This is a chronological list of revolts organized by peasants.
The history of peasant wars spans over two thousand years. A variety of factors fueled the emergence of the peasant revolt phenomenon, including: [2]
Later peasant revolts such as the Telangana Rebellion were also influenced by agrarian socialist ideologies such as Maoism. [3]
The majority of peasant rebellions ended prematurely and were unsuccessful. Peasants suffered from limited funding and lacked the training and organisational capabilities of professional armies. [4]
The list gives the name, the date, the peasant allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
Date | Conflict | State | Peasants | Result | Image | Ref. |
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209–206 BC | Anti- Qin revolts (including Dazexiang Uprising) | Qin dynasty | Peasants under several rebel leaders, including Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Xiang Yu, and Liu Bang | Qin dissolution | [5] | |
205–186 BC | Great revolt of the Egyptians | ![]() |
Native Egyptian peasants and soldiers under secessionist Pharaohs Hugronaphor and Ankhmakis | Suppression of the rebellion | [6] | |
17–25 | Lülin | Xin dynasty | Lülin rebels | Collapse of Xin dynasty; ascendancy of rebel leader Liu Xiu after infighting among Lülin forces | ||
17–27 | Red Eyebrows | Xin dynasty | Red Eyebrows rebels | Goal of the rebellion partially achieved, but eventual defeat of the movement by Liu Xiu | ||
172–173 | Bucolic War | ![]() |
Egyptian peasants under Isidorus | Suppression of the rebellion | [7] | |
184–205 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | Han dynasty | Yellow Turban rebels | Suppression of the rebellion, though Han dynasty is severely weakened |
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[8] |
185–205 | Heishan bandit movement | Han dynasty | Bandit confederacy of the Taihang Mountains Gongsun Zan's forces | Suppression of the rebellion, though Han dynasty is severely weakened | ||
3rd–5th century | Bagaudae | ![]() |
Bagaudae Suebi | Gain control of some territory; end with the general collapse of the Roman Empire | ||
4th–late 5th century | Circumcellions | ![]() |
Berber and Roman peasants Donatist authorities Rebellious Roman military under Gildo (in 398) | End of Roman Catholic rule in Africa, but suppression of the rebellion by Vandals and Arian authorities | [9] | |
611–619 | Anti-Sui rebellions | Sui dynasty | Peasants under several rebel leaders Defected military forces under several rebel generals, officials and nobles | Collapse of Sui dynasty; ascendancy of rebel leader Li Yuan after infighting among rebel forces | ||
841–843 | Stellinga Uprising | Saxon nobility Frankish military under Louis the German | Stellinga | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
859–860 | Rebellion of Ch'iu Fu | Tang dynasty | Chinese peasants and bandits under Ch'iu Fu | Suppression of the rebellion, though Tang dynasty is severely weakened | [10] | |
874–878 | Rebellion of Wang Xianzhi | Tang dynasty | Chinese peasants and bandits under Wang Xianzhi and Shang Junzhang | Suppression of the rebellion, though Tang dynasty is severely weakened | [11] | |
875–884 | Rebellion of Huang Chao | Tang dynasty | Chinese peasants and bandits under Huang Chao | Suppression of the rebellion, though Tang dynasty is severely weakened | [12] | |
928–932 | Basil the Copper Hand Rebellions |
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Peasants under Basil the Copper Hand | Suppression of the rebellion | [13] | |
993–995 | Da Shu rebellion in Sichuan | Song dynasty | Peasants under Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun | Suppression of the rebellion | [14] | |
996 | Peasants' revolt in Normandy | Normandy under Rodulf of Ivry and Richard II, Duke of Normandy | Norman peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [15] | |
1277–1280 | Uprising of Ivaylo | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Murder of Ivaylo | [16] | |
1323–1328 | Peasant revolt in Flanders |
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Flemish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1343–1345 | St. George's Night Uprising |
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Estonian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[17] |
1351–1368 | Red Turban Rebellion | Yuan dynasty Goryeo | Red Turban Armies of White Lotus members, Manichaeans and Chinese peasants | Fall of Yuan dynasty and retreat of the Mongols into Mongolia as the Northern Yuan dynasty; ascendancy of rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang after infighting among rebel forces | ||
1358 | Jacquerie |
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French peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1381 | Peasants' Revolt |
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English peasants | Suppression of the rebellion, though Plantagenet dynasty is weakened |
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1382 | Harelle |
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French peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[18] |
1428 | Shocho uprising |
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Japanese peasants | Peasant debts cancelled. | ||
1437 | Transylvanian peasant revolt |
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Transylvanian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1438 | Hallvard Graatops Revolt | ![]() |
Norwegian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1441 | Kakitsu uprising |
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Do-ikki (leagues) of peasants and jizamurai | Peasant debts cancelled, Ashikaga shogunate is severely weakened. |
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[19] |
1441 | Funen and Jutland Peasant rebellions | ![]() |
Danish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1450 | Jack Cade's rebellion |
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English peasants | Suppression of the rebellion, though Lancaster dynasty is weakened and eventually overthrown during the Wars of the Roses. |
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[20] |
1450–1451 | John and William Merfold's Uprising |
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English peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[21] |
1453–1454 | Morea revolt of 1453–54 |
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Greek peasants under
Manuel Kantakouzenos Albanians under
Peter Bua
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Suppression of the rebellion | [22] | |
1462–1472, 1485–1486 | War of the Remences | ![]() ![]() |
Catalan peasants
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Goal of the rebellion largely achieved, Sentència de Guadalupe signed |
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[23] |
1467–1469 | Galician Irmandiños Revolt | Kingdom of Galicia ( Crown of Castile) | Galician peasants, led by Galician burgeoisie and part of the local lower nobility | Suppression of the rebellion by feudal armies | [24] | |
May 1476 | Niklashausen Peasant Revolt |
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German peasants led by Hans Böhm, who had a vision of the Virgin Mary, against the nobility and clergy of the Holy Roman Empire. | Böhm executed and pilgrimages to Niklashausen ceased |
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[25] |
1478 | Carinthian Peasant Revolt |
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Carinthian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[26] |
1482–1511 | Yamashiro ikki uprisings |
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Yamashiro ikki and later, lesser ikki Various samurai clans |
Most ikki submit to the shogunate in 1493, though they achieved many of their aims and continued to retain autonomy until the gradual end of the movement | [27] | |
1487–1488 | Kaga Rebellion | Togashi clan | Ikkō-ikkiMotoori clanYamagawa clan | Decisive victory for the Ikkō-ikki. |
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[28] |
1488–1582 | Ikkō-ikki Uprisings | Several major samurai clans (including Oda clan and Tokugawa clan) Nichiren sect Tendai sōhei Jōdo-shū sōhei |
Ikkō-shū peasant and
ji-samurai leagues
Jōdo Shinshū
sōhei
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Destruction of most militant Ikkō-shū leagues; Jōdo Shinshū sect and remaining Ikkō-ikki submit to Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
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[29] |
1490-1492 | Mukha rebellion |
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Orthodox
ruthenian peasants
Orthodox moldavian peasants |
Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1493–1517 | Bundschuh movement |
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German Peasants | All rebellions suppressed |
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1498–1878 | Opryshky movement |
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Ruthenian (Ukrainian) peasants
Hutsul peasants |
Suppression of the movement |
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1511 | Friulian Revolt |
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Friulian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1514 | Poor Conrad Rebellion |
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Württemberg peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[30] |
1514 | György Dózsa Rebellion |
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Hungarian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[31] |
1515 | Slovene Peasant Revolt of 1515 |
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Slovene peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[32] |
1515–1523 | Frisian peasant rebellion |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1516–1521 | Trần Cảo Rebellion | Lê dynasty | Vietnamese peasants under Trần Cảo and Trần Cung | Suppression of the rebellion, though Lê dynasty is severely weakened | [33] | |
1519–1659 | Celali rebellions |
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Turkmen peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [34] | |
1524–1525 | German Peasants' War |
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German peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1524–1533 | Dalecarlian Rebellions | ![]() |
Dalarna peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1525 | Palatine Peasants' War |
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Palatine peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1534 | Skipper Clement's Rebellion |
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Danish Peasants under Skipper Clement
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1540 | Peasant's Rebellion in Telemark |
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Norwegian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1542–1543 | Dacke War | ![]() |
Småland peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [35] | |
1549 | Kett's Rebellion |
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English peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1573 | Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt |
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Slovene peasants Croatian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[36] |
1594–1637 | Croquant rebellions |
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French peasants | Suppression of all rebellions | ||
1596–1597 | Cudgel War |
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Finnish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[37] |
1606–1607 | Bolotnikov Rebellion |
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Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1626–1636 | Peasants' War in Upper Austria |
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Austrian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[38] |
1630–1645 | Rebellion of Li Zicheng |
Ming dynasty (1630–1644)
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Peasants under Li Zicheng, Gao Guiying and other generals of the Shun dynasty | Collapse of Ming dynasty, but suppression of the rebellion by Qing dynasty | ||
1630–1647 | Rebellion of Zhang Xianzhong |
Ming dynasty (1630–1644)
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Peasants and bandits under Zhang Xianzhong | Collapse of Ming dynasty, but suppression of the rebellion by Qing dynasty | [39] | |
1635 | Second Slovene peasants' revolt |
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Peasants under a scattered leadership of various leaders | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1637–1638 | Shimabara Rebellion |
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Christian peasants and rōnin | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[40] |
1639 | Revolt of the va-nu-pieds |
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Normandy peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1640 | Corpus de Sang |
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Catalan harvesters | Revolt successful. Start of the Reapers' War; eventual defeat of Catalonia |
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1651 | Kostka-Napierski Uprising |
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Polish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[41] |
1652 | Guo Huaiyi Rebellion | Dutch East India Company Aboriginal Taiwanese | Chinese peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1653 | Swiss peasant war of 1653 |
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Swiss peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[42] |
1664-1665 | Varenytsia Uprising |
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Ukrainian peasants
Kalnyk Cossack regiment under Vasyl Varenytsia and Ivan Sulymka Zaporozhian Cossacks under Ivan Sirko |
Suppression of the rebellion | [43] | |
1667–1671 | Stepan Razin Rebellion |
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Russian peasants Don Cossacks | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[44] |
1669–1670 | Peasant Rebellion in Podhale |
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Polish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[45] |
1704 | Kuridža's Rebellion | ![]() |
Orthodox peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1705–1706 | Bavarian People's Uprising | ![]() |
Bavarian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1707–1708 | Bulavin Rebellion |
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Russian peasants Don Cossacks | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1713 | Slovene peasant revolt in Tolmin |
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Peasants under a scattered leadership of various leaders, including Ivan Miklavčič | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1730–1769 | Peasant revolts for the restoration of the Lê dynasty and land reforms | Trịnh lords Nguyễn lords | Vietnamese peasants Lê dynasty | Suppression of the rebellions and eventual collapse of Lê dynasty, but start of Tây Sơn Revolt | ||
1743 | Dalecarlian rebellion |
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Swedish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1765 | Strilekrigen |
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Norwegian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1767-1770 | Klishchyn Uprising | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants
Zhovnynsk Cossacks |
Suppression of the rebellion | [46] | |
1768–1769 | Koliivshchyna |
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Haidamaka movement
Orthodox ruthenian peasants |
Suppression of the rebellion |
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1769–1788 | Tây Sơn Revolt |
Nguyễn lords (until 1776) Nguyễn Ánh's forces (since 1776) Trịnh lords (until 1786) ![]() Lê dynasty (1786–1788) ![]() |
Tây Sơn dynasty | Goal of the rebellion achieved; reunification of Vietnam and introduction of land reforms under Tây Sơn dynasty |
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1773–1775 | Pugachev's Rebellion | ![]() |
Russian peasants Ural Cossacks Bashkirs | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[47] |
1780–1783 | Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II | ![]() |
Quechua and Aymara peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [48] | |
1784 | Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan | ![]() |
Romanian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[49] |
1786–1787 | Lofthusreisingen |
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Norwegian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1786–1787 | Shays' Rebellion | ![]() |
American farmers | Suppression of the rebellion, constitutional reform |
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1789-1793 | Turbaii Uprising | ![]() |
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Suppression of the rebellion, self government abolished | [50] | |
1790 | Saxon Peasants' Revolt | ![]() |
Saxon peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[51] |
1791–1794 | Whisky Rebellion | ![]() |
American farmers | Suppression of the rebellion, whiskey tax is repealed shortly after | ||
1793–1796 | War in the Vendée |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1793–1804 | Chouannerie |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1794 | Kościuszko Uprising | ![]() ![]() |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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[52] |
1794–1804 | White Lotus Rebellion |
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White Lotus rebels | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1798 | Peasants' War |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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[53] |
1800–1802 | Lærdal Rebellion |
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Norwegian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [54] | |
1803 | Cherkasy Uprising of 1803 | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants | Surpression of the rebellion | [55] | |
1807–1820 | Jean-Baptiste Perrier's rebellion | ![]() |
Haitian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1809 | Tyrolean Rebellion |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1809 | Gottscheer Rebellion |
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Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1811 | Klågerup riots | ![]() |
Swedish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1813-1835 | Karmaliuk uprisings | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants
Polish peasants Jewish peasants |
Suppression of the rebellion |
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[56] |
1819 | Chuguev uprising | ![]() |
military settlers of the Chuguev Regiment
Ukrainian peasants |
Suppression of the rebellion | [57] | |
1826–1854 | Peasant uprisings during the reign of Nicholas I of Russia | ![]() |
Russian peasants | About 556 small-scale rural uprisings took place during Nicholas' reign. All were suppressed, but contributed to the Russian Emperor's reluctance to end the serfdom in Russia. | [58] | |
1826 | Ohramievchi uprising | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [59] | |
1832–1835 | Cabanada |
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Restorationist peasants | Rebellion subdued after the premature death of former Emperor Pedro I | ||
1834–1835 | Syrian Peasant Revolt (1834–35) |
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Arab peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[60] |
1835–1840 | Cabanagem |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1838–1841 | Balaiada |
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Peasants and African slaves | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1839–1845 | Anti-Rent War | ![]() ![]() |
Upstate tenant farmers | initially suppressed by the state militia, rebel anti-rent leaders arrested though they were either pardoned or not sentenced, anti-renters continued to rebel decades after the trials, the Antirenter party was formed and tenant rights were granted. |
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1844 | Piquet uprising | ![]() |
Piquets (Haitian peasants) under Acaau | Piquet movement leaders integrated into government, but goals not achieved | [61] | |
1846 | Acaau's second rebellion | ![]() |
Haitian peasants under Acaau | Suppression of the rebellion | [62] | |
1846 | Galician Peasant Uprising of 1846 | ![]() |
Galician peasants | De facto suppression of the rebellion, although it was both sparked and extinguished by the Austrian authorities and eventually led to abolition of serfdom in Galicia and Lodomeria two years later. |
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[63] |
1847-1915 | Caste War of Yucatán | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Maya peasants of the Yucatán Peninsula | Temporary establishment of Chan Santa Cruz state; eventually suppression of the rebellion |
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[64] |
1850–1864 | Taiping Rebellion |
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Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1855 | Kiev Cossacks insurrection | ![]() |
Kyiv "Cossacks"
Ukrainian peasants |
Suppression of the rebellion | [65] | |
1856 | "To Tavria for freedom" movement | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [65] | |
1851–1868 | Nian Rebellion |
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Nian militias | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1858 | Mahtra War | ![]() |
Estonian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [66] | |
1861 | Bezdna unrest | ![]() |
Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [67] | |
1862 | Great Peasant Uprising of 1862 |
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Korean peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1884 | Chichibu Incident | ![]() |
Japanese peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1888 | Peasant Revolt in Banten | ![]() |
Bantenese peasants and ulamas | Suppression of the rebellion | [68] | |
1892 | Jerez uprising | ![]() |
Regional fieldworkers | Suppression of the rebellion | [69] | |
1894–1895 | Donghak Peasant Revolution | ![]() ![]() |
Korean peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1896–1897 | War of Canudos |
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Canudos inhabitants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1899–1900 | Peasant unrest in Bulgaria |
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Bulgarian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1905-1906 | Sorochyntsi revolt | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [70] | |
1905–1908 | Maji Maji Rebellion | ![]() |
Matumbi people, Ngoni people, and other Tanganyikans | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[71] |
1907 | 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt |
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Romanian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1910 | Kileler uprising | ![]() |
Farmers of Thessaly | Initial suppression of the rebellion, followed by the arrested declared innocent and some minor measures in favor of the peasants being taken the next year; Actual requests of the peasants began being fulfilled in 1923. | [72] | |
1911 | Peasant rebellion in eastern Henan | ![]() |
Yellow Way Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [73] [74] | |
1912-1916 | Contestado War |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1913 | Peasant revolt in Northern Shaanxi |
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Chinese poppy farmers and bandits under a sect leader | Spread of the revolt; poppy plant eradication campaign stopped | [75] | |
1914 | Peasant Revolt in Albania |
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Muslim peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1916 | Urkun | ![]() |
Kyrgyz and Kazakh peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [76] | |
1917–1921 | Makhnovshchina |
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Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1918 | Livny Uprising | ![]() |
Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1918 | Arsk Uprising | ![]() |
Tatar peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1918 | Sheksna uprising | ![]() |
Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1918 | Anti-Hetman uprising |
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Ukrainian peasants
Ukrainian directorate supporters |
Abdication of
Hetman Skoropadskyj
Restoration of the Ukrainian People's Republic Preliminary peace agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
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1919 | Chapan rebellion | ![]() |
Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1919 | Khotyn uprising |
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Ukrainian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1919–1922 | Rebellion of "Chu the Ninth" ( Ming pretender) | ![]() |
Yellow Way Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [78] | |
1920 | Pitchfork uprising | ![]() |
"Black Eagle" peasant rebels | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1920 | Croatian Peasant Rebellion | ![]() |
Croatian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1920–1922 | Tambov Rebellion | ![]() |
Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1920–1926 | Spirit Soldier rebellions of eastern Sichuan and western Hubei | ![]() |
Spirit Soldier rebels, allied warlord forces | Stalemate: Large Spirit Soldier armies are destroyed, but movement persists | [79] [80] [81] | |
1921 | Peasant Rebellion of Sorokino | ![]() |
Russian peasants and White Army veterans | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1921 | Malabar rebellion | ![]() |
Indian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[82] |
1924 | Rebellion of "Wang the Sixth" ( Ming pretender) | ![]() |
Wang's followers | Suppression of the rebellion | [78] | |
1924 | Tatarbunary uprising |
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Ukrainian peasants
Ukrainian bolsheviks |
Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1925 | Rebellion of Chu Hung-teng ( Ming pretender) | ![]() |
Heavenly Gate Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [83] | |
1927 | Autumn Harvest Uprising | ![]() |
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Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1928–1929 | Red Spears' uprising in Shandong | ![]() |
Red Spear Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [84] | |
1928-1940 | Revolts against soviet collectivisation |
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Soviet peasants | Suppression of the revolts | ||
1932 | Salvadoran peasant massacre | ![]() |
Salvadoran peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1932 | Lesko uprising | ![]() |
Polish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [85] | |
1932 | Peasant uprising against poppy-tax collection in Su County | ![]() ![]() |
Chinese poppy farmers and gentry under Wang Xiaobai and Ma Fengshan | Suppression of the rebellion | [86] | |
1932 | Peasant uprising against poppy-tax collection in Lingbi County | ![]() |
Chinese poppy farmers under Tian Xuemin | Goal of the rebellion achieved | [87] | |
1936 | Miyun District rebellion | ![]() ![]() |
Yellow Sand Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [88] [89] | |
1944 | Peasant revolt in Beichuan County | ![]() |
Chinese poppy farmers of Xiaoyuan and Houyuan | Goal of the rebellion achieved | [90] | |
1944 | Peasant uprising in Indramayu | ![]() |
Indramayu Peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [91] | |
1946–1951 | Tebhaga movement | Bengal landlords | Bengal peasants (
All India Kisan Sabha)
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Goal of the rebellion partially achieved | [92] | |
1946–1951 | Telangana Rebellion |
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Hyderabad peasants (
Andhra Mahasabha)
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Goal of the rebellion achieved |
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[93] |
1947–1954 | Hukbalahap Rebellion | ![]() |
Filipino peasants ( Hukbalahap) | Suppression of the rebellion | [94] | |
1949 | Nankar Rebellion | ![]() Various Bengali Zamindars |
Communist Party and Peasants Association | Goal of the rebellion achieved | [95] | |
1950 | Cazin rebellion | ![]() |
Yugoslavian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [96] | |
1952–1960 | Mau Mau Uprising | ![]() |
Kikuyu farmhanders | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1958 | Rebellion at Fuzhou, Jiangxi | ![]() |
Dacheng sects | Suppression of the rebellion | [97] | |
1958 | Rebellion at Yongjing | ![]() |
Rural rebels | Suppression of the rebellion | [98] | |
1959–1965 | Escambray Rebellion | ![]() |
Cuban peasants
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Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1959 | Peasant rebellion at Sizhuang, Henan | ![]() |
"Regiment of Spirit Soldiers" | Suppression of the rebellion | [98] | |
1960 | Rebellion at Yongnian County | ![]() |
New Star Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [99] | |
1968–1969 | Agbekoya | ![]() |
Yoruba peasants | Goal of the rebellion achieved | ||
1969 | Rebellion at Changchun | ![]() |
Nine Palaces Way | Suppression of the rebellion | [100] | |
1969 | Rebellion at Shuangyang County | ![]() |
Mount Wutai sect | Suppression of the rebellion | [100] | |
1970s | 1970s peasant revolts in Thailand | ![]() |
Thai peasants | Peasant leaders assassinated |
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1975–1991 | Uprisings in Tigray and Eritrea; part of the Ethiopian Civil War |
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Tigrayan and Eritrean peasants | Derg overthrown; Eritrean independence | [101] | |
1994 | Zapatista uprising | ![]() |
Mexican indigenous peasants | Ceasefire |
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This is a chronological list of revolts organized by peasants.
The history of peasant wars spans over two thousand years. A variety of factors fueled the emergence of the peasant revolt phenomenon, including: [2]
Later peasant revolts such as the Telangana Rebellion were also influenced by agrarian socialist ideologies such as Maoism. [3]
The majority of peasant rebellions ended prematurely and were unsuccessful. Peasants suffered from limited funding and lacked the training and organisational capabilities of professional armies. [4]
The list gives the name, the date, the peasant allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
Date | Conflict | State | Peasants | Result | Image | Ref. |
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209–206 BC | Anti- Qin revolts (including Dazexiang Uprising) | Qin dynasty | Peasants under several rebel leaders, including Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Xiang Yu, and Liu Bang | Qin dissolution | [5] | |
205–186 BC | Great revolt of the Egyptians | ![]() |
Native Egyptian peasants and soldiers under secessionist Pharaohs Hugronaphor and Ankhmakis | Suppression of the rebellion | [6] | |
17–25 | Lülin | Xin dynasty | Lülin rebels | Collapse of Xin dynasty; ascendancy of rebel leader Liu Xiu after infighting among Lülin forces | ||
17–27 | Red Eyebrows | Xin dynasty | Red Eyebrows rebels | Goal of the rebellion partially achieved, but eventual defeat of the movement by Liu Xiu | ||
172–173 | Bucolic War | ![]() |
Egyptian peasants under Isidorus | Suppression of the rebellion | [7] | |
184–205 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | Han dynasty | Yellow Turban rebels | Suppression of the rebellion, though Han dynasty is severely weakened |
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[8] |
185–205 | Heishan bandit movement | Han dynasty | Bandit confederacy of the Taihang Mountains Gongsun Zan's forces | Suppression of the rebellion, though Han dynasty is severely weakened | ||
3rd–5th century | Bagaudae | ![]() |
Bagaudae Suebi | Gain control of some territory; end with the general collapse of the Roman Empire | ||
4th–late 5th century | Circumcellions | ![]() |
Berber and Roman peasants Donatist authorities Rebellious Roman military under Gildo (in 398) | End of Roman Catholic rule in Africa, but suppression of the rebellion by Vandals and Arian authorities | [9] | |
611–619 | Anti-Sui rebellions | Sui dynasty | Peasants under several rebel leaders Defected military forces under several rebel generals, officials and nobles | Collapse of Sui dynasty; ascendancy of rebel leader Li Yuan after infighting among rebel forces | ||
841–843 | Stellinga Uprising | Saxon nobility Frankish military under Louis the German | Stellinga | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
859–860 | Rebellion of Ch'iu Fu | Tang dynasty | Chinese peasants and bandits under Ch'iu Fu | Suppression of the rebellion, though Tang dynasty is severely weakened | [10] | |
874–878 | Rebellion of Wang Xianzhi | Tang dynasty | Chinese peasants and bandits under Wang Xianzhi and Shang Junzhang | Suppression of the rebellion, though Tang dynasty is severely weakened | [11] | |
875–884 | Rebellion of Huang Chao | Tang dynasty | Chinese peasants and bandits under Huang Chao | Suppression of the rebellion, though Tang dynasty is severely weakened | [12] | |
928–932 | Basil the Copper Hand Rebellions |
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Peasants under Basil the Copper Hand | Suppression of the rebellion | [13] | |
993–995 | Da Shu rebellion in Sichuan | Song dynasty | Peasants under Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun | Suppression of the rebellion | [14] | |
996 | Peasants' revolt in Normandy | Normandy under Rodulf of Ivry and Richard II, Duke of Normandy | Norman peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [15] | |
1277–1280 | Uprising of Ivaylo | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Murder of Ivaylo | [16] | |
1323–1328 | Peasant revolt in Flanders |
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Flemish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1343–1345 | St. George's Night Uprising |
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Estonian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1351–1368 | Red Turban Rebellion | Yuan dynasty Goryeo | Red Turban Armies of White Lotus members, Manichaeans and Chinese peasants | Fall of Yuan dynasty and retreat of the Mongols into Mongolia as the Northern Yuan dynasty; ascendancy of rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang after infighting among rebel forces | ||
1358 | Jacquerie |
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French peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1381 | Peasants' Revolt |
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English peasants | Suppression of the rebellion, though Plantagenet dynasty is weakened |
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1382 | Harelle |
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French peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1428 | Shocho uprising |
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Japanese peasants | Peasant debts cancelled. | ||
1437 | Transylvanian peasant revolt |
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Transylvanian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1438 | Hallvard Graatops Revolt | ![]() |
Norwegian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1441 | Kakitsu uprising |
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Do-ikki (leagues) of peasants and jizamurai | Peasant debts cancelled, Ashikaga shogunate is severely weakened. |
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[19] |
1441 | Funen and Jutland Peasant rebellions | ![]() |
Danish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1450 | Jack Cade's rebellion |
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English peasants | Suppression of the rebellion, though Lancaster dynasty is weakened and eventually overthrown during the Wars of the Roses. |
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1450–1451 | John and William Merfold's Uprising |
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English peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[21] |
1453–1454 | Morea revolt of 1453–54 |
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Greek peasants under
Manuel Kantakouzenos Albanians under
Peter Bua
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Suppression of the rebellion | [22] | |
1462–1472, 1485–1486 | War of the Remences | ![]() ![]() |
Catalan peasants
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Goal of the rebellion largely achieved, Sentència de Guadalupe signed |
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[23] |
1467–1469 | Galician Irmandiños Revolt | Kingdom of Galicia ( Crown of Castile) | Galician peasants, led by Galician burgeoisie and part of the local lower nobility | Suppression of the rebellion by feudal armies | [24] | |
May 1476 | Niklashausen Peasant Revolt |
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German peasants led by Hans Böhm, who had a vision of the Virgin Mary, against the nobility and clergy of the Holy Roman Empire. | Böhm executed and pilgrimages to Niklashausen ceased |
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[25] |
1478 | Carinthian Peasant Revolt |
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Carinthian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[26] |
1482–1511 | Yamashiro ikki uprisings |
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Yamashiro ikki and later, lesser ikki Various samurai clans |
Most ikki submit to the shogunate in 1493, though they achieved many of their aims and continued to retain autonomy until the gradual end of the movement | [27] | |
1487–1488 | Kaga Rebellion | Togashi clan | Ikkō-ikkiMotoori clanYamagawa clan | Decisive victory for the Ikkō-ikki. |
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[28] |
1488–1582 | Ikkō-ikki Uprisings | Several major samurai clans (including Oda clan and Tokugawa clan) Nichiren sect Tendai sōhei Jōdo-shū sōhei |
Ikkō-shū peasant and
ji-samurai leagues
Jōdo Shinshū
sōhei
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Destruction of most militant Ikkō-shū leagues; Jōdo Shinshū sect and remaining Ikkō-ikki submit to Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
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[29] |
1490-1492 | Mukha rebellion |
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Orthodox
ruthenian peasants
Orthodox moldavian peasants |
Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1493–1517 | Bundschuh movement |
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German Peasants | All rebellions suppressed |
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1498–1878 | Opryshky movement |
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Ruthenian (Ukrainian) peasants
Hutsul peasants |
Suppression of the movement |
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1511 | Friulian Revolt |
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Friulian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1514 | Poor Conrad Rebellion |
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Württemberg peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[30] |
1514 | György Dózsa Rebellion |
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Hungarian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[31] |
1515 | Slovene Peasant Revolt of 1515 |
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Slovene peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[32] |
1515–1523 | Frisian peasant rebellion |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1516–1521 | Trần Cảo Rebellion | Lê dynasty | Vietnamese peasants under Trần Cảo and Trần Cung | Suppression of the rebellion, though Lê dynasty is severely weakened | [33] | |
1519–1659 | Celali rebellions |
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Turkmen peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [34] | |
1524–1525 | German Peasants' War |
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German peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1524–1533 | Dalecarlian Rebellions | ![]() |
Dalarna peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1525 | Palatine Peasants' War |
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Palatine peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1534 | Skipper Clement's Rebellion |
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Danish Peasants under Skipper Clement
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1540 | Peasant's Rebellion in Telemark |
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Norwegian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1542–1543 | Dacke War | ![]() |
Småland peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [35] | |
1549 | Kett's Rebellion |
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English peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1573 | Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt |
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Slovene peasants Croatian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[36] |
1594–1637 | Croquant rebellions |
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French peasants | Suppression of all rebellions | ||
1596–1597 | Cudgel War |
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Finnish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[37] |
1606–1607 | Bolotnikov Rebellion |
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Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1626–1636 | Peasants' War in Upper Austria |
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Austrian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[38] |
1630–1645 | Rebellion of Li Zicheng |
Ming dynasty (1630–1644)
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Peasants under Li Zicheng, Gao Guiying and other generals of the Shun dynasty | Collapse of Ming dynasty, but suppression of the rebellion by Qing dynasty | ||
1630–1647 | Rebellion of Zhang Xianzhong |
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Peasants and bandits under Zhang Xianzhong | Collapse of Ming dynasty, but suppression of the rebellion by Qing dynasty | [39] | |
1635 | Second Slovene peasants' revolt |
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Peasants under a scattered leadership of various leaders | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1637–1638 | Shimabara Rebellion |
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Christian peasants and rōnin | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[40] |
1639 | Revolt of the va-nu-pieds |
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Normandy peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1640 | Corpus de Sang |
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Catalan harvesters | Revolt successful. Start of the Reapers' War; eventual defeat of Catalonia |
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1651 | Kostka-Napierski Uprising |
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Polish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[41] |
1652 | Guo Huaiyi Rebellion | Dutch East India Company Aboriginal Taiwanese | Chinese peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1653 | Swiss peasant war of 1653 |
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Swiss peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[42] |
1664-1665 | Varenytsia Uprising |
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Ukrainian peasants
Kalnyk Cossack regiment under Vasyl Varenytsia and Ivan Sulymka Zaporozhian Cossacks under Ivan Sirko |
Suppression of the rebellion | [43] | |
1667–1671 | Stepan Razin Rebellion |
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Russian peasants Don Cossacks | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[44] |
1669–1670 | Peasant Rebellion in Podhale |
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Polish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[45] |
1704 | Kuridža's Rebellion | ![]() |
Orthodox peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1705–1706 | Bavarian People's Uprising | ![]() |
Bavarian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1707–1708 | Bulavin Rebellion |
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Russian peasants Don Cossacks | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1713 | Slovene peasant revolt in Tolmin |
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Peasants under a scattered leadership of various leaders, including Ivan Miklavčič | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1730–1769 | Peasant revolts for the restoration of the Lê dynasty and land reforms | Trịnh lords Nguyễn lords | Vietnamese peasants Lê dynasty | Suppression of the rebellions and eventual collapse of Lê dynasty, but start of Tây Sơn Revolt | ||
1743 | Dalecarlian rebellion |
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Swedish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1765 | Strilekrigen |
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Norwegian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1767-1770 | Klishchyn Uprising | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants
Zhovnynsk Cossacks |
Suppression of the rebellion | [46] | |
1768–1769 | Koliivshchyna |
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Haidamaka movement
Orthodox ruthenian peasants |
Suppression of the rebellion |
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1769–1788 | Tây Sơn Revolt |
Nguyễn lords (until 1776) Nguyễn Ánh's forces (since 1776) Trịnh lords (until 1786) ![]() Lê dynasty (1786–1788) ![]() |
Tây Sơn dynasty | Goal of the rebellion achieved; reunification of Vietnam and introduction of land reforms under Tây Sơn dynasty |
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1773–1775 | Pugachev's Rebellion | ![]() |
Russian peasants Ural Cossacks Bashkirs | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[47] |
1780–1783 | Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II | ![]() |
Quechua and Aymara peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [48] | |
1784 | Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan | ![]() |
Romanian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[49] |
1786–1787 | Lofthusreisingen |
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Norwegian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1786–1787 | Shays' Rebellion | ![]() |
American farmers | Suppression of the rebellion, constitutional reform |
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1789-1793 | Turbaii Uprising | ![]() |
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Suppression of the rebellion, self government abolished | [50] | |
1790 | Saxon Peasants' Revolt | ![]() |
Saxon peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1791–1794 | Whisky Rebellion | ![]() |
American farmers | Suppression of the rebellion, whiskey tax is repealed shortly after | ||
1793–1796 | War in the Vendée |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1793–1804 | Chouannerie |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1794 | Kościuszko Uprising | ![]() ![]() |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1794–1804 | White Lotus Rebellion |
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White Lotus rebels | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1798 | Peasants' War |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1800–1802 | Lærdal Rebellion |
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Norwegian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [54] | |
1803 | Cherkasy Uprising of 1803 | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants | Surpression of the rebellion | [55] | |
1807–1820 | Jean-Baptiste Perrier's rebellion | ![]() |
Haitian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1809 | Tyrolean Rebellion |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1809 | Gottscheer Rebellion |
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Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1811 | Klågerup riots | ![]() |
Swedish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1813-1835 | Karmaliuk uprisings | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants
Polish peasants Jewish peasants |
Suppression of the rebellion |
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1819 | Chuguev uprising | ![]() |
military settlers of the Chuguev Regiment
Ukrainian peasants |
Suppression of the rebellion | [57] | |
1826–1854 | Peasant uprisings during the reign of Nicholas I of Russia | ![]() |
Russian peasants | About 556 small-scale rural uprisings took place during Nicholas' reign. All were suppressed, but contributed to the Russian Emperor's reluctance to end the serfdom in Russia. | [58] | |
1826 | Ohramievchi uprising | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [59] | |
1832–1835 | Cabanada |
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Restorationist peasants | Rebellion subdued after the premature death of former Emperor Pedro I | ||
1834–1835 | Syrian Peasant Revolt (1834–35) |
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Arab peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[60] |
1835–1840 | Cabanagem |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1838–1841 | Balaiada |
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Peasants and African slaves | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1839–1845 | Anti-Rent War | ![]() ![]() |
Upstate tenant farmers | initially suppressed by the state militia, rebel anti-rent leaders arrested though they were either pardoned or not sentenced, anti-renters continued to rebel decades after the trials, the Antirenter party was formed and tenant rights were granted. |
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1844 | Piquet uprising | ![]() |
Piquets (Haitian peasants) under Acaau | Piquet movement leaders integrated into government, but goals not achieved | [61] | |
1846 | Acaau's second rebellion | ![]() |
Haitian peasants under Acaau | Suppression of the rebellion | [62] | |
1846 | Galician Peasant Uprising of 1846 | ![]() |
Galician peasants | De facto suppression of the rebellion, although it was both sparked and extinguished by the Austrian authorities and eventually led to abolition of serfdom in Galicia and Lodomeria two years later. |
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1847-1915 | Caste War of Yucatán | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Maya peasants of the Yucatán Peninsula | Temporary establishment of Chan Santa Cruz state; eventually suppression of the rebellion |
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[64] |
1850–1864 | Taiping Rebellion |
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Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1855 | Kiev Cossacks insurrection | ![]() |
Kyiv "Cossacks"
Ukrainian peasants |
Suppression of the rebellion | [65] | |
1856 | "To Tavria for freedom" movement | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [65] | |
1851–1868 | Nian Rebellion |
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Nian militias | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1858 | Mahtra War | ![]() |
Estonian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [66] | |
1861 | Bezdna unrest | ![]() |
Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [67] | |
1862 | Great Peasant Uprising of 1862 |
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Korean peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1884 | Chichibu Incident | ![]() |
Japanese peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1888 | Peasant Revolt in Banten | ![]() |
Bantenese peasants and ulamas | Suppression of the rebellion | [68] | |
1892 | Jerez uprising | ![]() |
Regional fieldworkers | Suppression of the rebellion | [69] | |
1894–1895 | Donghak Peasant Revolution | ![]() ![]() |
Korean peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1896–1897 | War of Canudos |
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Canudos inhabitants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1899–1900 | Peasant unrest in Bulgaria |
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Bulgarian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1905-1906 | Sorochyntsi revolt | ![]() |
Ukrainian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [70] | |
1905–1908 | Maji Maji Rebellion | ![]() |
Matumbi people, Ngoni people, and other Tanganyikans | Suppression of the rebellion |
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[71] |
1907 | 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt |
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Romanian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1910 | Kileler uprising | ![]() |
Farmers of Thessaly | Initial suppression of the rebellion, followed by the arrested declared innocent and some minor measures in favor of the peasants being taken the next year; Actual requests of the peasants began being fulfilled in 1923. | [72] | |
1911 | Peasant rebellion in eastern Henan | ![]() |
Yellow Way Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [73] [74] | |
1912-1916 | Contestado War |
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Suppression of the rebellion |
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1913 | Peasant revolt in Northern Shaanxi |
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Chinese poppy farmers and bandits under a sect leader | Spread of the revolt; poppy plant eradication campaign stopped | [75] | |
1914 | Peasant Revolt in Albania |
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Muslim peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1916 | Urkun | ![]() |
Kyrgyz and Kazakh peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [76] | |
1917–1921 | Makhnovshchina |
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Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1918 | Livny Uprising | ![]() |
Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1918 | Arsk Uprising | ![]() |
Tatar peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1918 | Sheksna uprising | ![]() |
Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1918 | Anti-Hetman uprising |
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Ukrainian peasants
Ukrainian directorate supporters |
Abdication of
Hetman Skoropadskyj
Restoration of the Ukrainian People's Republic Preliminary peace agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
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1919 | Chapan rebellion | ![]() |
Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1919 | Khotyn uprising |
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Ukrainian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1919–1922 | Rebellion of "Chu the Ninth" ( Ming pretender) | ![]() |
Yellow Way Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [78] | |
1920 | Pitchfork uprising | ![]() |
"Black Eagle" peasant rebels | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1920 | Croatian Peasant Rebellion | ![]() |
Croatian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1920–1922 | Tambov Rebellion | ![]() |
Russian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1920–1926 | Spirit Soldier rebellions of eastern Sichuan and western Hubei | ![]() |
Spirit Soldier rebels, allied warlord forces | Stalemate: Large Spirit Soldier armies are destroyed, but movement persists | [79] [80] [81] | |
1921 | Peasant Rebellion of Sorokino | ![]() |
Russian peasants and White Army veterans | Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1921 | Malabar rebellion | ![]() |
Indian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1924 | Rebellion of "Wang the Sixth" ( Ming pretender) | ![]() |
Wang's followers | Suppression of the rebellion | [78] | |
1924 | Tatarbunary uprising |
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Ukrainian peasants
Ukrainian bolsheviks |
Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1925 | Rebellion of Chu Hung-teng ( Ming pretender) | ![]() |
Heavenly Gate Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [83] | |
1927 | Autumn Harvest Uprising | ![]() |
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Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1928–1929 | Red Spears' uprising in Shandong | ![]() |
Red Spear Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [84] | |
1928-1940 | Revolts against soviet collectivisation |
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Soviet peasants | Suppression of the revolts | ||
1932 | Salvadoran peasant massacre | ![]() |
Salvadoran peasants | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1932 | Lesko uprising | ![]() |
Polish peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [85] | |
1932 | Peasant uprising against poppy-tax collection in Su County | ![]() ![]() |
Chinese poppy farmers and gentry under Wang Xiaobai and Ma Fengshan | Suppression of the rebellion | [86] | |
1932 | Peasant uprising against poppy-tax collection in Lingbi County | ![]() |
Chinese poppy farmers under Tian Xuemin | Goal of the rebellion achieved | [87] | |
1936 | Miyun District rebellion | ![]() ![]() |
Yellow Sand Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [88] [89] | |
1944 | Peasant revolt in Beichuan County | ![]() |
Chinese poppy farmers of Xiaoyuan and Houyuan | Goal of the rebellion achieved | [90] | |
1944 | Peasant uprising in Indramayu | ![]() |
Indramayu Peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [91] | |
1946–1951 | Tebhaga movement | Bengal landlords | Bengal peasants (
All India Kisan Sabha)
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Goal of the rebellion partially achieved | [92] | |
1946–1951 | Telangana Rebellion |
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Hyderabad peasants (
Andhra Mahasabha)
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Goal of the rebellion achieved |
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1947–1954 | Hukbalahap Rebellion | ![]() |
Filipino peasants ( Hukbalahap) | Suppression of the rebellion | [94] | |
1949 | Nankar Rebellion | ![]() Various Bengali Zamindars |
Communist Party and Peasants Association | Goal of the rebellion achieved | [95] | |
1950 | Cazin rebellion | ![]() |
Yugoslavian peasants | Suppression of the rebellion | [96] | |
1952–1960 | Mau Mau Uprising | ![]() |
Kikuyu farmhanders | Suppression of the rebellion |
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1958 | Rebellion at Fuzhou, Jiangxi | ![]() |
Dacheng sects | Suppression of the rebellion | [97] | |
1958 | Rebellion at Yongjing | ![]() |
Rural rebels | Suppression of the rebellion | [98] | |
1959–1965 | Escambray Rebellion | ![]() |
Cuban peasants
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Suppression of the rebellion | ||
1959 | Peasant rebellion at Sizhuang, Henan | ![]() |
"Regiment of Spirit Soldiers" | Suppression of the rebellion | [98] | |
1960 | Rebellion at Yongnian County | ![]() |
New Star Society | Suppression of the rebellion | [99] | |
1968–1969 | Agbekoya | ![]() |
Yoruba peasants | Goal of the rebellion achieved | ||
1969 | Rebellion at Changchun | ![]() |
Nine Palaces Way | Suppression of the rebellion | [100] | |
1969 | Rebellion at Shuangyang County | ![]() |
Mount Wutai sect | Suppression of the rebellion | [100] | |
1970s | 1970s peasant revolts in Thailand | ![]() |
Thai peasants | Peasant leaders assassinated |
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1975–1991 | Uprisings in Tigray and Eritrea; part of the Ethiopian Civil War |
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Tigrayan and Eritrean peasants | Derg overthrown; Eritrean independence | [101] | |
1994 | Zapatista uprising | ![]() |
Mexican indigenous peasants | Ceasefire |
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