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Series of events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy (Pahlavi dynasty) under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979.

Anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, from 1791 until 1804, leading to the founding of the republic of Haiti.

The overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange) in 1688.

Colonial revolt between 1765-1783 that resulted in the independence of the United States from Great Britain and the establishment of a democratic government.

Socio-political upheaval in France between 1789-1799, leading to the end of the absolute monarchy, rise of Napoleon, and the eventual establishment of a secular and democratic republic.

Period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s, bringing about a shift from agrarian economies towards industrial and urban.

A major armed struggle that started in 1910, led by figures such as Francisco Madero and Emiliano Zapata, and resulted in profound cultural and political changes in Mexico.

Political revolution in China between 1946 to 1950 that culminated in the proclamation of the People's Republic of China, led by the Communist Party under Mao Zedong.

Series of revolutions in 1917 that dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union.

A part of the Russian Revolution of 1917, it was a Bolshevik-led coup against the Provisional Government and it shifted control of the country to the soviets.

Non-violent transition of power in Czechoslovakia during November 1989, which saw the overthrow of the Communist government and the establishment of a parliamentary republic.

Successful war of independence waged by the Greeks between 1821 and 1832 against the Ottoman Empire, leading to the establishment of a new nation-state under Western European tutelage.

Conflict against Spanish colonial rule fought by the Philippines from 1896 to 1898, which resulted in the declaration of independence but subsequent conflict with the United States.

Armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces between 1953 to 1959, which overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista and established a socialist state.