As such, the Eureka Rebellion is controversially identified with the birth of democracy in Australia and interpreted by some as a political revolt.

Emperors have been known to come into conflict with the reigning shogun from time to time ; a notable example is the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156, in which former Emperor Sutoku attempted to seize power from the then current Emperor Go-Shirakawa, both of whom were supported by different clans of samurai.

* 1900 – Datu Muhammad Salleh is assassinated in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion

* 1832 – The June Rebellion of Paris is put down by the National Guard.

* 1798 – The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.

* 1763 – Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.

Though Shays ' Rebellion is often cited as the event that forced the rewriting of the national charter, Wood argues that many at the time saw it as only the most extreme example of democratic excess.

* 1685 – Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, England after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685.

In 1798 Luxembourgish peasants rebelled against the French but the Rebellion was rapidly oppressed. This short Rebellion is called the Peasant's War.

One theory is that Chinese army officers serving during the Taiping Rebellion created the game to pass the time.

It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.

The official Star Trek: Voyager Companion describes B ' Elanna as a young half-human half-Klingon in her twenties who is a member of the Maquis Rebellion.

Benjamin Sisko, impersonating his Mirror Universe counterpart, claims that he is going to negotiate with the Romulans to secure their aid for the Terran Rebellion, suggesting that the Romulans are a significant power.

* 1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.

* July 29 – Young Irelander Rebellion: a nationalist revolt in County Tipperary against British rule is put-down by a government police force.

* March – May – The North-West Rebellion is suppressed in Canada.

* March 4 – Thomas Scott is executed by Louis Riel's provisional government during the Red River Rebellion in modern day Manitoba Canada.

* May 12 – The Canadian province of Manitoba is created in response to Louis Riel's Red River Rebellion.

* April 8 – Jomo Kenyatta is sentenced to seven years in prison for the alleged organization of the Mau Mau Rebellion.

* May 19 – Taiping Rebellion: The siege of Guilin is lifted.

* June 24 – Münster Rebellion: The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.

* February 28 – United Irishman Roddy McCorley is executed in Toomebridge for his part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

* January 8 – Taiping Rebellion: Zeng Guofan is ordered to assist the governor of Hunan in organising a militia force to search for local bandits.

* During the turmoil of the An Shi Rebellion, the Chinese seaport Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian raiders.

After the Lower Canada Rebellion led by Louis-Joseph Papineau in 1837, and the Upper Canada Rebellion led by William Lyon Mackenzie, Lord Durham was appointed governor general of British North America and had the task of examining the issues and determining how to defuse tensions.

* Guo Ziyi, who ened An Shi Rebellion and was revered as the best general in East Asia during his lifetime.

* July – Taiping Rebellion: Hong Xiuquan orders the general mobilisation of rebel forces.

* Rebellion of the Umayyad general Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash ' ath in Iraq.

After the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Limerick city was taken in a siege by Catholic general Garret Barry in 1642.

Ma Fuxiang had served under the Chinese Muslim general Dong Fuxiang, and fought against the foreigners during the Boxer Rebellion.

The Tibetans occupied Dunhuang when the Tang empire became weakened considerably after the An Lushan Rebellion ; and even though it was later returned to Tang rule, it was under quasi-autonomous rule by the local general Zhang Yichao who expelled the Tibetans in 848.

He was adjutant general in the provisional Métis government declared in the District of Saskatchewan in 1885, and commanded the Métis forces in the North-West Rebellion or North West Resistance of 1885.

After his release from gaol, he fled to Holland and became the paymaster general to the Rebellion.

During the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877, Kuroki commanded a regiment against his own clan, and 17 years later, as lieutenant general, he commanded the IJA 6th Division in the Sino-Japanese War ( 1894-1895 ), during which time he took part in the Battle of Weihaiwei.

The An Lushan Rebellion was a major societal disturbance and turmoil which took place in China during the Tang Dynasty from December 16, 755 to February 17, 763 ( although the effects lasted past this ), beginning when general An Lushan declared himself emperor in Northern China, thus establishing a rival Yan Dynasty.

Later, he followed the general Yang Feng on a campaign against the Yellow Turban Rebellion and was appointed a commandant of the cavalry ( 騎都尉 ).

However, he was also criticized for general ungratefulness, including harsh treatments of Zhou Yafu, the general whose abilities allowed his victory in the Rebellion of the Seven States, and his wife Empress Bo.

Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, KCB ( 5 April 1795 – 24 November 1857 ) was a British general who is particularly associated with India and his recapture of Cawnpore from rebels during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

He once served as a district official before becoming a general under Ni Wenjun during the Red Turban Rebellion.

During Shays's Rebellion in 1786 Paterson, a major general in the Massachusetts militia, commanded a unit of militia that stayed loyal to Massachusetts.

In 1929, he fought under general Cárdenas against the Escobar Rebellion and, that same year, achieved the rank of Brigadier General.

The cannons of an organized state militia confronted two rebel armies, and thus Shays ' Rebellion failed — largely due to a miscommunication with a third general, who had unilaterally postponed the attack until the following day, but word never reached the other two armies.

He was commissioned major general in the New Jersey militia in 1794, during the Whiskey Rebellion.

Following the general uprising of the Catholic Irish in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the self-established Catholic assembly in 1642-49, Roman Catholics were barred from voting or attending the Parliament altogether in the Cromwellian Act of Settlement 1652, which was reversed by the Restoration of Charles II in 1660.

* Henry Lee III ( 1756 – 1818 ), major general during the Whiskey Rebellion campaign, father of Robert E. Lee

Li was the most important general during the latter part of the Taiping Rebellion.