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Second Battle of Rivas

The Second Battle of Rivas was fought on 11 April 1856 in Rivas, Nicaragua, between Costa Rican forces under President Mora and William Walker's filibusters.

Second Battle of Seoul

The Second Battle of Seoul was the September 1950 urban battle in which UN and South Korean forces recaptured Seoul from North Korea, completing the Inchon landing's objective.

Second Battle of Tarain

Second Battle of Tarain (1192), also called Second Battle of Taraori, fought at Taraori, Haryana: Muhammad Ghori's Ghurid army defeated and killed Prithviraja III, ending Rajput rule in Delhi and founding the path to the Delhi Sultanate.

Second Battle of the Marne

Second Battle of the Marne (15 July–6 August 1918), also Marneschutz-Reims/Friedensturm: Germany's final Spring Offensive drive toward Paris, halted and then defeated by the 18 July Allied counterattack under Foch, ending German offensive capability on the Western Front.

Second Battle of the Naktong Bulge

The Second Battle of the Naktong Bulge was a September 1950 Korean War battle in which North Korean forces made their last major effort to break the Pusan Perimeter and were defeated.

Second Battle of Ypres

Second Battle of Ypres (22 April–25 May 1915), German offensive in the Ypres Salient featuring the first mass chlorine gas attack; 1st Canadian Division's first major battle, about 6,000 Canadian casualties.

Second Battle of Zurich

Second Battle of Zurich (Zweite Schlacht bei Zürich), 25–26 September 1799: Masséna's French recaptured Zürich from Korsakov's Russians, defeating Hotze on the Linth, ruining the Second Coalition's Swiss plan and forcing Suvorov's alpine retreat.

Second Bay

Second Bay: name shared by a bay on Ponui Island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand (36°53.843′S, 175°12.054′E, a fisheries boundary point), a Coolum Beach reserve in Queensland, a bay in Ontario, Canada, and a bay in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Second Bill of Rights

The Second Bill of Rights, or Economic Bill of Rights, was Franklin D. Roosevelt's January 11, 1944 State of the Union proposal listing eight economic and social rights, from a useful job to medical care and education; never enacted, it inspired the UDHR.

Second Boer War

The Second Boer War, also the South African War or Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), was fought between Britain and the Transvaal and Orange Free State republics, ending with the Treaty of Vereeniging after sieges, guerrilla warfare, and British concentration camps.

Second branchial cleft anomaly

Second branchial cleft anomaly (second branchial cleft cyst or fistula): a congenital lateral neck malformation along the sternocleidomastoid border, the most common branchial anomaly, treated by complete surgical excision.

Second Brazilian Republic

Second Brazilian Republic, also called the Fourth Republic (1946–1964), the democratic period between the Estado Novo dictatorship and the 1964 coup, spanning the Dutra, Vargas, Café Filho, Kubitschek, Quadros, and Goulart governments.

Second British Invasion

The Second British Invasion was the early-1980s wave of UK new wave and synth-pop acts, including Duran Duran, Culture Club, and Eurythmics, that dominated US charts via MTV, peaking in 1983-1984 with record Billboard shares of British hits.

Second Buddhist Council

The Second Buddhist Council (द्वितीय बौद्ध संगीति) was a gathering of 700 monks at Vaishali, about a century after the Buddha's death, that judged ten disputed monastic practices.

Second Bulgarian Empire (Второ българско царство)

The Second Bulgarian Empire (Второ българско царство), or Asenid tsardom, was a medieval Balkan state founded in 1185–1187 by the Vlach-origin Asen brothers against Byzantium, capital Tarnovo; it peaked under Ivan Asen II (1218–1241) and fought the Latin Empire.

Second cabinet of Donald Trump

Second cabinet of Donald Trump: the senior advisers of the U.S. administration beginning January 20, 2025. All 22 Senate-confirmed nominees named by December 4, 2024; Hegseth confirmed 51-50; Gaetz and Stefanik withdrew; 26 confirmed by October 2026.

Second Cairo Revolt

The Second Cairo Revolt (ثورة القاهرة الثانية) was an uprising of Cairo's population against the French occupation, beginning in Bulaq on 20 March 1800 and crushed by Kleber after a month.

Second Carib War

The Second Carib War was the 1795 to 1796 rising of the Black Caribs of St Vincent against British rule, ending in their deportation to Central America.

Second Carnatic War

The Second Carnatic War (1749 to 1754) was a war in southern India in which French- and British-backed claimants fought for the nizamate of Hyderabad and the nawabship of Arcot.

Second Case of Seetharam

Second Case of Seetharam (ಸೆಕೆಂಡ್ ಕೇಸ್ ಆಫ್ ಸೀತಾರಾಮ್) is a 2026 Kannada crime thriller by Devi Prasad Shetty, sequel to Seetharam Benoy Case No. 18, starring Vijay Raghavendra as an inspector hunting a serial killer in Anegadde; released 20 February 2026 and a Prime Video streaming hit.

Second Chance (2016 TV series)

Second Chance (2016 TV series), formerly The Frankenstein Code and Lookinglass: American Fox science fiction crime drama created by Rand Ravich, inspired by Frankenstein; 11 episodes, aired January to March 2016, canceled after one season.

Second Chechen War

The Second Chechen War (1999–2009), also called the Second Russo-Chechen War, began with the August 1999 Dagestan incursion and September apartment bombings, ended with Russian-backed Chechenization under the Kadyrovs and the 2009 end of counterterrorist operations.

Second Chōshū Expedition

The Second Chōshū Expedition (第二次長州征討) was the Edo shogunate's second punitive campaign against Chōshū domain, fought in 1866 on four fronts and ending in complete Chōshū victory that hastened the shogunate's collapse.

Second City Television

Second City Television (SCTV) is a Canadian sketch comedy series, 1976–1984, set inside a fictional low-budget TV station in Melonville, launching O'Hara, Candy, Levy, Short, Moranis, and Martin Short.

Second Cold War

Second Cold War: term for renewed great-power rivalry after 1991, applied to Russia–West conflict since 2014 and US–China competition; also the late-1970s post-détente East–West confrontation; disputed analogy, with measured geoeconomic fragmentation and a proposed Third Cold War after 2025.

Second Coming

The Second Coming, or Second Advent, is the Christian belief that Jesus will return bodily and visibly in glory to raise the dead, judge all people, and complete his kingdom.

Second Congo War

Second Congo War (1998–2003), also called Africa's World War: Rwanda and Uganda invaded the DRC in August 1998; Zimbabwe, Angola, and Namibia defended Kabila; deadliest war since WWII, about 5.4 million deaths.

Second Congress of the RSDRP

The Second Congress of the RSDRP (Второй съезд РСДРП) met in Brussels and London in 1903, adopting the party program and splitting into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.

Second Continental Congress

Second Continental Congress, Philadelphia assembly of colony delegates from May 10, 1775 to March 1, 1781; successor to the First Continental Congress. Raised the Continental Army, issued continental currency, adopted the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence, and framed the Articles of Confederation.

Second coordination sphere effects in molecular electrocatalysis

Second coordination sphere effects in molecular electrocatalysis are influences on activity and selectivity from groups outside the ligands bound to the metal, such as pendant proton donors and charged groups.