<Table> <Tr> <Th> Dates </Th> <Th> Region </Th> <Th> Main Article </Th> <Th> Summary </Th> <Th> Refs </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> BC 470 -- 391 </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> Mohism </Td> <Td> The Mohist philosophical school disapproved of war . However , since they lived in a time of warring polities , they cultivated the science of fortification . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> around AD 26 -- 36 </Td> <Td> Judea </Td> <Td> Pontius Pilate </Td> <Td> Jews demonstrated in Caesarea to try to convince Pontius Pilate not to set up Roman standards , with images of the Roman emperor and the eagle of Jupiter , in Jerusalem ( both images were considered idolatrous by religious Jews ) . Pilate surrounded the Jewish protesters with soldiers and threatened them with death , to which they replied that they were willing to die rather than see the laws of the Torah violated . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Before 1500 -- 1835 </Td> <Td> Chatham Islands , New Zealand </Td> <Td> Moriori </Td> <Td> The Moriori were a branch of the New Zealand Māori that colonized the Chatham Islands and eventually became hunter - gatherers . Their lack of resources and small population made conventional war unsustainable , so it became customary to resolve disputes nonviolently or ritually . Due to this tradition of nonviolence , the entire population of 2000 people was enslaved , killed or cannibalized when 900 Māori invaded the island in 1835 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1848 - 1920 </Td> <Td> US </Td> <Td> Women 's Suffrage in the United States </Td> <Td> A political movement that spanned over a century , where women protested in order to receive the right to suffrage in the United States . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1819 </Td> <Td> England </Td> <Td> Peterloo massacre </Td> <Td> Famine and chronic unemployment , coupled with the lack of suffrage in northern England , led to a peaceful demonstration of 60,000 -- 80,000 persons , including women and children . The demonstration was organized and rehearsed , with a `` prohibition of all weapons of offence or defence '' and exhortations to come `` armed with no other weapon but that of a self - approving conscience '' . Cavalry charged into the crowd , with sabres drawn , and in the ensuing confusion , 15 people were killed and 400 -- 700 were injured . Newspapers expressed horror , and Percy Shelley glorified nonviolent resistance in the poem The Masque of Anarchy . However , the British government cracked down on reform , with the passing of what became known as the Six Acts . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1823 - 1829 </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> <Td> Catholic Association </Td> <Td> One of the first mass - membership political movements of Europe , the Catholic Association was founded by Daniel O'Connell to use non-violent means to push the British government to pass Catholic emancipation , which culminated in the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 by the government of the Duke of Wellington </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1834 -- 38 </Td> <Td> Trinidad </Td> <Td> End of Slavery in Trinidad </Td> <Td> The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , then the colonial power in Trinidad , first announced in 1833 the impending total liberation of slaves by 1840 . In 1834 at an address by the Governor at Government House about the new laws , an unarmed group of mainly elderly people of African descent began chanting : `` Pas de six ans . Point de six ans '' ( `` No six years . Not at all six years '' ) , drowning out the voice of the Governor . Peaceful protests continued until the passing of a resolution to abolish apprenticeship and the achievement of de facto freedom . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1838 </Td> <Td> US </Td> <Td> Cherokee removal </Td> <Td> The Cherokee refused to recognize the fraudulent Treaty of New Echota and therefore did not sell their livestock or goods , and did not pack anything to travel to the west before the soldiers came and forcibly removed them . That ended tragically in the Cherokee trail of tears . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1849 - 1867 </Td> <Td> Austrian Empire </Td> <Td> Passive Resistance ( Hungary ) </Td> <Td> In the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1848 , the Hungarians tried to regain independence , and were defeated by the Austrian Empire only with the aid of the Russian Empire . After 1848 , the empire instituted several constitutional reforms , trying to resolve the problem , but without success . The resistance was instrumental in keeping
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Dates </Th> <Th> Region </Th> <Th> Main Article </Th> <Th> Summary </Th> <Th> Refs </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> BC 470 -- 391 </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> Mohism </Td> <Td> The Mohist philosophical school disapproved of war . However , since they lived in a time of warring polities , they cultivated the science of fortification . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> around AD 26 -- 36 </Td> <Td> Judea </Td> <Td> Pontius Pilate </Td> <Td> Jews demonstrated in Caesarea to try to convince Pontius Pilate not to set up Roman standards , with images of the Roman emperor and the eagle of Jupiter , in Jerusalem ( both images were considered idolatrous by religious Jews ) . Pilate surrounded the Jewish protesters with soldiers and threatened them with death , to which they replied that they were willing to die rather than see the laws of the Torah violated . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Before 1500 -- 1835 </Td> <Td> Chatham Islands , New Zealand </Td> <Td> Moriori </Td> <Td> The Moriori were a branch of the New Zealand Māori that colonized the Chatham Islands and eventually became hunter - gatherers . Their lack of resources and small population made conventional war unsustainable , so it became customary to resolve disputes nonviolently or ritually . Due to this tradition of nonviolence , the entire population of 2000 people was enslaved , killed or cannibalized when 900 Māori invaded the island in 1835 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1848 - 1920 </Td> <Td> US </Td> <Td> Women 's Suffrage in the United States </Td> <Td> A political movement that spanned over a century , where women protested in order to receive the right to suffrage in the United States . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1819 </Td> <Td> England </Td> <Td> Peterloo massacre </Td> <Td> Famine and chronic unemployment , coupled with the lack of suffrage in northern England , led to a peaceful demonstration of 60,000 -- 80,000 persons , including women and children . The demonstration was organized and rehearsed , with a `` prohibition of all weapons of offence or defence '' and exhortations to come `` armed with no other weapon but that of a self - approving conscience '' . Cavalry charged into the crowd , with sabres drawn , and in the ensuing confusion , 15 people were killed and 400 -- 700 were injured . Newspapers expressed horror , and Percy Shelley glorified nonviolent resistance in the poem The Masque of Anarchy . However , the British government cracked down on reform , with the passing of what became known as the Six Acts . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1823 - 1829 </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> <Td> Catholic Association </Td> <Td> One of the first mass - membership political movements of Europe , the Catholic Association was founded by Daniel O'Connell to use non-violent means to push the British government to pass Catholic emancipation , which culminated in the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 by the government of the Duke of Wellington </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1834 -- 38 </Td> <Td> Trinidad </Td> <Td> End of Slavery in Trinidad </Td> <Td> The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , then the colonial power in Trinidad , first announced in 1833 the impending total liberation of slaves by 1840 . In 1834 at an address by the Governor at Government House about the new laws , an unarmed group of mainly elderly people of African descent began chanting : `` Pas de six ans . Point de six ans '' ( `` No six years . Not at all six years '' ) , drowning out the voice of the Governor . Peaceful protests continued until the passing of a resolution to abolish apprenticeship and the achievement of de facto freedom . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1838 </Td> <Td> US </Td> <Td> Cherokee removal </Td> <Td> The Cherokee refused to recognize the fraudulent Treaty of New Echota and therefore did not sell their livestock or goods , and did not pack anything to travel to the west before the soldiers came and forcibly removed them . That ended tragically in the Cherokee trail of tears . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1849 - 1867 </Td> <Td> Austrian Empire </Td> <Td> Passive Resistance ( Hungary ) </Td> <Td> In the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1848 , the Hungarians tried to regain independence , and were defeated by the Austrian Empire only with the aid of the Russian Empire . After 1848 , the empire instituted several constitutional reforms , trying to resolve the problem , but without success . The resistance was instrumental in keeping
who was the first to be known for using methods of nonviolent civil disobedience in protest
who was the first to be known for using methods of nonviolent civil disobedience in protest
The Mohist philosophical school
The Mohist philosophical school