the revolt. | [92] | |||
| 572–578 | Samaritan revolt | Samaria, | Samaritans andJewish 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 andHeraclius the Younger is installed asByzantine Emperor, establishing theHeraclian dynasty. | [96] | |||
| 611–617 | Anti-Sui rebellions | China | FormerSui officials and peasant rebels | TheSui dynasty is overthrown, followed by the rise of rebel leaderLi Yuan, founder of theTang 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 bySamo | Avar rule overthrown, Slavic tribes in the area unify to formSamo's Empire. | [99] | |||
| 632–633 | Ridda wars | Arabia, | Arab tribes | Rebels forced to submit to the caliphate ofAbu Bakr. | [100] | |||
| 656–661 | First Fitna | Umayyads | Hasan ibn Alinegotiates a treaty acknowledgingMu'awiya I as caliph, establishing theUmayyad Caliphate. | [101] | ||||
| TheUmayyads won the battle, but they later went on to suffer horribly | 680–692 | Second Fitna | Zubayrids,Alids andKharijites | The Umayyad Caliphate increases its own power, restructuring the army andArabizing andIslamizing the state bureaucracy. | [102] | |||
| 696–698 | Sufri revolt | Central Iraq, | Sufri led byShabib ibn Yazid al-Shaybani | Defeated by the caliphate, although Sufrism continued to be practiced inMosul. | [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 byMai Thúc Loan | The independent kingdom was put down by a military campaign at the order of theEmperor Xuanzong of Tang, continuing theThird 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 byMaysara al-Matghari | Umayyads expelled from the Maghreb and several independent Berber states are established in the area. | [109] | |||
| 744–747 | Third Fitna | Pro-YamanUmayyads,Alids led byAbdallah ibn Mu'awiya,Kharijites led byAl-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani | Victory ofMarwan 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 theHijaz and theYemen; though Ibadi autonomy is secured inHadramawt. | [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 andByzantine 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 byAbu Muslim. | [113] | |||
| 755 | Córdoban revolution | Almuñécar,al-Andalus, | Umayyads led byAbd al-Rahman I | Umayyads take control ofal-Andalus, establishing theEmirate 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 andSouthern Iraq, | Alids led byMuhammad 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 theFrankish empire and the Saxons are forcibly converted fromGermanic paganism toCatholicism. | [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 theMaghreb, where he established theIdrisid dynasty. | [118] | |||
| 791–802 | Phùng rebellion | Vietnam | Vietnamese led byPhùng Hưng | Briefly ruled the country before theThird 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 byAl-Walid ibn Tarif al-Shaybani | Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani met the rebels in battle in late 795, atal-Haditha aboveHit, and defeated al-Walid insingle 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 byMuhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq,Qays led byNasr ibn Shabath al-Uqayli | Al-Ma'mun takes power asCaliph, al-Sadiq is forced into exile, Qays territory is lost and Nasr surrenders to the caliphate, and theTahirids begin their reign overKhorasan | [122] | ||||
| 816–837 | Babak Khorramdin Revolt | An uprising or revolt ofKhurramites led byBabak 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 inal-Ribad | Rebellion crushed atAl-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 theBerbers | [126] | |||
| 822 | Aristocratic rebellion | Aristocrats led byKim 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 ofGongju, Kim Hŏn-ch'ang took his own life. | |||||
| 841–842 | Umayyad rebellion | Palestine, | Umayyads led byAl-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 | Saxonfreemen andfreedmen | Revolt crushed by theCarolingians and their allies in the Saxonnobility. | [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 byQiu Fu | Rebellion was suppressed by the imperial general Wang Shi. | [130] | |||
| 861–876 | Saffarid revolution | Sistan,Khorasan, | Saffarids led byYa'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar | al-Saffar overthrowsAbbasid rule overIran and establishes theSaffarid dynasty. | [131] | |||
| 864 | Alid uprising | Iraq, | Alids led byYahya ibn Umar | The Alids attackedAl-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 caliphal-Mu'tadid undertook several campaigns to restore caliphal authority in the region. | [134] | |||
| 869–883 | Zanj Rebellion | Sawad, | Zanj | Revolt eventually suppressed by theAbbasids. | [135] | |||
| 874–884 | Qi rebellion | China | Wang Xianzhi andHuang Chao | Rebellions suppressed by theTang dynasty, which later collapsed due to the destabilization caused by the rebellion. | [136] | |||
| 880–928 | Bobastro rebellion | Emirate of Córdoba | Muwallads andMozarabs led byUmar ibn Hafsun | Ibn Hafsun died in 917, his coalition then crumbled, and while his sons tried to continue the resistance, they eventually fell toAbd-ar-Rahman III, who proclaimed theCaliphate of Córdoba. | [137] | |||
| 899–906 | The Qarmatian Revolution | Eastern Arabia, | Qarmatians | Qarmatians successfully establish arepublic in Eastern Arabia, becoming the most powerful force in thePersian Gulf. The Qarmatians were eventually reduced to a local power by theAbbasids in 976 and annihilated by theSeljuq-backedUyunid Emirate in 1076. | [138] | |||
| 917–924 | Bulgarian–Serbian war | Balkans | Serbians led byZaharija | Serbia is annexed into theFirst 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, | IbadiBerbers led byAbu Yazid | Revolt suppressed by theFatimids,Abu Yazid captured and killed. | [141] | |||
| 969–970 | First rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger | Caesarea, | Phokas family | Rebellion extinguished byBardas Skleros, Phokas was captured and exiled toChios, 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 theBattle of Pankaleia, Skleros seeks refuge inBaghdad. | [143] | |||
| 983 | Great Slav rising | Elbe,Germany, | Polabian Slavs | Halt toOstsiedlung. | [144] | |||
| 987–989 | Second Rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger | Anatolia, | Bardas Phokas the Younger andBardas 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 inNormandy | Norman peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [147] | ||||
| 996-998 | Revolt of Tyre (996–998) | Tyre, Lebanon, | Tyrians andByzantine Empire | Revolt suppressed and rebels killed or enslaved | [148] |
| Date | Revolution/Rebellion | Location | Revolutionaries/Rebels | Result | Image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1034–1038 | Serb revolt against the Byzantine Empire | Duklja, | Serbs led byVojislav of Duklja | Revolt suppressed and Vojislav imprisoned, before starting another rebellion which eventually succeeded | ||
| 1040–1041 | Uprising of Peter Delyan | Balkan peninsula, | Bulgarians led byPeter Delyan | Rebellion suppressed by EmperorMichael IV | [149] | |
| 1072 | Uprising of Georgi Voyteh | Balkan peninsula, | Bulgarians led byGeorgi Voyteh | Revolt suppressed byDamianos Dalassenos | [150] | |
| 1090 | Takeover ofAlamut | Alamut,Seljuk Empire | Hashshashin led byHassan-i Sabbah | Nizari Ismaili state founded, creating the Order of Assassins | ||
| 1095 | Rebellion of northern nobles againstWilliam Rufus | England | Northern nobles led byRobert de Mowbray | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
| 1125 | Almohads against theAlmoravids | Atlas Mountains | Masmuda tribes led byIbn Tumart | Establishment of theAlmohad Caliphate | ||
| 1143-1145 | Commune of Rome Uprising | Rome | Commune of Rome | Establishment of theCommune of Rome | ||
| 1156 | Hōgen Rebellion | Japan | Forces loyal to retiredEmperor Sutoku | Rebellion suppressed by forces loyal toEmperor Go-Shirakawa. Established the dominance ofsamurai clans and eventually the first samurai-led government in thehistory of Japan | ||
| 1185 | Rebellion of Asen and Peter againstByzantine Empire | Balkan Mountains | Bulgarians andVlachs | Creation of theSecond Bulgarian Empire | ||
| 1209–1211 | Quách Bốc Rebellion | Lý dynasty | Army led by General Quách Bốc | Defeat of EmperorLý Cao Tông and further weakening of the decliningLý dynasty | ||
| 1233–1234 | Stedinger revolt | Frisia | Stedingers | Revolt suppressed by a crusade called byPope 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 theBahri 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 ruledThessalonica for 8 years | ||
| 1343–1345 | St. George's Night Uprising | Estonia | Local Estonians from theBishopric of Ösel–Wiek | Uprising suppressed | ||
| 1346-1347 | Rebellion of Ismail Mukh | Deccan, | Ismail Mukh's forces | Rebellion victory, later establishment of theBahmani Sultanate. | ||
| 1354 | Revolt ofCola di Rienzi | Rome | Cola di Rienzi and loyal forces (with help fromLouis I)[151] | Successfully revolted. However, Cola eventually abdicated and left Rome | ||
| 1356–1358 | Jacquerie uprising | NorthernFrance | Peasants | Revolt successfully repressed | ||
| 1368 | Red Turban Rebellions | China | Peasant Han Chinese led byZhu Yuanzhang | Establishment of theMing 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 byWat Tyler andJohn Ball, in which peasants demanded an end to serfdom. | England | Rebels led byWat 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 byOwain 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 byLê Lợi | Independence ofĐại Việt | ||
| 1421–1432 | Jasrat's rebellion | Delhi Sultanate | Khokhars ofSialkot led byJasrat | Liberation ofPunjab uptoRavi. Later pushed back toChenab. | ||
| 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-ruledAlbania | 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 fromCornwall | Royal victory |
| 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'srebellion against KingHans of Norway | Denmark and Norway | Norwegian separatists | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1514 | Peasants' war led byGyörgy Dózsa | Kingdom of Hungary | Peasants led by György Dózsa | Rebellion suppressed andGyörgy Dózsa was executed | ||
| 1515 | Slovene peasant revolt | Holy Roman Empire | Peasants | Revolt put down byHoly Roman Empire mercenaries | ||
| 1515–1523 | Arumer Zwarte Hoop | Habsburg Netherlands | Frisian rebels led byPier Gerlofs Donia andWijerd 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 noblemanGustav Vasa | Rebels successfully deposed KingChristian 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 inLucca | Rebels | ||||
| 1532–1547 | Sebastián Lemba's rebellion | Rebels led bymaroonSebastián 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 | EnslavedBayano 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 ofMary, Queen of Scots andNorthern English Catholics | Elizabethan victory | ||
| 1570–1618 | Gaspar Yanga's revolt againstSpanish colonial rule inMexico | Rebels led byGaspar Yanga | Ended with the signing of a treaty with Spain | |||
| 1573 | Croatian–Slovene peasant revolt | Croatian,Styrian andCarniolan nobility andUskoks | Croatian and Slovene peasants | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1590–1610 | Celali rebellions | Ottoman Empire | Celali rebels | Suppressed byKuyucu 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 | FirstGuale revolt developed in Florida against the Spanish missions and led byJuanillo | Rebels led byJuanillo | 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 byBolotnikov | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1616–1620 | Tepehuán Revolt | Tepehuánes | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1618–1625 | Bohemian Revolt |
| Imperial victory | |||
| 1631–1634 | Salt Tax Revolt | Rebels inBiscay | Ringleaders arrested and executed | |||
| 1637–1638 | Shimabara Rebellion | Tokugawa shogunate | Japanese Catholics | Tokugawa victory | [155] | |
| 1639 | Revolt of the va-nu-pieds | Rebels inNormandy | 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 theIrish Catholic Confederation | ||||
| 1641 | Acclamation of Amador Bueno in theCaptaincy of São Vicente,Brazil | Captaincy of São Vicente | [156][157][158] | |||
| 1642–1652 | English Civil War | Parliamentarian victory,Execution of Charles I, establishment of theCommonwealth of England | ||||
| 1644 | Li Zicheng's Uprising | Ming dynasty | Rebels led by Li Zicheng | Overthrow of theMing dynasty and the establishment of theShun dynasty | ||
| 1647 | Naples Revolt | Neapolitan Republic | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1648 | Khmelnytsky uprising | Emergence ofCossack Hetmanate underRussian 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 ofAbaza 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 ofCéret. 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 thesalt 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 inBrittany | Rebels in Brittany | ||||
| 1675–1676 | King Philip's War | Native Americans | Confederation victory | |||
| 1676 | Bacon's Rebellion | Colony of Virginia | Virginia colonists,indentured servants andslaves | 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 andTararui 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 daughterMary II and her husbandWilliam III | |||
| 1688–1746 | Jacobite risings | Jacobites | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1689 | Karposh’s Rebellion | Ottoman Empire | Bulgarian rebels | Rebellion suppressed | [163] | |
| 1689 | Boston revolt | Dissolution of theDominion of New England; ouster of officials loyal toJames II | ||||
| 1693 | Second Brotherhood | Valencia | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1698 | Streltsy uprising | Tsardom of Russia | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed |
| 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 againstGurgin Khan, the Persian governor ofKandahar | Rebels led byMirwais Hotak | rebellion successful | |||
| 1709–1710 | Pablo Presbere's insurrection against Spanish colonial power | Rebels led byPablo 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 ShahSultan Husayn and ended theSafavid 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 endedGenoese rule and established aCorsican Republic | Revolution was brought to an end by theFrench conquest of Corsica | ||||
| 1760 | Tacky's War | Enslaved "Coromantee" people | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1763 | Berbice slave uprising | Society of BerbiceSociety of SurinameBarbados NavyDutch Navy | Arawak andCarib allies | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| 1763–1766 | Pontiac's War | numerousNorth 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 ofSaint Vincent | ||||
| 1770 | Orlov revolt | Supported by: | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1770 | Abdzakh revolution. TheCircassians of theAbdzakh 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 theAbdzakh 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, RussianSerfs,Old Believers, and non-Russian peoples | Rebellion suppressed | [171] | ||
| 1775 | Rising of the Priests | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1775–1783 | American Revolutionary War | Revolutionary victory | [172][173] | |||
| 1780–1782 | José Gabriel Condorcanqui, known asTúpac Amaru II, raises an indigenous peasant army in revolt against Spanish control ofPeru. Julián Apasa, known asTúpac Katari allied with Túpac Amaru and lead an indigenous revolt in Upper Peru (present-dayBolivia) nearly destroying the city ofLa Paz in a siege. | Túpac Amaru II | ||||
| 1780–1787 | The Patriot Revolt | Rebels | ||||
| 1781 | Revolt in Bihar | Rebels inBihar | ||||
| 1781 | Revolt of the Comuneros | Rebels | ||||
| 1782 | Sylhet uprising | Bengali Muslim Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1782 | Geneva Revolution | Republic of Geneva | thethird estate | |||
| 1786–1787 | Shays' Rebellion | Shaysites | Rebellion suppressed | [174][175][176] | ||
| 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
| |||
| 1789–1790 | Brabant Revolution | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1789–1791 | Liège Revolution |
| Revolutionary victory
| |||
| 1790 | Saxon Peasants' Revolt | Rebels | Rebellion suppressed | |||
| 1790 | The firstslave revolt | British Virgin Islands | Rebels | |||
| 1791 | Whiskey Rebellion | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1791 | Mina conspiracy | Rebels | ||||
| 1791–1804 | Haitian Revolution | 1791–1793
| 1791–1793
| Haitian victory | ||
| 1792 | War in Defence of the Constitution | Polish defeat | ||||
| 1793 | Slave rebellion produced in theGuadeloupe island following the outbreak of theFrench Revolution. | Rebels | ||||
| 1793 | Jumla rebellion | Kingdom of Nepal | Sobhan Shahi People of Jumla | |||
| 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 theHaitian 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 byTula),Guyana (Demerara Rebellion) and inCoro, Venezuela (led byJosé Leonardo Chirino) | [177] | ||||
| 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 byJohn Fries | ||||
| 1799-1803 | Michael Dwyers Guerilla Campaign | |||||


| 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 | TheHouse Tax Hartal was an occasion ofnonviolent resistance to protest a tax in parts ofBritish India, with a particularly noteworthy example ofhartal (a form ofgeneral strike) in the vicinity ofVaranasi | Demonstrators | |||||
| 1810 | TheWest 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 fromSpanish 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 ofHong 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:
| Swedish victory | ||||
| 1814 | Hadži Prodan's Revolt | Rebellion suppressed | |||||
| 1815 | George Boxley's slave rebellion inSpotsylvania County, Virginia | Slave rebels | |||||
| 1815–1817 | Second Serbian uprising | StrategicSerbian diplomatic victory; Establishment of the autonomousPrincipality 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 | TheRevolutions of 1820 were a wave of revolutions attempting to establishliberalconstitutional monarchies inItaly,Spain andPortugal. | ||||||
| 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 inPeru led byJosé de San Martín | ||||||
| 1821 | Marcos Xiorro's conspiracy to incite a slave revolt inSpanish Puerto Rico | Rebels | |||||
| 1821 | Wallachian uprising |
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| Ottoman military victory Wallachian political victory End of thePhanariote Era | ||
| 1821–1829 | Greek War of Independence | 1821:
After 1822: Military support:
Diplomatic support: | Greek victory | ||||
| 1822 | Denmark Vesey's suppressed slave uprising inSouth Carolina | Slave rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1822–1823 | The republican revolution in Mexico overthrows EmperorAgustín 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 toSiberia | ||||
| 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 byNicolás Bravo. | rebels led byNicolás Bravo | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1828–1834 | Liberal Wars | Supported by: | Supported by:
| Liberal victory | |||
| 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 | TheRevolutions of 1830 were a wave ofRomantic nationalist revolutions in Europe | ||||||
| 1830–1831 | Belgian Revolution |
| 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 |
| Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1832–1833 | Anastasio Aquino's Rebellion | Indigenous rebels | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1832–1843 | Abdelkader's rebellion in French-occupiedAlgeria | Rebels led byAbdelkader | |||||
| 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-occupiedCaucasus | Rebels | |||||
| 1835–1836 | Texas Revolution | De facto Texian independence from the Centralist Republic of Mexico | |||||
| 1835 | Malê revolt | Malê slaves (primarilyNagôs) | Rebellion suppressed | ||||
| 1835–1840 | TheCabanagem | 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 Canadaunified into the singleProvince of Canada | |||
| 1837-1838 | Sabinada | Empire of Brazil | Bahia Republic, led byFrancisco Sabino | Government victory; rebel capital of Salvador captured after four months of resistance | |||
| 1838-1841 | Balaida | Empire of Brazil | Rebels
| Government victory | |||
| 1839 | Amistad Rebellion | Amistad slave ship | Slaves | Initial slave victory, eventual capture of slaves by theUnited States United States v. The Amistad supreme court decision | |||
| 1839-1843 | Rebecca Riots | Wales | Farmers and agricultural workers | End in riots due to increased military presence Act of Parliament amends laws relating toturnpike trusts | |||
| 1841 | Creole revolt | Creole American slave ship | Slaves | Revolt successful | |||
| 1841-1842 | Dorr Rebellion | Rhode Island | Disenfranchised voters led byThomas Wilson Dorr | Military government victory Land qualification to vote removed from the state constitution | |||
| 1841-1842 | Afghan uprising | Kabul,Emirate of Kabul
| 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 | Māoriiwi | Eventual British victory 16000 km2 of Māori land seized inNew Zealand Settlements Act of 1863 | |||
| 1846 | Greater Poland uprising | Greater Poland
| Poles | Planned revolution never goes through 8 rebels executed | |||
| 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 byUnited States | |||
| 1847-1901 | Caste War of Yucatán | Yucatán Peninsula,Mexico andBritish Honduras | Maya people | Initial Mayan victory, eventual defeat
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| 1847 | TheTaos Revolt | New Mexico, United States | Hispano andPuebloan rebels | American strategic victory Mexican tactical victory | |||
| 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 Thequasi-state of theGerman 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 theAustrian 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 | SouthernKingdom of Hungary | Serbian Vojvodina | Rebel victory
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| 1848 | Wallachian Revolution of 1848 | Counter-revolutionary victory | |||||
| 1848 | Moldavian Revolution of 1848 | Liberal andnationalist revolutionaries | Counter-revolutionary victory | ||||
| 1848 | Matale rebellion | British victory | |||||
| 1848-1849 | Praieira revolt | Imperial victory | [184] | ||||





















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