43 events with tag "revolution"
1600 BC
ID: 3608
Tang of Shang defeats tyrant Jie, founding Shang Dynasty - first historically confirmed Chinese dynasty
ID: 3608
1353 BC
ID: 3651
Akhenaten becomes pharaoh - marries Nefertiti, begins planning religious revolution
ID: 3651
1344 BC
ID: 3653
Aten declared sole god - Akhenaten closes temples of other gods, erases names, priests dispossessed
ID: 3653
1340 BC
ID: 3654
Amarna art style flourishes - revolutionary naturalistic art depicts royal family intimately, elongated forms
ID: 3654
1046 BC
ID: 4698
Battle of Muye - Zhou overthrows Shang Dynasty, introduces Mandate of Heaven concept
ID: 4698
841 BC
ID: 2759
Jehu's revolution - kills Ahab's dynasty and Jezebel (thrown from window), mentioned on Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
ID: 2759
550 BC
ID: 3624
Cyrus defeats Astyages - overthrows Median Empire, founds Achaemenid Persian Empire
ID: 3624
509 BC
ID: 226
Roman Republic established - Tarquin the Proud expelled, consuls replace kings
ID: 226
509 BC
ID: 2645
Roman Republic established - Tarquin the Proud expelled after son rapes Lucretia, Brutus becomes first consul, monarchy abolished forever
ID: 2645
903
ID: 3952
Leo V becomes hundred-eighteenth pope - overthrown by Christopher after two months, both murdered
ID: 3952
1140
ID: 5288
Troubadours revolutionize concept of love - create idea of romantic love as ennobling force, individual choice over arranged marriage
ID: 5288
1285
ID: 3605
William of Ockham born (1285-1347) - The Nominalist Revolution - 'Entities should not be multiplied without necessity' - Universals are just names, only individuals exist
ID: 3605
1633
ID: 3481
St. Louise de Marillac co-founds Daughters of Charity with Vincent de Paul - First non-cloistered women religious - 'The poor have no one if they do not have you'
ID: 3481
1649
ID: 2217
Charles I executed - regicide justified by law above king, revolutionary legal principle
ID: 2217
1688
ID: 2231
Glorious Revolution - Parliamentary supremacy established, Bill of Rights limits crown, rule of law triumphs
ID: 2231
1775
ID: 2278
American Revolution begins - fundamental challenge to legal authority, natural rights versus positive law
ID: 2278
1778
ID: 601
Young Robespierre visits aging Rousseau - later implements Social Contract ideas in Revolutionary Terror
ID: 601
1787
ID: 625
France faces financial crisis from wars - Assembly of Notables refuses new taxes on nobility
ID: 625
1789
ID: 632
July 14, 1789
Storming of the Bastille - symbolic start of French Revolution
ID: 632
1794
ID: 651
Slavery abolished in French colonies
ID: 651
1820
ID: 733
July 1, 1820
Neapolitan Revolution begins - Morelli and Silvati march on Nola, start Carbonari revolution
ID: 733
1821
ID: 741
Revolution spreads to Piedmont - Victor Emmanuel abdicates, Austrian intervention crushes movement
ID: 741
1826
ID: 765
Nikolai Lobachevsky develops first non-Euclidean geometry - challenges 2000-year-old Euclidean assumptions
ID: 765
1829
ID: 776
Janos Bolyai independently develops non-Euclidean geometry - 'created a strange new universe'
ID: 776
1848
ID: 865
March 1848
March Revolution in Berlin - Frederick William IV forced to grant constitutional monarchy
ID: 865
1848
ID: 5565
March 15, 1848
Hungarian Revolution of 1848 begins - Lajos Kossuth demands independence from Austria
ID: 5565
1849
ID: 871
May 1849
Marx states: We have no compassion, when our turn comes we shall not make excuses for terror
ID: 871
1849
ID: 5566
August 13, 1849
Hungarian Revolution crushed by combined Austrian and Russian armies at Világos
ID: 5566
1855
ID: 2344
Limited Liability Act - shareholders' liability limited to unpaid share amount, revolution in corporate finance
ID: 2344
1861
ID: 5627
June 19, 1861
Birth of José Rizal, national hero of the Philippines, whose writings inspired the Philippine Revolution
ID: 5627
1896
ID: 5629
August 23, 1896
Cry of Pugad Lawin (Cry of Balintawak) - Andrés Bonifacio and the Katipunan begin the Philippine Revolution against Spain
ID: 5629
1911
ID: 4725
Xinhai Revolution - Wuchang Uprising ends 2000 years of imperial rule
ID: 4725
1914
ID: 1228
July 1914
Lenin declares: 'To reject war in principle is un-Marxist... Who objectively stands to gain from the slogan Peace? In any case, not the revolutionary proletariat.'
ID: 1228
1930
ID: 1374
Congressional Testimony: William Z. Foster states 'The workers... owe no allegiance to [capitalist flags]. The red flag is the flag of the revolutionary class.'
ID: 1374
1930
ID: 5682
Hybrid corn revolutionizes agriculture - yields increase dramatically, U.S. production dominates world markets
ID: 5682
1948
ID: 1610
The transistor is invented at Bell Labs, beginning the semiconductor materials revolution
ID: 1610
1956
ID: 5572
October 23, 1956
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 begins - students and workers rise against Soviet occupation
ID: 5572
1956
ID: 5573
November 4, 1956
Soviets crush Hungarian Revolution with 2,500 tanks - 200,000 Hungarians flee as refugees
ID: 5573
1975
ID: 1940
Personal computer revolution begins with Altair 8800 using mathematical logic circuits
ID: 1940
1986
ID: 5638
February 25, 1986
People Power Revolution (EDSA Revolution) peacefully overthrows Ferdinand Marcos, restoring democracy to the Philippines
ID: 5638
2003
ID: 3084
Rose Revolution in Georgia - German-trained activists using EU integration model
ID: 3084
2007
ID: 3145
Apple iPhone launched; smartphone revolution begins
ID: 3145
2012
ID: 3228
Deep learning revolution begins with mathematical neural network breakthroughs
ID: 3228