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Trojan War (Τρωικός Πόλεμος)
Trojan War (Τρωικός Πόλεμος), legendary ten-year Greek siege of Troy, source of Homer's Iliad. Key names Paris, Helen, Achilles, Agamemnon; site identified as Hisarlik in Turkey, with debated Late Bronze Age historicity.
Tropic Air Flight 711
Tropic Air Flight 711 was a 2025 Belizean domestic flight hijacked by Akinyela Sawa Taylor, who stabbed the pilot and passengers before being fatally shot by a passenger.
Trujillo massacre
Trujillo massacre refers to several mass killings sharing the name: the 1932 execution of Aprista prisoners at Chan Chan, Peru; the 1937 Parsley Massacre of Haitians under Rafael Trujillo; and a 1990 massacre in Trujillo, Colombia.
Trujillo Revolution of 1932
The Trujillo Revolution of 1932, also called the Trujillo Insurrection, was an APRA uprising that seized Trujillo, Peru, on 7 July 1932 and was crushed within days.
Trunajaya rebellion
The Trunajaya rebellion, also spelled Trunojoyo, was a 1674 to 1680 revolt by Madurese noble Raden Trunajaya against the Mataram Sultanate on Java, aided by Makassarese and Surabayan forces.
Tsuyama massacre
Tsuyama massacre (津山事件): 21 May 1938 spree killing in Kamo village near Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan, in which 21-year-old Toi Mutsuo killed 30 villagers with a shotgun and sword before killing himself; Japan's deadliest lone-perpetrator massacre.
Tuareg rebellion (2012)
The Tuareg rebellion of 2012 was an armed uprising in northern Mali launched in January by the separatist MNLA, the fourth Tuareg rebellion since independence in 1960.
Tuareg revolt of 1916–1917
The Tuareg revolt of 1916–1917 was an uprising against French colonial rule in the Aïr mountains of Niger, led by Kaocen with Sanusiyya support, including the 81-day siege of Agadez.
Tulip Revolution
The Tulip Revolution was the popular uprising in Kyrgyzstan of March 2005, triggered by flawed parliamentary elections, that ended Askar Akayev's 14-year rule when protesters stormed the government headquarters in Bishkek.
Tunisian campaign
The Tunisian campaign, also called the Battle of Tunisia, was the final stage of the North African campaign in World War II, ending with the Axis surrender in May 1943.
Tunisian resistance to the French protectorate
Tunisian resistance to the French protectorate was the opposition to French rule imposed by the 1881 Treaty of Bardo, first armed and later political, until independence on 20 March 1956.
Tunisian Revolution
The Tunisian Revolution (الثورة التونسية), also called the Jasmine Revolution, was a 2010 to 2011 uprising that ended Ben Ali's 23-year rule and began the Arab Spring.
Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III
Tupua Tamasese Lealofi-o-a'ana III was a Samoan high chief who led the nonviolent Mau independence movement until New Zealand police shot him on Black Saturday in 1929.
Turkic Rebellion against Tang
The Turkic rebellion against Tang was the uprising of the Eastern Türks led by Qutluq, also known as Ilterish Qaghan, which restored an independent Turkic khaganate in 682.
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Turkish invasion of Cyprus (20 July and 14 August 1974), launched after the Athens-backed coup against Makarios, seized 36.2% of the island, displaced 165,000 Greek Cypriots, and created the UN buffer zone dividing Cyprus since 1974.
Turkish National Movement
Turkish National Movement (Millî Mücadele): the Anatolian resistance organization founded after the 1918 Mudros armistice, led by Mustafa Kemal through the Amasya Circular, Erzurum and Sivas congresses, the National Pact, and the War of Independence, producing the Republic of Turkey in 1923.
Turkish occupation of northern Syria
Turkish occupation of northern Syria: since August 2016, Türkiye and its Syrian National Army proxy have held territory seized in Operations Euphrates Shield, Olive Branch, and Peace Spring, ruling some 1.4 million people through over 100 military sites amid documented abuses.
Turkish War of Independence
Turkish War of Independence (Kurtuluş Savaşı, İstiklal Harbi), 1919–1923: the Turkish national movement's war against Allied partition and the Greek invasion, ending at the Battle of Dumlupınar, the Treaty of Lausanne, and the Republic of Turkey.
Turkish–Syrian National Army offensive in Northern Syria (2024–2025)
Turkish-backed Syrian National Army offensive (Operation Dawn of Freedom, November 2024–2025) against the Kurdish-led SDF in northern Syria: seizure of Tal Rifaat and Manbij, fighting at Tishreen Dam, 100,000 displaced, ending with the March 2025 SDF integration agreement.
Turkistan Islamic Party
Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), also called East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) or East Turkistan Islamic Party, is a Uyghur Islamist militant group active in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Syria, UN-listed as QDe.088, with contested existence and a 2020 US delisting.
Turning point of the American Civil War
Turning point of the American Civil War: the historiographical debate over which event decided the war, with Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, emancipation, and Grant's 1864 campaigns as leading candidates and no scholarly consensus.
Tuscarora War
The Tuscarora War was a colonial conflict in eastern North Carolina that began in 1711 when Tuscarora warriors attacked settlements along the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers, ending in their defeat.
TWA Flight 800
TWA Flight 800 was a scheduled international passenger flight that broke up over the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996. The accident killed all 230 people on board.
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is Solomon Northup's memoir, told to and edited by David Wilson, recounting his 1841 kidnapping in Washington and twelve years enslaved in Louisiana until his 1853 rescue; a major antebellum slave narrative and basis of the 2013 Steve McQueen film.
Twelve-Day War
The Twelve-Day War (12 Day War) was the June 2025 direct conflict between Israel and Iran, begun by Israel's Operation Rising Lion on 13 June, joined by US strikes on Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, ended by a ceasefire on 24 June.
Twelve-Day War ceasefire
Twelve-Day War ceasefire: the 24 June 2025 cessation ending the Israel–Iran war (also called the 12-day war), brokered by Trump with Qatari mediation, phased 12+12 hours, unsigned, contested violations and nuclear damage.
Twenty Years' Anarchy
Twenty Years' Anarchy: Byzantine political crisis, 695–717, from Justinian II's overthrow to Leo III's accession; six violently deposed emperors, theme-army politics, and the Arab siege of Constantinople.
Tyne Cot
Tyne Cot is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Zonnebeke, Belgium. It holds graves from the First World War and features a memorial to nearly 35,000 missing servicemen.
Tzeltal Rebellion
The Tzeltal Rebellion, also called the Tzendal Rebellion, was a 1712 Maya uprising in Chiapas against Spanish rule, sparked by a reported Virgin Mary apparition.
U-Maqoma
U-Maqoma was a nineteenth-century Xhosa chief and war leader of the AmaNgqika clan, a foremost figure of resistance to British colonial expansion who died on Robben Island in 1873.