This is a list of revolutions, rebellions, insurrections, and uprisings.
Date | Revolution/Rebellion | Location | Revolutionaries/Rebels | Result | Image | Ref |
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c. 2730 BC | Set rebellion | ![]() |
Priests of Horus | Egypt divides into Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt | ![]() |
[1] |
c. 2690 BC | Nubian revolt | ![]() |
Nubians | Pharaoh Khasekhemwy quashed the rebellion, reuniting Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt | [2] | |
c. 2380 BC | Sumerian revolt | Lagash, Sumer | Sumerians | The popular revolt deposed King Lugalanda and put the reformer Urukagina on the throne. | ![]() |
[3] |
1042–1039 BC | Rebellion of the Three Guards | China | Three Guards, separatists and Shang loyalists | Decisive Zhou loyalist victory, Fengjian system established, Resistance of Shang loyalists is broken. | ![]() | |
842 BC | Compatriots Rebellion | China | Peasants and soldiers | King Li of Zhou was exiled and China was ruled by the Gonghe Regency until Li's death. | ![]() |
[4][5] |
626–620 BC | Revolt of Babylon | Neo-Assyrian Empire | Babylonians, led by Nabopolassar | The Babylonians overthrew Assyrian rule, establishing the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which ruled over the Near East for about a century. | [6] | |
570 BC | Amasis revolt | ![]() |
Egyptian soldiers | Pharaoh Apries was overthrown and exiled, giving Amasis II the opportunity to seize the throne. Apries later attempted to retake Egypt, with Babylonian support, but was defeated and killed. | ![]() |
[7] |
552–550 BC | Persian Revolt | Persis, Media | Persians, led by Cyrus the Great | Median rule overthrown, Persis and Media become part of the new Achaemenid Empire | ![]() |
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531 | Phoenician revolt of 351 | Phoenicia | Tennes of Sidon, followed by rulers of Anatolia and Cyprus | Destruction of Sidon, execution of Tennes, and invasion of Egypt. | [8][9] | |
522 BC | Anti-Achaemeneid Rebellions | ![]() |
Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Elamites, Medians and Parthians | Darius the Great quashes all the rebellions within the space of a year. | ![]() |
[10] |
510–509 BC | Roman Revolution | ![]() |
Republicans | The Roman monarchy was overthrown and in its place the Roman Republic was established. | ![]() |
[11] |
508–507 BC | Athenian Revolution | ![]() |
Democrats | The Tyrant Hippias was deposed and the subsequent aristocratic oligarchy overthrown, establishing Democracy in Athens. | ![]() | |
499–493 BC | Ionian Revolt | Ionia, ![]() |
Greeks | The Achaemenid Empire asserts its rule over the city states of Ionia. | ![]() |
[12] |
494 BC | First secessio plebis | ![]() |
Plebeians | Patricians freed some of the plebs from their debts and conceded some of their power by creating the office of the Tribune of the Plebs. | [13] | |
484 BC | Bel-shimanni's rebellion | Babylon, ![]() |
Babylonians | Rebellion quickly defeated by Xerxes I. | [14] | |
482–481 BC | Shamash-eriba's rebellion | Babylon, ![]() |
Babylonians | Rebellion eventually defeated by Xerxes I, Babylon's forticiations were destroyed and its temples were ransacked. | [14] | |
464 BC | Third Messenian War | ![]() |
Messenian Helots | Slave revolt put down by Archidamus II, who called Sparta to arms in the wake of an earthquake. | [15] | |
460–454 BC | Inaros' revolt | Egypt, ![]() |
Inaros II and his Athenian allies | Defeated by the Persian army led by Megabyzus and Artabazus, after a two-year siege. Inaros was captured and carried away to Susa where he was crucified. | ![]() |
[16][17] |
449 BC | Second Secessio plebis | ![]() |
Plebeians | The Senate forced the resignation of the Decemviri and restored both the office of Tribune of the Plebs and the right of appeal, which were suspended during the rule of the Decemvir. | ![]() |
[18][19] |
445 BC | Third Secessio plebis | ![]() |
Plebeians | Intermarriage between Patricians and Plebeians was legalized and the position of Consular Tribune (a Tribune of the Plebs elected with the powers of a consul) was created. | [20][21] | |
342 BC | Fourth Secessio plebis | ![]() |
Plebeians | [20] | ||
287 BC | Fifth Secessio plebis | ![]() |
Plebeians | The Lex Hortensia was implemented, establishing that the laws decided by the Plebeian Council were made binding on all Roman citizens, including patricians. This law finally eliminated the political disparity between the two classes, bringing the Conflict of Orders to an end after about two hundred years of struggle. | [22] | |
241 BC | Revolt of the Falisci | ![]() |
Falisci | The Falisci were defeated and subjugated to Roman dominance, the town of Falerii was destroyed. | ![]() |
[23] |
209 BC | 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. | ![]() |
[24] |
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. | ![]() |
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205–185 BC | Great revolt of the Egyptians | ![]() |
Egyptians, led by Hugronaphor and Ankhmakis | Revolt put down by the Ptolemaic Kingdom, cementing Greek rule over Egypt. | ![]() |
[25] |
181–179 BC | First Celtiberian War | Hispania, ![]() |
Celtiberians | Revolt eventually subdued by the Romans. | ![]() |
[26] |
167–160 BC | Maccabean Revolt | Judea, Coele-Syria, ![]() |
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Sovereignty of Judea is secured, eventually the independent Hasmonean dynasty is established. | ![]() |
[27] |
154 BC | Rebellion of the Seven States | China | Principalities led by Liu Pi | Rebellion crushed after 3 months, further centralization of imperial power. | ![]() |
[28] |
154–151 BC | Second Celtiberian War | Hispania, ![]() |
Celtiberians | Rome increased its influence in Celtiberia | [29] | |
143–133 BC | Numantine War | Hispania, ![]() |
Celtiberians | Expansion of the Roman territory through Celtiberia. | ![]() |
[30] |
155-139 BC | Lusitanian War | Lusitania, ![]() |
Lusitanians, led by Viriatus. | Pacification of Lusitania | ![]() |
[31] |
135–132 BC | First Servile War | Sicily, ![]() |
Sicilian slaves, led by Eunus | After some minor battles won by the slaves, a larger Roman army arrived in Sicily and defeated the rebels. | ![]() |
[32] |
125 BC | Fregellae's revolt | Fregellae, ![]() |
Fregellaeans | Fregellae was captured and destroyed by Lucius Opimius | ![]() |
[33] |
104–100 BC | Second Servile War | Sicily, ![]() |
Sicilian slaves, led by Salvius Tryphon | The revolt was quelled, and 1,000 slaves who surrendered were sent to fight against beasts in the arena back at Rome for the amusement of the populace. To spite the Romans, they refused to fight and killed each other quietly with their swords, until the last flung himself on his own blade. | ![]() |
[34] |
91–88 BC | Social War | Italy, ![]() |
Italic peoples | Eventually resulted in a Roman victory. However, Rome granted Roman citizenship to all of its Italian allies, to avoid another costly war. | ![]() |
[35] |
88 BC | Sulla's first march on Rome | Italy, ![]() |
Populares | The Optimates were victorious and Sulla briefly took power in Rome. | ![]() |
[36] |
82–81 BC | Sulla's civil war | Italy, ![]() |
Populares | The Optimates were once again victorious and Sulla established himself as Dictator of Rome. | ![]() |
[37] |
80–71 BC | Sertorian War | Hispania, ![]() |
Populares | The war ended after the Populares leader Quintus Sertorius was assassinated by Marcus Perperna Vento, who was then promptly defeated by Pompey. | ![]() |
[38] |
77 BC | Lepidus' rebellion | Italy, ![]() |
Populares | Lepidus was defeated in battle and died from illness, other Populares fled to Spain to fight in the Sertorian War. | ![]() |
[39] |
73–71 BC | Third Servile War | Italy, ![]() |
Gladiators, led by Spartacus | The armies of Spartacus were defeated by the legions of Marcus Licinius Crassus. | ![]() |
[40][41] |
65 BC | First Catilinarian conspiracy | Rome, ![]() |
Catiline | Lucius Aurelius Cotta and Lucius Manlius Torquatus remain in power as consuls. | ![]() |
[42] |
62 BC | Second Catilinarian conspiracy | Rome, ![]() |
Catiline | The plot was exposed, forcing Catiline to flee from Rome. Marcus Tullius Cicero and Gaius Antonius Hybrida remain in power as consuls. | ![]() |
[43] |
52–51 BC | Gallic Wars | Gaul | Gauls, led by Vercingetorix | The Gaulic revolt was crushed by Julius Caesar | ![]() |
[44] |
49–45 BC | Great Roman Civil War | ![]() |
Populares, led by Julius Caesar | Caesar defeated the Optimates, assumed control of the Roman Republic and became Dictator in perpetuity. | ![]() |
[45] |
38 BC | Aquitanian revolt | Gallia Narbonensis, ![]() |
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | Revolt suppressed by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. | ![]() |
[46] |
29 BC | Theban revolt | Thebes, Egypt, ![]() |
Egyptians | Revolt suppressed by Cornelius Gallus | ![]() |
[47] |
Date | Revolution/Rebellion | Location | Revolutionaries/Rebels | Result | Image | Ref |
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3–6 | Gaetulian War | Mauretania, Roman Empire | Gaetuli | Revolt suppressed by Cossus Cornelius Lentulus | ![]() |
[48] |
6 | Judas Uprising | Judea, Roman Empire | Zealots led by Judas of Galilee | Riots against the Roman census erupt throughout the country, but others are convinced by the High Priest of Israel to obey the census. | ![]() |
[49] |
6–9 | Bellum Batonianum | Illyricum, Roman Empire | Illyrian tribes | Revolt eventually suppressed by the Romans. | ![]() |
[50] |
9–16 | Germanic revolt | Germania | Alliance of Germanic tribes, led by Arminius | The Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus were defeated in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, temporarily halting further Roman occupation and colonization. | ![]() |
[51] |
14 | Mutiny of the legions | Germania and Illyricum, Roman Empire | Roman legions | Revolt suppressed by Germanicus and Drusus Julius Caesar respectively | ![]() |
[52] |
15–24 | Tacfarinas' revolt' | Mauretania, Roman Empire | Musulamii | Revolt suppressed by Publius Cornelius Dolabella | [53] | |
17–23 | First Red Eyebrow Rebellion | China | Red Eyebrow and Lulin rebels | Xin dynasty overthrown and the Gengshi Emperor is instated on the throne. | ![]() | |
24–27 | Second Red Eyebrow Rebellion | China | Red Eyebrow rebels | Revolt suppressed by Liu Xiu's forces and the Eastern Han dynasty is established. | ![]() | |
21 | Gaulish debtors' revolt | Gaul, Roman Empire | Treveri and Aedui | The Treveri revolt was put down by Julius Indus and the Aedui revolt was put down by Gaius Silius. | ![]() |
[54] |
26 | Thracian revolt | Odrysian kingdom | Thracians | Revolt suppressed by Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus. | ![]() |
[55] |
28 | Revolt of the Frisii | Frisia | Frisii | The Roman Empire is driven out of Frisia. | ![]() |
[56] |
36 | Revolt of the Cietae | Cappadocia, Roman Empire | Cietae | Rebellion put down by Archelaus of Cilicia. | ![]() |
[57] |
40–43 | Trung sisters' rebellion | Lĩnh Nam | Vietnamese led by the Trung Sisters | After brief end to the First Chinese domination of Vietnam, the Han dynasty reconquers the country and begins the Second Chinese domination of Vietnam. | ![]() |
[58] |
40–44 | Mauretanian revolt | Mauretania, Roman Empire | Mauri led by Aedemon and Sabalus | Revolt suppressed by Gaius Suetonius Paulinus and Gnaeus Hosidius Geta, Mauretania is annexed directly into the empire and split into the Roman provinces of Mauretania Tingitana and Mauretania Caesariensis. | ![]() |
[59] |
42 | Camillus' revolt | Dalmatia, Roman Empire | Roman legions led by Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus | Rebellion quickly collapses, Camillus flees to Vis where he takes his own life. | ![]() |
[60] |
46–48 | Jacob and Simon uprising | Galilee, Judea, Roman Empire | Zealots | Revolt suppressed, Jacob and Simon executed by Tiberius Julius Alexander. | File:First century Iudaea province.gif | [61] |
60–61 | Boudican revolt | Norfolk, Britain, Roman Empire | Celtic Britons led by Boudica | Revolt crushed by Gaius Suetonius Paulinus. | ![]() |
[62] |
66–73 | First Jewish–Roman War | ![]() |
Jewish people | Revolt crushed by the Roman Empire, Jerusalem and the Second Temple are destroyed in the process. | ![]() |
[63] |
68 | Vindex's Revolt | Gallia Lugdunensis, Roman Empire | Gaius Julius Vindex | Vindex was defeated in battle by Lucius Verginius Rufus and committed suicide. | ![]() |
[64] |
69 | Colchis uprising | Colchis, Roman Empire | Anicetus | Uprising put down by Roman forces. | ![]() |
[65] |
69–70 | Revolt of the Batavi | Batavia | Batavi | Revolt crushed by Quintus Petillius Cerialis and the Batavi again submitted to Roman rule, Batavia is incorporated into the Roman province of Germania Inferior. | ![]() |
[66] |
89 | Revolt of Saturninus | Germania Superior, Roman Empire | Lucius Antonius Saturninus | Revolt swiftly crushed by the Roman legions. | ![]() |
[67] |
115–117 | Kitos War | Eastern Mediterranean, Roman Empire | Zealots | Revolt crushed by the Roman legions and its leaders executed. | ![]() |
[68] |
117 | Mauretanian revolt | Mauretania, Roman Empire | Mauri | Revolt suppressed by Marcius Turbo | ![]() |
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132–135 | Bar Kokhba revolt | Judea, Roman Empire | Jewish people led by Simon bar Kokhba | All-out defeat of the Jewish rebels, followed by wide-scale persecution and genocide of Jewish people and the suppression of Jewish religious and political autonomy. | [69] | |
172 | Bucolic war | Egypt, Roman Empire | Egyptians led by Isidorus | Revolt suppressed by Avidius Cassius | ![]() |
[70] |
184–205 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | China | Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Jue | The uprising eventually collapsed and was fully suppressed by various warlords of the Eastern Han dynasty. However, the large devolution of power to regional warlords led to the collapse of the Han dynasty not long after. | ![]() |
[71] |
185–205 | Heishan secession | Taihang Mountain, China | Heishan bandits | The autonomous confederacy eventually surrendered to the warlord Cao Cao. | ![]() |
[72] |
185 | Roman mutiny | Britain, Roman Empire | Roman legions | Mutiny suppressed by Pertinax. | ![]() |
[73] |
218 | Battle of Antioch | Antioch, Syria, Roman Empire | Elagabalus | Elagabalus overthrows Macrinus and is installed as Roman Emperor. | ![]() |
[74] |
225–248 | Lady Triệu's uprising | Vietnam | Vietnamese led by Lady Triệu | After several months of warfare Lady Triệu was defeated and committed suicide. The Second Chinese domination of Vietnam continues. | ![]() |
[75] |
227–228 | Xincheng Rebellion | Cao Wei, China | Meng Da | The revolt was suppressed by Sima Yi, Meng Da was captured and executed. | ![]() |
[76] |
251 | Wang Ling's Rebellion | Shouchon, Cao Wei, China | Wang Ling | Wang Ling surrendered to the Wei forces and later committed suicide. | ![]() |
[77] |
255 | Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin's Rebellion | Shouchon, Cao Wei, China | Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin | Cao Wei is victorious, Guanqiu Jian is slain, Wen Qin and his family fled to Eastern Wu. | ![]() |
[77] |
257–258 | Zhuge Dan's Rebellion | Shouchon, Cao Wei, China | Zhuge Dan | Cao Wei is victorious and the Sima clan cements control over the Wei government until its eventual demise. | ![]() |
[77] |
284–286 | Gallic peasants' rebellion | Gaul, Roman Empire | Bagaudae | Rebellion crushed by Caesar Maximian, though the Bagaudae movement would persist until the Fall of the Western Roman Empire. | ![]() |
[78] |
286–296 | Carausian Revolt | Britain and northern Gaul, Roman Empire | Carausius and Allectus | Revolt suppressed, Britain and Gaul retaken. | ![]() |
[79] |
291–306 | War of the Eight Princes | China | Princes of the Sima clan | Sima Yue wins the war and gains influence over the Jin emperor but is killed a few years later. | ![]() |
[80] |
304–316 | Uprising of the Five Barbarians | North China | Five Barbarians | Rebel victory in northern China; Fall of the Western Jin dynasty in northern China; Formation of the Eastern Jin dynasty in southern China; Rebel victory for Cheng Han's independence; Hubei southern Nanman Aboriginal uprising defeated. | ![]() |
[81] |
293 | Revolt of the Thebaid | Thebaid, Roman Empire | Busiris and Qift | Revolt suppressed by Galerius. | ![]() |
[82] |
351–352 | Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus | Syria Palaestina, Roman Empire | Jewish people | The Romans crush the revolt and destroy several Jewish cities. | ||
398 | Gildonic War | Africa, ![]() |
Comes Gildo | The revolt was subdued by Flavius Stilicho. | ![]() |
[83] |
484 | Justa uprising | Samaria, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Samaritans | Uprising suppressed by Zeno, who rebuilt the church of Saint Procopius in Neapolis and banned the Samaritans from Mount Gerizim. | ![]() |
[84] |
495 | Samaritan unrest | Samaria, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Samaritans | Uprising suppressed by the Byzantines. | ![]() |
[84] |
496 | Mazdak's Revolt | Template:Country data Sasanian Empire | Mazdakites | Mazdak successfully converted Kavadh I, before the latter was overthrown by the nobility and the former was executed. | ![]() | |
529–531 | Ben Sabar Revolt | Samaria, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Samaritans led by Julianus ben Sabar | The forces of Justinian I quelled the revolt with the help of the Ghassanids; tens of thousands of Samaritans died or were enslaved. The Christian Byzantine Empire thereafter outlawed the Samaritan faith. | ![]() |
[84] |
532 | Nika revolt | Constantinople, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Blue and Green demes | Revolt suppressed, its participants killed and Justinian I's rule over the Byzantine empire is strengthened. | ![]() |
[85] |
541 | Vietnamese uprising | Vạn Xuân | Vietnamese led by Lý Nam Đế | The Second Chinese domination of Vietnam is brought to an end, the country declares itself independent as the Kingdom of Vạn Xuân and crowns Lý Nam Đế as the first king of the Early Lý dynasty. | ![]() |
[86] |
556 | Samaritan revolt | Samaria, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Samaritans and Jewish people | Amantius, the governor of the East was ordered to quell the revolt. | ![]() |
[84] |
572–578 | Samaritan revolt | Samaria, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Samaritans and Jewish people | Revolt suppressed, the Samaritan faith was outlawed and from a population of nearly a million, the Samaritan community dwindled to near extinction. | ![]() |
[84] |
608–610 | Heraclian revolt | Exarchate of Africa, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Heraclius the Elder | Phocas executed and Heraclius the Younger is installed as Byzantine Emperor, establishing the Heraclian dynasty. | ![]() | |
611–617 | Anti-Sui rebellions | China | Former Sui officials and peasant rebels | The Sui dynasty is overthrown, followed by the rise of rebel leader Li Yuan, founder of the Tang dynasty. | ![]() |
[87] |
614–625 | Jewish revolt against Heraclius | Palaestina Prima, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Jewish people | After Palestine was retaken by the Byzantines, Jewish people were massacred and expelled from the region. | [88] | |
623–626 | Slavic revolt | Avar Khaganate | Slavs led by Samo | Avar rule overthrown, Slavic tribes in the area unify to form Samo's Empire. | ![]() | |
632–633 | Ridda wars | Arabia, ![]() |
Arab tribes | Rebels forced to submit to the caliphate of Abu Bakr. | [89] | |
656–661 | First Fitna | ![]() |
Umayyads | Hasan ibn Ali negotiates a treaty acknowledging Mu'awiya I as caliph, establishing the Umayyad Caliphate. | ![]() | |
680–692 | Second Fitna | ![]() |
Zubayrids, Alids and Kharijites | The Umayyad Caliphate increases its own power, restructuring the army and Arabizing and Islamizing the state bureaucracy. | ![]() |
[90] |
696–698 | Sufri revolt | Central Iraq, ![]() |
Sufri led by Shabib ibn Yazid al-Shaybani | Defeated by the caliphate, although Sufrism continued to be practiced in Mosul. | ![]() | |
700–703 | Ibn al-Ash'ath's rebellion | Iraq, ![]() |
Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath | Revolt suppressed by the caliphate, signalling the end of the power of the tribal nobility of Iraq, which henceforth came under the direct control of the Umayyad regime's staunchly loyal Syrian troops. | ![]() |
[91] |
720–729 | Yazid's mutiny | Basra, ![]() |
Yazid ibn al-Muhallab | Revolt suppressed by the caliphate. | [92] | |
713–722 | Annam uprising | Vietnam | Vietnamese led by Mai Thúc Loan | The independent kingdom was put down by a military campaign at the order of the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, continuing the Third Chinese domination of Vietnam | ![]() |
[93] |
734–746 | Harith's rebellion | Khurasan, ![]() |
Al-Harith ibn Surayj | Harith is killed and the rebellion crushed, although the revolt weakened Arab power in Central Asia and facilitated the beginning of the Abbasid Revolution. | ![]() |
[94] |
740 | Zaidi Revolt | Kufa, ![]() |
Zayd ibn Ali | The Umayyad governor of Iraq managed to bribe the inhabitants of Kufa which allowed him to break the insurgence, killing Zayd in the process | ![]() |
[95] |
740–743 | Berber Revolt | Maghreb, ![]() |
Berbers led by Maysara al-Matghari | Umayyads expelled from the Maghreb and several independent Berber states are established in the area. | [96] | |
744–747 | Third Fitna | ![]() |
Pro-Yaman Umayyads, Alids led by Abdallah ibn Mu'awiya, Kharijites led by Al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani | Victory of Marwan II and the pro-Qays faction in the inter-Umayyad civil war and anti-Umayyad revolts crushed, although Umayyad authority was now permanently weakened. | ![]() |
[97] |
747–748 | Ibadi revolt | South Arabia, ![]() |
Ibadis | Umayyad victory in the Hijaz and the Yemen; though Ibadi autonomy is secured in Hadramawt. | ![]() | |
747–750 | Abbasid Revolution | ![]() |
Abbasids | Abbasid Caliphate established, bringing an end to the privileged status for Arabs and discrimination against non-Arabs. | ![]() |
[94] |
754 | Abdallah's rebellion | Syria, ![]() |
Abdallah ibn Ali | Abdallah's army is defeated by Abu Muslim. | ![]() | |
755 | Córdoban revolution | Almuñécar, al-Andalus, ![]() |
Umayyads led by Abd al-Rahman I | Umayyads take control of al-Andalus, establishing the Emirate of Córdoba. | ![]() |
[98] |
755–763 | An Lushan Rebellion | Yan, China | An Lushan | Yan defeated by the Tang imperial forces, although the Tang dynasty was weakened. | ![]() |
[99] |
762–763 | Alid Revolt | Hejaz and Southern Iraq, ![]() |
Alids led by Muhammad ibn Abdallah | Revolt suppressed by the caliphate, followed by a large-scaled reprisal campaign against the Alids. | ![]() |
[100] |
772–804 | Saxon Wars | Saxony | Saxons | Saxony is annexed into the Frankish empire and the Saxons are forcibly converted from Germanic paganism to Catholicism. | ![]() |
[101] |
786 | Alid revolt | Mecca, Hejaz, ![]() |
Alids | Revolt crushed by the Abbasid army and members of the Alid house are executed. One of the Alids, Idris ibn Abdallah, fled the battlefield to the Maghreb, where he established the Idrisid dynasty. | [102] | |
791–802 | Phùng rebellion | Vietnam | Vietnamese led by Phùng Hưng | Briefly ruled the country before the Third Chinese domination of Vietnam is reestablished. | ![]() |
[103] |
793–796 | Qays–Yaman war | Syria, ![]() |
Qays | Revolt crushed by the Abbasids and their Yamani allies. | ![]() |
[104] |
794–795 | Al-Walid's rebellion | Jazira, ![]() |
Kharijites led by Al-Walid ibn Tarif al-Shaybani | Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani met the rebels in battle in late 795, at al-Haditha above Hit, and defeated al-Walid in single combat, killing him and cutting off his head. Yazid also killed a large number of the Kharijites and forced the remainder to disperse, and the revolt ended in defeat. | ![]() |
[105] |
811–838 | Fourth Fitna | ![]() |
Alids led by Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq, Qays led by Nasr ibn Shabath al-Uqayli and Khurramites led by Babak Khorramdin | Al-Ma'mun takes power as Caliph, al-Sadiq is forced into exile, Qays territory is lost and Nasr surrenders to the caliphate, Babak is executed and the Tahirids begin their reign over Khorasan | ![]() | |
814 | al-Ribad rebellion | Guadalquivir, Emirate of Córdoba | Clerics in al-Ribad | Rebellion crushed at Al-Hakam I | ![]() |
[106] |
821–823 | Thomas the Slav's rebellion | Anatolia, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Thomas the Slav | Thomas is surrendered and executed by the Byzantines | ![]() |
[107] |
824–836 | Tunisian mutiny | Tunisia, Ifriqiya, ![]() |
Arabs | Aghlabids put down the revolt with the help of the Berbers | ![]() |
[108] |
822 | Aristocratic rebellion | ![]() |
Aristocrats led by Kim Heonchang | The royal faction was able to regain much of the territory that Heonchang's forces had taken. After the fall of Gongju, Gim Heon-chang took his own life. | ![]() |
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841–842 | Umayyad rebellion | Palestine, ![]() |
Umayyads led by Al-Mubarqa | Al-Hidari defeated al-Mubarqa's forces in a battle near Ramlah, al-Mubarqa taken prisoner and brought to the caliphal capital, Samarra, where he was thrown into prison and never heard of again. | ![]() | |
841–845 | Stellinga | Saxony, Carolingian Empire | Saxon freemen and freedmen | Revolt crushed by the Carolingians and their allies in the Saxon nobility. | ![]() |
[109] |
845–846 | Jang Bogo's mutiny | ![]() |
Jang Bogo | Jang Bogo assassinated by an emissary from the Silla court. | ![]() |
[110] |
859–860 | Qiu's rebellion | Zhejiang, China | Peasants led by Qiu Fu | Rebellion was suppressed by the imperial general Wang Shi. | ![]() |
[111] |
861–876 | Saffarid revolution | Sistan, Khorasan, ![]() |
Saffarids led by Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar | al-Saffar overthrows Abbasid rule over Iran and establishes the Saffarid dynasty. | ![]() | |
864 | Alid uprising | Iraq, ![]() |
Alids led by Yahya ibn Umar | The Alids attacked Al-Musta'in's forces, but were defeated and fled, Umar was subsequently executed. | ![]() |
[112] |
865–866 | Fifth Fitna | Iraq, ![]() |
Al-Mu'tazz | Al-Musta'in deposed as Caliph and succeeded by Al-Mu'tazz. | ![]() |
[113] |
866–896 | Kharijite Rebellion | Jazira, ![]() |
Kharijites | It was finally defeated after the caliph al-Mu'tadid undertook several campaigns to restore caliphal authority in the region. | ![]() |
[114] |
869–883 | Zanj Rebellion | Sawad, ![]() |
Zanj | Revolt eventually suppressed by the Abbasids. | ![]() |
[115] |
874–884 | Qi rebellion | China | Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao | Rebellions suppressed by the Tang dynasty, which later collapsed due to the destabilization caused by the rebellion. | ![]() |
[116] |
880–928 | Bobastro rebellion | Emirate of Córdoba | Muwallads and Mozarabs led by Umar ibn Hafsun | Ibn Hafsun died in 917, his coalition then crumbled, and while his sons tried to continue the resistance, they eventually fell to Abd-ar-Rahman III, who proclaimed the Caliphate of Córdoba. | ![]() |
[117] |
899–906 | The Qarmatian Revolution | Eastern Arabia, ![]() |
Qarmatians | Qarmatians successfully establish a republic in Eastern Arabia, becoming the most powerful force in the Persian Gulf. The Qarmatians were eventually reduced to a local power by the Abbasids in 976 and annihilated by the Seljuq-backed Uyunid Emirate in 1076. | ![]() | |
917–924 | Bulgarian–Serbian war | Balkans | Serbians led by Zaharija | Serbia is annexed into the First Bulgarian Empire. | ![]() | |
928–932 | Bithynian rebellion | Bithynia, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Basil the Copper Hand | The revolt was finally subdued by the imperial army and Basil was executed. | ![]() | |
943–947 | Ibadi Berber revolt | Ifriqiya, ![]() |
Ibadi Berbers led by Abu Yazid | Revolt suppressed by the Fatimids, Abu Yazid captured and killed. | [118] | |
969–970 | First rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger | Caesarea, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Phokas family | Rebellion extinguished by Bardas Skleros, Phokas was captured and exiled to Chios, where he stayed for 7 years. | [119] | |
976–979 | Rebellion of Bardas Skleros | Anatolia, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Bardas Skleros | Bardas Phokas the Younger recalled from exile to put down Skleros' rebellion at the Battle of Pankaleia, Skleros seeks refuge in Baghdad. | ![]() |
[120] |
983 | Great Slav rising | Elbe, Germany, Template:Country data Holy Roman Empire | Polabian Slavs | Halt to Ostsiedlung. | [121] | |
987–989 | Second Rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger | Anatolia, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros | Rebel armies surrendered after the death of Phokas. | ![]() |
[122] |
993–995 | Da Shu rebellion | Sichuan, China | Da Shu Kingdom | The Song dynasty was able to suppress the rebellion and restore their rule over the Shu region. | ![]() |
[123] |
996 | Peasants' revolt in Normandy | ![]() |
Norman peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [124] |
Date | Revolution/Rebellion | Location | Revolutionaries/Rebels | Result | Image | Ref |
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1034 – 1038 | Serb revolt against the Byzantine Empire | Duklja, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Serbs lead by Vojislav of Duklja | Revolt suppressed and Vojislav imprisoned, before starting another rebellion which eventually succeeded | ||
1040 – 1041 | Uprising of Peter Delyan | Balkan peninsula, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Bulgarians lead by Peter Delyan | Rebellion suppressed by Emperor Michael IV | ![]() |
[125] |
1072 | Uprising of Georgi Voyteh | Balkan peninsula, Template:Country data Byzantine Empire | Bulgarians lead by Georgi Voyteh | Revolt suppressed by Damianos Dalassenos | ![]() |
[126] |
1090 | Takeover of Alamut | Alamut, Seljuk Empire | Hashshashin lead by Hassan-i Sabbah | Nizari Ismaili state founded, creating the Order of Assassins | ![]() |
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1095 | Rebellion of northern nobles against William Rufus | England | Northern nobles led by Robert de Mowbray | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1125 | Almohads against the Almoravids | Atlas Mountains | Masmuda tribes led by Ibn Tumart | Establishment of the Almohad Caliphate | ||
1156 | Hōgen Rebellion | Japan | Forces loyal to retired Emperor Sutoku | Rebellion suppressed by forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa. Established the dominance of samurai clans and eventually the first samurai-led government in the history of Japan | ||
1185 | Rebellion of Asen and Peter against Byzantine Empire | Balkan Mountains | Bulgarians and Vlachs | Creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire | ||
1209 – 1211 | Quách Bốc Rebellion | Lý dynasty | Army led by General Quách Bốc | Defeat of Emperor Lý Cao Tông and further weakening of the declining Lý Dynasty | ||
1233 – 1234 | Stedinger revolt | Frisia | Stedingers | Revolt suppressed by a crusade called by Pope Gregory IX | ||
1237 – 1239 | Babai Revolt | Sultanate of Rum | Rebels | Revolt suppressed | ||
1242 – 1249 | The First Prussian Uprising | Pomerania | Teutonic Knights | Swantopolk II returned seized lands. Knights allowed safe passage in Pomerania. Treaty of Christburg (secured rights for Christians) | ||
1250 | Bahri revolt | Egypt | Bahri Mamluks | Mamluks consolidated power and established the Bahri dynasty | ||
1282 | Sicilian Vespers | Sicily | Sicilian rebels | Angevin regime overthrown | ||
1296 – 1328 | First Scottish War of Independence | Scotland | Kingdom of Scotland | Renewed Scottish independence | ||
1302 | Battle of the Golden Spurs | Flanders | County of Flanders | Flemish victory. French ousted | ||
1323 – 1328 | Peasant revolt in Flanders | Flanders | County of Flanders | Restoration of pro-French court. Repression of rebels | ||
1332 – 1357 | Second Scottish War of Independence | Scotland | Kingdom of Scotland | Treaty of Berwick. Renewed Scottish independence | ||
1342 | Zealots of Thessalonica | Byzantine Empire | Zealots of Thessalonica | Zealots ruled Thessalonica for 8 years | ||
1343 – 1345 | St. George's Night Uprising | Estonia | Local Estonians from the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek | Uprising suppressed | ||
1354 | Revolt of Cola di Rienzi | Rome | Cola di Rienzi and loyal forces (with help from Louis I)[127] | Successfully revolted. However, Cola eventually abdicated and left Rome | ||
1356 – 1358 | Jacquerie uprising | Northern France | Peasants | Revolt successfully repressed | ||
1368 | Red Turban Rebellions | China | Peasant Han Chinese led by Zhu Yuanzhang | Establishment of the Ming dynasty | ||
1378 | Revolt of the Ciompi | Florence | Laborers from Florence | City government seized. Demands met by laborers | ||
1378 – 1384 | Tuchin Revolt | Béziers | Locals from Béziers | Duc de Berry suppressed the revolt | ||
1381 | Peasants' Revolt | England | Rebels led by Wat Tyler | Wat Tyler killed, revolt suppressed | ![]() |
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1382 | Harelle | Rouen, Paris | Guild members of Rouen | Revolt leaders killed. City rights revoked | ||
c. 1387 | Isfahan revolt | Isfahan | Local rebels | Revolt violently repressed[128] | ||
1400 – 1415 | Welsh revolt | Wales | Rebels headed by Owain Glyndŵr | England conquered Wales | ||
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Uprising of Konstantin and Fruzhin | Historical region of Bulgaria | Bulgarian nobles | Failure to liberate Bulgaria | ||
1418 – 1427 | Lam Sơn uprising | Northern Vietnam | Rebels led by Lê Lợi | Independence of Đại Việt | ||
1431 – 1435 | First Irmandiño revolt | Galicia | Peasantry and bourgeoisie | Revolt suppressed | ||
1434 – 1436 | Engelbrekt rebellion | Dalarna | Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson | Engelbrekt assassinated. Kalmar Union eroded | ||
1437 | Transylvanian peasants revolt | Kingdom of Hungary | Transylvanian peasants and petty nobles | Patrician victory | ||
1444 – 1468 | Skanderbeg's rebellion | Ottoman-ruled Albania | Skanderberg and his forces | Skanderberg agreed to peace and paid tribute to the Ottomans | ||
1450 | Jack Cade's Rebellion | Kent, England | Jack Cade's Rebels | Royal victory | ||
1462 – 1485 | Rebellion of the Remences | Catalonia | Peasants | Indecisive | ||
1467 – 1470 | Second Irmandiño revolt | Galicia | Peasantry and bourgeoisie | Irmandiño movement defeated | ||
1497 | Cornish rebellion of 1497 | England | Rebels mainly from Cornwall | Royal victory |
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