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Revolt crushed by the Carolingians and their allies in the Saxon nobility. [127] 845–846 Jang Bogo's mutiny: Silla: Jang Bogo: Jang Bogo assassinated by an emissary from the Silla court. [128] 859–860 Qiu's rebellion Zhejiang, China: Peasants led by Qiu Fu: Rebellion was suppressed by the imperial general Wang Shi. [129] 861–876 Saffarid ...
The Leader of the Luddites, 1812. Hand-coloured etching. The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who opposed the use of certain types of automated machinery due to concerns relating to worker pay and output quality. They often destroyed the machines in organised raids. Members of the group referred to themselves as Luddites, self-described followers of ...
In the late 1830s and early 1840s, the agricultural communities of west Wales were in dire poverty. [3] In 1837 and 1838 the whole country suffered from poor harvests, worse in the south west, where atrocious seasons of rain forced farmers to buy corn at famine prices to feed themselves, their animals and their families, which further eroded what little capital they had. [3]
Hungarian Revolution of 1956; Part of the Cold War: From top to bottom, left to right: The rebels flag · Speaker addresses to a crowd from an abandoned Soviet tank · Caricature of Mátyás Rákosi with suitcases going to the Soviet border · Search for Stalinist era mass graves and underground party bunkers · Hungarian Patriot, Time Magazine Man of the Year · Severed Stalin's head of a ...
Second Desmond Rebellion: FitzGeralds of Desmond and allied clans 1593–1603 Kingdom of Ireland Nine Years' War: Hugh Ó Neill, Hugh Ó Donnell and allied clans 1608 Kingdom of Ireland (County Donegal) O'Doherty's rebellion: Sir Cahir O'Doherty: 1641 Kingdom of Ireland Irish Rebellion of 1641: Phelim Ó Neill, Rory Ó Moore, Conor Maguire ...
The Egyptian defeat at El Obeid brought the Mahdi Revolt to the attention of the British government and public. The British Prime Minister, William Gladstone, and his War Secretary, Lord Hartington, did not want British troops to become involved in Sudan. If Egypt fought the war itself, they were concerned that the expense would prevent Egypt ...
Jack Cade's Rebellion was a popular revolt in 1450 against the government of England, which took place in the south-east of the country between the months of April and July. It stemmed from local grievances regarding the corruption, maladministration and abuse of power of the king's closest advisors and local officials, as well as recent ...
The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, [1] [note 1] was a failed coup d'état by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders in Munich, Bavaria, on 8–9 November 1923, during the period of the Weimar Republic.