Collection of facts about the Peasant's Revolt

This post is a collection of facts about the Peasant's Revolt (1381). There are 10 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Occurred during the Black Death and the Hundred Years' War
• Caused by poll taxes
• John Bampton attempted to collect unpaid taxed in Brentwood
• Wat Tyler led rebels to London
• Tower of London sacked
• Members of the government killed
• Revolts spread across England
• Wat Tyler killed in battle
• Revolts eventually suppressed and rebel leaders executed
• Deaths: at least 1,500 people

Collection of details about the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom

This post is a collection of details about the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (c. 509 BC). There are 8 details listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Legendary event disputed by scholars
• Traditionally dated as 509 BC
• King Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin) overthrown
• Sextus Tarquinius (son of Tarquin) raped Lucretia
• Lucretia commits suicide
• Lucius Junis Brutus gained support of the Roman elite to overthrow Tarquin
• Roman Republic established with two elected consuls
• Tarquin exiled to Cumae and died in 495 BC

Collection of facts about Caesar's civil war

This post is a collection of facts about Caesar's civil war (49 - 45 BC). There are 10 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Preceded by the Gallic Wars
• Pompey demanded Caesar give up his governorship of Gaul
• Caesar refused and marched on Rome (Crossing of the Rubicon)
• Fighting in Italy, Illyria, Greece, Egypt, Africa, Hispania
• Battle of Dyrrhachium (Albania) in 48 BC
• Battle of Pharsalus (Greece) in 48 BC
• Marcus Junius, Brutus and Cicero surrendered
• Pompey fled to Egypt and was assassinated
• Battle of Thapsus (North Africa) in 46 BC
• Caesar became dictator perpetuo (dictator for life) in 44 BC

Collection of facts about the Etruscan civilization

This post is a collection of facts about the Etruscan civilization (900 - 27 BC). There are 8 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Based in Italy (Tuscany, western Umbria, northern Lazio, Po Valley, Emilia-Romagna, south-eastern Lombardy, southern Veneto, western Campania)
• Preceded by the Proto-Villanovan culture and Urnfield culture
• Etruscan language derived from the Euboean alphabet
• Etruscan League: Alliance between 12 settlements between 600 - 500 BC (according to legend)
• Battle of Alalia (540 BC) against Phocaea
• Battle of Cumae (474 BC) against Syracuse
• Roman-Etruscan Wars (began 4th century BC)
• Annexed by Roman Empire in 27 BC

Collection of facts about the Safavid Empire

This post is a collection of facts about the Safavid Empire (1501-1736). There are 13 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Based in Iran
• Expanded to Azerbaijan, Armenia and parts of Georgia, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• Ismail I ruled 1501-1524
• Ismail I made Twelver Shi'ism the official religion
• Battle of Chaldiran (1514) against Ottoman Empire
• Ottoman-Safavid war of 1532-1555
• Abbas the Great ruled 1588-1629
• Ottoman-Safavid war of 1603-1622
• Afghan Hotak dynasty invasion in 1722
• Russo-Persian War (1722-1723)
• Nader Shah led reconquest 1726-1729
• Ended when Nader Shah became shah in 1736
• Succeeded by the Afsharid dynasty

Collection of facts about the Songhai Empire

This post is a collection of facts about the Songhai Empire (c. 1430-1591). There are 9 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Gained independence from Mali Empire (c. 1430)
• Capital: Gao (Western Africa)
• Ruled by Sonni dynasty (c. 1464-1493) and Askia dynasty (1493-1591)
• Sonni Ali ruled 1464-1492
• Annexed Timbuktu in 1468
• Askia the Great ruled 1493-1528
• War of succession began after the death of Askia Daoud (1583)
• Invaded by the Saadi dyanasty
• Ended at the Battle of Tondibi in 1591

Collection of facts about the Dutch Republic

This post is a collection of facts about the Dutch Republic (1588-1795). There are 15 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Preceded by Spanish Netherlands
• Gained independence from Spain in 1581
• Confederated into seven provinces in 1588: Groningen, Frisia, Overijssel, Guelders, Utrecht, Holland, Zeeland
• Fought in the Eighty Years' War (after 1588 until 1648)
• Dutch-Portuguese War (1598-1663)
• Dutch East India Company (VOC) established in 1602
• Dutch West India company (WIC) established in 1621
• Art and science flourished during the Dutch Golden Age (17th century)
• Gained about 20% more territory in the Peace of Westphalia (1648)
• Anglo Dutch wars (1652-1784)
• Nine Years' War (1688-1697)
• War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713)
• War of the Austrian Succession (1744-1748)
• War of the First Coalition (1792-1795)
• Ended with the Batavian Revolution in 1795