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Katipunan
The Katipunan (Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, KKK) was a Philippine revolutionary secret society founded by Andrés Bonifacio in Manila on July 7, 1892, seeking independence from Spain by armed revolt; discovered in August 1896, it launched the Philippine Revolution and was absorbed into Aguinaldo's government at the Tejeros Convention in 1897.
Kattankudy mosque massacre
Kattankudy mosque massacre: 3 August 1990 LTTE gun attack on Meera Jumma and Hussainiya mosques in Kattankudy, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, killing 103 to 147 Muslim worshippers at prayer, followed by Eravur massacre and northern Muslim expulsion.
Katyn massacre (Катынский расстрел)
Katyn massacre (Катынский расстрел, Zbrodnia katyńska): the NKVD's spring 1940 execution of about 22,000 Polish POWs and prisoners on Stalin's 5 March 1940 Politburo order, discovered by Germans in 1943, denied by the USSR until Gorbachev's 1990 admission.
Kazakh revolt of 1783–1797
The Kazakh revolt of 1783–1797 was an armed uprising of the Junior Jüz Kazakhs against Khan Nuraly, the Ural Cossacks, and Russian rule, led by the batyr Syrym Datuly.
Kazakh uprising of 1930
The Kazakh uprising of 1930 was a series of armed revolts by Kazakh herders against forced collectivization, livestock procurements, and sedentarization, suppressed by OGPU and Red Army troops.
Kazakh–Dzungar Wars
The Kazakh–Dzungar Wars were conflicts between the Kazakh Khanate and the Dzungar Khanate of the Oirat Mongols, fought across the Kazakh steppe from the 17th century to 1757.
Kenesary's Rebellion
Kenesary's Rebellion (1837–1847) was the largest and longest Kazakh uprising against the Russian Empire, led by Kenesary Kasymov, grandson of Abylay Khan and the last khan of the Kazakhs.
Kentucky in the American Civil War
Kentucky in the American Civil War: a neutral-declaring slave border state that sided with the Union in September 1861, hosted a Confederate government at Bowling Green, saw Perryville (1862), and ended slavery only via the 13th Amendment in December 1865.
Kerch Strait incident
The Kerch Strait incident was the 25 November 2018 Russian seizure of the Ukrainian naval vessels Berdyansk, Nikopol, and Yany Kapu and 24 sailors, leading to ITLOS provisional measures and Western sanctions.
Kessab offensive
The Kessab offensive was a March 2014 attack in which Syrian opposition forces, including Jabhat al-Nusra, seized the Armenian-majority border town of Kessab in Latakia province.
Kevin Cosgrove
Kevin Michael Cosgrove, American Aon Corporation vice president of claims, died on the 105th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower on 9/11; his recorded 911 call, ending as the tower collapsed, was released at the 2006 Moussaoui trial.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (خالد شيخ محمد)
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (خالد شيخ محمد), alias Mukhtar, alleged 9/11 mastermind and al-Qaida Chief of External Operations, captured in Rawalpindi in 2003, waterboarded 183 times, held at Guantánamo since 2006; his 2024 guilty-plea deal was revoked by Defense Secretary Austin.
Khan Shaykhun chemical attack
The Khan Shaykhun chemical attack was a 2017 sarin attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Shaykhun in Idlib Province, Syria, killing dozens and attributed to Syrian forces.
Kharkiv Oblast campaign (2024–present)
Kharkiv Oblast campaign: Russian cross-border offensive launched 10 May 2024 toward Vovchansk and Lyptsi, opening a roughly 60 km front, halted by late May; later fighting shifted toward Kupiansk and Kursk.
Khartoum massacre
Khartoum massacre, also called the June 3 massacre: the June 3, 2019 attack by Rapid Support Forces and other Sudanese security forces on the pro-democracy sit-in at army headquarters, killing over 100 people by independent estimates.
Khazar conquest of Great Bulgaria
The Khazar conquest of Great Bulgaria was the defeat and breakup of Khan Kubrat's steppe state after his death, around the late 600s, dispersing the Bulgar tribes.
Khazar–Arab Wars
The Khazar–Arab Wars were conflicts between the Khazar Khaganate and the Rashidun, Umayyad, and later Abbasid caliphates over the Caucasus, fought mainly from the 640s to 737.
Kheda Satyagraha of 1918
Kheda Satyagraha (खेड़ा सत्याग्रह), 1918: a land-revenue non-payment campaign by Kanbi-Patidar peasants of Kheda district, Gujarat, led by Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel after the failed 1917-18 harvest; ended with a compromise exempting poor peasants.
Khmelnytsky pogroms
Khmelnytsky pogroms: massacres of Jewish communities during Bohdan Khmelnytsky's 1648-1649 Cossack uprising in Ukraine, known in Jewish memory as Gzerot Takh-ve-Tat; distinct from the 1919 Proskuriv pogrom in the city later renamed Khmelnytsky.
Khmelnytsky Uprising
Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648), Cossack revolt led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, creating the Cossack Hetmanate, with major battles at Korsun, Zboriv, and Berestechko and the 1654 Pereiaslav agreement with Muscovy.
Khmer Republic (សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ)
Khmer Republic (សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ), the Cambodian state of 1970–1975 proclaimed after Lon Nol's coup deposed Sihanouk; ruled by Lon Nol, fought the civil war, and fell to the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975.
Khmer–Cham War (1145–1150)
The Khmer–Cham War was the 1145–1150 invasion of Champa by the Khmer Empire under Suryavarman II, who captured the Cham capital Vijaya in 1145 and pillaged the temples at My Son.
Khmer–Cham wars
The Khmer–Cham wars were armed conflicts between the Khmer Empire of Angkor and Champa, on the Vietnamese coast, fought intermittently from the 11th to the 15th centuries.
Khmer–Vietnamese War (1128–1150)
The Khmer–Vietnamese War of 1128–1150 was a series of invasions of Đại Việt under the Lý dynasty by Suryavarman II of the Khmer Empire, all ending in Khmer defeat.
Khmer–Vietnamese wars
The Khmer–Vietnamese wars are armed conflicts between Cambodian (Khmer) and Vietnamese states across roughly four centuries, centered on control of Cambodia and the Mekong Delta.
Khobar Towers bombing
Khobar Towers bombing (تفجير أبراج الخبر), also called the Dhahran bombing: 25 June 1996 Saudi Hizballah truck bombing at Khobar Towers, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 US airmen; indicted 2001; mastermind Mughassil captured 2015.
Khodynka Tragedy (Ходынская трагедия)
Khodynka Tragedy (Ходынская трагедия): crowd crush on 18 May 1896 on Moscow's Khodynka Field during Nicholas II's coronation festivities; official toll 1,389 dead, 1,300 injured; triggered by gift-shortage rumors.
Khojaly massacre
Khojaly massacre (Xocalı): killing of Azerbaijani civilians during the Armenian seizure of Khojaly, Nagorno-Karabakh, 25–26 February 1992; disputed tolls of 613 versus 11 dead; commemorated 26 February.
Khoshut conquest of Tibet
Khoshut conquest of Tibet: 1637–1642 campaigns by Güshi Khan of the Oirat Khoshuts, defeating Chogtu Taiji, the Beri chieftain, and the Tsangpa king Karma Tenkyong, establishing the Khoshut Khanate and Ganden Phodrang government under the Fifth Dalai Lama.
Khvostov Incident
The Khvostov Incident, known in Japanese as Bunka Rokō jiken, was a series of Russian attacks on Japanese settlements on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in 1806 and 1807.