Tag: Revolt

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24th April 1916: The Easter Rising begins in Dublin

24th April 2023
Tagged as: Britain, Dublin, Easter, Ireland, Irish Republicanism, Republic, Revolt, Uprising

The Easter Rising began in Dublin, with the aim of securing an independent Irish Republic.

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13th March 1920: Start of the Kapp Putsch in Berlin

13th March 2023
Tagged as: Berlin, Ebert, Germany, Kapp, Putsch, Revolt, Strike, Uprising, Weimar

The right-wing Kapp Putsch attempted to overthrow the Weimar Republic.

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4th November 1839: The Newport Rising armed rebellion takes place in south Wales

4th November 2021
Tagged as: Britain, Chartism, Chartists, Newport, Rebellion, Revolt, Wales

Focusing on reform of the electoral system to improve the conditions of the working class, the release of the People’s Charter in 1838 had prompted the creation of the national working-class Chartist protest movement.

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24th April 1916: The Easter Rising begins in Dublin

13th March 1920: Start of the Kapp Putsch in Berlin

4th November 1839: The Newport Rising armed rebellion takes place in south Wales

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

1st June 1495: First written reference to Scotch whisky (distilled at @LindoresAbbey)

31st May 1669: Samuel Pepys writes the final entry of his famous diary that records the period of the Restoration

30th May 1381: Outbreak of the Peasants’ Revolt in England

29th May 1453: Sultan Mehmed II conquers Constantinople and defeats the Byzantine Empire

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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