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Catholic rebellions

  • Spanish Civil WarOn the 12th of April 1931, the Republicans won the elections and the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed two days later. King Alfonso XIII went into exile.
  • Pilgrimage of GraceIn 1535, the year before the revolt began, bad harvests triggered grain riots in Craven during June and Somerset by April.
  • Prayer Book RebellionIn the late 1540s, Lord Protector Somerset introduced legislative measures to change theology and practices in England. These changes targeted areas of…
  • Rising of the NorthIn 1558, Elizabeth I succeeded her half-sister Mary I as queen of England. Her accession faced immediate dispute due to the questioned legitimacy of the…
  • War in the VendéeThe rural Vendée region of western France stood apart from the rest of the country in 1789. An Intendants' survey revealed that local nobility lived among…