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The Saint George's Night Uprising of 1343–1345 in Estonia. Battle of Warns, 1345; The Jacquerie was a peasant revolt that took place in northern France in 1356–1358, during the Hundred Years' War. The Tuchin revolt 1378–1384; The English Peasants' Revolt or Great Rising of 1381 is a major event in the history of England. It is the best ...
The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of ...
Dazexiang uprising: China: Villagers led by Chen Sheng and Wu 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: China: Han forces: The Qin dynasty is overthrown in a popular revolt and after a period of contention, Liu Bang is crowned Emperor of the Han dynasty ...
The Jacquerie (French:) was a popular revolt by peasants that took place in northern France in the early summer of 1358 during the Hundred Years' War. [1] The revolt was centred in the valley of the Oise north of Paris and was suppressed after over two months of violence. [2]
The French noun revolucion traces back to the 13th century, and the English equivalent "revolution" to the late 14th century. The word was limited then to mean the revolving motion of celestial bodies. "Revolution" in the sense of abrupt change in a social order was first recorded in the mid-15th century.
This was the case for the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which had seen a series of uprisings before or after but not during 1848: the November Uprising of 1830–1831; the Kraków Uprising of 1846 (notable for being quelled by the anti-revolutionary Galician slaughter), and later on the January Uprising of 1863–1865.
Rebellion is a violent uprising against one's government. [1] [2] A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion.A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a portion of a state. [2]
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 ...