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CHRONOLOGY OF WARS,
ARMED UPRISINGS AND
MILITARY CONFLICTS
 

p April 21-August 12, 1898

p Spanish-American War—the first imperialist war for a redivision of the world. Seizure by the USA of Spanish colonies 

p Suppression by British troops of the powerful popular uprising in the Sudan (began in 1881)

p Imperialist war of the USA against the Philippine Republic 

p Colonial war by France against tribes living in the Northwestern Sahara and final conquest of the whole Sahara 

p Gee Ho Chuan anti-imperialist uprising in China and its suppression by the troops of Germany, Britain, the USA, France, Japan, tsarist Russia, AustroHungary and Italy 

p Occupation of Cuba by US troops Anglo-Boer War. Transformation of the Orange Free State and the Republic of Transvaal into British colonies US Armed intervention in Colombia Seizure by the USA of the Panama Canal zone 

Uprising of the Herero and Hottentot tribes against the German colonialists in Southwest Africa British armed intervention in Tibet

1898

p February 1899- April 1901 1899-1901

421

p January 26, 1904- August 23, 1905 1905-1907

p Russo-Japanese War First Russian Revolution (June 14-June 24 , 1905—mutiny ’ on the Battleship Potemkin; June 22-24—workers’ uprising in Lodz; October 26-28— uprising in Kronstadt; November 11- 16—uprising in Sevastopol; December 1905—workers’ uprising in Moscow and some other cities; July 17-20, 1906— sailors’ mutiny in Sveaborg and Kronstadt)

p Bourgeois revolution in Iran (its culmination—the uprising in Tabriz). Intervention by British and tsarist Russian troops 

p US armed intervention in Honduras Uprising in Cuba and her occupation by US troops 

p Popular uprisings in China Peasant uprising in Rumania Peasant uprising in the Punjab (India) US armed intervention in Honduras Anti-Japanese uprising in Korea 

p Uprising in Macedonia and victory of the bourgeois revolution in Turkey (The Young Turk Revolution)

p Popular uprising in Guinea against the French colonialists 

p Workers’ uprising in Barcelona (Spain) US armed intervention in Nicaragua 

p Colonial war by French imperialism against the people of Morocco Mutinies in the Brazilian navy Mass uprisings in Albania against the Turkish yoke 

p Bourgeois-democratic revolution and civil war in Mexico. Failure of US armed interventions in 1914 and 1916- 1917

p Uprising and overthrow of the monarchy in Portugal 

p Italo-Turkish war and seizure of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica by Italy U Chang uprising, beginning of the Hsinhai bourgeois revolution in China Mutiny of army sappers near Tashkent 

1905-1911

p

(from the end of the 19th century)

p 1905 1906-1909

1906-1911

1907

June 1, 1907

1907 1907

July 1908

1908

July 26-31, 1909

1909

p 1909-1911

p 1910-1912 1910-1912

p 1910-1917

p 1899-1901

p 1899-1902 October 12, 1899 to May 31, 1902

p 1901, 1902, 1903 1903

p 1904-1907

p October 4-5, 1910

September 29, 1911- October 18, 1912 October 10, 1911

1912 1904 422 1912

p October 9, 1912- May 30, 1913

p 1912-1915

p June 29-August 10, 1913

p US armed intervention in Honduras 

p First Balkan war between Turkey and the Balkan Union (Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro) Armed struggle of the peasants and agricultural workers for land in Brazil 

p Second Balkan war (Bulgaria against Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, Rumania and Turkey)

p First World War 

p US armed intervention in Haiti US armed intervention in Liberia Uprising in Dublin, Ireland, against British rule 

p Uprising in the Dominican Republic, suppressed by US troops, and occupation of her territory (up to 1924)

p National liberation uprisings in Central Asia and Kazakhstan Armed uprising in Petrograd and victory of the February bourgeoisdemocratic revolution in Russia Mutiny in the German navy Workers’ uprising in Torino (Italy)

p Great October Socialist Revolution. Civil war and foreign military intervention in Russia 

p Uprising in Cuba and US intervention Workers’ revolution in Finland, suppressed by the Finnish bourgeoisie with the assistance of German troops Mutiny of the sailors of the AustroHungarian squadron in the port of Kattaro 

p Anti-British uprising in Iraq

p “Rice riots" in Japan 

p Vladai mutiny of the soldiers in Bulgaria 

p Uprising in Budapest and victory of the bourgeois-democratic revolution in Hungary 

p Uprising in Haiti, suppressed by US troops 

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p November 1918 1918

p General strike and battle on the barricades in the streets of Rio de Janeiro 

p Bourgeois-democratic revolution in Germany (November 3—uprising in Kiel; November 5—seizure by workers and sailors of Lubeck, Hamburg and Bremen; November 9—revolution in Berlin)

p Revolutionary uprisings of the proletariat in Germany (January 5-13— workers’ uprising in Berlin; January 10-February 3—Bremen Soviet Republic; March 3-16—uprising in Berlin; April 13-May 1—Bavarian Soviet Republic)

p Popular uprising in Egypt against the British invaders 

p Popular uprising in Korea against the Japanese invaders 

p Massacre by British troops of a demonstration in Amritsar. Uprising in Punjab (India)

p Mutiny on the ships of the French squadron in the Black Sea Armed struggle of the Hungarian Soviet Republic against the troops of the Entente and internal counter- revolutionaries 

p Guerilla war in Ireland against British rule 

p Anglo-Afghan war and winning of independence by Afghanistan Liberation war of the Turkish people against Anglo-Greek intervention 

p Workers’ uprising in the Ruhr National-democratic uprising in Tabriz (Iran)

p Popular anti-Italian uprising in Vlore (Albania)

p Anti-British uprising in Iraq Suppression by the Red Army of antiSoviet kulak-Socialist-Revolutionary mutiny in the Tambov Gubernia ( Antonov gangs)

p Counter-revolutionary mutiny in Kronstadt and its suppression by the Red Army 

p August 1, 1914-

November 11, 1918

1915 1915

p April 24-30, 1916

April 1916

1919

p March-April 1919 March-April 1919 April 1919

p April 16-27, 1919 April 18-August 1, 1919

p 1919-1921

p May 3-June 3, 1919

p May 1919-1922

p March 15-23, 1920 April 1920

p June-August 1920

p June-November 1920 1920-1921

p July 1916- February 1917 February 27, 1917

p August 3, 1917

August 29-September 2,

1917

p 1917-1920

p 1917-1922

p January 28-May 5, 1918

p February 1-2, 1918

p March 1918

p August-September 1918 September 1918

p October 30-31, 1918 1918-1920

p February 28-March 18, 1921

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p March-July 1921

p Rout of Chinese militarists and Russian whiteguards in Mongolia by the Red Army in conjunction with Mongolian units 

p Proletarian uprising in Middle Germany 

p Rout of Spanish interventionists by the Rifian people and formation of the independent Rifian Republic in Morocco 

p Peasant uprising on the Malabar coast in India 

p White Finn intervention in Karelia 

p General strike and battles on barricades in Bombay (India)

p Uprising in Egypt against the British colonialists 

p Anti-British uprising in Chauri Chaura (India)

p Civil war in Ireland 

p Mutiny of the garrison in Rio de Janeiro Expulsion of Japanese interventionists from the Soviet Pacific Coast Colonial war by Italy against Lybian tribes 

p Bombardment and occupation of the Greek Island of Corfu by Italian troops 

p Anti-fascist popular uprising in Bulgaria Workers’ uprising in Hamburg Workers’ uprising in Cracow (Poland) Popular uprising and bourgeois- democratic revolution in Albania Mutiny in the garrison of Sao Paulo and revolutionary march of the “Prestes Column" (Brazil)

p First revolutionary civil war in China Colonial war by French and Spanish imperialists in Morocco against the Rifian Republic 

p National liberation uprising in Syria against the French colonialists Anti-imperialist uprising in Java (1926) and Sumatra (1927)

p Second revolutionary civil war in China National liberation war in Nicaragua Uprisings of Indian peasants in Bolivia 

May 1-3, 1929 July-November 1929

1929

p February 1930 April-May 1930

p 1930-1932 1931-1933

p September 1931-1933 1931-1932

1932-1933

1932

p 1932-1934

1932-1935

1933

p February 1934

p March-May 1934 October 1934

p May 1935 August 14, 1935

p October 3, 1935-May 1936

p November 1935

p July 1936-March 1939

425

p Massacre of May 1 demonstration in Berlin and battle on the barricades by the Berlin proletariat Conflict on the Chinese Eastern railway provoked by the imperialists. Rout by the Red Army of the Chinese militarists Uprising in Haiti, suppressed by US marines 

p Popular uprising in Indochina against the French colonialists Uprising against the British colonialists in the towns of Chittagong, Peshawar, Sholapur (India)

p Anti-imperialist and anti-feudal uprising in Burma 

p Anti-feudal uprisings in the princedom of Jammu and Kashmir, Alwar, Dir and Pulra (India)

p Seizure of Manchuria by the Japanese imperialists 

p Uprising of the workers and peasants in Peru, revolutionary movement in the army and navy Peasant uprising in Poland Uprising in Salvador War between Colombia and Peru War between Bolivia and Paraguay Guerilla war in Cuba Armed struggle of the Austrian proletariat against government troops War between the Yemen and Saudi Arabia, provoked by Britain Anti-fascist workers’ uprising in Asturias, Catalonia, Madrid and other districts of Spain 

p Uprising on the Philippine Islands Uprising in Fier (Albania) against the Zogu clique 

p Italo-Ethiopian war. Ethiopia becomes an Italian colony 

p Popular uprisings in Rio de Janeiro, Niteroi, Recife and Natal (Brazil) National revolutionary war of the Spanish people against the fascist rebels and German-Italian interventionists National liberation war of the Chinese people against the Japanese invaders 

p March 23-31, 1921 July 1921

p August 1921

October 1921-February

1922

p November 1921

p December 1921

p February 4, 1922

p June 28, 1922- April 30, 1923 July 5, 1922 October 1922

p 1922-1932

August 31-September 27,

1923

p September 19-29, 1923

p October 23-25, 1923

p November 6-8, 1923

p June 1924

p 1924-1927

p 1924-1927 1925-1926

p 1925-1927 1926-1927

1927-1937

1927

p 1928 and 1930

p July 7, 1937- September 2, 1942

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p March 11-12, 1938 July 29-August 11, 1938

p October 1938-March 1939

p April 1939

p May 11-August 31, 1939

p Seizure of Austria by nazi Germany Rout by the Red Army of the Japanese invaders near the Khasan Lake 

p Seizure of Czechoslovakia by nazi Germany 

p Seizure of Albania by fascist Italy Invasion by Japanese troops of the territory of the Mongolian People’s Republic, near the Khalkhin-Gol River, their rout by the Red Army and the Mongolian troops Second World War 

p Soviet-Finnish War 

p Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union 

p Beginning of the national uprising in Yugoslavia against the fascist invaders 

p Anti-Hitler uprising in Warsaw 

p People’s uprising in Paris and liberation of the city from the German fascist invaders 

p Popular anti-fascist uprising in Slovakia Popular anti-fascist uprising in Bucharest 

p Popular anti-fascist uprising in Bulgaria Uprising in Guatemala Popular uprising in Burma against the Japanese invaders 

p People’s liberation uprising in Northern Italy 

p Popular anti-fascist uprising in Prague 

p General uprising and victory of the August revolution in Vietnam 

p Popular uprising and proclamation of the independence of Laos 

p Liberation war of the Indonesian peoples against the Anglo-Dutch colonialists 

p Liberation war of Vietnam against the French colonialists 

p Anti-British uprising in the Indian navy supported by mass actions of the working people 

p 1946-1949

p July 1946-October 1949

p September-October 1946

p December 1946

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p Third revolutionary civil war in China Civil war in Greece 

p Uprising in South Korea against US imperialism 

p Suppression by Iranian government troops of the democratic movement in the Iranian Azerbaijan, Gilyan and Kurdistan 

p Popular uprising on Taiwan against the Kuomintang clique 

p Uprising in Paraguay suppressed with the assistance of the US imperialists 

p Popular uprising against the French colonialists on the island of Madagascar 

p Indian-Pakistani military conflict over Kashmir 

p Uprising of the Indian peasants in Bolivia 

p Arab-Israeli war 

p Civil war and intervention by US mercenaries in Costa Rica 

p Popular uprising in Colombia Liberation war of the Malayan people against the British colonialists 

p British aggression against the Yemen Armed national liberation struggle in the Philippines 

p Liberation war of the Korean people against the US interventionists and Korean reactionaries 

p Occupation of Taiwan by US troops Uprising in Puerto Rico suppressed by US troops 

p Uprisings in Peru 

p Armed struggle of the Tunisian people against the French colonialists Military coup in Cuba organised with the support of the USA and establishment of Batista’s dictatorial regime Uprising in Bolivia against the military dictatorship 

p Revolutionary coup and overthrow of the monarchy in Egypt (July 1952 revolution) Revolutionary uprising in Cuba against

p September 1, 1939-

p September 2, 1945

p November 30, 1939-

p March 13, 1940

June 22, 1941-May 9,

1945

p July 7, 1941

August 1-October 2,

1944

p August 19-25, 1944

p February 28, 1947 March-October 1947 March 1947

p October 1947- December 1948 1948

p 1948-1949 March-December 1948

p April 1948

p June 1948-December 1955

p 1949-1950 1949-1953

p June 25, 1950-July 27, 1953

p June 1950 October 1950

p 1950, 1951, 1953 January 1952-June 1958

p March 1952

p April 9-12, 1952 July 23, 1952

p July 26, 1952

p August 27-October 1944 August 23, 1944

p September 9, 1944 October 20, 1944 March 27, 1945

p April 1945

p May 5-9, 1945 August 19, 1945

p October 12, 1945 1945-1949

p 1946-1954 January-February 1946

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p 1952-1956

p September-December 1952 October 1953 June 1954

p November 1, 1954- March 19, 1962 1954-1956

p January 1955

p January 1955 March-June 1955 May 1955 May 1955

p June 1955

p 1955-1958 February 1956 August 1956 October-November 1956 1956

p October 29-November 8, 1956

p November 1956 November 1956 December 1956-January 1959

p December 1956 May 1957

p January 1958 1958

p Batista’s dictatorial regime Colonial war of the British imperialists against the national-liberation movement of the Kenyan people Operations of the Burmese troops against the Kuomintang troops in Burma Aggression of the British troops in Kuwait 

p Armed intervention of the US mercenaries in Guatemala Liberation war of the Algerian people against the French colonialists Uprisings in Morocco against the French colonialists 

p Aggression of the US mercenaries against Costa Rica Uprising in Guatemala Armed struggle in South Vietnam Peasant uprising in Colombia Aggression of British troops in Saudi Arabia 

p Beginning of the liberation war of the people of Oman against the British colonialists 

p Armed struggle of the population of Cyprus against the British colonialists Uprising in Peru against the dictatorial regime 

p Uprising in Honduras against the dictatorial regime 

p Counter-revolutionary uprising in Hungary 

p Armed struggle of the Cameroon people against the French colonialists 

p Anglo-Franco-Israeli aggression against Egypt 

p Major popular uprising in Iraq 

p Uprising in Kuwait against British rule Civil war in Cuba and victory of the national liberation revolution 

p British aggression in the Yemen 

p Overthrow of the dictatorial regime in Colombia 

p Uprising in Venezuela 

p Suppression by Indonesian government troops of the armed rebellions organised

p March 1958 May 1958

p July 14, 1958 July 1958

p January 1959

p May 1959-May 19G2 August 1959

p November 1959-November

p 22, 1962

p December 1959-1960

p September 1960-July 1961

p November 13, 1960 February 1961

April 17-19, 1961 July 19-22, 1961 December 18-20, 1961

1961

p May-June 1962

p May-August 1962

p September 18-23, 1962 September 26-27, 1962

p October 1962-September 1963

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p by foreign imperialists and domestic reactionaries 

p Popular uprising in Nyasaland suppressed by British troops General anti-imperialist uprising in the Lebanon 

p National revolution in Iraq Armed intervention by US troops in the Lebanon and by British troops in Jordan 

p Popular uprising in the Congo suppressed by Belgian troops Civil war in Laos 

p Uprising in Nicaragua against the dictatorial regime 

p Border conflicts and military clash (1962) between India and China Uprising and armed struggle in Paraguay against the dictatorial regime Reactionary military coup and civil war in the Congo (Leopoldville) Uprising in Guatemala Beginning of the armed struggle of the Angola insurgents against the Portuguese colonialists 

p Aggression of US mercenaries against Cuba and their rout on Playa Giron Aggression of French troops in Bizerte (Tunisia)

p Liberation by Indian troops of Goa, Daman and Diu from the Portuguese colonialists 

p Beginning of guerilla struggle in South Vietnam against the reactionary regime and US interventionists Uprising of the garrisons in the port of Carradiano and the naval base in Puerto Cabello (Venezuela) Military operations in West Irian against the Dutch colonialists for its reunion with Indonesia Armed clash between two military groupings in Argentina Military coup and overthrow of the monarchy in the Yemen Military defence of the Yemen Arab Republic against the attack of Saudi 430

p December 1962

p Arabian, Jordanian and the British interventionists 

p Armed clash between Congo government (Leopoldville) troops and Tshombe’s gendarmerie 

p Military coup in the Togo Republic Anti-democratic military coup in Iraq Military operations of Iraqi troops against the Kurds who fought for national autonomy 

p Heavy fighting between government troops and opponents of the dictatorial regime in Haiti 

p Moroccan-Algerian border conflict 

p Armed clash between Turkish extremists and Greek police units in Cyprus Armed clashes on the border between Ethiopia and the Somali Republic Attack by British aircraft on a Yemeni fortress 

p Anti-democratic military coup in Brazil Escalation of the armed US intervention against the national liberation movement in Vietnam and beginning of the aggressive actions of US naval and air forces against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Aggression by the Turkish air force against Cyprus 

p Armed intervention of the USA against the Dominican Republic Armed conflict in the border area between India and Pakistan War between India and Pakistan. Cease fire agreement reached as a result of the signing of the Tashkent declaration Military coup in Ghana Military coup in Argentina Reactionary military coup in Greece Israeli aggression against the UAR and other Arab states prepared by the imperialists headed by the USA Military coup in Peru Military coup in Panama. Power seized by a military junta 

p Military coup in the Republic of Mali 

431

p July 14, 1969 September 26, 1969

p September 1, 1969

p Armed clash between Salvador and Honduras 

p State coup in Lybia. The army overthrew the king and proclaimed the creation of the Lybian Arab Republic Military coup in Bolivia 

p January 13, 1963 February 8, 1963 June 11, 1963-February 10, 1964

p July 21, 1963

October 15-November 1,

1963

December 1963-August

1964

February 8-March 30,

1964

p March 28, 1964

p April 1-2, 1964 August 5, 1964

p August 5-10, 1964 April 28, 1965 April-June 1965

p August 5, 1965- January 10, 1966

p February 24, 1966 June 28, 1966 April 21, 1967 June 5, 1967

p October 3, 1968 October 12, 1968

November 19, 1968

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