John Fries'S Rebellion

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John Fries's Rebellion, also called the House Tax Rebellion, the Home Tax Rebellion or the Hot-Vuter Rebellion ("Blitz Wasser" in Pennsylvania...

Kett'S Rebellion

deceased (1549)
Kett's Rebellion was a revolt beginning in July 1549 instigated by Robert Kett (or Ket) of Wymondham, Norfolk. Robert Kett (b. 1492) himself had...

Five Pecks Of Rice Rebellion

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The Five Pecks of Rice Rebellion was a religious rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty (206 BC–AD 220) instigated by Taoist leader Zhang Da...
Louis Riel

Louis Riel

male, deceased (1885)
Louis Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two r...
Abbie Hoffman

Abbie Hoffman

male, deceased (1989)
Abbott Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 - April 12, 1989) was a self-identified communo-anarchist, social and political activist in the...
Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi

male, deceased (1996)
was a Japanese director. Among his films is "Kwaidan" (1965), a collection of four ghost stories drawn from the book by Lafcadio Hearn, each of...
Robert Baldwin

Robert Baldwin

male, deceased (1858)
Robert Baldwin was born at York (now Toronto). He, along with his political partner Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, lead the first responsible ministry...
Francis Bond Head

Francis Bond Head

male, deceased (1875)
Sir Francis Bond Head, 1st Baronet KCH PC (1 January 1793 - 20 July 1875), known as "Galloping Head", was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada...

Phalaris

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Phalaris was tyrant of Acragas (Agrigentum) in Sicily, from approximately 570 to 554 BC. He was entrusted with the building of the temple of Zeus...