-
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. -
Period: to
French Revolution
a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789. -
Period: to
Haitian Revolution
successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign nation of Haiti. -
Period: to
American Revolution
The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America. -
Period: to
Revolutions of 1848
series of republican revolts against European monarchies, beginning in Sicily, and spreading to France, Germany, Italy, and the Austrian Empire. They all ended in failure and repression, and were followed by widespread disillusionment among liberals. -
Period: to
Xinhai Revolution
a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty and established the Republic of China. -
Period: to
Russian Revolution
a period of political and social revolution across the territory of the Russian Empire which started with the abolishment of monarchy and concluded with the establishment of the Soviet Union by the Bolsheviks and the end of the civil war. -
Period: to
Chinese Communist Revolution
The Chinese Communist Revolution, led by the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao Zedong, resulted in the proclamation of the People's Republic of China, on 1 October 1949. The revolution began in 1946 after the Second Sino-Japanese War and was the second part of the Chinese Civil War. -
Period: to
Cuban Revolution
armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. -
Period: to
Iranian Revolution
series of events that involved the overthrow of the last monarch of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlav.