The Revolutions of 1916 - 1923 were a revolutionary wave consisting off mass political unrest and revolts around the world created by the aftermath of World War I. The uprisings were mainly socialist or anti-colonial in nature and were mostly short-lived, although it had a massive impact leading to the eventual downfall of imperialism, massive increases in feminism and the development of socialism.
Events by Region
Africa
- 1916: Algerian Uprising
- 1918: Egyptian Revolution
- 1922: Bondelswarts Rebellion
Asia
- 1916: Central Asian Revolt (Kyrgyzstan)
- 1916: Cochinchina Uprising (Vietnam)
- 1916: Arab Revolt (Ottoman Empire)
- 1917: Thái Nguyên Uprising (Vietnam)
- 1918: Basmachi Revolt (USSR)
- 1919: March 1st Movement (Korea)
- 1919: Shikak's Rebellion (Iran)
- 1919: Turkish War of Independence
- 1920: Great Iraqi Revolution
- 1920: Gilan Uprising (Persia/Iran)
- 1920: Non-Cooperation Movement (India)
- 1920: Guangzhou Commune (China)
- 1921: Moplah Rebellion (India)
- 1921: Mongolian Revolution
- 1922: Hong Kong General Strike
- 1923: Adwan Rebellion (Jordan)
Europe
- 1916: Easter Rising (Ireland)
- 1917: February Revolution (Russia)
- 1917: October Revolution (Russia)
- 1917: Ukrainian Revolution
- 1918: Finnish Civil War
- 1918: Aster Revolution (Hungary)
- 1918: German Revolution
- 1918: Greater Poland Uprising
- 1919: Bienno Rosso (Italy)
- 1919: Silesian Uprisings
- 1919: Christmas Uprising (Montenegro)
- 1919: Hungarian Revolution
- 1919: Irish War of Independence
- 1920: Pitchfork Uprising
- 1920: Husino Uprising (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- 1921: Kronstadt Rebellion (Russia)
- 1921: Albona Uprising (Croatia and Italy)
- 1917: French Army Mutinies
- 1918: Red Week (Netherlands)
- 1919: Sette Giugno (Malta)
- 1919: Battle of George Square (Scotland)
- 1919: La Canadiense Strike (Spain)
- 1921: Poplar Rates Revolt
- 1921: Black Friday (UK)
Oceania
- 1918: Darwin Rebellion (Australia)
North America
This includes Central America and the Caribbean
- 1917: Green Corn Rebellion (USA)
- 1917: Camp Logan Mutiny (USA)
- 1918: New York Subway Strike (USA)
- 1919: Seattle Uprising (USA)
- 1919: US Steel Strike
- 1919: US Coal Strike
- 1919: Actors Strike (USA)
- 1920: Alabama Coal Strike (USA)
- 1920: Denver Streetcar Strike (USA)
- 1920: Oahu Sugar Strike (USA)
- 1920: Battle of Matewan (USA)
- 1922: Herrin Massacre
- 1922: Great Railroad Strike (USA)
South America
- 1918: Brazilian Rebellion
- 1919: Peruvian General Strike
- 1920: Patagonia Rebelde (Argentina)
- 1922: Guayaquil General Strike (Ecuador)
Results
- Creation of the new and independent states of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine (1918), Finland (1918) Afghanistan (1919), Egypt (1922), Ireland (1922), Turkey (1923), and the first two authoritarian socialist states in history, the USSR (1922) and Mongolia (1924)
- Introduction of full women's suffrage to 27 states. Belarus (1917), Estonia (1917), Latvia (1917), Lithuania (1917), Russia (1917), Ukraine (1917), Uruguay (1917), Crimea (1917), Austria (1918), Azerbaijan (1918), Germany (1918), Hungary (1918), Poland (1918), Afghanistan (1919), Armenia (1919), Luxembourg (1919), Netherlands (1919), Zimbabwe [then Southern Rhodesia] (1919), Kars Republic (1919), Sweden (1919), Czechoslovakia (1920), the USA (1920), Ireland (1922), Ecuador (1924), Mongolia (1924) and the USSR (1924).
- Introduction to partial women's suffrage to 11 states. Canada (1918), the UK (1918), Trinidad and Tobago (1918), Jamaica (1919), British Raj (1921), Costa Rica (1921), Guatemala (1921), El Salvador (1921), Honduras (1921), Mexico (1922) and Spain (1924).