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Nayarit War
The Nayarit War was a Spanish campaign of 1719 to 1722 that ended the independence of the Cora peoples of the Sierra del Nayar in northwestern New Spain.
Nazi human experimentation
Nazi human experimentation: nonconsensual, often lethal medical experiments by German doctors on concentration camp prisoners, 1933–1945, at Dachau, Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, and other camps; prosecuted at the 1946–47 Doctors' Trial, which produced the ten-point Nuremberg Code.
Nazi hunter
Nazi hunter: term for people and organizations tracking Nazi war criminals after WWII. Key figures: Simon Wiesenthal, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld. Private leads, US DOJ OSI (1979), German Ludwigsburg office, last major case 2022.
Nazino tragedy (Назинская трагедия)
Nazino tragedy (Назинская трагедия, Cannibal Island): May 1933 landing of about 6,100 'declassed element' deportees from Moscow and Leningrad on Nazino Island in the Ob River, with mass death from starvation, exposure, and disease.
Neapolitan campaigns of Louis the Great
The Neapolitan campaigns of Louis the Great were two expeditions by Louis I of Hungary in 1347 and 1350 to avenge his brother Andrew's murder and claim Naples.
Necklacing
Necklacing: extrajudicial killing by forcing a gasoline-filled tire around a victim's neck and igniting it; originated in 1980s apartheid South Africa townships against suspected collaborators, later used against criminals, also documented in Nigeria.
Nellie massacre
The Nellie massacre of 18 February 1983: killing of about 1,800 Bengali-speaking Muslims in 13 Assam villages during the Assam Agitation; Tewary report released only in 2025.
Nepalese Civil War
The Nepalese Civil War was a long conflict between the Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), lasting from 1996 to 2006.
Nepalese royal massacre
The Nepalese royal massacre (Durbar Hatyakanda) of 1 June 2001 killed King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya, and other royals at Narayanhiti Palace; the official inquiry blamed Crown Prince Dipendra, but public disbelief fueled conspiracy theories and hastened the monarchy's abolition.
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
The Neutral Nations Commission (NNSC) is a body of three member nations established by the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement to supervise and inspect the armistice that ended the Korean War.
Neutral powers during World War II
Neutral powers during World War II: Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and microstates that stayed outside the Axis and Allies, surviving through economic concessions, trade with both sides, and, in Turkey's case, a symbolic 1945 declaration of war.
Neutralisation of Rabaul
The neutralisation of Rabaul was the Allied campaign of 1943 and 1944 that encircled and bypassed the major Japanese base at Rabaul rather than capturing it.
Never was so much owed by so many to so few
Churchill's 20 August 1940 House of Commons tribute to RAF Battle of Britain fighter pilots, "The Few," coining the phrase and praising those who defended Britain in 1940.
New Georgia campaign
The New Georgia campaign was a series of land and naval battles in the central Solomon Islands from June to October 1943, in which Allied forces captured the Japanese airfield at Munda Point.
New Guinea campaign
The New Guinea campaign (1942-1945) was the Second World War series of Allied-Japanese operations on New Guinea and Papua, including Kokoda, Milne Bay, Buna-Gona, Lae, and Aitape-Wewak, ending with about 123,000 Japanese killed.
New Model Army
New Model Army: Parliament's professional army formed February 1645 under Sir Thomas Fairfax, later Cromwell; won Naseby 1645, Dunbar 1650, Worcester 1651, overthrew the monarchy, disbanded 1660.
New People's Army
New People's Army (NPA), armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, founded March 29, 1969 by Jose Maria Sison and Bernabe Buscayno; Maoist guerrilla insurgency, US/EU/Philippines terrorist designation, now largely dismantled.
New York and New Jersey campaign
New York and New Jersey campaign (3 July 1776 to 3 January 1777): Revolutionary War campaign for New York City, the Hudson, and New Jersey; British took Manhattan under Howe but Washington's Trenton and Princeton victories saved New Jersey and the Continental Army.
New York City draft riots
The New York City draft riots, also called Draft Week, were July 1863 violence in Manhattan against the first federal Civil War draft, killing at least 105 people.
New York City synagogue tunnel incident
The New York City synagogue tunnel incident: January 8, 2024 clash at Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters, 770 Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights, over an illegal 60-foot tunnel dug by messianic students; arrests, vacate orders, and debunked trafficking conspiracy claims.
New Zealand Wars
The New Zealand Wars (Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa), 1845–1872, were mid-19th-century conflicts between some iwi Māori and British and colonial forces over sovereignty and land, ending with land confiscations and lasting grievance.
Newton Knight
Newton Knight (c. 1837-1922) was a Mississippi farmer and Confederate deserter who led the Knight Company's Unionist rebellion in Jones County, the "Free State of Jones," and later formed a biracial family with Rachel Knight.
Nez Perce War
The Nez Perce War (1877), or the Nez Perce Flight, was an armed conflict between the U.S. Army and non-treaty nimíipuu across Idaho and Montana, spanning 1,170 miles in 1877.
Nguyễn–Tây Sơn War
The Nguyễn–Tây Sơn War (1778–1802) was fought between the Tây Sơn movement and Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, who won and founded the Nguyễn dynasty as Emperor Gia Long.
Nicaraguan Revolution
The Nicaraguan Revolution (Revolución Sandinista): the FSLN's 1979 overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship, its 1979–1990 government, the US-backed Contra war, and the 1990 electoral defeat.
Nidal Hasan
Nidal Malik Hasan, born 1970, former U.S. Army major and psychiatrist who killed 13 people in the November 5, 2009 Fort Hood shooting; sentenced to death in 2013, scheduled for firing-squad execution December 3, 2026, the first U.S. military execution since 1961.
Niger Delta Avengers
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is a militant group that emerged in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region in early 2016 to attack oil and gas infrastructure.
Niger Delta conflict
The conflict in the Niger Delta is an armed and political conflict between Nigerian militant groups and the state over oil revenue, poverty, and environmental damage.
Nigerian bandit conflict
The Nigerian bandit conflict is an armed conflict in northwestern and north-central Nigeria between criminal gangs known as bandits and the Nigerian state, centered on Zamfara and driven by cattle rustling and kidnapping for ransom.
Nigerian Civil War
Nigerian Civil War, or Biafran War (6 July 1967 – January 1970): conflict between Nigeria's federal government and the secessionist Republic of Biafra, ended by a starvation blockade and famine that killed up to two million and reshaped global humanitarianism.