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A rebellion is an armed resistance to an established government. Those who participate in rebellions are rebels. Other words for a rebellion include: revolt, uprising, insurrection, and insurgency. Some of these words, especially rebellion and revolt, often have a pejorative connotation while uprising or insurrection are preferred by rebels ( insurgents, freedom fighters) themselves. Compare: mutiny, revolution.
For example, the Boxer rebellion was an uprising against Western commercial and political influence in China during the final years of the 19th century, and the Jacobite Risings which attempted to restore the deposed Stuart kings to the thrones of England and ScotlandScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p were called the Jacobite Rebellions by the government.
1 Famous rebellions / uprisings in history
- 73-71 B.C: The Roman Slave rebellionSpartacus was a Roman slave who led a large slave uprising in what is now Italy, then the Italian Peninsula, in 73 71 BC. His army of escaped gladiators and slaves defeated several Roman legions in what is known as the Third Servile War''. Other names for
- 66-70 (A.D): Great Jewish RevoltRebellion The Great Jewish Revolt ( 66 70 CE), sometimes called The first Jewish-Roman War was the first of three rebellions against the Roman Empire by the Jews of Judea. It began in 66, sparked by religious violence between the Jews and the local Hellen
- 1378: Revolt of the Ciompi in FlorenceFlorence ( Italian, Firenze is a city in the center of Tuscany, in north-west Italy, on the Arno river, with a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. Florence is the capital of the region of Tuscany and briefly ( 18
- 1381: Peasants' RevoltPeasant revolts See Peasants' War for the German Peasants' Revolt of 1524- 1526 The Peasants' Revolt or Great Rising of 1381 is a major event in the history of England. The names of its leaders, John Ball, Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, are still familiar even in England
- 1519-1659: Jelali RevoltsJelali ( Turkish Celal , are a series of rebellions in Anatolia against the Ottoman Empire in 16th and 17th centuries. The first revolt occurred in 1519 during sultan Selim I's reign near Tokat under the leadership of Celal, an Alawite preacher. Major rev in Ottoman EmpireOsmanlı İmparatorluğu Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye The Ottoman Coat of Arms Imperial motto: unknown The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople) Sovereigns Sultans
- 1524-26: Peasants' War in Germany
- 1637-1638: Shimabara Rebellion
- 1642-1649: The English civil wars, also known as the Great Rebellion
- 1676: Bacon's Rebellion
- 1689: Jacobite Rising
- 1715: the 'Fifteen Jacobite Rising
- 1745: the 'Forty-Five Jacobite Rising
- 1763-1766: Pontiac's Rebellion
- 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War
- 1786: Shays' Rebellion
- 1794: Whiskey Rebellion
- 1798: Irish Rebellion of 1798
- 1804-1807: First Serbian Uprising
- 1815: Second Serbian Uprising
- 1837: Rebellions of 1837 in Canada
- 1848: Fenian rebellion (also known as the Young Irelanders' Rebellion of 1848)
- 1851-1864: The Taiping rebellion
- 1853-1868: Nian Rebellion (捻軍起義)
- 1857-1858: Sepoy Rebellion
- 1861-1865: American Civil War (originally officially called The War of the Rebellion)
- 1899-1913: Moro Rebellion
- 1900: Boxer rebellion
- 1916: Easter Rebellion
- 1919-1921: Tambov rebellion
- 1921: Kronstadt rebellion
- 1932: Mäntsälä rebellion
- 1968: May 1968 revolt in France
- 1994-Present: Zapatista Rebellion
