rebellion (redirected from revolt)

rebellion

organized resistance or opposition to a government or other authority

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Rebellion

Absalom

conspires to overthrow father, David. [O.T.: II Samuel 15:10–18:33]

Bastille Day

celebration of day Paris mob stormed prison; first outbreak of French Revolution (1789). [Fr. Hist.: EB, I: 866]

Beer Hall Putsch

early, aborted Nazi coup (1923). [Ger. Hist.: Hitler, 198–241]

Boston Tea Party

irate colonists, dressed as Indians, pillage three British ships (1773). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 58, 495]

Boxer Rebellion

xenophobic Chinese Taoist faction rebelled against foreign intruders (1900). [Chinese Hist.: Parrinder, 50]

Caine Mutiny, The

sailors seize command from the pathological and incompetent Capt. Queeg. [Am. Lit.: Wouk The Caine Mutiny in Benét, 157]

Christian, Fletcher

(fl. late 18th century) leader of mutinous sailors against Captain Bligh (1789). [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty]

Easter Rising

unsuccessful Irish revolt against British (1916). [Irish Hist.: EB, III: 760–761]

Gunpowder Plot

Guy Fawkes’s aborted plan to blow up British House of Commons (1605). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 1165]

Harpers Ferry

scene of Brown’s aborted slave uprising. [Am. Hist.: John Jameson, 220]

Hungarian Revolt

iron-curtain country futilely resisted Soviet domination (1956). [Eur. Hist.: Van Doren, 553]

Jacquerie French

peasant revolt, brutally carried out and suppressed (1358). [Fr. Hist.: Bishop, 372–373]

Jeroboam

with God’s sanction, establishes hegemony over ten tribes of Israel. [O.T.: I Kings 11:31–35]

Korah

rose up against Moses; slain by Jehovah. [O.T.: Numbers 16:1–3]

Kralich, Ivan

fugitive from Turkish law; firebrand for Bulgarian independence of Ottoman rule. [Bulgarian Lit.: Under the Yoke]

Mutiny on the Bounty

activities of mutineers, Captain Bligh, island wanderings (1789). [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty]

Peasants’ Revolt,

the English villeins’ attempt to improve their lot (1381). [Br. Hist.: Bishop, 220–221, 373–374]

Pilot,

the Mr. Gray successfully carries out many assignments for the rebels and thwarts the British [Am. Lit.: Cooper The Pilot]

Sepoy Rebellion Indian

soldiers’ uprising against British rule in India (1857–1858). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 1328]

Sheba

led an aborted revolt against King David. [O.T.: II Samuel 20: 1–2]

Spina, Pietro

returns from exile disguised as a priest and engages in antifascist activities. [Ital. Lit.: Bread and Wine]