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The question why people rebel is one of the most important questions historians and social scientists have been grappling with over the years. In most cases the research has focused on what people do... [Publication]
In mid-October 1737 Cornish tin miners rose up in arms to prevent the exportation of corn. Cornish tinners were premier food rioters. 'Foods riots seemed their special métier, perhaps because their... [Item of the Day]
The Arab Revolt in British-Mandate Palestine broke out on 15 April 1936 with an attack on a Jewish truck convoy. In many towns Arabs stopped work, and the unemployed and the rural population joined... [Item of the Day]
On 17 May 1980, the eve of Peru's presidential election, groups of armed youths attacked polling places in the southern Andean department of Ayacucho. This marked the beginning of the Shining Path's... [Item of the Day]
1848 was a year of revolutions throughout Europe. In Ireland, the Great Famine reigned. On 29 July 1848 miners, tradesmen and small tenant farmers led by the Young Irelanders nationalist movement... [Item of the Day]
During the last week of August 1896 - the exact date and location are disputed -, the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule began with a revolt of members of the Katipunan Revolutionary Secret... [Item of the Day]
In early June 1844, hundreds of cottage workers, armed with clubs and fence posts, stormed the homes and business of their manufacturers in Silesia (Central Europe). Cotton weavers were protesting... [Item of the Day]
Come all you sons of Freedom, a chorus join with me,I’ll sing a song of heroes, and glorious liberty.Some lads condemn’d from England sail’d to Van Diemen’s shore,Their country, friends and parents,... [Item of the Day]
In September 1782 a group of 79 Balinese slaves on board the Dutch East India Company ship Mercuur, sailing between Java and Sumatra, managed to take hold of the ship, revolting against shipboard... [Item of the Day]
Significant social conflict took place in the Cape Colony in the late 18th century. There were various mutinies on Dutch East India ships in the Cape waters. On land, indigenous (KhoiSan) labourers... [Item of the Day]

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