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| x 228 Incident |
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Feb 28, 1947 |
The 228 Incident, also known as the 228 Massacre, was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan that began on February 27, 1947, and was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang (KMT) government. Estimates of the number of deaths vary from 10,000 to 30...
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| x Apollo 12 |
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Nov 14, 1969 | Nov 24, 1969 |
Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the American Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon (an H type mission). It was launched on November 14, 1969 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Mission commander...
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| x Apollo 1 |
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Jan 27, 1967 |
Apollo 1 (initially designated Apollo Saturn-204 and AS-204) was scheduled to be the first manned mission of the Apollo manned lunar landing program, with a target launch date of February 21, 1967. A cabin fire during a launch pad test on January 27...
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| x Battle of Naseby |
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Jun 14, 1645 | Naseby |
The Battle of Naseby was the key battle of the first English Civil War. On 14 June 1645, the main army of King Charles I was destroyed by the Parliamentarian New Model Army commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.
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| x Trafalgar 200 |
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2005 |
Trafalgar 200 was a series of events in 2005 held mostly in the United Kingdom to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, where a British fleet led by Admiral Nelson (who died in the battle) defeated a joint Franco-Spanish fleet...
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| x Battle of Trafalgar |
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Oct 21, 1805 | Oct 21, 1805 | Cape Trafalgar |
The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars ...
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| x Great Fire of London |
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Sep 2, 1666 | Sep 5, 1666 | London |
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London, from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman City...
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| x Great Plague of London |
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1665 | 1666 | London |
The Great Plague (1664–1666) was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in the Kingdom of England (modern day United Kingdom). It happened within the centuries-long time period of the Second Pandemic, an extended period of...
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| x Gunpowder Plot |
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Nov 5, 1605 | Nov 5, 1605 | England |
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, or the Powder Treason, as it was known at the time, was a failed attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics to kill King James I of England and VI of Scotland, his family, and most of the Protestant aristocracy in...
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| x First English Civil War |
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1642 | 1646 | England |
The First English Civil War (1642–1646) began the series of three wars known as the English Civil War (or "Wars"). "The English Civil War" was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between Parliamentarians and...
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| x Second English Civil War |
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1648 | 1649 | England |
The Second English Civil War (1648–1649) was the second of three wars known as the English Civil War (or Wars) which refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642...
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| x Third English Civil War |
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1649 | 1651 | British Isles |
The Third English Civil War (1649–1651) was the last of the English Civil Wars (1642–1651), a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists.
The Preston campaign of the Second Civil War was undertaken...
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| x Scottish Civil War |
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1644 | 1645 | Scotland |
Between 1644 and 1651 Scotland was involved the Wars of the Three Kingdoms during a period when a series of civil wars that were fought in Scotland, England (English Civil War) and in Ireland (Irish Confederate Wars). These civil wars followed other...
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| x Greek Civil War |
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1946 | 1949 | Greece |
The Greek Civil War (Greek: ο Eμφύλιος [Πόλεμος], "the Civil War") was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by the United Kingdom and United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece (ΔΣΕ) (Greek initials DSE), the...
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| x Wars of the Three Kingdoms |
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1639 | 1651 | Scotland |
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in England, Ireland, and Scotland between 1639 and 1651 after these three countries had come under the "Personal Rule" of the same monarch. The English Civil...
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| x English Civil War |
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1642 | 1651 | England |
The English Civil War (1642–1651), often referred to as The Civil War in Great Britain, was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists (Cavaliers). The first (1642–46) and second (1648...
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| x Seminole Wars |
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1817 | 1858 | Florida |
The Seminole Wars, also known as the Florida Wars, were three conflicts in Florida between the Seminole — the collective name given to the amalgamation of various groups of native Americans and Black people who settled in Florida in the early 18th...
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| x First Carlist War |
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1833 | 1839 | Spain |
The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833-1839.
At the beginning of the 18th century, Philip V, the first Bourbon king of Spain, promulgated the Salic Law, which declared illegal the inheritance of the Spanish crown by women. His...
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| x Irish Confederate Wars |
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1641 | 1653 | Ireland |
This article is concerned with the military history of Ireland from 1641–53. For the political context of this conflict, see Confederate Ireland.
The Irish Confederate Wars, also called the Eleven Years War (derived from the Irish language name...
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| x The Great Exhibition |
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May 1, 1851 | Oct 15, 1851 | London |
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held, was an international exhibition that took...
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| x Haymarket Riot |
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1886 |
The Haymarket Riot on May 4, 1886 in Chicago is generally considered to have been an important influence on the origin of international May Day observances for workers. In popular literature this event inspired the caricature of "a bomb-throwing...
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| x Newark riots | Jul 12, 1967 | Jul 17, 1967 | Newark |
The 1967 Newark riots were a major civil disturbance that occurred in the city of Newark, New Jersey between July 12 and July 17, 1967. The six days of rioting, looting, and destruction left 26 dead and hundreds injured.
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| x Battle of Hjörungavágr |
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986 C.E. | 986 C.E. | Sunnmøre |
The Battle of Hjörungavágr (Norwegian Slaget ved Hjørungavåg) is a semi-legendary naval battle that took place in the late 10th century between the Jarls of Lade and a Danish invasion fleet led by the fabled Jomsvikings. This battle played an...
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| x Crusades |
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1095 | 1291 |
The Crusades were a series of religious expeditionary wars blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church, with the stated goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem. The Crusades were originally launched in response to...
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| x Black Death |
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1340 |
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. Although there were several competing theories as to the etiology of the Black Death, it has been conclusively proven via analysis...
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| x Sieges of Constantinople |
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626 C.E. | 1453 |
There were several sieges of Constantinople during the history of the Byzantine Empire. Two of them resulted in the capture of Constantinople from Byzantine rule: in 1204 by Crusaders, and in 1453 by the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II.
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| x Fall of Constantinople |
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Apr 6, 1453 | May 29, 1453 | Constantinople |
The Fall of Constantinople (Greek: Άλωση της Κωνσταντινούπολης, Alōsē tēs Kōnstantinoupolēs; Turkish: İstanbul'un fethi) was the capture of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, which occurred after a siege by the Ottoman Empire,...
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| x Washington's crossing of the Delaware |
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Dec 25, 1776 | Dec 25, 1776 | Trenton |
Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against the Hessian forces in Trenton,...
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| x American Revolutionary War |
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Apr 19, 1775 | Sep 3, 1783 | Lexington |
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War in America, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war...
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| x Battle of Trenton |
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Dec 26, 1776 | Dec 26, 1776 | Trenton |
The Battle of Trenton took place on December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey. The hazardous crossing in adverse weather made it possible...
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| x The Volpini Exhibition, 1889 |
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1889 |
The Exhibition at the Café des Arts in summer 1889 was arranged by Paul Gauguin and his circle, on the walls of a café just outside the gates of the Exposition universelle, and run by a certain Monsieur Volpini. Though Gauguin and his companions had...
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| x First Crusade |
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1095 | 1099 | Near East |
The First Crusade (1096–1099) was a military expedition by Roman Catholic Europe to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquests of the Levant (632–661), ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem in 1099. It was launched on 27...
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| x Crimean War |
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Mar 1854 | Feb 1856 | Crimea |
The Crimean War (pronounced /kraɪˈmiːən/ or /krɨˈmiːən/) (October 1853 – February 1856) was a conflict between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was...
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| x Protestant Reformation |
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1517 | 1648 |
The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century schism within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. It was sparked by the 1517 posting of Luther's Ninety-five theses. The efforts of the self...
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| x Thirty Years' War |
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1618 | 1648 | Europe |
The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history. The conflict lasted, unceasing, for...
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| x Battle of Adrianople |
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Aug 9, 378 C.E. | Aug 9, 378 C.E. | Edirne |
The Battle of Adrianople (9 August 378), sometimes known as the Battle of Hadrianopolis, was fought between a Roman army led by the Roman Emperor Valens and Gothic rebels (largely Thervings as well as Greutungs, non-Gothic Alans, and various local...
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| x Pacers-Pistons brawl |
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Nov 19, 2004 |
The Pacers–Pistons brawl (colloquially known as the Malice at the Palace) was an altercation that occurred in a National Basketball Association game between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers on November 19, 2004, at The Palace of Auburn Hills...
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| x Battle of Hastings |
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Oct 14, 1066 | Oct 14, 1066 | Battle |
The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II. It took place at Senlac Hill, approximately 10 km (6⁄4...
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| x American Revolution |
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1775 | 1783 |
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. They...
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| x Rum Rebellion |
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Jan 26, 1808 | Jan 1, 1810 | Sydney |
The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australia's history. The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working...
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| x Eureka Stockade |
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Dec 3, 1854 | Dec 3, 1854 | Ballarat |
The Eureka Rebellion of 1854 was an organised rebellion by gold miners which occurred at Eureka Lead in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The Battle of Eureka Stockade (by which the rebellion is popularly known) was fought on 3 December 1854 and named...
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| x Victorian gold rush |
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1851 | Victoria |
The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. In 10 years the Australian population nearly tripled.
For a number of years the output from Victoria was greater than in any...
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| x Federation of Australia |
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Jan 1, 1901 | Australia |
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed one nation. They kept the systems of government...
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| x Battle of Gallipoli |
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Apr 25, 1915 | Jan 9, 1916 | Gallipoli |
The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign or the Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Çanakkale (Turkish: Çanakkale Savaşı), took place at the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire (now Gelibolu in modern day Turkey)...
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| x First Battle of Ypres |
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Oct 19, 1914 | Nov 30, 1914 | Ypres |
The First Battle of Ypres, also called the First Battle of Flanders (French: 1re Bataille des Flandres), was a First World War battle fought for the strategic town of Ypres in western Belgium in October and November 1914. The German and Western...
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| x War of 1812 |
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Jun 18, 1812 | Mar 23, 1815 | Pacific Ocean |
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions brought about by Britain's...
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| x Battle of Waterloo |
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Jun 18, 1815 | Jun 18, 1815 | Waterloo |
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the...
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| x Storming of the Bastille |
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Jul 14, 1789 | Jul 14, 1789 | Paris |
The storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. While the prison only contained seven inmates...
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| x The March on Versailles |
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Oct 5, 1789 | Palace of Versailles |
The Women's March on Versailles, also known as The October March, The October Days, or simply The March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. The march began among women in the marketplaces of...
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| x Treaty of Trianon |
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Jun 4, 1920 | Jun 4, 1920 | Grand Trianon |
The Treaty of Trianon was the peace agreement signed in 1920, at the end of World War I, between the Allies of World War I and Hungary (one of the successor states to Austria-Hungary). The treaty regulated the status of an independent Hungarian...
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| x Battle of Ningyuan | 1626 | 1626 | Xingcheng |
The Battle of Ningyuan (simplified Chinese: 宁远之战; traditional Chinese: 寧遠之戰; pinyin: Níngyuǎn Zhī Zhàn; Cantonese Yale: Ning4 Yun5 Ji1 Jin3) was a battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchurian Later Jin in 1626. The Ming won this battle. This...
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| x Revolt of the Three Feudatories |
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1673 | 1681 | China |
The Revolt of the Three Feudatories (Chinese: 三藩之亂) was a rebellion in the Qing Dynasty during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor. The revolt was led by the three lords of the fiefdoms in Yunnan, Guangdong and Fujian provinces against the Qing central...
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| x White Lotus Rebellion | 1796 | 1804 |
The White Lotus Rebellion (Chinese: 川楚白莲教起义; pinyin: Chuān chŭ bái lián jiào qǐ yì, 1794–1804) was a rebellion that occurred during the Qing Dynasty of China. It broke out in 1794, and was at full height in 1796, among impoverished settlers in the...
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| x Second Opium War |
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Oct 8, 1856 | Oct 18, 1860 | China |
The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China, lasting from 1856...
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| x Wuchang Uprising |
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Oct 10, 1911 | Oct 10, 1911 | Wuchang |
The Wuchang Uprising began with the dissatisfaction of the handling of a railway crisis. The crisis then escalated to an uprising where the revolutionaries went up against Qing government officials. The uprising was then assisted by the New Army in...
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| x Battle of Lake Poyang |
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Aug 30, 1363 | Oct 4, 1363 | Lake Poyang |
The naval battle of Lake Poyang (鄱陽湖之戰) took place 30 August – 4 October 1363 CE and was one of the final battles fought in the fall of China's Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. There were at this time a number of rebel groups who sought to topple the...
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| x Tumu Crisis | 1449 |
The Tumu Crisis (Mongolian: Тумугийн тулалдаан) (simplified Chinese: 土木之变; traditional Chinese: 土木之變; pinyin: Tŭmù zhī Bìan); also called the Crisis of Tumu Fortress (simplified Chinese: 土木堡之变; traditional Chinese: 土木堡之變; pinyin: Tǔmùbǎo zhī Biàn)...
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| x Battle of Kulikovo |
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Sep 8, 1380 | Sep 8, 1380 | Kulikovo Field |
The Battle of Kulikovo (Russian: Мамаево побоище, Донское побоище, Куликовская битва, битва на Куликовом поле) was fought between Tatar Mamai and Muscovy Dmitriy and portrayed by Russian historiography as a stand-off between Russians and the Golden...
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| x Battle of Karnal |
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Feb 24, 1739 | Feb 24, 1739 | Karnal |
The Battle of Karnal (February 13, 1739), was a decisive victory for Nader Shah the emperor of Persia during his invasion of India. The Shah's forces defeated the army of Muhammad Shah, the Mughal emperor in little more than three hours thus paving...
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| x Indian rebellion of 1857 |
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1857 | 1858 | India |
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central...
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