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The Rising of the Priests (Maltese: Ir-Rewwixta tal-Qassisin), also known as the Maltese Rebellion of 1775 and the September 1775 Rebellion, was an uprising...

The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United...

"The House of the Rising Sun" is an American traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the...

but the ceiling was removed following the Rising of the Priests in 1775. The gardens were originally used to offer recreation to the knights of the Italian...

during the Rising of the Priests in 1775. The cavalier is located in Castille Square, close to Auberge de Castille, the Central Bank of Malta, the Parliament...

completely rebuilt in the new architectural style. In 1775, during the reign of Ximenes, an unsuccessful revolt known as the Rising of the Priests occurred in which...

influence, but the presence in Malta of the Knights of St John and, more recently, the British brought elements from further afield. The Knights hailed...

The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took...

by the unsuccessful Rising of the Priests. During the reign of Ximénez, a warehouse was added to the Salina Right Redoubt in Salina Bay, and the redoubt...

lists of the heads of the Order, the title "Grand Master" is often applied retrospectively to the early heads of the Order. The medieval heads of the Order...

the Maltese. In 1775, during the reign of Francisco Ximénez de Tejada, a revolt known as the Rising of the Priests occurred. Rebels managed to capture Fort...

rebel priests along with Saint James Cavalier in what became known as the Revolt of the Priests. The Order's flag was lowered and a banner of Saint Paul...

cultures, and the cultures of the nations that ruled Malta for long periods of time prior to its independence in 1964. The earliest inhabitants of the Maltese...

took part in the Rising of the Priests were released, while the Jewish population was given permission to build a synagogue. All of the Order's property...

a megalith in the opposite apse. During the equinox, the rays of the rising sun pass straight through the principal doorway to reach the innermost central...

The Rising Tide of Color: The Threat Against White World-Supremacy (1920), by Lothrop Stoddard, is a book about racialism and geopolitics, which describes...

surround Valletta, the capital city of Malta. The first fortification to be built was Fort Saint Elmo in 1552, but the fortifications of the city proper began...

fellow Jesuit priests at the Brae of Craskie in Glen Cannich, Cameron ran a highly successful but very dangerous ministry throughout The Aird and Strathglass...

of shogunate and establishment of "modern" parliamentary, Western-style system. 1867: The Fenian Rising: an attempt at a nationwide rebellion by the Irish...

The Rising of the North of 1569, also called the Revolt of the Northern Earls or Northern Rebellion, was an unsuccessful attempt by Catholic nobles from...