51 events with tag "rebellion"
652 BC
ID: 4642
Shamash-shum-ukin rebels against brother Ashurbanipal - beginning of destructive Assyrian civil war
ID: 4642
589 BC
ID: 2772
Zedekiah rebels against Babylon - makes alliance with Egypt, Nebuchadnezzar responds with massive invasion
ID: 2772
499 BC
ID: 227
Ionian Revolt begins - Greek cities in Asia Minor rebel against Persia, Athens sends aid
ID: 227
168 BC
ID: 2966
Jason attacks Jerusalem - hearing false rumor of Antiochus's death, Jason tries to retake priesthood, civil war erupts
ID: 2966
73 BC
ID: 2685
Spartacus rebellion begins - gladiator leads slave revolt from Capua, defeats multiple Roman armies
ID: 2685
54 BC
ID: 3668
Ambiorix destroys Roman legion - Belgian chieftain ambushes and annihilates 15th legion in forest
ID: 3668
52 BC
ID: 2697
Siege of Alesia - Caesar defeats Vercingetorix, double circumvallation, masterpiece of siege warfare, Gaul conquered
ID: 2697
52 BC
ID: 5382
Cenabum massacre starts Gallic rebellion - Carnutes kill Roman merchants, signal for general uprising under Vercingetorix
ID: 5382
49 BC
ID: 2698
Caesar crosses Rubicon - 'The die is cast,' civil war begins, Senate flees Rome
ID: 2698
6
ID: 3000
Census of Quirinius - Roman taxation census triggers Zealot movement under Judas the Galilean, armed resistance begins
ID: 3000
60
ID: 2524
Boudica's Rebellion begins - Iceni queen leads uprising after Romans flog her and rape daughters, burns Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium
ID: 2524
66
ID: 3007
August 66
First Jewish Revolt begins - Eleazar ben Simon stops daily sacrifice for emperor, declaration of war
ID: 3007
132
ID: 4827
Bar Kokhba declares himself Messiah - Rabbi Akiva endorses him, Christians refuse to join rebellion
ID: 4827
455
ID: 2538
Battle of Aylesford - Horsa killed but Saxons win, Hengist becomes first Saxon king of Kent
ID: 2538
755
ID: 4712
An Lushan Rebellion begins - kills 36 million (1/6 of world population), weakens Tang
ID: 4712
767
ID: 5758
Caliph al-Mansur closes canal permanently - prevents rival supplies reaching Mecca rebels, ends ancient waterway forever
ID: 5758
775
ID: 2893
Saxon rebellion under Widukind - while Charlemagne in Italy, Saxons revolt, begin guerrilla warfare
ID: 2893
817
ID: 2927
Bernard of Italy rebels - nephew Bernard rebels against Ordinatio, captured, blinded, dies from wounds
ID: 2927
833
ID: 2930
Field of Lies - Louis's sons rebel, army deserts him at Rothfeld, temporarily deposed, later restored
ID: 2930
976
ID: 5100
St. Mark's Basilica burns - popular uprising against Doge Pietro IV Candiano, palace and church destroyed in fire
ID: 5100
986
ID: 3747
Sweyn Forkbeard rebels against father Harald - civil war ends with Harald's death, Sweyn becomes king
ID: 3747
1027
ID: 3733
Robert the Magnificent becomes Duke - rebels against brother Richard III who dies mysteriously
ID: 3733
1031
ID: 5182
Queen Mother Constance supports younger sons against Henry I - civil war erupts, Henry prevails with help from Robert of Normandy
ID: 5182
1040
ID: 3736
Murder of William's guardians - multiple protectors assassinated, young duke sleeps in peasant houses for safety
ID: 3736
1066
ID: 2580
May 1066
Tostig raids English coast - Harold's exiled brother attacks with fleet, driven off to Scotland
ID: 2580
1069
ID: 2588
Harrying of the North - William devastates Yorkshire, 100,000 die from famine, land desolate for decades
ID: 2588
1087
ID: 2592
September 26, 1087
William II Rufus crowned - second son takes England while Robert gets Normandy, barons rebel
ID: 2592
1088
ID: 2593
Rebellion of 1088 - barons supporting Robert Curthose defeated, Bishop Odo of Bayeux exiled
ID: 2593
1173
ID: 2377
Great Revolt begins - Henry II's sons rebel with support from Eleanor, Louis VII of France, and William the Lion of Scotland
ID: 2377
1183
ID: 2379
June 11, 1183
Death of Young King Henry - Henry II's eldest son dies in rebellion, Richard becomes heir
ID: 2379
1215
ID: 2392
First Barons' War begins - barons rebel against John's tyranny and financial extortion, invite French prince Louis to be king
ID: 2392
1217
ID: 2395
Battle of Lincoln - William Marshal defeats rebel barons and French, young Henry III's throne secured
ID: 2395
1227
ID: 5212
Baronial rebellion against Blanche of Castile - Count of Champagne and others rebel against foreign woman regent, she prevails
ID: 5212
1282
ID: 2410
Second Welsh War begins - Llywelyn killed, his brother Dafydd captured and executed as traitor
ID: 2410
1282
ID: 52
March 30, 1282
Sicilian Vespers - massacre of French, Sicily passes to Aragon
ID: 52
1297
ID: 2416
William Wallace's rebellion - defeats English at Stirling Bridge, Edward I forced to return from France
ID: 2416
1306
ID: 2418
March 25, 1306
Robert the Bruce crowned King of Scots - new Scottish rebellion begins despite Edward I's brutal suppression
ID: 2418
1321
ID: 2425
Despenser War - barons rebel against Hugh Despenser's influence, Edward II defeats them and begins tyranny
ID: 2425
1326
ID: 2427
September 24, 1326
Isabella invades England - Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer land with army, Edward II's support collapses
ID: 2427
1381
ID: 67
June 1381
Peasants' Revolt in England - 'When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?'
ID: 67
1400
ID: 2465
Epiphany Rising fails - attempt to restore Richard II crushed, conspirators executed
ID: 2465
1400
ID: 2466
Owen Glendower proclaimed Prince of Wales - Welsh rebellion begins, lasts 15 years
ID: 2466
1405
ID: 2468
Archbishop Scrope's rebellion - executed for treason, Henry IV said to develop leprosy as divine punishment
ID: 2468
1414
ID: 2473
Lollard rebellion crushed - Sir John Oldcastle's uprising fails, Henry V establishes religious orthodoxy
ID: 2473
1450
ID: 2487
Jack Cade's Rebellion - Kentish rebels protest corruption and losses in France, briefly take London
ID: 2487
1469
ID: 2501
Warwick rebels against Edward IV - 'Kingmaker' switches sides, captures Edward at Edgecote
ID: 2501
1483
ID: 2514
October 1483
Buckingham's Rebellion - former ally rebels, crushed by rain and floods, Henry Tudor emerges as claimant
ID: 2514
1637
ID: 5508
Shimabara Rebellion - 37,000 Christian peasants revolt, ultimately crushed with great slaughter
ID: 5508
1744
ID: 5626
Francisco Dagohoy leads the longest revolt in Philippine history against Spanish rule in Bohol, lasting 85 years until 1829
ID: 5626
1773
ID: 5998
Pugachev's Rebellion erupts - Cossack pretender claims to be Peter III, Catherine crushes massive peasant uprising
ID: 5998
1850
ID: 4722
Taiping Rebellion begins - Hong Xiuquan claims to be brother of Jesus, 20-30 million die
ID: 4722