Mercenary revolt
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Mercenary Revolt may refer to:
- The Mercenary WarMercenary WarThe Mercenary War — also called the Libyan War and the Truceless War by Polybius — was an uprising of mercenary armies formerly employed by Carthage, backed by Libyan settlements revolting against Carthaginian control....
(c. 240 BC) (also, Libyan War or Truceless War): an uprising of mercenary armies formerly employed by Carthage, backed by Libyan settlements revolting against Carthaginian control - Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' RevoltIrish and German Mercenary Soldiers' RevoltThe Irish and German' Revolt was a revolt of German and Irish peoples in 1828 during the Argentina-Brazil War of 1825–1828. The immigrants, who were recruited in their homelands to come to Brazil, discovered that the promises made to them by the Brazilian government were not fulfilled. In the...
in Rio de Janeiro in 1828 during the Argentina-Brazil WarArgentina-Brazil WarThe Cisplatine War or the Argentine–Brazilian War was an armed conflict over an area known as Banda Oriental or "Eastern Shore" in the 1820s between the United Provinces of River Plate and the Empire of Brazil in the aftermath of the United Provinces' emancipation from Spain.-Background:Led by... - One or both of the Mercenaries' MutiniesKisangani MutiniesThe Kisangani Mutinies, also known as the Stanleyville Mutinies or Mercenaries' Mutinies, were a continuation of the Congo Crisis. The First Kisangani Mutiny was in 1966, the Second was in 1967.-First Mutiny:...
in the Congo, 1966-1967