- American Civil War
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Also known as the War Between the States and several other names, this was a civil war in the United States of America in which eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States.
- Australian maritime dispute of 1890
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Was the first of four great strikes that rocked Australasia in the 1890s, which caused political and social turmoil across all Australian colonies and in New Zealand, including the collapse of colonial governments in the colonies of Victoria and New South Wales.
- Australian shearers' strike of 1891
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One of Australia's oldest and most important industrial disputes. Working conditions for sheep shearers in 19th century Australia were considered by those in the industry to be less than optimal. In 1891 wool was one of Australia's largest industries. But as the wool industry grew, so did the number and influence of shearers.
- Bay View Massacre
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A massacre of demonstrators by the Wisconsin National Guard.
- Buffalo switchmen's strike
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A strike in August 1892 by railroad workers employed by three railroads in Buffalo, New York.
- The Communist League
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On the meeting of the Communist League in June 1847.
- Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894
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A five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA.
- Dakota War of 1862
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An armed conflict between the United States and several bands of the eastern Sioux or Dakota.
- Donghak Peasant Revolution
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Was an anti-government, anti-yangban and anti-foreign uprising in 1894.
- The Emergence of the Canadian Working Class Movement
1845-1875
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- French Revolution of 1848
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One of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe.
- General Strike of 1842
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The strike started among the Staffordshire miners and soon spread through the country affecting factories, mills and coal mines from Dundee to South Wales and Cornwall.
- Great Railroad Strike of 1877
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Began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States and ended some 45 days later after it was put down by local and state militias.
- Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886
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A strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more than 200,000 workers.
- Greek War of Independence
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War of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1829.
- Haymarket affair
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Disturbance that took place on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at the Haymarket Square in Chicago.
- Homestead Strike
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A labour lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892.
- Hungarian Revolution of 1848
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One of many revolutions that year and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.
- Indian Rebellion of 1857
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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May, 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region.
- International Workers' Day
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A celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labor movement.
- Lattimer massacre
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The killing of 19 unarmed striking immigrant anthracite coal miners at the Lattimer mine near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1897, by a sheriff's posse.
- Leadville Colorado, Miners' Strike
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Occurred as a result of rapid industrialization and consolidation of the mining industry.
- London Dock Strike of 1889
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An industrial dispute involving dock workers in the Port of London which resulted in a victory for the strikers and established strong trade unions amongst London dockers.
- London matchgirls strike of 1888
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A strike of the women and teenage girls working at a match factory in London.
- Marxists Internet Archive - Historic Events in the Encyclopedia of Marxism
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- Merthyr Rising 1831
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The violent climax to many years of simmering unrest among the large working class population of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales and the surrounding area.
- Mexican War of Independence
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- Morant Bay rebellion
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- New Orleans general strike of 1892
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A general strike in the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana, that began on November 8, 1892.
- Newsboys Strike of 1899
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A youth-led campaign to force change in the way that Joseph Pulitzer's and William Randolph Hearst's newspapers compensated their child labor force.
- Nine-Hour Movement
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Was an international workers' attempt to secure shorter working days.
- North-West Rebellion
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A brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel against the Dominion of Canada, which they believed had failed to address their concerns for the survival of their people.
- Penal transportation
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The deporting of convicted criminals to a penal colony. Examples include transportation by France to Devil's Island and by the UK to its colonies in the Americas, from the 1610s through the American Revolution in the 1770s, and then to Australia between 1788 and 1868.
- Peterloo Massacre
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The Peterloo Massacre (or Battle of Peterloo) occurred at St Peter's Field, Manchester, England, on 16 August 1819, when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000-80,000 gathered at a meeting to demand the reform of parliamentary representation. It is estimated that 11-15 were killed and 400-700 injured.
- Pullman Strike
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A nationwide conflict between labour unions and railroads that occurred in the United States in 1894.
- Rebecca Riots
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The Rebecca Riots took place between 1839 and 1843 in South Wales and Mid Wales. They were a protest against the high tolls which had to be paid on the local turnpike roads.
- Rebellions of 1837
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The Rebellions of 1837 took place in both Upper and Lower Canada. In lower Canada the rebellion was in large part an expression of a resurgent French Canadian nationalism. By comparison the Upper Canada rebellion was a more limited affair. There was growing discontent with the network of officials, erroneously described as the family compact, who dominated the administration of the government and controlled the distribution of patronage throughout the province.
- Rebellions of 1837
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Canadian armed uprisings that occurred in 1837 and 1838.
- Red River Rebellion
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Name given to the events surrounding the actions of a provisional government established by Métis leader Louis Riel in 1869 at the Red River Settlement in what is now the Canadian province of Manitoba.
- Red River Rebellion
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Red River Rebellion (also known as Red River Resistance), a movement of national self-determination by the metis of the red river colony in what is now Manitoba, 1869-70. The inhabitants were continually in conflict with the HBC, particularly over trading privileges.
- Revolutions of 1848
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A series of political upheavals throughout the European continent. Described by some historians as a revolutionary wave, the period of unrest began in France and then, further propelled by the French Revolution of 1848, soon spread to the rest of Europe.
- Revolutions of 1848 in the German states
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"Germany" at the time of the Revolutions of 1848 was a collection of 39 states loosely bound together in the German Confederation. As nationalist sentiment crystallized into resistance to the traditional political structure, repeated calls for freedom, democracy and national unity came to threaten the status quo.
- Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states
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- Saint Louis general strike 1877
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Generally accepted as the first general strike in America, the 1877 Saint Louis general strike grew out of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. The general strike was largely organized by the Knights of Labor and the Marxist-leaning Workingmen's Party, the main radical political party of the era.
- Scottish Insurrection of 1820
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A week of strikes and unrest, a culmination of Radical demands for reform in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Second International
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Organization of socialist and labour parties formed in Paris on July 14, 1889.
- Swing Riots
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A widespread uprising by the rural workers of the arable south and east of England in 1830. The rioters, largely impoverished and landless agricultural labourers, sought to halt reductions in their wages and to put a stop to the introduction of the new threshing machines that threatened their livelihoods.
- Tompkins Square Riot (1874)
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On January 13, 1874 police crushed a demonstration involving thousands of unemployed in New York City's Tompkins Square Park.
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