The Battle of Marathon
Episode #1 of the course “Battles of All Time” Date: 490 BC The…
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Spanish Civil War, 1936 – 1939
Coups are not always successful, as the Spanish Civil war displays. The Spanish Civil War…
The Iranian Revolution, 1979
Revolutions based on poverty and political discontent are a common theme. In one of the…
The Cuban Revolution, 1953 – 1959
Revolutions often last years and are met with bloody resistance. A few, however, are openly…
The October Revolution, 1917
The October Revolution’s main event was a coup that took place on October 24, 1917,…
The Xinhai Revolution, 1911 – 1912
The Xinhai Revolution is also called the 1911 Revolution or simply the Chinese Revolution. This…
The Taiping Rebellion, 1850 – 1864
Internal suffering is often the cause of a rebellion, so when those who are suffering,…
The Haitian Revolution, 1791 – 1804
Haiti was originally a French colony called St. Domingue. It had large slave-based coffee and…
The French Revolution, 1789 – 1799
When the French helped America gain independence, they ran into some financial troubles of their…
The American Revolution, 1765 – 1783
The American Revolution is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War…