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31 matches to Autumn Harvest Uprising
Autumn Harvest Uprising. 1927. Failed Chinese peasant revolt led by Mao.
McCormick, Cyrus. 1809-84. US inventor of reaper 1834. Founded International Harvester.
Ops. Roman goddess of harvest, fertility. = Rhea.
Revolutions of 1848. Vienna, Prague, Venice. Romanticism, economic problems, bad harvest, unrest within Austrian Empire led to concessions, abdication of Emperor Ferdinand I.
Beer Hall Putsch. 1923. Hitler’s unsuccessful Munich uprising. Wrote Mein Kampf while imprisoned 8 months.
Blanqui, Louis. 1805-81. French militant socialist. Coined: “Dictatorship of the Proletariat”, “Industrial Revolution”, 1837. Unsuccessful uprising 1839. Commune leader. Secret societies.
Bulgarian Horrors. 1876. Brutal Ottoman suppression of uprising. 15,000 killed in reprisals.
Cadiz Uprising. 1820. C. Constitution reimplemented.
De Valéra, Eamon. 1882-1975. US/Irish mathematician. Led Easter Uprising. Led Sinn Fein, 1917-26. Founded Fianna Fáil 1926. Prime Minister of Irish Free State, 1931~59. President 59-73.
Emmet, Robert. 1778-1803. Leader of failed Irish nationalist uprising. Executed.
Fitzgerald, Edward. 1763-98. Irish rebel. Sought aid from France for 1798 uprising.
Harper’s Ferry. 1859. John Brown raids arsenal to start slave uprising.
Huang Hsing. 1874-1916. Led Chinese uprising 1911, with Sun Yat-sen.
Hungarian Uprising. 1703-11. Ferenc Rákóczi II led vs Hapsburg centralism. No real change achieved. 1956. Student-led revolt crushed by Russian troops. Kádár puppet government established. Nagy executed.
June Days. 1848. Paris workers uprising. Cavaignac’s military rule kills 10,000 to restore order.
Khrushchev, Nikita. 1894-1971. Soviet leader 1953-64. Berlin Wall 1961. Hungarian Uprising 1956. Malenkov.
Kiel Mutiny. 1918. Navy mutiny causes German uprising. Weimar Republic.
May Demonstrations. 1968 Paris student uprising for more money to education, less to defence. General Strike brought 33% increase in minimum wage.
Nagy, Imre. 1896-1958. Hungarian premier 1953~56. Executed after Hungarian Uprising. Rehabilitated 1989.
Pausanius. Spartan. Drove Persians from Greece at Plataea, 479BC. Starved to death for plotting helot uprising.
Pilgrimage of Grace. 1536. Catholic uprising in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire against dissolution of monasteries, taxation and inflation.
Polish Uprising. 1863. January Insurrection.
Poznán Riots. 1956. Polish workers strike for bread and freedom. 53 killed by Russian troops. Led to new regime, Hungarian Uprising.
RákóczI II, Ferenc. 1676-1735. Transylvanian prince. Led Hungarian Uprising 1703.
Rákosi, Mátyás. 1892-1971. Stalinist Hungarian leader 1945-56. Fled before 1956 uprising.