Coups d'état and coup attempts include: (listed by country, in chronological order)

Afghanistan

#February 20, 1919: Nasrullah Khan overthrows

Habibullah Khan Habibullah Khan (Pashto/ Dari: ; 3 June 1872 – 20 February 1919) was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 until his death in 1919. He was the eldest son of the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, whom he succeeded by right of primogeniture in October 190 ...

#February 28, 1919:

Amanullah Khan Ghazi Amanullah Khan (Pashto and Dari: ; 1 June 1892 – 25 April 1960) was the sovereign of Afghanistan from 1919, first as Emir and after 1926 as King, until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1 ...

overthrows Nasrullah Khan #January 17, 1929:

Habibullah Kalakani Habibullah also spelled Habib Ullah, Habibollah, Habeeb-Allah etc. ( ar, حَبِيْبَُ ٱلله), is a male Muslim given name meaning in ''Beloved of God'', stemming from the male form of the name Habib. It may refer to: People *Raja Sir C ...

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Inayatullah Khan Inayatullah Khan (Pashto/Dari: ), (20 October 1888 – 12 August 1946) was the King of Afghanistan for three days in January 1929. He was the son of former Afghan Emir, Habibullah Khan. Inayatullah's brief reign ended with his abdication. I ...

#October 16, 1929:

Mohammed Nadir Shah Mohammed Nadir Shah ( Persian and ps, محمد نادر شاه – born Mohammed Nadir Khan; 9 April 1883 – 8 November 1933) was King of Afghanistan from 15 October 1929 until his assassination in November 1933. Previously, he served as Mini ...

overthrows Habibullāh Kalakāni # July 17, 1973:

Mohammed Daoud Khan Mohammed Daoud Khan ( ps, ), also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan (18 July 1909 – 28 April 1978), was an Afghan politician and general who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan cou ...

overthrows Mohammed Zahir Shah # December 9, 1976: Qiyam-i Islami ( Islamic Uprising) attempts and fails to overthrow

# April 30, 1978:

Abdul Qadir Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir ( ar, عبد القادر) is a male Muslim given name. It is formed from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' al-'' and '' Qadir''. The name means "servant of the powerful", ''Al-Qādir'' being one of the names of God in th ...

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#September 16, 1979:

Hafizullah Amin Hafizullah Amin (Pashto/ prs, حفيظ الله امين; 1 August 192927 December 1979) was an Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher. He organized the Saur Revolution of 1978 and co-founded the Democratic Republic of Afghan ...

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Nur Muhammad Taraki Nur Muhammad Taraki (; 14 July 1917 – 9 October 1979) was an Afghan revolutionary communist politician, journalist and writer. He was a founding member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) who served as its General Secret ...

# December 27, 1979: Babrak Karmal overthrows

# March 6, 1990: Shahnawaz Tanai attempts and fails to overthrow

Mohammad Najibullah Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai (Pashto/ prs, محمد نجیب‌الله احمدزی, ; 6 August 1947 – 27 September 1996), commonly known as Dr. Najib, was an Afghan politician who served as the General Secretary of the People's Democratic Par ...

Albania

#September 14, 1998: The funeral of MP Azem Hajdari turns violent as the office of the Albanian

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

Fatos Nano is attacked, obliging the latter to hastily flee and step down shortly after. His party remains in power.

Algeria

#July 3, 1962:

Houari Boumédiène Houari Boumédiène ( ar, ; ALA-LC: ''Hawwārī Būmadyan''; born Mohammed Ben Brahim Boukherouba; 23 August 1932 – 27 December 1978) was an Algerian politician and army colonel who served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Al ...

and Ahmed Ben Bella overthrow Benyoucef Benkhedda #June 19, 1965:

overthrows Ahmed Ben BellaSurvivor of a coup
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Angola

1977 Angolan coup d'état attempt The 1977 Angolan coup d'état attempt was a failed attempt by the Angolan interior minister Nito Alves to overthrow the government of Agostinho Neto. It took place on May 27. Background By the late 1970s, Alves had become a powerful member ...

: The Minister of Interior Nito Alves fails to overthrow Agostinho Neto.

Argentina

# 6 September 1930: General José Félix Uriburu and the Nacionalistas overthrow President

Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (; 12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second ...

and suspend the 1853 Constitution. #18 December 1932: failed military uprising against Agustín Pedro Justo by Atilio Cattáneo and the

Radical Civic Union The Radical Civic Union ( es, Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) is a centrist and social-liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from social liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the S ...

# 4 June 1943: the military overthrows president

Ramón Castillo Ramón Antonio Castillo Barrionuevo (November 20, 1873 – October 12, 1944) was a conservative Argentine politician who served as President of Argentina from June 27, 1942 to June 4, 1943. He was a leading figure in the period known as ...

# 28 September 1951: failed military revolt against President

Juan Perón Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President of a military dictatorship, he was elected ...

by Benjamín Menéndez # 16–23 September 1955: the military led by General Eduardo Lonardi overthrows president

#6 June 1956: failed military uprising, led by General

Juan José Valle Juan José Valle (March 15, 1896 – June 12, 1956) was an Argentine general who headed a rebellion in 1956 against General Pedro Eugenio Aramburu's dictatorship. Rebellion Aramburu's ''Revolución Libertadora'' of September 1955 had ended Jua ...

, against ''de facto'' President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu #19 June 1959: failed military uprising against Arturo Frondizi by #30 November 1960: failed military uprising against Arturo Frondizi by # 29 March 1962: the military, led by General , overthrows president Arturo Frondizi # 28 June 1966: a military uprising led by General Juan Carlos Onganía overthrows president Arturo Umberto Illia #18–22 December 1975: failed military uprising against

Isabel Perón Isabel Martínez de Perón (, born María Estela Martínez Cartas, 4 February 1931), also known as Isabelita, is an Argentine politician who served as President of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the first female republican heads ...

by # 24 March 1976:

Jorge Videla Jorge Rafael Videla (; ; 2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was an Argentine military officer and dictator, Commander in Chief of the Army, member of the Military Junta, and ''de facto'' President of Argentina from 29 March 1976 to 29 March 198 ...

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and establishes the

National Reorganization Process The National Reorganization Process (Spanish: ''Proceso de Reorganización Nacional'', often simply ''el Proceso'', "the Process") was the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, in which it was supported by the United St ...

Armenia

# February 25, 2021: the Armenian military calls for

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Nikol Pashinyan to resign. Pashinyan accuses the military of attempting a

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

Australia

# January 26, 1808: the New South Wales Corps overthrew

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, and installed Major George Mitchell as acting lieutenant-governor

Austria

# July 25, 1934: the

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and the

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attempted to overthrow the Fatherland Front government in the

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, resulting in the

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of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss but ending in his succession by Kurt Schuschnigg

Azerbaijan

# June 9, 1993:

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Azer ...

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Abulfaz Elchibey Abulfaz Elchibey ( az, Əbülfəz Elçibəy; 24 June 1938, in Nakhchivan – 22 August 2000, in Ankara) was an Azerbaijani political figure and a former Soviet dissident. His real name was Abulfaz Gadirgulu oghlu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: ''Əbülf� ...

in a political crisis during the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic conflict, ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 t ...

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''Azerbaijan A Country Study'' # March 13, 1995: Colonel Rovshan Javadov and his unit of OPON troops fail to seize power from

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and reinstate his predecessor

after Turkish President

Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey seven times betwee ...

warned

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Bangladesh

# August 15, 1975:

Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (also spelled Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed; – 5 March 1996) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the President of Bangladesh from 15 August to 6 November 1975, after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was part ...

overthrows the BaKSAL government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. # November 3, 1975: Khaled Mosharraf overthrows the government set up by the

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. # November 7, 1975: Soldiers from the

Bangladesh Army The Bangladesh Army is the land warfare branch and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to provide necessary forces and capabilities to deliver the Bangladeshi government's security and defe ...

overthrow and kill Khaled Mosharraf just a few days after he took power # May 30, 1981: Soldiers led by Major General Mohammad Abdul Monjur assassinate

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup ...

; they fail to seize power and are rounded up. # March 24, 1982:

Hussain Muhammad Ershad Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad ( bn, হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi Army Chief politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, a time m ...

overthrows President Abdus Sattar. # May 1996: Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim attempts and fails to overthrow Abdur Rahman Biswas. # January 11, 2007: General Moeen U Ahmed pressures President

Iajuddin Ahmed Iajuddin Ahmed (1 February 193110 December 2012) was the President of Bangladesh, serving from 6 September 2002 until 12 February 2009. From late October 2006 to January 2007, he also served as Chief Advisor of the caretaker government. From Oc ...

into declaring a state of emergency, postponing elections, and appointing a new Chief Advisor to head the caretaker government. # December 2011: Rebel army officers attempt and fail to overthrow Sheikh Hasina

Belgium

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# 18 June 1789: The Austrian Imperial Army occupied the Great Market of Brussels, dissolved the States of Brabant and Council of Brabant and tried to arrest all its members.

United Belgian States

# March 1790: Statist coup against the

Vonckists The Vonckists ( nl, Vonckisten) were a political faction during the Brabant Revolution led by Jan Frans Vonck, opposed to the more conservative " Statists". History The group emerged from the secret society ''Pro aris et focis'' in the 1780s, an ...

Benin

# October 28, 1963:

Christophe Soglo Christophe Soglo (28 June 1909 – 7 October 1983) was a Beninese military officer and political leader. Early life Christophe Soglo was born on 28 June 1909 in Abomey, French Dahomey to a chiefly Fon family. Military career In 1931 Soglo vo ...

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Hubert Maga Coutoucou Hubert Maga (August 10, 1916 – May 8, 2000) was a politician from Dahomey (now known as Benin).Dahomey was renamed Benin in 1975. Se''New York Times'' obituary He arose on a political scene where one's power was dictated by what regio ...

and the

Dahomeyan Unity Party The Dahomeyan Unity Party (french: Parti Dahoméen de l'Unité, PDU) was a political party in the Republic of Dahomey. History The party was established on 13 November 1960 by the merger of the Republican Party of Dahomey (PRD) led by Sourou-M ...

#November 27, 1965:

overthrows Sourou-Migan Apithy #December 16, 1967: Maurice Kouandété overthrows

#December 10, 1969: Maurice Kouandété overthrows

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#October 26, 1972: Mathieu Kérékou overthrows Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin # January 17, 1977: French-led mercenaries attempt to overthrow Mathieu Kérékou and the People's Revolutionary Party of Benin government #March 4, 2013: Failed coup attempt by Colonel Pamphile Zomahoun against

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Bolivia

#April 18, 1828: Military revolt, Antonio José de Sucre is wounded in the arm and resigns #January 22, 1839:

José Miguel de Velasco José Miguel de Velasco Franco (; 29 September 1795 – 13 October 1859) was a Bolivian military officer and statesman who served as the fourth president of Bolivia on four occasions: 1828, 1829, 1839-1841, and 1848. Velasco also served as the ...

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Andrés de Santa Cruz Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana (; 30 November 1792 – 25 September 1865) was a Bolivian general and politician who served as interim president of Peru in 1827, the interim president of Peru from 1836 to 1838 and the sixth president of B ...

#June 10, 1841:

Sebastián Ágreda Sebastián Ágreda (1795 – 18 December 1875) was Bolivian military officer and statesman who served as the seventh president of Bolivia for 29 days in 1841. In addition to his short term as president, he also held a number of other governmenta ...

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#September 22, 1841:

José Ballivián José Ballivián Segurola (5 May 1805 – 6 October 1852) was a Bolivian general during the Peruvian-Bolivian War. He also served as the ninth president of Bolivia from 1841 to 1847. Early life Born in La Paz to wealthy parents, Ballivián ha ...

overthrows Mariano Enrique Calvo #January 2, 1848:

Manuel Isidoro Belzu Manuel Isidoro Belzu Humérez (4 April 1808 – 27 March 1865) was a Bolivian military officer and statesman who served as the 11th president of Bolivia from 1848 to 1855. Under his presidency, the current national anthem of Bolivia and flag ...

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Eusebio Guilarte Eusebio Guilarte Mole (15 October 1805 – 11 June 1849) was a Bolivian military officer and statesman who served as the tenth president of Bolivia from 1847 to 1848. Biography A career military officer (not an uncommon choice at the time) ...

and installs

as president #December 6, 1848:

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; failed counter-coup by Velasco #1854: Failed military revolt with notable participant

Mariano Melgarejo Manuel Mariano Melgarejo Valencia (13 April 1820 – 23 November 1871) was a Bolivian military officer and politician, fifteenth president of the Republic of Bolivia from December 28, 1864, until his fall on January 15, 1871. He assumed powe ...

against

#September 9, 1857:

José María Linares José María Linares Lizarazu (10 July 1808 – 23 October 1861) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 13th president of Bolivia from 1857 to 1861. Early life and education He was born in Tical, Potosí, in his family's hacie ...

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Jorge Córdova Jorge Córdova (23 April 1822, in La Paz – 23 October 1861) was a Bolivian general and politician who served as the 12th president of Bolivia from 1855 to 1857. Early life Childhood Jorge Córdova was born on April 23, 1822, in the ci ...

#January 14, 1861:

José María de Achá José María de Achá Valiente (8 July 1810 – 29 January 1868) was a Bolivian general who served as the 14th president of Bolivia from 1861 to 1864. He served in the battles of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation and conspired against longtim ...

, Ruperto Fernández, and Manuel Antonio Sánchez overthrow

#December 28, 1864:

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#January 15, 1871:

Agustín Morales Pedro Agustín Morales Hernández (11 March 1808 – 27 November 1872) was a Bolivian military officer who served as the 16th president of Bolivia from 1871 and 1872. Early years Morales was born in La Paz. Originally a supporter of Pr ...

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#May 4, 1876:

Hilarión Daza Hilarión Daza Groselle (14 January 1840 – 27 February 1894) was a Bolivian military officer who served as the 19th president of Bolivia from 1876 to 1879. During his presidency, the infamous War of the Pacific started, a conflict which proved ...

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Tomás Frías Tomás Frías Ametller (21 December 1805 – 10 May 1884) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th President of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively from 1872 to 1873 and from 1874 to 1876. Having graduated as a lawyer and work ...

#December 28, 1879:

declared deposed in his absence, Narciso Campero proclaimed president on January 19, 1880 # April 12, 1899:

José Manuel Pando José Manuel Inocencio Pando Solares (27 December 1849 – 17 June 1917) was a Bolivian soldier, politician and explorer. He was also the 25th President of Bolivia from 1899 to 1904. During his government, the Acre War (1899-1903) began, in ...

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Severo Fernández Severo Fernández Alonso Caballero (15 August 1849 in Sucre – 12 August 1925) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 24th president of Bolivia from 1896 to 1899 and as the tenth vice president of Bolivia from 1892 to 1896 ...

#August 12, 1920:

Bautista Saavedra Bautista Saavedra Mallea (30 August 1870 in Sorata – 1 May 1939) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 29th president of Bolivia from 1921 to 1925. Prior to that, he was part of a governing junta from 1920 to 1921. As l ...

overthrows José Gutiérrez #June 28, 1930:

Carlos Blanco Galindo Carlos Blanco Galindo (12 March 1882 – 2 October 1943) was a Bolivian general who served as the 32nd president of Bolivia on a de facto interim basis from 1930 to 1931. Carlos Blanco was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia. A career military office ...

overthrows Hernando Siles Reyes' ministerial cabinet #November 27, 1934: Military revolt, Germán Busch under the orders of

David Toro José David Toro Ruilova (June 24, 1898 – July 25, 1977) was a colonel in the Bolivian army and member of the High Command during the Chaco War (1932–35) who served as the de facto 35th president of Bolivia from 1936 to 1937. He was on ...

and

Enrique Peñaranda Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo (15 November 1892 – 22 December 1969) was a Bolivian general who served as the 38th president of Bolivia from 1940 until his overthrow in 1943. He previously served as commander-in-chief of the country's arme ...

overthrows Daniel Salamanca Urey and installs Vice President José Luis Tejada Sorzano as president # May 17, 1936: Germán Busch overthrows José Luis Tejada Sorzano and installs

as president #July 13, 1937: Germán Busch overthrows

#December 20, 1943: Gualberto Villarroel overthrows

#July 21, 1946: Enraged mob lynches Gualberto Villarroel,

Néstor Guillén Néstor Guillén Olmos (28 January 1890 – 12 March 1966) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 40th president of Bolivia on a de facto interim basis in 1946. Background and earlier career Born in La Paz, Guillén studied la ...

and then

Tomás Monje Tomás Monje Gutierréz (21 December 1884 – 1 July 1954) was a Bolivian judge who served as the 41st president of Bolivia on a ''de facto'' interim basis from 1946 to 1947. Background and earlier career Born in Coroico, La Paz Department, ...

installed as interim presidents #May 16, 1951: Mamerto Urriolagoitía enacts a self-coup and installs General Hugo Ballivián as president to stop President-elect Víctor Paz Estenssoro from taking office #April 11, 1952:

Hernán Siles Zuazo Hernán Siles Zuazo (21 March 1914 – 6 August 1996) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 46th president of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively from 1956 to 1960 and from 1982 to 1985. He also briefly served as interim president in April 1952 ...

overthrows Hugo Ballivián and installs Víctor Paz Estenssoro as president # November 5, 1964: René Barrientos and

Alfredo Ovando Candía Alfredo Ovando Candía (6 April 1918 – 24 January 1982) was the Commander of the Bolivian Air Forces and ambassador who served as the 48th president of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively, first as co-president with René Barrientos from 1965 to ...

overthrow Víctor Paz EstenssoroPage 175
''Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press'' #September 26, 1969:

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Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas (21 June 1925 – 19 October 2005) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 49th president of Bolivia in 1969 and as the 31st vice president of Bolivia from 1966 to 1969. Background and early life Born in La ...

#October 6, 1970: Military revolt, three armed forces chiefs overthrow

but rule for less than a day before Ovando loyalists under Juan José Torres take back control. Ovando agrees to entrust the presidency to Torres #August 21, 1971: Hugo Banzer overthrows Juan José TorresPage 38
''A Political and Economic Dictionary of Latin America'' #November 7, 1974: Failed military revolt, Hugo Banzer bans all political activity and rules solely with military support #July 21, 1978:

Juan Pereda Juan Pereda Asbún (17 June 1931 – 25 November 2012) was a Bolivian military general who served as the ''de facto'' 52nd president of Bolivia in 1978. Although he ruled for only four months, his ascent to the presidency marked the ...

overthrows transitional military junta #November 24, 1978:

David Padilla David Padilla Arancibia (13 August 1927 – 25 September 2016) was a Bolivian general who served as the 53rd president of Bolivia from 1978 to 1979. A native of Sucre, Padilla was born on 13 August 1927. Joining the armed forces, he rose t ...

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#November 1, 1979:

Alberto Natusch Alberto Natusch Busch (May 23, 1933 in Beni, Bolivia – November 23, 1994 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia) was a Bolivian general who served briefly as the ''de facto'' 55th president of Bolivia in 1979. Background and earlier career Natusch is of ...

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Wálter Guevara Wálter Guevara Arze (March 11, 1912 in Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia – June 20, 1996 in La Paz, Bolivia) was a Bolivian statesman, cabinet minister, writer, and diplomat, who served as the 54th president of Bolivia on an ...

#July 17, 1980:

Luis García Meza Luis García Meza Tejada (8 August 1929 – 29 April 2018) was a Bolivian general who served as the ''de facto'' 57th president of Bolivia from 1980 to 1981. He was a dictator convicted of human rights violations and leader of a violent coup ...

overthrows Lidia Gueiler TejadaPage 80
''Real Terror Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda'' #June 30, 1984: Failed coup attempt by military arrests

for ten hours # 2019 Bolivian political crisis: Evo Morales was told to step down by the military and police following political unrest in response to a report by the

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which alleged that there were irregularities in the 2019 Bolivian general election. Morales resigned with his entire cabinet and legislative leaders. Following this the second Vice President of the Senate and opposition politician Jeanine Áñez assumed the presidency. Áñez was not in the line of succession, but she was the highest-ranking official who had not resigned. This was confirmed by the

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although the required quorum under the constitution was not met as Morales's

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still held a majority. International politicians, scholars and journalists were divided between describing the event as a coup or popular uprising. Since being elected President of Bolivia in new elections that were held a year later

Luis Arce Luis Alberto Arce Catacora (; born 28 September 1963), often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian banker, economist, and politician serving as the 67th president of Bolivia since 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism, he previously serv ...

who comes from Morales's party has called the events a coup and has considered Áñez's presidency illegitimate.

Bophuthatswana

# March 11, 1994: Lucas Mangope is overthrown by mutinying

Bophuthatswana Defence Force The Bophuthatswana Defence Force ( af, Bophuthatswana Weermag; BDF) was established on 6 December 1977 from trainees of the South African Defence Force. It was the defence force of the Republic of Bophuthatswana, a nominally independent bantust ...

forces supported by the South African Defence Force.

Bophuthatswana Bophuthatswana (, meaning "gathering of the Tswana people"), officially the Republic of Bophuthatswana ( tn, Riphaboliki ya Bophuthatswana; af, Republiek van Bophuthatswana), was a Bantustan (also known as "Homeland"; an area set aside for mem ...

, a

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established during

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, is reincorporated into

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Brazil

# November 15, 1889: Deodoro da Fonseca and the Imperial Brazilian Army overthrow

Pedro II of Brazil Dom PedroII (2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed "the Magnanimous" ( pt, O Magnânimo), was the second and last monarch of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, the seventh child of Emp ...

and establish the

First Brazilian Republic The First Brazilian Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic ( pt, República Velha ), officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil, refers to the period of Brazilian history from 1889 to 1930. The Old Republic began with the d ...

. # November 3, 1891: Deodoro da Fonseca dissolves the

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during the Encilhamento crisis. # November 23, 1891: Floriano Peixoto takes power without calling for new elections, like the Constitution determined. # November 15, 1905: Attempted military coup during the Vaccine Revolt # November 3, 1930:

Getúlio Vargas Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (; 19 April 1882 – 24 August 1954) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1954. Due to his long and controversial tenure as Brazi ...

overthrows Washington Luís and prevents the inauguration of Júlio Prestes. # November 10, 1937:

dissolves the

, installing the Estado Novo dictatorship. # October 29, 1945: A military coup d'état deposes

, installing the Second Brazilian Republic # August 24, 1954: Possible coup d'état is averted after Getúlio Vargas commits suicide # November 11, 1955: A coup d'état to prevent

Juscelino Kubitschek Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (; 12 September 1902 – 22 August 1976), also known by his initials JK, was a prominent Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. His term was marked by economic prosp ...

from assuming the presidency fails after general Henrique Lott carries a countercoup # February 10, 1956: The

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revolts against Juscelino Kubitschek in the Jacareacanga Revolt # December 2, 1959: Air Force military hijack a civil airplane and attempt a coup against Juscelino Kubitschek, in the Aragarças Revolt. # August 25 – September 7, 1961: Military tries to prevent

João Goulart João Belchior Marques Goulart (1 March 1919 – 6 December 1976), commonly known as Jango, was a Brazilian politician who served as the 24th president of Brazil until a military coup d'état deposed him on 1 April 1964. He was considered the ...

from being sworn into presidency after resignation of Jânio Quadros. After a civil campaign and support from legalist members of the military, it is averted when a parliamentary regime is adopted, curbing presidential powers (later reverted) # September 12, 1963: Displeased lower-ranking military personnel make a rebellion in

Brasília Brasília (; ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located at the top of the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino Kubitsche ...

after the

Supreme Federal Court The Supreme Federal Court ( pt, Supremo Tribunal Federal, , abbreviated STF) is the supreme court (court of last resort) of Brazil, serving primarily as the Constitutional Court of the country. It is the highest court of law in Brazil for con ...

reaffirms their ineligibility for legislative posts, in the

Sergeants' Revolt The Cuban Revolution of 1933 ( es, Revolución cubana de 1933), also called the Revolt of the Sergeants, was a coup d'état that occurred in Cuba in September 1933. It began as a revolt of sergeants and enlisted men in the military, who soon allie ...

# March 31, 1964: Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco overthrows

, establishing the 21-year-long

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''Industrialized Nature: Brute Force Technology and the Transformation of the Natural World'' # August 31, 1969:

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prevents

Pedro Aleixo Pedro Aleixo (1 August 1901 – 3 March 1975) served as President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1937 and as the 16th vice president of Brazil from 15 March 1967 to 14 October 1969. As President of the Chamber of Deputies he witnessed the coup d ...

, civilian vice-president and legal successor according to the military dictatorship recently enabled constitution, from assuming power after Costa e Silva suffers a stroke. # January 8, 2023: Following several weeks of protests, supporters of former President

Jair Bolsonaro Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turn ...

stormed the

Praça dos Três Poderes Praça dos Três Poderes (; ''Three Powers Plaza'') is a plaza in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. The name is derived from the presence of the three governmental powers around the plaza: the Executive, represented by the Palácio do Planalto (pr ...

in an attempt to overthrow the democratically elected President Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, rejecting the electoral result of the 2022 general election and calling for a military coup d'état like the one of 1964. Despite initial leniency of the police forces, the insurrection failed and the Praça was clear in a few hours, with the rioters arrested.

Bulgaria

#April 27, 1881: A self-coup of Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg, who dismissed the government of Petko Karavelov and suspended the Tarnovo Constitution. # August 9, 1886: An attempted dethronement of Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg. # June 9, 1923: The overthrows Aleksandar Stamboliyski and installs coup leader Aleksandar Tsankov in power. # 14–29 September 1923: Staged in September 1923 by the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) under Comintern pressure and attempted to overthrow Alexander Tsankov's new government of Bulgaria that had come to power with the coup d'état of 9 June. Besides its communist base, the uprising was also supported by agrarians and anarchists. The uprising's goal was the "establishment of a government of workers and peasants" in Bulgaria. # May 19, 1934: Zveno, led by Kimon Georgiev with the help of the overthrows the coalition government led by the Democratic Party. # September 9, 1944: Zveno and the Fatherland Front, led by Kimon Georgiev, overthrows Konstantin Muraviev after the Soviet invasion of Bulgaria.Page 725
''The Encyclopedia of World History: ancient, medieval, and modern, chronologically arranged'' # April, 1965: A plot within the Bulgarian Communist Party to overthrow

Todor Zhivkov Todor Hristov Zhivkov ( bg, Тодор Христов Живков ; 7 September 1911 – 5 August 1998) was a Bulgarian communist statesman who served as the ''de facto'' leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1954 until 1989 ...

and establish an anti-Soviet Communist government was foiled.

Burkina Faso

#January 3, 1966: Lieutenant Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana overthrows President Maurice Yaméogo. #February 8, 1974: 1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état #November 25, 1980: Colonel Saye Zerbo overthrows

Sangoulé Lamizana. #November 7, 1982: Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo overthrows President Saye Zerbo. #February 28, 1983: Failed coup attempt against President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo. # August 4, 1983: Captain Blaise Compaoré overthrows President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, replacing him with Captain Thomas Sankara. #October 15, 1987: Blaise Compaoré overthrows Thomas Sankara #September 18, 1989: Alleged failed coup attempt by senior officers against President Compaoré. #October 2003: 2003 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt # October 30, 2014: Lt. Colonel Yacouba Isaac Zida overthrows current President Blaise Compaoré and briefly serves as head of state before selecting

Michel Kafando Michel Kafando (born 18 August 1942) is a Burkinabé diplomat who served as the transitional President of Burkina Faso from 2014

as the new president. Days later, Kafando appointed Zida as acting Prime Minister. #September 17, 2015: The presidential guard headed by

Gilbert Diendéré Gilbert Diendéré (; born 1960) is a Burkinabé military officer and the Chairman of the National Council for Democracy, the military junta that briefly seized power in Burkina Faso in the September 2015 coup d'état. He was a long-time aide ...

overthrows Interim President

Michel Kafando Michel Kafando (born 18 August 1942) is a Burkinabé diplomat who served as the transitional President of Burkina Faso from 2014

, one month before elections are due in the nation. However, the coup collapses one week later and Kafando is reinstalled. #October 8, 2016: Blaise Compaore loyalists and former presidential guards failed to overthrow President

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (; born 25 April 1957) is a Burkinabé banker and politician who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until he was deposed in 2022. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and Pr ...

#January 23, 2022: January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état #September 30, 2022:

September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état A coup d'état took place in Burkina Faso on 30 September 2022, removing Interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba over his alleged inability to deal with the country's Islamist insurgency. Damiba had come to power in a coup d'état just ei ...

Burundi

# July 8, 1966: Ntare V overthrows Mwambutsa IVTimeline: Burundi
BBC News # November 28, 1966: Michel Micombero overthrows Ntare V # November 10, 1976: Jean-Baptiste Bagaza overthrows Michel Micombero # September 3, 1987: Pierre Buyoya overthrows Jean-Baptiste Bagaza # July 25, 1996: Pierre Buyoya overthrows Sylvestre NtibantunganyaBurundi: Leaders are changing but human rights abuses continue unabated
Amnesty International # May 13–15, 2015: Failed coup d'état led by General Godefroid Niyombare against

Pierre Nkurunziza.

Cambodia

# March 18, 1970:

Lon Nol Marshal Lon Nol ( km, លន់ នល់, also ; 13 November 1913 – 17 November 1985) was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice (1966–67; 1969–71), as well as serving repeatedly as defence min ...

overthrows

Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in various capacities throughout h ...

Who's who: Cambodia, Lon Nol
PBS # July 5, 1997:

Hun Sen Hun Sen (; km, ហ៊ុន សែន, ; born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodian politician and former military commander who has served as the prime minister of Cambodia since 1985. He is the longest-serving head of government of Cambodia, and ...

overthrows Norodom Ranariddh

Cameroon

# April 6, 1984: Presidential palace guards failed to overthrow president Paul Biya.

Central African Republic

# January 1, 1966: Jean-Bédel Bokassa overthrows David DackoPage 23
''Central Africa'' # 1974: General Martin Lingoupou attempts to overthrow Bokassa.Mohamed M Diatta
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/ref> # 1975: Attempt to overthrow Bokassa. # 1976: Groups of soldiers try to overthrow Bokassa. # September 21, 1979: David Dacko overthrows Jean-Bédel Bokassa by French military support # September 1, 1981: André Kolingba overthrows David Dacko # 1982:

Ange-Félix Patassé Ange-Félix Patassé (January 25, 1937 – April 5, 2011) was a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 1993 until 2003, when he was deposed by the rebel leader François Bozizé in the 2003 coup d'� ...

François Bozizé François Bozizé Yangouvonda (born 14 October 1946) is a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2013. Bozizé rose to become a high-ranking army officer in the 1970s, under the rule of Jean- ...

and Alphonse Mbaïkoua, attempt to overthrow André Kolingba. # 1996: Soldiers attempt to overthrow Patassé. # May 27–28, 2001: Failed coup attempt against

# 25–8 October 2002:

attempts to overthrow Patassé. # March 15, 2003:

overthrows

# March 24, 2013: Michel Djotodia overthrows

# 26 September – 3 October 2015: Failed attempt by

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and Eugene Ngaïkosset to overthrow

Catherine Samba-Panza Catherine Samba-Panza (born 26 June 1954) is a Central African lawyer and politician who served as interim President of the Central African Republic from 2014 to 2016. She was the first woman to hold the post of head of state in that country, as ...

. # December 2020 – January 2021: Failed coup attempt by rebel groups led by former President

against Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Chad

# April 13, 1975: Noël Milarew Odingar overthrows

François Tombalbaye François Tombalbaye ( ar, فرنسوا تومبالباي '; 15 June 1918 – 13 April 1975), also known as N'Garta Tombalbaye, was a Chadian politician who served as the first President of Chad from the country's independence in 1960 until ...

# June 7, 1982: Hissène Habré overthrows

Goukouni Oueddei Goukouni Oueddei ( ar, كوكوني عويدي '; born 1944 in Zouar) is a Chadian politician who served as President of Chad from 1979 to 1982. A northerner, Goukouni commanded FROLINAT rebels with Libyan support during the first Chadian Civ ...

# December 1, 1990: Idriss Déby overthrows Hissène Habré # May 16, 2004: Failed coup against President Idriss Déby # March 14, 2006: Failed coup against President Idriss Déby # May 1, 2013: Failed coup against Idriss Déby.

Chile

1781 Events January–March * January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament, aged 21. * January 1 – Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens across the River Severn ...

: A failed attempt to declare

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

an independent republic # September 18, 1810: A successful coup in favor of home rule in Chile # April 1, 1811: A failed attempt to restore royal power in

# September 4, 1811: A successful coup in favor of José Miguel Carrera # 1827: A failed attempt to destroy the opposition to the federalist system # June, 1828: San Fernando mutiny, of Pedro Urriola, José Antonio Vidaurre and the ''Maipo'' Battalion. # 1829: An armed conflict between conservatives and liberals over the constitutional regime # 1831:

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, of Pedro Barnechea and Captain Uriarte # 1832:

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, Under Cap. Eusebio Ruiz # 1833: Arteaga Conspiracy, of General Zenteno and Coronel Picarte # 1833: Cotapos revolution, of José Antonio Pérez de Cotapos # 1836: An invasion of

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and failed attempt to depose the government # 1837: A failed attempt to depose the government that resulted in the death of Diego Portales #

1851 Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. ...

: An armed rebellion by liberals against the conservative

Manuel Montt # 1859: A rekindling of the armed rebellion by liberals against the conservative President Manuel Montt started in 1851 # 1891: An

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between forces supporting

and forces that supported

José Manuel Balmaceda # 1891–94: Several Balmacedist plots, Planned by Hernán Abos-Padilla, Nicanor Donoso, Diego Bahamondes, Luis Leclerc, Herminio Euth, José Domingo Briceño, Edmundo Pinto, Manuel and Emilio Rodríguez, Virgilio Talquino and Anselmo Blanlot against the new government #

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German geophysicist Alfred ...

: A failed plot against President Ramon Barros Luco. In September, Gonzalo Bulnes the appointed leader of the plot, desisted. # 1919: A failed plot by Generals Guillermo Armstrong and Manuel Moore against President

Juan Luis Sanfuentes Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui (; 27 December 1858 – 16 July 1930) was President of Chile between 1915 and 1920. Sanfuentes was the son of writer and politician Salvador Sanfuentes Torres and Matilde Andonaegui. Orphaned at an early age and ...

# September 5, 1924: A successful coup against

Arturo Alessandri # January 23, 1925: A successful coup in which Carlos Ibáñez del Campo and

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overthrew Luis Altamirano to

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Arturo Alessandri to office # September 21, 1930: A failed attempt against President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo by

# 26 Jule 1931: Fall of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, successful rebellion against Ibañez # September, 1931: A rebellion in the Chilean Navy against

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Manuel Trucco Manuel Trucco Franzani (March 18, 1875 – October 25, 1954) was a Chilean politician and provisional vice president of Chile in 1931. He was born in Cauquenes, the son of Napoleón Trucco Morano and of María Franzani Monigette. He completed ...

that ended with the fleet being bombed from the air. # December 25, 1931: A failed Communist push against

Juan Esteban Montero Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez (February 12, 1879 – February 25, 1948) was a Chilean political figure. He served twice as president of Chile between 1931 and 1932. Early life He was born in Santiago, the son of Benjamín Montero and of Eug ...

# June 4, 1932: A successful coup that resulted in the instauration of the Socialist Republic of Chile, in which

Carlos Dávila Carlos Gregorio Dávila Espinoza (September 15, 1887 – October 19, 1955), was a Chilean political figure, journalist, chairman of the Government Junta of Chile in 1932, and secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) from ...

overthrows

# September 27, 1932: A successful coup of General Pedro Vignola that resulted in the resignation of

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and the return to civilian rule # 1933: A failed plot against

Arturo Alessandri. Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Pedro Vignola called "to resist the Milicia Republicana by any means" # 1935: Humberto Videla's plot, failed rebellion of NCO's # 1936: plot against Alessandri, By René Silva Espejo and Alejandro Lagos # September 5, 1938: A failed

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attempt in favor of

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that resulted in the murder of 59 young party members # August 25, 1939: A failed attempt of Ariosto Herrera against

Pedro Aguirre Cerda #

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

: A failed plot against President Gabriel González Videla #

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

: A failed plot to allow President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo to assume dictatorial powers # June 29, 1973: A failed coup against

Salvador Allende # September 11, 1973: A successful coup against

Salvador Allende (resulting in his death), in favor of

Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (, , , ; 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Military Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981, being declared President of ...

China

Chinese Empire

# February 2, 249: Incident at Gaoping Tombs

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threw a coup against the

Cao Wei Wei ( Hanzi: 魏; pinyin: ''Wèi'' <

Middle Chinese

: *''ŋjwei^C'' < Cao Shuang # July 2, 626: During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Prince Li Shimin and his close followers killed Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Prince Li Yuanji before taking complete control of the

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government from Emperor Gaozu. # February 960: Coup at Chen Bridge during the Later Zhou dynasty, one of its distinguished military generals, Zhao Kuangyin, staged a coup d'état, forcing the last ruler of the dynasty, Emperor Gong, to abdicate the throne in his favour. Thus the general Zhao Kuangyin became Emperor Taizu who founded the

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, reigning from 960 until his death in 976. # 4 September 1323: Coup d'état at Nanpo against Gegeen Khan (alias Emperor Yingzong of Yuan, or Shidibala). # 1856: The

Taiping rebellion The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive rebellion and civil war that was waged in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Han, Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It last ...

East King Yang Xiuqing attempts to take control of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from Heavenly King

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but he and his followers are killed # 1861: With the help of Prince Gong, Empress Dowager Cixi ousted eight regents (led by Sushun) whom the Xianfeng Emperor had appointed on his deathbed to rule for the child

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. # September 21, 1898:

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: In response to the Hundred Days' Reform, Empress Dowager Cixi takes power from the

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. # February 12, 1912: Qing general

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, by agreement with

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and his

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, Emperor Puyi to abdicate and established the

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, ending the

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Republic of China

# Late 1913 – January 1914:

crackdown the Chinese National Assembly. # December 22, 1915:

launches a self-coup by establishing the Empire of China, with himself as the

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. # June 14, 1917:

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-loyalist general

Zhang Xun Zhang Xun (; September 16, 1854 – September 11, 1923), courtesy name Shaoxuan (), art name Songshoulaoren (), nickname Bianshuai (, ), was a Chinese general and Qing loyalist who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi in the Manchu Re ...

overthrows Chinese President Li Yuanhong and later proclaim the restoration of the

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with Puyi as emperor. # July 12, 1917: Brief restoration attempt was crushed by Duan Qirui troops. # July 19, 1920: Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin overthrow Duan Qirui. # January 25, 1922: Wu Peifu overthrow Liang Shiyi causing

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. # October 23, 1924: Feng Yuxiang overthrow Cao Kun and establish Guominjun. # April 18, 1926: Zhang Xueliang and Wu Peifu capture the capital

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and then sack city leading to the collapse of Beiyang government and nearly destruction of Guominjun fraction. # April 12, 1927:

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

order to

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communists in his Kuomintang party to ensure right wing dominance in the party. # June 2, 1928: Yan Xishan (allied with

) overthrow Zhang Zuolin. # April 1930: Yan Xishan expels

's supporters from

, starting the

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. # 12 December 1936 – 25 December 1936: Zhang Xueliang kidnaps

in an attempt to seize power and establish a united Anti-Japanese front with the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of '' The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel ...

against the

Japanese occupation of Manchuria The Empire of Japan's Kwantung Army invaded Manchuria on 18 September 1931, immediately following the Mukden Incident. At the war's end in February 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo. Their occupation lasted until the ...

People’s Republic of China

# October 6, 1976: the

Gang of Four The Gang of Four () was a Maoist political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and were later charged with a series of treasonous crimes. The gang ...

, which allegedly tried to take over the government after the death of chairman

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; also Romanization of Chinese, romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the List of national founde ...

in September, are arrested

Ciskei

# March 4, 1990: Oupa Gqozo and the Ciskei Defense Force overthrow Lennox Sebe.Page 221
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Colombia

# December, 1853: José María Melo overthrows

José María Obando José María Ramón Obando del Campo (August 8, 1795 – April 29, 1861) was a Neogranadine General and politician who twice served as President of Colombia. As a General, he initially fought for the Royalist Army during the Independence Wars o ...

# July 31, 1900: the vicepresident José Manuel Marroquín overthrows Manuel Antonio Sanclemente # July 10, 1944: coup attempt against Alfonso López Pumarejo by some soldiers # June 13, 1953: Gustavo Rojas Pinilla overthrows

Laureano Gómez Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro (20 February 1889 – 13 July 1965) was a Colombian politician and civil engineer who served as the 18th President of Colombia from 1950 to 1953. In November 1951 poor health led him to cede presidential pow ...

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Comoros

# August 3, 1975:

Said Mohamed Jaffar Prince Said Mohamed Jaffar ( ar, سعيد محمد جعفر), full name Said Mohamed Jaffar El Amjad, (born April 14, 1918 in Comoros, and died October 22, 1993) was the 2nd President of Comoros ''(État comorien)'' from August 1975 until Janua ...

and

Bob Denard Robert Denard (born Gilbert Bourgeaud; 7 April 1929 – 13 October 2007) was a French soldier of fortune and mercenary. He served as the Military Leader of The Comoros twice with him first serving from 13 May 1978 to 15 December 1989 and agai ...

overthrow

Ahmed Abdallah Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane ( ar, أحمد عبد الله عبد الرحمن, , 12 June 1919 – 26 November 1989) was a Comorian politician. He was a member of the French Senate from 1959 to 1973, and President of the Comoros from 25 Octobe ...

# May 23, 1978:

and

overthrow Ali Soilih # November 26, 1989:

Said Mohamed Djohar Said Mohammed Djohar ( ar, سعيد محمد جوهر 22 August 1918 – 22 February 2006) was a Comorian politician who served as the 4th President of the Comoros from 1989 to 1995. Climb to power Born in Majunga, Madagascar, Djohar was ...

and

overthrow

# September 28, 1995:

overthrows

for 7 days. (see Operation Azalee) # April 30, 1999:

Azali Assoumani Azali Assoumani ( ar, غزالي عثماني; born 1 January 1959) is a Comorian politician and military officer who has served as President of the Comoros since April 2019. He was also president from 2002 to 2006 and 2016 to February 2019. He ...

overthrows

Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde ( ar, تاج الدين بن سعيد مسوندي, 1933 in Anjouan – February 29, 2004) was a Comorian politician. Biography Massounde served as Prime Minister from 27 March 1996 to 27 December 1996. After th ...

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''Time Almanac'', 2004 # April 20, 2013 A failed coup against

Ikililou Dhoinine Ikililou Dhoinine (, born 14 August 1962) is a Comorian politician who was the President of the Comoros from 2011 to 2016; he was a Vice-President of Comoros from 2006 to 2011. Political career Dhoinine won the 2010 Comorian presidential elect ...

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

# September 14, 1960: Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (later

Mobutu Sese Seko Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the president of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 (known as the Democratic Republic o ...

) overthrows Patrice Lumumba # November 25, 1965: Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (later

) overthrows

Joseph Kasa-Vubu Joseph Kasa-Vubu, alternatively Joseph Kasavubu, ( – 24 March 1969) was a Congolese politician who served as the first President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo) from 1960 until 1965. A member of the Kon ...

# May 16, 1997: Laurent-Désiré Kabila overthrows

, leading to the

First Congo War The First Congo War, group=lower-alpha (1996–1997), also nicknamed Africa's First World War, was a civil war and international military conflict which took place mostly in Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo), with major spillo ...

Congo, Republic of the

# August 15, 1963: Alphonse Massamba-Débat overthrows

Fulbert Youlou Abbé Fulbert Youlou (29 June,In ''African Powder Keg: Revolt and Dissent in Six Emergent Nations'', author Ronald Matthews lists Youlou's date of birth as 9 June 1917. This date is also listed in ''Annuaire parlementaire des États d'Afrique noi ...

# September 4, 1968: Marien Ngouabi overthrows Alphonse Massamba-DébatTimeline: Republic of Congo
BBC News # February 8, 1979: Denis Sassou Nguesso overthrows Joachim Yhombi-Opango # October 25, 1997: Denis Sassou Nguesso overthrows Pascal Lissouba

Costa Rica

# April 27, 1870:

Bruno Carranza José Bruno Carranza Ramírez (October 5, 1822 – January 25, 1891) was briefly President of Costa Rica (albeit with the title ''Temporary Head of the Republic'') in 1870. Bruno Carranza came to power in the coup d'état of 27 April 1870 tha ...

overthrows Jesús Jiménez Zamora # July 30, 1876: Vicente Herrera Zeledón overthrows Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz # January 27, 1917: Federico Tinoco Granados overthrows

Alfredo González Flores Alfredo González Flores served as President of Costa Rica from 1914 to 1917. He was unable to complete his presidential mandate following a coup d'état on 27 January 1917, led by Federico Tinoco, his secretary for War and the Navy. González ...

# April 24, 1948:

José Figueres Ferrer José María Hipólito Figueres Ferrer (25 September 1906 – 8 June 1990) served as President of Costa Rica on three occasions: 1948–1949, 1953–1958 and 1970–1974. During his first term in office he abolished the country's army, nation ...

overthrows Teodoro Picado Michalski # January, 1955: Failed attempt to overthrow Jose Figueres Ferrer

Cuba

# September 3, 1933:

Fulgencio Batista Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (; ; born Rubén Zaldívar, January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed military dictator ...

ousts

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (August 12, 1871 – March 28, 1939) was a Cuban writer, politician, diplomat, and President of Cuba. Early life and career He was the son of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and Ana Maria de Quesada y Loinaz. ...

. # March 10, 1952: Batista overthrows

Carlos Prío Socarrás Carlos Manuel Prío Socarrás (July 14, 1903 – April 5, 1977) was a Cuban politician. He served as the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new e ...

# Jan 1, 1959:

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 20 ...

and his communist revolutionaries overthrow

government.

Curaçao

# December 1, 1796: Johann Lauffer overthrows Jan Jacob Beaujon as governor.

Cyprus

# 1972–1973: Three bishops of the

Greek Orthodox Church The term Greek Orthodox Church ( Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also cal ...

attempt to overthrow Archbishop Makarios III as President of Cyprus # July 15, 1974:

Nikos Sampson Nikos Sampson (born Nikos Georgiadis, el, Νίκος Γεωργιάδης; 16 December 1935 – 9 May 2001) was the ''de facto'' president of Cyprus who succeeded Archbishop Makarios, appointed as the president of Cyprus by the Greek military ...

, with support from EOKA B and the

National Guard National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards. Nat ...

, overthrows

Makarios III Makarios III ( el, Μακάριος Γ΄; born Michael Christodoulou Mouskos) ( Greek: Μιχαήλ Χριστοδούλου Μούσκος) (13 August 1913 – 3 August 1977) was a Cypriot politician, archbishop and primate who served as ...

Czechoslovakia

# 1926–28 Gajda Affair: Rumored coup plots by Radola Gajda and the

Czechoslovak Army The Czechoslovak Army ( Czech and Slovak: Československá armáda) was the name of the armed forces of Czechoslovakia. It was established in 1918 following Czechoslovakia's declaration of independence from Austria-Hungary. History In the f ...

against

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš () is a Czech and Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas. It may refer to: * Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), first President of Czechoslovakia * Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), Czech footwear entrepreneur * Tomáš Berdy ...

's government. # February 25, 1948: the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia under

Klement Gottwald Klement Gottwald (; 23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953–titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman fro ...

eliminates all democratic elements from power.

Denmark

# 1660 by

Frederick III of Denmark Frederick III ( da, Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederick II as diocesan administrator (colloquially referred to as prince-b ...

declares a

state of emergency A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...

after the Dano-Swedish War to forcibly implement an

absolute Absolute may refer to: Companies * Absolute Entertainment, a video game publisher * Absolute Radio, (formerly Virgin Radio), independent national radio station in the UK * Absolute Software Corporation, specializes in security and data risk manag ...

hereditary monarchy A hereditary monarchy is a form of government and succession of power in which the throne passes from one member of a ruling family to another member of the same family. A series of rulers from the same family would constitute a dynasty. It is h ...

. # 1772; Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; her advisor Ove Høegh-Guldberg; and her son Hereditary Prince Frederick threw a palace coup against Queen Caroline Matilda of Great Britain and her lover

Johann Friedrich Struensee Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee (5 August 1737 – 28 April 1772) was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark and a minister in the Danish governmen ...

, who had come to dominate the Danish court due to the mental illness of King Christian VII # 1784; Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark overthrew Juliana Maria's clique

Dominica

# April 27, 1981; Failed coup attempt by American and

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

Neo-Nazi Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and racial supremacy (often white supremacy), attack ...

white supremacist White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races and thus should dominate them. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White s ...

and

Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Cat ...

leaders

James Alexander McQuirter James Alexander McQuirter (born and also known as James Tavian Alexander) is a former Grand Wizard of the Canadian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1981, he was charged, along with Wolfgang Droege and other white supremacists, with plotting to overt ...

and Don Black to overthrow

Eugenia Charles Dame Mary Eugenia Charles, (15 May 1919 – 6 September 2005) was a Dominican politician who was Prime Minister of Dominica from 21 July 1980 until 14 June 1995. The first female lawyer in Dominica, she was Dominica's first, and to date only, f ...

and restore

Patrick John Patrick Roland John (7 January 1938 – 6 July 2021) was the first Prime Minister of Dominica as well as its last Premier. He led Dominica to independence from the United Kingdom. He was leader of the Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union and ma ...

Dominican Republic

# May 30, 1849:

Pedro Santana Pedro Santana y Familias, 1st Marquess of Las Carreras (June 29, 1801June 14, 1864) was a Dominican military commander and royalist politician who served as the president of the junta that had established the First Dominican Republic, a pre ...

overthrows Manuel Jiménes # June 13, 1858: José Desiderio Valverde overthrows Buenaventura Báez # September 25, 1963: Elías Wessin y Wessin overthrows Juan Bosch, leading to the Dominican Civil War

Ecuador

# 1925 by Luis Telmo Paz y Miño # 1935 by

Federico Páez Federico Páez Chiriboga (4 June 1877, Quito – 9 February 1974, Quito) was President of Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuado ...

# 1963 by Ramón Castro Jijón # 1972 by Guillermo Rodríguez # 1975 failed attempt by General Raúl González Alvear # 2000 by Lucio Gutiérrez #

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by the

National Police of Ecuador The National Police of Ecuador ( es, Policía Nacional del Ecuador) is the national police force and the main civil law enforcement agency of Ecuador. It is commanded by the Commanding General (') and subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior. ...

Egypt

# 1879: Nationalist Revolution. Beginning of the British Occupation of

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...

. # 1919: Attempt to stop the British Occupation of

, The

Kingdom of Egypt The Kingdom of Egypt ( ar, المملكة المصرية, Al-Mamlaka Al-Miṣreyya, The Egyptian Kingdom) was the legal form of the Egyptian state during the latter period of the Muhammad Ali dynasty's reign, from the United Kingdom's recog ...

is Established and Recognised as an Independent State. # 1952: Muhammad Naguib and the Free Officers Movement overthrows Farouk of Egypt, ending the

. # February 27, 1954:

Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-r ...

overthrows Muhammad Naguib # December, 1957: Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim tries to overthrow

Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-r ...

and restore the monarchy. # 2011:

Hosni Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in ...

Overthrown # 2013:

Mohamed Morsi Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary. survey of 14 news organizations plus Wikipedia in July 2012General Abdel Fattah El Sisi

El Salvador

# December 2, 1931 by Maximiliano Hernández Martínez # April 2, 1944: Failed coup by the army. # October 20, 1944 by Osmín Aguirre y Salinas # December 14, 1948 by Manuel de Jesús Córdova # October 26, 1960: A bloodless coup overthrows President

José María Lemus Lieutenant Colonel José María Lemus López (22 July 1911 – 31 March 1993) was president of El Salvador from 14 September 1956 to 26 October 1960. Before becoming a president, he served as an undersecretary of defense and a minister of the ...

# January 25, 1961: A coup overthrows the junta established just a few months before. # March 25–26, 1972: Failed coup by the army. # October 15, 1979: A coup d'état brought the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador to power.

England

# 1603: Main Plot: Alleged Spanish-funded plot by courtiers led by Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham to overthrow King James I and replace him with his cousin

Lady Arbella Stuart Lady Arbella Stuart (also Arabella, or Stewart; 1575 – 25 September 1615) was an English noblewoman who was considered a possible successor to Queen Elizabeth I of England. During the reign of King James VI and I (her first cousin), she marri ...

. #5 November 1605: Gunpowder Plot: Failed plot by a group of provincial English

Catholics The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, including Guy Fawkes, who attempted to kill King James I and much of the

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

aristocracy by blowing up the

Houses of Parliament The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place for both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Informally known as the Houses of Parliament, the Palace lies on the north ban ...

during the

State Opening of Parliament The State Opening of Parliament is a ceremonial event which formally marks the beginning of a session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It includes a speech from the throne known as the King's (or Queen's) Speech. The event takes plac ...

. # 1641: Army Plots: alleged and real

Royalist A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of gov ...

plans by King Charles I to suppress the English Parliament before the

First English Civil War The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. They include the Bishops' Wars, the Irish Confederate Wars, the Second English Civil War, the Angl ...

; exposed by Parliamentarians such as John Pym # 1648:

Pride's Purge Pride's Purge is the name commonly given to an event that took place on 6 December 1648, when soldiers prevented members of Parliament considered hostile to the New Model Army from entering the House of Commons of England. Despite defeat in the ...

: Parliamentarian troops under Colonel Thomas Pride purge the

Long Parliament The Long Parliament was an English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened for only three weeks during the spring of 1640 after an 11-year parliamentary absence. In Septe ...

of those opposed to trying King Charles I for treason after the

English Civil War The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I (" Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of r ...

, turning it into the republican

Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament was the English Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride commanded soldiers to purge the Long Parliament, on 6 December 1648, of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason. "R ...

and leading directly to the abolition of the monarchy. # 20 April 1653: Dissolution of the Rump Parliament:

Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three ...

, with forty musketeers under the command of

Charles Worsley Charles Worsley (24 June 1622 – 12 June 1656) was an English soldier and politician. He was an ardent supporter of Oliver Cromwell and was an officer in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War and the Commonwealth of England. ...

, entered the House of Commons and forcibly dissolved the

leading to Cromwell becoming

Lord Protector Lord Protector (plural: ''Lords Protector'') was a title that has been used in British constitutional law for the head of state. It was also a particular title for the British heads of state in respect to the established church. It was sometimes ...

and instigating military rule. # 1654: Gerard's conspiracy: abortive

conspiracy to assassinate

# 1688–1689: The

Glorious Revolution The Glorious Revolution; gd, Rèabhlaid Ghlòrmhor; cy, Chwyldro Gogoneddus , also known as the ''Glorieuze Overtocht'' or ''Glorious Crossing'' in the Netherlands, is the sequence of events leading to the deposition of King James II and ...

William III of Orange William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from ...

invades England at the invitation of the country's powerful

Protestants Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

, deposing the

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James II of England James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Re ...

Equatorial Guinea

# August 3, 1979: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo overthrows Francisco Macías Nguema # March 7, 2004: A coup attempt is stopped before the plotters can arrive in country

Estonia

# December 1, 1924: failed Communist coup attempt # March 12, 1934: Konstantin Päts ( self coup) and established an authoritarian rule.

Ethiopia

# 1910: ''

Ras Ras or RAS may refer to: Arts and media * RAS Records Real Authentic Sound, a reggae record label * Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol, a south Tyrolese public broadcasting service * Rás 1, an Icelandic radio station * Rás 2, an Icelandic radio sta ...

Tessema Nadew ''Ras Bitwoded'' Tessema Nadew (died 10 April 1911) horse name Abba Qamaw was an Ethiopian military commander and a government official who on 28 October 1909 was proclaimed as Ethiopia's future ''Balemulu Enderase'' ( Regent Plenipotentiary)'' ...

and ''Fitawrawi''

Habte Giyorgis ''Fitawrari'' Habte Giyorgis Dinagde ( am, ሀብተ ጊዮርጊስ ዲነግዴ; ; 1851 – 12 December 1926) also known by his horse name Abba Mechal was an Ethiopian military commander and government official who, among several other post ...

against Empress Taytu, regent of the incapacitated

Emperor An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife ( empress consort), mother ( ...

Menelik II of Ethiopia , spoken = ; ''djānhoi'', lit. ''"O steemedroyal"'' , alternative = ; ''getochu'', lit. ''"Our master"'' (pl.) Menelik II ( gez, ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ ; horse name Abba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው ''abba daññäw''); 17 A ...

# 1916: a group of aristocrats, including ''Fitawrawi''

and ''Ras''

Tafari Makonnen Haile Selassie I ( gez, ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, ; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (' ...

, against Emperor Iyasu V. # December 13, 1960: A group failed to overthrow Emperor

Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I ( gez, ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, ; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (' ...

during a state visit. # September 12, 1974:

Aman Mikael Andom Aman Mikael Andom (; ti, ኣማን ሚካኤል ዓንዶም; 21 June 1924 – 23 November 1974) was an Eritrean general and the first post-imperial acting head of state of Ethiopia. He was appointed to this position following the coup d'éta ...

overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie I # November 17, 1974: Tafari Benti overthrows

# February 3, 1977:

Mengistu Haile Mariam Mengistu Haile Mariam ( am, መንግሥቱ ኀይለ ማሪያም, pronunciation: ; born 21 May 1937) is an Ethiopian politician and former army officer who was the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991 and General Secretary of the Wor ...

overthrows Tafari Benti, establishing the

Derg The Derg (also spelled Dergue; , ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership formally " ...

# June 22, 2019: Failed coup against the regional government in

Amhara Region The Amhara Region ( am, አማራ ክልል, Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people. Its capital is Bahir Dar which is the seat of the Re ...

; resulted in the death of several prominent

Ethiopian Ethiopians are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia, as well as the global diaspora of Ethiopia. Ethiopians constitute several component ethnic groups, many of which are closely related to ethnic groups in neighboring Eritrea and other parts of ...

civil and military officials

Fiji

# May 14, 1987: Sitiveni Rabuka overthrows

Timoci Bavadra # September 28, 1987: Sitiveni Rabuka overthrows

Governor General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy ...

Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau and

Queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states durin ...

. Republic is proclaimed # May 19, 2000: George Speight overthrows

Mahendra Chaudhry Mahendra Pal Chaudhry ( hif, महेन्द्र पाल चौधरी; born 9 February 1942) is a Fijian politician and the leader of the Fiji Labour Party. Following a historic election in which he defeated the long-time former lead ...

# December 5, 2006:

Frank Bainimarama Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama (Fijian: ʃoˈsɛia βoˈreŋɡe mbɛiniˈmarama born 27 April 1954) is a Fijian politician and former naval officer who served as the prime minister of Fiji from 2007 until 2022. A member of the FijiFirst ...

overthrows

Laisenia Qarase Laisenia Qarase (pronounced ; 4 February 1941 – 21 April 2020) was a Fijian politician. He served as the sixth Prime Minister of Fiji from 2000 to 2006. After the military quashed the coup that led to the removal of Mahendra Chaudhry, Qaras ...

Finland

# 27 January 1918: The radical left wing

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failed to overthrow the Finnish Senate. # February 27 – March 6, 1932: The radical nationalist Lapua Movement failed to overthrow the

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. #Pro-

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Finnish Communist plot to overthrow the

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in 1948 (cancelled).

France

Ancien Régime

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: Failed plot by Louis, Prince of Condé to kidnap King Charles IX, causing the Second French War of Religion

Revolutionary France and First Republic

# 10 August 1792: The

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rallied Republican fédérés and

troops to storm the

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, effectively deposing the French monarchy and imprisoning King Louis XVI # 31 May – 2 June 1793: Montagnard-aligned '' sans-culottes'' arrest all leading Girondin ministers and deputies and execute them # 26–28 July 1794: A conspiracy of anti-Robespierrist Montagnards form an alliance to have de facto dictator

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and his associates arrested and executed; they escape but are arrested again and executed # 1 April 1795: Unarmed citizens occupied the

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, but were driven out by the

without bloodshed # 5 October 1795: A royalist attempt to seize power in

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during the Vendée rebellion is crushed by the French Revolutionary Army under the command of

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# 4 September 1797: The

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, with the support of the military, deposes the royalists # May 1796: Failed radical attempt to overthrow the Directory led by Gracchus Babeuf # 11 May 1798: The

dismisses 106

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deputies from the Council of Five Hundred. # 18 June 1799: The Councils obtain the removal of three out of the five members of the

through military pressure, leaving

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as the dominant member of the

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. # 9 November 1799:

overthrows the

and installs the

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# February 1804: A foiled royalist plot to overthrow the Napoleonic Consulate

First Empire

# 23 October 1812: General Claude François de Malet fails to remove

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from power while he was away on the Russian Campaign

Second Republic

# 2 December 1851: Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, then president of

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, dissolves the National Assembly (France), National Assembly and becomes the sole ruler of the country. In the following year, he would restore the Second French Empire, French Empire after a 1852 French Second Empire referendum, referendum.

Third Republic

# French coup attempt of 1899, 23 February 1899: Paul Déroulède attempts to overthrow the French Third Republic

Fourth Republic

# May 1958 crisis in France, 13 May 1958: A partial coup d'état led by Pierre Lagaillarde, after which Charles de Gaulle is brought back to power and established the French Fifth Republic

Fifth Republic

# Algiers putsch of 1961, 21–26 April 1961: A failed coup d'état against President of France, President Charles de Gaulle intended to prevent a withdrawal from French Algeria # 2021: under the coordination of a conspirationist leader, around 300 followers (including policemen and military forces) aimed to overthrow Emmanuel Macron

Gabon

# 1964 Gabonese coup d'état, February 17–18, 1964: A group of Demographics of Gabon, Gabonese officers overthrows President of Gabon, President Leon Mba # 2019 Gabonese coup d'état attempt, January 7, 2019: Demographics of Gabon, Gabonese soldiers seizing the national radio in an attempted coup against Ali Bongo Ondimba.

The Gambia

# July 22, 1994: Yahya Jammeh 1994 Gambian coup d'état, overthrows Dawda Jawara # December 30, 2014: a failed 2014 Gambian coup d'état attempt, coup against Yahya Jammeh led by Former head of the presidential guards Lamin Sanneh # December 20, 2022: 2022 Gambian coup d'état attempt - A few soldiers allegedly tried to overthrow the government of President of The Gambia, President Adama Barrow.

Georgia

# 3 May 1920: 1920 Georgian coup attempt, a failed Bolshevik coup against the Democratic Republic of Georgia. # Jan 6, 1992: Tengiz Kitovani and Jaba Ioseliani overthrow Zviad Gamsakhurdia

Germany

Weimar Republic

# Spartacist uprising, January 1919: The Spartacus League attempts to overthrow the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic-dominated Council of the People's Deputies, Council of People's Deputies; suppressed by the Reichswehr and the Freikorps. # Kapp Putsch, March 1920: Various Freikorps led by Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz attempt to overthrow Weimar Republic; seize control of Berlin but are suppressed with a general strike. # Beer Hall Putsch, November 8, 1923: failed attempt by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler with Erich Ludendorff to seize control of Bavaria and overthrow Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Gustav Ritter von Kahr's state government in Munich; suppressed by the ''Reichswehr'' and the police.

”Third Reich”

# March 23, 1933: By the Enabling Act of 1933, the Chancellor Adolf Hitler assumes full powers in a self-coup. # 1938: Oster conspiracy: Plan by Hans Oster and other high-ranking members of the Wehrmacht to overthrow the Nazi Germany, Nazi dictatorship and crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940), Prince William of Prussia as German Emperor, Emperor of a revived House of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern Dynasty if Germany went to war with Czechoslovakia over the Sudetenland; never carried out due to the Munich Agreement # 20 July plot, July 20, 1944: Members of the German Resistance to Nazism, German resistance led by Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler and seize control from the Nazi Party; bombed the Wolf's Lair in Rastenburg, East Prussia, but failed to kill Hitler.

Federal Republic

# 2022 German coup d'état plot, December 7, 2022: Police arrested 25 people for allegedly planning a coup. Part of the alleged plot included storming the Bundestag, the German parliament building.

Ghana

# National Liberation Council, February 24, 1966: Joseph Arthur Ankrah overthrows Kwame Nkrumah # Operation Guitar Boy, April 17, 1967: Failed military coup # January 13, 1972: Ignatius Kutu Acheampong overthrows Kofi Abrefa Busia # July 5, 1978: Fred Akuffo overthrows Ignatius Kutu Acheampong # June 4, 1979: Jerry John Rawlings overthrows Fred Akuffo # December 31, 1981: Jerry John Rawlings overthrows Hilla Limann

Greece

# 1831: A naval mutiny organized by Andreas Miaoulis against the government of Ioannis Kapodistrias, leading to the burning of the fleet on 13 August in the port of Poros # 1831: after the assassination of Kapodistrias, a revolt against his brother Augustinos Kapodistrias, Augustinos forced the Greek Senate, Senate to take refuge in Astros, Greece, Astros # 3 September 1843 Revolution, 3 September 1843: King Otto of Greece, Otto was forced to grant Greece its first Greek Constitution of 1844, Constitution # 23 October 1862 Revolution, 23 October 1862: leading to the departure of King Otto and Amalia of Oldenburg, his queen, first step towards the 1862 Greek head of state referendum which resulted in Prince William of Denmark becoming George I of Greece, George I, the King of the Hellenes # 15 August 1909: The Goudi coup was staged against the government of Dimitrios Rallis, which brought Eleftherios Venizelos to the Greek political scene # 17 August 1916: The National Defence coup d'état of Venizelos supporters in Thessaloniki led to the establishment of the Provisional Government of National Defence # 11 September 1922 Revolution, 11 September 1922: Led by Colonels Nikolaos Plastiras and Stylianos Gonatas and Commander Dimitrios Phokas, culminating in the abdication of King Constantine I of Greece, Constantine I # 11 October 1923: Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt led by the royalist officers # 25 June 1925: Greek coup d'état brought General Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos to power # 1926 Greek coup d'état on 22 August 1926, overthrow of General Pangalos by General Georgios Kondylis # 1933 Greek coup d'état attempt on 6 March 1933, led by republican General Nikolaos Plastiras # 1935 Greek coup d'état attempt on 1 March 1935, led by General Plastiras and Venizelos # 1935 Greek coup d'état on 10 October 1935, led by General Kondylis, signalling the end of the Second Hellenic Republic and leading to the restoration of King George II of Greece, George II to the throne, according to a 1935 Greek monarchy referendum, referendum # 4 August 1936: General Ioannis Metaxas established the 4th of August Regime # 28 July 1938: 1938 Greek coup d'état attempt, Greek coup d'état attempt rebellion in Crete against the 4th of August Regime # 31 May 1951: Attempted coup d'état of a group of right-wing officers named Sacred Link of Greek Officers (IDEA) # 21 April 1967: Greek military junta of 1967–1974#Coup d'état of 21 April, Greek coup d'état, performed by a group of right-wing army officers led by Brigadier General Stylianos Pattakos and Colonels Georgios Papadopoulos and Nikolaos Makarezos, established the Greek military junta of 1967–74, Regime of the Colonels # 13 December 1967: Greek military junta of 1967–1974#King's counter-coup, Greek counter-coup attempt led by King Constantine II of Greece, Constantine II against the Regime of the Colonels. The failure of the counter-coup forced the King to leave Greece definitively # 23 May 1973: The Velos mutiny against the Regime of the Colonels. The crew of the destroyer ''USS Charrette#Hellenic Navy, HNS Velos (D-16)'', under the command of Nikolaos Pappas, demanded political asylum in Italy, while the rest of the mutiny in Greek territory is suppressed # 25 November 1973: The aftermath of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. The coup resulted in overthrow of Colonel Papadopoulos by hardliners around General Dimitrios Ioannidis # 24 February 1975: Pyjamas coup attempt by certain officers to overthrow the government of Konstantinos Karamanlis

Grenada

# March 13, 1979: Maurice Bishop overthrows Eric Gairy # October 14, 1983: Bernard Coard overthrows Maurice Bishop # Invasion of Grenada, October 19, 1983: Hudson Austin overthrows Bernard Coard

Guam

# 1898 by José Sisto overthrows Francisco Portusach Martínez as Governor of Guam after Martinez received the position following the Capture of Guam, American capture of Guam during the Spanish–American War, Spanish-American War # 1898 by Venancio Roberto and several islanders overthrew José Sisto, who was eventually reappointed to his old position by the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government

Guatemala

#1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, June 27, 1954: Carlos Castillo Armas overthrows Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán's Revolutionary Action Party government; assisted by the CIA in Operation PBSuccess, Operation PBSUCCESS. # March 31, 1963 under Enrique Peralta Azurdia # March 23, 1982 under Efraín Ríos Montt

Guinea

# 1984 Guinean coup d'état, April 3, 1984: Lansana Conté overthrows Louis Lansana Beavogui # December 24, 2008: Moussa Dadis Camara overthrows Aboubacar Somparé in what became known as the Christmas Coup. # 2021 Guinea coup d'état, September 5, 2021: Mamady Doumbouya overthrows Alpha Condé

Guinea-Bissau

# November 14, 1980: João Bernardo Vieira overthrows Luís Cabral # May 7, 1999: Ansumane Mané overthrows João Bernardo Vieira # September 14, 2003: Veríssimo Correia Seabra overthrows Kumba Ialá # April 12, 2012: 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état, Army overthrows the government. # February 1, 2022: 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt, Failed attempt to overthrow the government

Haiti

# October 17, 1806: Henri Christophe and Alexandre Pétion overthrow Emperor of Haiti, Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Jacques I # Feb 13, 1843: Charles Rivière-Hérard overthrows Jean-Pierre Boyer # May 3, 1844: Philippe Guerrier overthrows Charles Rivière-Hérard # March 24, 1846: Jean-Baptiste Riché overthrows Jean-Louis Pierrot # January 15, 1859: Fabre Geffrard overthrows Emperor Faustin Soulouque, Faustin I # August 26, 1867: Sylvain Salnave overthrows Fabre Geffrard # December 27, 1869: Nissage Saget overthrows Sylvain Salnave # April 16, 1876: Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal overthrows Michel Domingue # October 19, 1888: François Denys Légitime overthrows Lysius Salomon # October 17, 1889: Florvil Hyppolite overthrows François Denys Légitime # December 21, 1902: Pierre Nord Alexis overthrows Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal # December 2, 1908: François C. Antoine Simon overthrows Pierre Nord Alexis # August 3, 1911: Cincinnatus Leconte overthrows François C. Antoine Simon, Antoine Simon # January, 1914: Oreste Zamor overthrows Michel Oreste # November 7, 1914: Joseph Davilmar Théodore overthrows Oreste Zamor # February 25, 1915: Vilbrun Guillaume Sam overthrows Joseph Davilmar Théodore # July 28, 1915: Mulatto uprising overthrows and kills Vilbrun Guillaume Sam # January 11, 1946: Military junta overthrows Élie Lescot # May 10, 1950: Paul Eugène Magloire against Dumarsais Estimé # April 4, 1957: Leon Cantave overthrows Franck Sylvain # June 14, 1957: Antonio Thrasybule Kébreau overthrows Daniel Fignolé # July 1958 Haitian coup d'état attempt, July 28–29, 1958: Pasquet, Dominique, Perpignan failed attempt Francois Duvalier # February 6, 1986: Jean-Claude Duvalier, Jean Claude Duvalier goes into exile. He is replaced by the National Governing Council #June 1988 Haitian coup d'état, June 20, 1988: Henri Namphy overthrows Leslie Manigat # September 1988 Haitian coup d'état, September 17, 1988: Prosper Avril overthrows Henri Namphy # September 30, 1991: Raoul Cédras overthrows Jean-Bertrand Aristide # 2004 Haitian coup d'état, 5–29 February 2004: ousted President of Haiti, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide during his second term

Hawaii

# January 17, 1893: Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. A ''coup d'état'' against Queen Liliuokalani, Liliʻuokalani on the island of Oahu by subjects of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Citizenship of the United States, United States citizens, and foreign residents residing in Honolulu. A majority of the insurgents were foreigners. They prevailed upon American minister John L. Stevens to call in the United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marines to protect United States interests, an action that effectively buttressed the rebellion. The revolutionaries established the Republic of Hawaii, but their ultimate goal was the annexation of the islands to the United States, which Annexation of Hawaii, occurred in 1898.

Honduras

# 1827 Honduran coup d'état, May 10, 1827: José Justo Milla overthrows Dionisio de Herrera # Honduran military junta of 1956–1957, October 21, 1956 # 1963 Honduran coup d'état, October 3, 1963 under Oswaldo López Arellano # December 4, 1972 under Oswaldo López Arellano # 1975 Honduran coup d'état, April 22, 1975 under Juan Alberto Melgar Castro # 1978 Honduran coup d'état, August 7, 1978 under Policarpo Paz García # 2009 Honduran coup d'état, June 28, 2009

Hungary

# István Friedrich#Coup d'état of 1919, August 7, 1919: István Friedrich overthrows the Social Democratic Party of Hungary, MSZDP government of Gyula Peidl # Operation Panzerfaust, October 15–16, 1944: Ferenc Szálasi and the Arrow Cross Party, supported by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS, overthrow Regent Miklós Horthy to prevent him from signing an armistice with the Allied Powers (World War II), Allied Powers. #Ferenc Nagy#Coup d'état of 1947, May 28–31, 1947: Mátyás Rákosi and the Hungarian Communist Party overthrow Ferenc Nagy's government by arresting members of the National Assembly (Hungary), National Assembly. #Hungarian Revolution of 1956#Soviet intervention of 4 November, November 4, 1956: the Soviet Army invades Hungary and overthrows Imre Nagy, replacing him with János Kádár.

Indonesia

# 3 July Affair, 1946 Indonesian coup attempt # APRA coup d'état, 1950 Indonesian Coup. # President Sukarno's 1959 Decree, 1959 Indonesian constitutional coup # 30 September Movement, Sep 30, 1965: A failed coup attempt that is blamed to the Communist Party of Indonesia. # Supersemar, March 11, 1966: Suharto overthrows Sukarno (see Transition to the New Order) #May 1998 riots of Indonesia #Impeachment of Abdurrahman Wahid

Iran

# Persian Revolt, 552 BC: Persian Revolt: Cyrus the Great led the Persis to declare independence from and then conquer the Medes, Median Empire, establishing the Achaemenid Empire. #Darius the Great#Accession, 522 BC: Darius I's revolt against Bardiya #338 BC: Assassination of Artaxerxes III and his family by Bagoas. Artaxerxes IV becomes the new King of Kings. #336 BC: Bagoas kills Artaxerxes IV by poison. Rise of Darius III to the throne. #309: Assassination of Adur Narseh by the Wuzurgan, nobles; His infant brother, Shapur II, becomes the new King of Kings. #420: Assassination and deposition of Yazdegerd I by the nobles. #488: Deposition of Balash by Sukhra, in favor of the shah's nephew, Kavad I. #496: The nobles depose Kavad I and install Jamasp as the new King of Kings, shah of shahs of Iran and Aniran. #590: Coup d'état by Vistahm and Vinduyih against Hormizd IV, in favor of his son, Khosrow II. #590: General Bahram Chobin revolts against the Sassanid Empire, Sassanian government and captures Ctesiphon. Khosrow II flees to Constantinople. #Khosrow II#Overthrow and death, 628: Overthrow of Khosrow II by his son Kavad II. #630: Siege of Ctesiphon (629), Siege of Ctesiphon by the military commander Shahrbaraz. Execution of king Ardashir III. #631: Rostam Farrokhzad captures Ctesiphon, kills Azarmidokht and installs Boran as the queen of queens of Iran and Aniran. #Nader Shah#Fall of the Safavid dynasty, 1732: Nader Shah overthrows Tahmasp II #Mohammad Khan Baluch's Rebellion, 1733: Governor of the Kohgiluyeh County, Kuhgiluyeh's rebellion against Safavid Empire #Nader Shah#Fall of the Safavid dynasty, 1736: Deposition of Abbas III, the nominal ruler of Iran, by Nader Shah. The official end of the Safavid dynasty of Iran. #Moḥammad Taqi Khan Shirazi's Rebellion, 1744: Beylerbey of Fars province's rebellion against Nader Shah # Afsharid dynasty#Civil war and downfall of the Afsharids, 1747: Assassination of Nader Shah in support of Adil Shah. # Afsharid dynasty#Civil war and downfall of the Afsharids, 1748: Ebrahim Afshar (brother of Adil Shah) defeated and blinded him and took the throne. # Afsharid dynasty#Civil war and downfall of the Afsharids, 1748: Assassination of Ebrahim Afshar by command of Shahrukh Afshar # Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar#Assassination, 1798: Assassination of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar in support of Sadiq Khan Shaqaqi # 1908 bombardment of the Majlis, 1908: Bombardment of the National Consultative Majlis, Majlis by Vladimir Liakhov in support of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. # 1921 Persian coup d'état, 1921: Coup d'état by Reza Shah Pahlavi, Reza Khan Mirpanj (later Reza Shah Pahlavi) and Zia'eddin Tabatabaee during the reign of Ahmad Shah Qajar. # 1953 Iranian coup d'état, 1953: Coup d'état against Prime Minister of Iran, Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh in support of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; sponsored by the CIA and MI6 in retaliation for the nationalization of Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Anglo-Iranian Oil. # Nojeh coup plot, 1980: Failed coup d'état by a group of Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Armed Forces officers against the Islamic Revolution, newly established Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic regime.

Iraq

# 1936 Iraqi coup d'état, October 20, 1936: Bakr Sidqi overthrows Yasin al-Hashimi # 1941 Iraqi coup d'état, April 1, 1941: Rashid Ali al-Gaylani overthrows 'Abd al-Ilah with the support of the Axis Powers, leading to the Anglo-Iraqi War # 14 July Revolution, July 14, 1958: Abdul Karim Qassim against King Faisal II, ending the Kingdom of Iraq, Hashemite monarchy in Iraq. # Ramadan Revolution, February 8, 1963: Abdul Salam Arif and Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr overthrow Abdul Karim Qassim # November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état, November 11, 1963: Pro-Nasserist officers of the Iraqi Armed Forces oust the Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction), Ba'ath Party from government # 17 July Revolution, July 17, 1968: Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr overthrows Abdul Rahman Arif, establishing the Ba'athist Iraq, Ba'athist dictatorship.

Italy

# Faliero coup, 1355: Attempt by Doge Marino Faliero to overthrow the Republic of Venice #March on Rome, 1922: Fascist coup d'état: Benito Mussolini and his National Fascist Party's Blackshirts, Blackshirt militias attempt to overthrow Prime Minister Luigi Facta with an insurrection in Rome; successful when King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III refused to allow Facta to declare a state of martial law # 1943: The 24 July coup to remove Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy and replace him with Marshal Pietro Badoglio; Count Dino Grandi and the Grand Council of Fascism voted overwhelmingly to ask King of Italy, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Victor Emmanuel to resume his full constitutional powers and, on the following day, the King summoned Mussolini to his palace and dismissed him. # Piano Solo, 1964: Alleged Coup attempted by military groups. # Golpe Borghese, 1970: Coup attempt by Neo-fascism, neo-fascist groups led by Junio Valerio Borghese, a former Regia Marina, Italian Royal Navy commander of World War II; failed after the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA and NATO refused to support it

Ivory Coast

# 1999 Ivorian coup d'état, December 24, 1999: Robert Guéï overthrows Henri Konan Bédié, Henri Konan Bédie

Japan

# Lunar August, 456 AD: Historical texts state that Mayuwa no Ōkimi (:ja:眉輪王) assassinated reigning ''Ōkimi'' Emperor Ankō (安康天皇) over the alleged killing of his father. According to Nihonshiki, the influential Omi, Ōomi Katsuragi no Tsubura was also killed by arson, whereas the Kojiki says he took his own life. This potentially could have been a coup attempt as the two most senior statesmen were targeted and eliminated, nevertheless the plotter is not indicated to have wanted to assume the Chrysanthemum Throne, throne, instead Emperor Yuryaku ascended 3 months later. # 479 AD – Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion: Failed attempt by Prince Hoshikawa to gain the throne # 498 AD: Omi, Ōomi Heguri no Matori briefly takes over Yamato Japan's government in a briefly successful coup upon the death of Emperor Ninken, before being defeated and killed by Otomo no Kanamura, who raised Emperor Buretsu to the throne. Over a century later, in 632 A.D. the title ''Okimi, Hiroshima, Ōkimi'' was posthumously reassigned to the term ''Tenno''. This term is currently equated with Emperor of Japan, Emperor. # Isshi Incident, 645 AD: Soga no Iruka was assassinated in a successful coup, with one of the coup plotters becoming the next Emperor. (Taika Reform) # Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion, 764 AD: Failed coup by Fujiwara no Nakamaro to overthrow Retired Empress Kōken and the monk Dōkyō. # Hōgen rebellion, 1156: Emperor Go-Shirakawa defeats his rival Jōkō Emperor Sutoku. # Heiji rebellion, 1160: The Minamoto clan took up arms against the Taira clan, the Taira clan emerges victorious. # Siege of Hōjūjidono, 1184: Amidst the Genpei War, Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Kiso Yoshinaka ambushes Hōjūjidono, confining Emperor Go-Toba and Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa. # Tainei-ji incident, 1551: Sue Takafusa (later known as Sue Harukata) launches a rebellion against Ōuchi Yoshitaka, hegemon ''daimyō'' of western Japan, leading the latter to commit ''seppuku''. # Mito Rebellion, 1864–65: The Mito Rebellion of Takeda Kōunsai; rebellion in the Mito Domain in support of the ''sonnō jōi'' policy # 1866–68: The Meiji Restoration and modernization revolution in Japan. Samurai uprising leads to overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Shogunate and establishment of "modern" parliamentary, Western-style system under the Meiji (era), Meiji era. # March Incident, March 1931: An aborted coup by the Sakurakai to overthrow Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi and form a new government led by Army Minister Kazushige Ugaki. # October Incident, October 21, 1931: An aborted coup also by the Sakurakai # May 15 Incident, May 15, 1932: A failed coup by members of the Imperial Japanese Navy resulting in the assassination of Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi # Military Academy Incident, November 1934: A failed coup by members of the Imperial Japanese Army to achieve a Shōwa Restoration. # February 26 Incident, February 26, 1936: A failed coup by the Imperial Way Faction in the Imperial Japanese Army against Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister Keisuke Okada's government. # Kyūjō Incident, August 14–15, 1945: A failed coup against the Hirohito, Emperor Hirohito by members of the Ministry of the Army, Japanese War Ministry and the Imperial Guard (Japan), Imperial Guard opposed to surrendering to the Allies of World War II, Allied Powers at the end of World War II; failed after failing to convince the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office, Imperial Japanese Army General Staff and the Eastern District Army (Japan), Eastern District Army to join # Matsue Incident, August 24, 1945: A failed coup by dissidents opposed to surrender led by Isao Okazaki in Matsue. # December 12, 1961: :ja:三無事件, Sanyuu Incident, an aborted coup by retired right wing members of the Imperial Japanese Army # Mishima Incident, November 25, 1970: An aborted coup by author Yukio Mishima, who attempted to convince the Japan Self-Defense Forces to overturn the Constitution of Japan, 1947 Constitution.

Jordan

# Black September in Jordan, 1970: Failed Palestine Liberation Organization coup attempt against Hussein of Jordan, King Hussein; King Hussein retaliated with Black September conflict driving the PLO to Lebanon. # 2021 arrests in Jordan, 2021: Failed coup attempt by Prince Hamzah bin Hussein to overthrow his half-brother, King of Jordan, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Abdullah II

Kenya

# 1982 Kenyan coup d'état attempt, 1st August 1982: attempted coup by Kenya Air Force personnel to overthrow the Daniel arap Moi government; captured Moi Air Base, Eastleigh Air Base and parts of Nairobi before collapsing

Korea, North

# ca 1967, Kapsan Faction Incident: Attempt by faction of former anti-Japanese guerrillas led by Pak Kum-chol to overthrow Kim Il-sung, end the North Korean cult of personality, cult of personality, and introduce economic reforms. Led to a crackdown and purges in the Korean Workers' Party, as well as the implementation of the Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System.

Korea, South

# May 16 coup, May 16, 1961: Park Chung Hee overthrew the Second Republic of Korea led by Yun Posun, Yun Po-seon and replaced it with the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction # October Restoration, October 17, 1972: President of South Korea, President Park Chung-hee, Park Chung Hee lead a coup to restore total presidential authority after his party underperformed in elections, creating the Fourth Republic of Korea. # Coup d'état of December Twelfth, December 12, 1979: Major General Chun Doo-hwan of the Defense Security Command arrested Republic of Korea Army Chief of Staff Jeong Seung-hwa and his allies, creating the Fifth Republic of Korea. # Coup d'état of May Seventeenth, May 17, 1980: General Chun Doo-Hwan extended martial law, banned political activities and forced universities to close.

Laos

# 1960 Laotian coups#Phoumi Nosavan's rise to power, 25 December 1959: Coup by Captain Kong Le established General Phoumi Nosavan in charge # 1960 Laotian coups#Kong Le's coup, 9 August 1960: Captain Kong Le overthrew General Phoumi # 1960 Laotian counter-coup, 16 December 1960: General Phoumi won counter-coup in Battle of Vientiane # 1964 Laotian coups#Siho's coup, 18 April 1964: Police General Siho Lamphouthacoul seized power for five days # 1964 Laotian coups#Phoumi's coup, 4 August 1964: General Phoumi's attempt fails # 1965 Laotian coups, 31 January 1965: Colonel Bounleut Saycocie's and General Phoumi's independent attempts both fail # 1966 Laotian coup: General Thao Ma's coup by air strike fails # 1973 Laotian coup: General Thao Ma's coup via air strike fails # 2007 Laotian coup d'état conspiracy allegation, 2007 Laotian coup failed coup by Vang Pao, General Vang Pao

Latvia

# Kārlis Ulmanis#Authoritarian régime, May 15, 1934: Kārlis Ulmanis dissolved the Saeima (Parliament of latvia, Parliament) and established an authoritarian rule.

Lebanon

# 1961 Lebanese coup d'état attempt, December 31, 1961: A failed coup attempt conducted by the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party.

Lesotho

# January 18, 1986: Justin Metsing Lekhanya overthrows Leabua Jonathan # November 12, 1990: Justin Metsing Lekhanya overthrows King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho # May 2, 1991: Elias Phisoana Ramaema overthrows Justin Metsing Lekhanya # 2014 Lesotho political crisis#Coup d'état, August 30, 2014: A failed coup attempt

Liberia

# October 26, 1871: President Edward James Roye is deposed by the people of Monrovia. # 1980 Liberian coup d'état, April 12, 1980: Master Sergeant Samuel K. Doe overthrows President William R. Tolbert, Jr. # September 9, 1990: Prince Johnson overthrows President Samuel K. Doe

Libya

# 1969 Libyan coup d'état, September 1, 1969: Muammar al-Gaddafi overthrows King Idris I of Libya and establishes a republic. # April 17, 2013: an attempt Libyan coup against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan by Muammar Gaddafi loyalists. # October 10, 2013: a 2013 Libyan coup d'état attempt, second attempt Libyan coup led by Abdel-Moneim al-Hour against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. # 2014 Libyan coup d'état attempts, April and October 2014: a failed coups against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan in first coup and Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani in second coup by Maj. Gen.Khalifa Haftar. # 2016 Libyan coup d'état attempt, 14 October 2016: a failed coup against Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj by ex-Prime Minister Khalifa al-Ghawil.

Lithuania

There are estimated to be over 10 unsuccessful coups during the period of 1919–1940 in Lithuania. # 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état, December 17, 1926, overthrowing President Kazys Grinius and Antanas Smetona becoming the head of state. # Tauragė Revolt, September 9, 1927, a failed attempt to overthrow Lithuanian Nationalist Union and to re-establish previous Govt. # 1934 Lithuanian coup d'état attempt, June 6–7, 1934 failed coup d'état led by fascist Iron Wolf (organization), Iron Wolf

Madagascar

Kingdom of Madagascar (Imerina)

# May 12, 1863, successful: Prime Minister Rainivoninahitriniony deposes king Radama II, who is (supposedly) killed and succeded by his wife queen Rasoherina # March 27, 1868, failed: an attempted coup to reinstate Rainivoninahitriniony as prime minister

Republic of Madagascar

# October 11, 1972: Gabriel Ramanantsoa overthrows Philibert Tsiranana # February 5, 1975: Richard Ratsimandrava overthrows Gabriel Ramanantsoa # March 17, 2009: Andry Rajoelina overthrows Marc Ravalomanana (see 2009 Malagasy political crisis)

Maldives

#1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt: Abdullah Luthufi assisted by PLOTE stages a coup to overthrow the government of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. They seize control of the capital until Indian military forces retake the city from the rebels.

Mali

# 1968 Malian coup d'état, November 19, 1968: Moussa Traoré overthrows Modibo Keïta # 1991 Malian coup d'état, March 26, 1991: Amadou Toumani Touré overthrows Moussa Traoré # 2012 Malian coup d'état, March 22, 2012: Military overthrows Amadou Toumani Touré # 2020 Malian coup d'état, August 18, 2020: Military overthrows Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta # 2021 Malian coup d'état: Military overthrows Bah N'daw # 2022 Malian coup d'état attempt: Malian Military Junta claims to have stopped a coup attempt lead by an "unnamed NATO country"

Mauritania

# July 10, 1978: Mustafa Ould Salek overthrows Moktar Ould Daddah # April 6, 1979: Ahmad Ould Bouceif and Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla overthrow Mustafa Ould Salek # January 4, 1980: Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla overthrows Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly # December 12, 1984: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya overthrows Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla # 2005 Mauritanian coup d'état, August 3, 2005: Ely Ould Mohamed Vall overthrows Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya # 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état, August 6, 2008: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz overthrows Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi

Mexico

# 1799: Conspiracy of the Machetes in New Spain: plot by Criollo people, Criollo civil servants to overthrow the Spanish Empire and establish an independent republic; regarded as a precursor to the Mexican War of Independence, War of Mexican Independence # 1829 by Anastasio Bustamante against Vicente Guerrero # 1845 by Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano Paredes against José Joaquín de Herrera # 1876 by Porfirio Díaz against Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada # Mexican Revolution, 1911: Francisco I. Madero against Porfirio Díaz (and Francisco León de la Barra) # Ten Tragic Days, 1913 by Victoriano Huerta (and Pedro Lascuráin) against Francisco I. Madero # 1920 by Adolfo de la Huerta against Venustiano Carranza

Montenegro

# October 2016: 2015–16 Montenegrin crisis#Coup attempt in October 2016, attempted by opposition and Russians, Russian agents against the government of Milo Đukanović on the day of 2016 Montenegrin parliamentary election, parliamentary election

Morocco

# July 10, 1971 1971 Moroccan coup attempt, failed coup attempt by M'hamed Ababou and Mohamed Medbouh against Hassan II of Morocco # August 16, 1972 1972 Moroccan coup attempt, failed coup by Mohamed Oufkir against Hassan II of Morocco

Myanmar (Burma)

# 1837: King Bagyidaw was deposed by a coup led by his brother Tharrawaddy Min # 1853: King Pagan Min was deposed by a coup led by his brother Mindon Min # In October, 1958 a split within the AFPFL threatened to provoke a coup from field officers. In order to settle the situation U Nu invited the military to form caretaker government. In 1958–60, the caretaker government under General Ne Win was formed. The caretaker government initially appeared to be interested in building state capacity. It reduced corruption, improved bureaucratic efficiency, and managed to deal with the pocket armies. # 1962 Burmese coup d'état, March 1, 1962: Ne Win overthrows U NuObituary: Ne Win
BBC News # 8888 Uprising#SLORC "coup" and crackdown, September 18, 1988: Saw Maung overthrows Maung Maung KhaPage 64
''The Burmese Connection: Illegal Drugs and the Making of the Golden Triangle'' # 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, February 1, 2021: Min Aung Hlaing overthrows Aung San Suu Kyi

Nepal

#On 1559 A.D. Drabya Shah killed the Khadka, Raja with his own hand with a sword, during the race with conspiracy and started the rule of his dynasty under Shah dynasty, Shahas. #On 31 October 1846. a Assassination, political massacre organized by Jung Bahadur Rana reduced the Shah dynasty, Shah Monarch to a figurehead and made Prime Minister and other powers hereditary to Rana dynasty, Ranas. # In 1882 Chautariya Colonel Ambar Bikram Shah and his Gorkhali aide attempted assassination of Renaudip Singh Bahadur, Ranodip Singh but failed and were killed in Teku by the Ranas. # In 1885, the Shumsher family, murdered the family of Jung Bahadur and Renaudip Singh Bahadur, Ranodip Singh to take over the occupied hereditary throne of Prime Minister and other powers # On 1960 Nepal coup d'état, 15 December 1960, King Mahendra dismissed the parliament of Nepal and arrested then PM B. P. Koirala and outlawed Political parties. # On 2005 Nepal coup d'état, February 2005, King Gyanendra dismissed the parliament of Nepal and declared state of emergency.

Netherlands

Habsburg Netherlands

# 24 July 1577: capture of the Namur citadel by Don Juan of Austria has been considered a coup against the States-General of the Netherlands # 28 October 1577: coup by radical Calvinists Jan van Hembyse and François van Ryhove against the stadtholder of Flanders, Philippe III de Croÿ (Duke of Aarschot). They founded the Calvinist Republic of Ghent. # 7 September 1578: coup d'état by Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg against the Hof van Gelre en Zutphen. # 23 January 1579: coup d'état by Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and four Gueldrian noblemen against the Hof van Gelre en Zutphen.

Dutch Republic

# August 1618: Coup d'état by Maurice, Prince of Orange, see Trial of Oldenbarnevelt, Grotius and Hogerbeets. # July–August 1650: Attack on Amsterdam (1650) and imprisonment of rival regenten by William II, Prince of Orange. # 20 August 1672: was an Orangist coup against the Loevestein faction, Loevestein government.

Batavian Republic

# 22 January 1798: Uitvoerend Bewind against the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic # 12 June 1798: Herman Willem Daendels against Pieter Vreede # 19 September 1801:

against Uitvoerend Bewind

Kingdom of the Netherlands

# 27 November 1856: Luxembourg Coup of 1856, a reactionary revision of the Luxembourg constitution by William III of the Netherlands, the reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg. # 9–14 November 1918: Red Week (Netherlands): a failed coup attempt by Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Troelstra against the Dutch government.

Nicaragua

# 1856 under William Walker (filibuster), William Walker # 1947 by Anastasio Somoza García for Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa against Leonardo Argüello Barreto

Niger

# 1974 Nigerien coup d'état, April 15, 1974: Seyni Kountché overthrows Hamani Diori. # 1996 Nigerien coup d'état, January 27, 1996: Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara overthrows Mahamane Ousmane. # 1999 Nigerien coup d'état, April 9, 1999: Daouda Malam Wanké overthrows Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara. # 2010 Nigerien coup d'état, February 18, 2010: Salou Djibo overthrows Mamadou Tandja. # 2021 Nigerien coup d'état attempt, 31 March, 2021: Failed attempt by Captain Sani Saley Gourouza to overthrow Mahamadou Issoufou

Nigeria

# 1966 Nigerian coup d'état, January 15–16, 1966: Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu overthrows Abubakar Tafawa Balewa # 1966 Nigerian counter-coup, July 29, 1966: Yakubu Gowon overthrows Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi # 1975 Nigerian coup d'état, July 29, 1975: Murtala Mohammed overthrows Yakubu Gowon # 1976 Nigerian coup d'état attempt, February 13, 1976: Buka Suka Dimka led a failed coup that resulted in the death of the head of state Murtala Mohammed # Nigerian military coup of December 31, 1983, December 31, 1983: Muhammadu Buhari overthrows Shehu Shagari # 1985 Nigerian coup d'état, August 27, 1985: Ibrahim Babangida overthrows Muhammadu Buhari # 1990 Nigerian coup d'état attempt, April 22, 1990: Gideon Orkar failed to topple president Ibrahim Babangida # 1993 Nigerian coup d'état, November 17, 1993: Sani Abacha overthrows Ernest Shonekan

Norway

# 1537: Christian III of Denmark overthrew Regent Christopher, Count of Oldenburg and the Rigsraad, leading to the Count's Feud and the Norwegian Reformation. # April 9, 1940: Vidkun Quisling announced a Quisling regime, fascist government by radio broadcast in an attempt to overthrow the legally elected Labour Party (Norway), Labour government of Johan Nygaardsvold while German invasion of Norway, Nazi Germany invaded the country; his coup was rejected as illegitimate by Haakon VII of Norway, King Haakon VII and Quisling would hold little power during the German occupation of Norway, Nazi occupation.

Oman

# 1970 Omani coup d'état, July 23, 1970: Qaboos bin Said overthrew his father Said bin Taimur during the Dhofar Rebellion.

Panama

# January 3, 1931 by Arnulfo Arias Madrid and Harmodio Arias Madrid against Florencio Harmodio Arosemena # October 9, 1941 by Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango against Arnulfo Arias Madrid # May 9, 1951 by Colonel José Antonio Remón Cantera against Arnulfo Arias Madrid # October 11, 1968 by Omar Torrijos against President of Panama, President Arnulfo Arias Madrid # 1989 Panamanian coup d'état attempt, 1989 coup attempt; Moises Giroldi attempted to overthrow President of Panama, President Manuel Antonio Noriega to prevent the United States invasion of Panama, U.S. invasion of Panama.

Pakistan

#Rawalpindi Conspiracy, March 9, 1951: Major General Akbar Khan (Pakistani general), Akbar Khan against the Muslim League (Pakistan), Muslim League government of Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in protest of the government's acceptance of a ceasefire in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, First Indo-Pakistani War. This was the first attempted military coup in Pakistan's history. #1958 Pakistani coup d'état, October 27, 1958: Field Marshal Ayub Khan (Field Marshal), Ayub Khan overthrows Iskander Mirza in response to his suspension of the Constitution of Pakistan, Pakistani Constitution and declaration of Martial law in Pakistan, Martial law. # March 25, 1969 by General Yahya Khan, Ayub Khan (Field Marshal), Ayub Khan resigned. #Operation Fair Play, July 4, 1977: General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and the Pakistan National Alliance overthrow Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after a 1977 Pakistani general election, contested general election. # 1995 Pakistani coup d'état attempt, 1995: A group of Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistani Armed Forces officers led by Zahirul Islam Abbasi plot to overthrow the Pakistan Peoples Party government of Benazir Bhutto #1999 Pakistani coup d'état, October 12, 1999: General Pervez Musharraf overthrows the Pakistan Muslim League (N), PML-N government Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Provisional Constitutional Order, suspends the writ of the Constitution due to Sharif's intent to relieve him as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Paraguay

# September 4, 1880: Bernardino Caballero is appointed as interim president by the Congress of Paraguay, Congress after the death of the President of Paraguay, President Cándido Bareiro, and forced resignation by a ''coup'' of Vice President of Paraguay, Vice president Adolfo Saguier. # June 9, 1894: Juan Bautista Egusquiza overthrows Juan Gualberto González. Marcos Morínigo is appointed as interim president by the Congress of Paraguay, Congress. # January 9, 1902: Bernardino Caballero overthrows Emilio Aceval. Andrés Héctor Carvallo is appointed as interim president by the Congress of Paraguay, Congress. # December 19, 1904: Juan Antonio Escurra is deposed. Juan Bautista Gaona is appointed as interim president by the Congress of Paraguay, Congress. # December 9, 1905: Juan Bautista Gaona is deposed. Cecilio Báez is appointed as interim president by the Congress of Paraguay, Congress. # July 4, 1908: Benigno Ferreira is deposed. # January 17, 1911: Albino Jara overthrows Manuel Gondra. # January 14, 1912: Marcos Caballero Codas, Mario Uscher and Alfredo Aponte overthrow Liberato Marcial Rojas. # February 28, 1912: Liberato Marcial Rojas is deposed. Pedro Pablo Peña is appointed as interim president by the Congress of Paraguay, Congress. # March 22, 1912: Pedro Pablo Peña is deposed. Emiliano González Navero is appointed as interim president by the Congress of Paraguay, Congress. # February Revolution (Paraguay), February 17, 1936: Rafael Franco overthrows Eusebio Ayala. # August 13, 1937: Félix Paiva overthrows Rafael Franco. # February 18, 1940: Self-coup by José Félix Estigarribia. # June 3, 1948: Higinio Morínigo is deposed. Juan Manuel Frutos is appointed as interim president by the Congress of Paraguay, Congress. # January 30, 1949: Juan Natalicio González is deposed. Raimundo Rolón is appointed as interim president by the Congress of Paraguay, Congress. # February 26, 1949: Felipe Molas López overthrows Raimundo Rolón. # September 11, 1949: Felipe Molas López is deposed. Federico Chaves is appointed as interim president by the Congress of Paraguay, Congress. # May 4, 1954: Alfredo Stroessner overthrows Federico Chaves. Tomás Romero Pereira is appointed as interim president by the Congress of Paraguay, Congress. # February 3, 1989: Andrés Rodríguez (President), Andrés Rodríguez and the Paraguayan Army overthrow Alfredo Stroessner.

Peru

# 1914 under Óscar Benavides against Guillermo Billinghurst # 1919 under Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo against José Pardo y Barreda # 1930 under Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro against Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo # 1948 under Manuel A. Odría against José Luis Bustamante y Rivero # 1962 under Ricardo Pérez Godoy against Manuel Prado Ugarteche # 1968 Peruvian coup d'état, 1968 under Juan Velasco Alvarado against President of Peru, President Fernando Belaúnde Terry # Tacnazo, 1975 under Francisco Morales-Bermúdez against Juan Velasco Alvarado # 1992 Peruvian constitutional crisis, 1992 under Alberto Fujimori ( self-coup) # 2022 Peruvian self-coup d'état attempt, 2022 Pedro Castillo attempts to dissolve the Congress of Peru shortly before he was to be impeached. He was arrested shortly afterward. ( self-coup)

Philippines

From the 1565 History of the Philippines (1565–1898), Spanish conquest until 1898, there were than 20 failed Philippine revolts against Spain, including the Chinese revolts (1603, 1662), Dagohoy rebellion (1744–1825), Diego Silang, Silang rebellion (1762–63), Hermano Pule, Pule revolt (1840–41), all crushed by the Spanish East Indies, Spanish colonial government. Most of these were due to redress personal grievances (land use, unjust taxation, forced labor) and were not aimed to overthrow the government in Manila. The following list does show which plots did aim to overthrow the national government. # 1587–1588: Failed Tondo Conspiracy, crushed by the Spanish colonial government # 11 October 1719: Successful overthrow and assassination of Governor-General Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda by supporters of Manila Archbishop Francisco de la Cuesta # 1 June 1823: Failed revolt by Andrés Novales and Creole members of the Spanish Army crushed by the Spanish East Indies, Spanish colonial government # 1828: Failed Palmero Conspiracy, thwarted by the Spanish East Indies, Spanish colonial government # 20 January 1872: Failed 1872 Cavite mutiny, Cavite mutiny, crushed by the Spanish East Indies, Spanish colonial government # 5 December 1896: Failed 1896 Manila mutiny, Manila mutiny, crushed by the Spanish East Indies, Spanish colonial government # 1896–98: Philippine Revolution, a war of independence against Spanish rule directed by the Katipunan society. First ended with the Pact of Biak-na-Bato between the Filipino and Spaniards, and the establishment of the Hong Kong Junta, then continued and led to the Philippine Declaration of Independence. Became intertwined with the Spanish–American War, where both Spaniards and Americans refused to recognize Philippine independence, and led to the Spanish cession of the Spanish East Indies to the United States. # 1899–1901: Philippine–American War, First Philippine Republic against the United States after the Spanish cession of the Spanish East Indies, ended with the surrender of the Filipinos # 2 May 1935: Failed Sakdalista, Sakdalista Rebellion against United States, crushed by the American colonial government. # 1942–1954: Failed Hukbalahap Rebellion against Empire of Japan, Japan and later the government of the Philippines, ended with the surrender of the Huks. # 21 May 1967: Failed overthrow by Lapiang Malaya of the Third Philippine Republic led by President of the Philippines, President Ferdinand Marcos, ended with government forces killing and arresting the participants. # 26 January–17 March 1970: First Quarter Storm, massive protests against Ferdinand Marcos. # 21 September 1972: Self-coup of Ferdinand Marcos by Proclamation No. 1081, declaring martial law. # 22–25 February 1986: Successful People Power Revolution, civilian-backed military coup led by Juan Ponce Enrile and Fidel V. Ramos overthrew Marcos as president. # 6–8 July 1986: Failed coup attempt, known as the 1986–1987 Philippine coup attempts#Manila Hotel plot, Manila Hotel plot, in the Philippines led by former senator and vice presidential candidate Arturo Tolentino together with 490 armed soldiers and 15,000 civilians loyal to former President Ferdinand Marcos, crushed by the Philippine Government, Philippine government. # 11 November 1986: Failed coup attempt, known as the 1986–1987 Philippine coup attempts#"God Save the Queen" Plot, "God Save the Queen" Plot, in the Philippines led by Juan Ponce Enrile, ended with the removal of Enrile and re-organization of her cabinet. # 27–29 January 1987: Failed coup attempt, known as the 1986–1987 Philippine coup attempts#GMA-7 incident, GMA-7 incident, in the Philippines led by Colonel Oscar Canlas, ended with one rebel soldier killed, and 35 others injured. # 18 April 1987: Failed coup attempt, known as the 1986–90 Philippine coup attempts#Black Saturday incident, Black Saturday incident, ended with one rebel soldier killed. # 13 July 1987: Alleged coup attempt, known as the 1986–90 Philippine coup attempts#MIA plot, MIA plot, ended with four officers being sued in military court. # 28–29 August 1987: Failed coup attempt, known as the 1986–1987 Philippine coup attempts#August 1987 coup attempt, August 1987 Coup, in the Philippines led by Col. Gregorio Honasan, crushed by the Philippine Government, Philippine government. # 1–9 December 1989: 1989 Philippine coup d'état attempt, December 1989 coup attempt, failed coup attempt led by Col. Gregorio Honasan together with soldiers loyal to former President Marcos, crushed by the Philippine Government, Philippine government. # 4 March 1990: 1990 Hotel Delfino siege, Hotel Delfino siege, government troops under Brigadier General Oscar Florendo fought against rebel forces led by suspended Cagayan Governor Rodolfo "Agi" Aguinaldo, crushed by the Philippine Government, Philippine government. # 4–6 October 1990: Failed mutiny known as the 1990 Mindanao crisis, Mindanao crisis, mutinying soldiers staged a dawn raid on an army base in Mindanao, defeated by the government. # 17–20 January 2001: Successful Second EDSA Revolution: A four-day political protest were held in EDSA, that peacefully overthrew the government of President of Philippines, President Joseph EstradaMydans, Seth
'People Power II' Doesn't Give Filipinos the Same Glow
February 5, 2001. ''The New York Times''. # 25 April–1 May 2001: Failed EDSA III: A seven-day political protest were held also in EDSA, in a failed attempt to bring back Joseph Estrada to power. # 27 July 2003: Failed Oakwood mutiny, failed coup attempt with mutinous soldiers surrendering after taking over the Oakwood condominiums in the Makati Central Business District. # 24 February 2006: 2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, State of emergency to forestall Oplan HACKLE, alleged coup against the government # 29 November 2007: Failed Manila Peninsula siege, mutinous soldiers occupied The Peninsula Manila, The Peninsula Manila Hotel, later surrendered to the government. Alleged plots that have not been attempted yet: # 2018–2021: Alleged ouster plots against Rodrigo Duterte, Allegations of ouster plot against President of the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte was first publicized by the military, who mainly implicated the opposition figures and the critics of the Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, Duterte administration of involvement in the plot. Rebellions that have not yet led to the point where the rebels have a chance of overthrowing the government: # 1565–1898: Spanish–Moro conflict, Spain failed to subjugate the Moros until the cession of the Spanish East Indies to the United States. # 1899–1913: Moro Rebellion, United States defeated the Moros, annexed their territories to the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, Philippine Islands. # 1969–2019: Moro conflict, Tripoli Agreement with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in 1976, Final Peace Agreement with the MNLF in 1996, peace deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2014, establishment of the Bangsamoro in 2019. # 1969–present: Communist rebellion in the Philippines, currently ongoing, primarily by the New People's Army (NPA). Breakaway groups of the NPA has had peace deals with the Philippine government: with the Cordillera People's Liberation Army in 1986, and with the Revolutionary Proletarian Army in 2000. Attempts to wrest control of a chamber of Congress of the Philippines, Congress, while are plots, are not Coup d'état, coups because it doesn't fit the definition of "removal of an existing government from power" as the head of state and government are not at stake (The Philippines uses the presidential system of government with separation of powers). There had been several instances of this, the latest of which were in 2020 in the House of Representatives and in 2018 in the Senate. One example was in March–April 1952 when the Senate presidency was changed three times.

Poland

# 1919 Polish coup attempt: National Democratic attempt led by Marian Januszajtis-Żegota and Eustachy Sapieha, Prince Eustachy Sapieha to overthrow Jędrzej Moraczewski and Józef Piłsudski's left-wing government #May Coup (Poland), May 1926: Józef Piłsudski overthrew the Chjeno-Piast government of President of Poland, President Stanisław Wojciechowski and Prime Minister of Poland, Prime Minister Wincenty Witos, appointing Kazimierz Bartel as the new Prime Minister and beginning the Sanation regime. # Martial law in Poland, December 13, 1981: General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law and bans the Solidarność, Solidarity union, forming the Military Council of National Salvation

Portugal

# 147–139 BC: The Roman conquest of Hispania#Viriathus and the Lusitanian Rebellion, Lusitanian Rebellion against the Roman Empire, Roman forces in modern-day Portugal, led by Lusitanian leader named Viriatus. # 1820: Liberal Revolution of 1820, Liberal Revolution # 1824: April Revolt # 1846: Revolution of Maria da Fonte # 1910: A Republicanism, republican 5 October 1910 revolution, coup d'état deposes King of portugal, King Manuel II of Portugal and establishes the Portuguese First Republic. # 1915: May 14 Revolt overthrows Pimenta de Castro's government # 1917: December 1917 coup d'état leads to Sidónio Pais' Dictatorship # :pt:Revolta de 18 de Abril de 1925, 1925: failed Military coup the Generals on 18 April 1925 # :pt:Revolta de 19 de Julho de 1925, 1925: failed Revolt Mendes Cabecadas on 19 July 1925 # 28 May 1926 coup d'état, 1926: General Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Manuel Gomes da Costa and the Portuguese Armed Forces overthrows the First Portuguese Republic, establishing the Ditadura Nacional. # Carnation Revolution, 1974: The Movimento das Forças Armadas overthrows the Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo Military dictatorship led by President of Portugal, President Américo Tomás, founding the National Salvation Junta. # Coup of 25 November 1975, 1975: Failed coup after the Carnation Revolution by far-left militants who hoped to establish a Communist government in Portugal.

Romania

# 1866 by the "monstrous coalition" of Liberals and Conservatives against Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza # 1938: King of Romania, King Carol II of Romania against Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and the Iron Guard # 1940: Horia Sima and Ion Antonescu overthrow Carol II of Romania and create the National Legionary State. # Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom, 1941: The Iron Guard unsuccessfully revolts against Ion Antonescu, leading to the suppression of the Iron Guard and a major pogrom in Bucharest. # King Michael's Coup, 1944: King of Romania, King Michael I of Romania and Constantin Sănătescu remove Ion Antonescu's government from power due to the Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive, Soviet invasion of Romania. # 1947: Prime Minister of Romania, Prime Minister Petru Groza forces King of Romania, King Michael I of Romania, Michael I to abdicate, forming the Socialist Republic of Romania. #1989 – Romanian Revolution: Ion Iliescu and his National Salvation Front (Romania), National Salvation Front overthrow Nicolae Ceaușescu, Nicolae Ceasescu alongside a series of civil unrest and uprisings, ending the Romanian Communist Party's rule.

Russia

Russian Empire

# 1762: A coup by Catherine the Great forced the abdication of Peter III of Russia. # Decembrist revolt, December 1825: Decembrist revolt attempted to depose Nicholas I of Russia, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia in favor of his brother, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Grand Duke Konstantin by military coup. # February Revolution, March 15, 1917: Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia is forced to abdicate in favor of the Russian Provisional Government, ending the House of Romanov, Romanov dynasty. #Kornilov affair, September 1917: Lavr Kornilov attempts to march into Saint Petersburg, Petrograd, overthrow the Provisional Government, dissolve the Petrograd Soviet and possibly establish a military dictatorship after being appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army (1917), Russian Army by Alexander Kerensky. The coup failed because of a lack of support and mass resistance, but it eroded the Provisional Government's legitimacy and revived the Bolsheviks. It also resulted in the provisional government formally abolishing the Russian monarchy and proclaiming the Russian Republic. # October Revolution, November 7, 1917: The Bolsheviks, Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, Russian Social Democratic Labor Party led by Vladimir Lenin overthrows the Russian Provisional Government and forms the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, leading to the Russian Civil War and the formation of the Soviet Union.

Soviet Union

# June 1957: the ’Anti-Party Group’ tries unsuccessfully to remove Nikita Khrushchev from power # 13 October, 1964: Nikita Khrushchev#Removal, Nikita Khrushchev is forced to resign, handing the power to Leonid Brezhnev # 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, August 19 to 21, 1991: A group of Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Soviet Communist Party hardliners form the State Committee on the State of Emergency and attempt to overthrow President of Russia, President Mikhail Gorbachev in order to reverse his reforms; the coup is suppressed by RSFSR President of Russia, President Boris Yeltsin, weakening the Communist party, Communist Party's authority and accelerating the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Russian Federation

# 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, September 21 to October 4, 1993: Russian President of Russia, President Boris Yeltsin, aided by the Russian Armed Forces, extralegally dissolves the Supreme Soviet of Russia, Supreme Soviet and suspends the Russian Constitution of 1978, constitution in response to Impeachment in Russia, impeachment proceedings against him.

Rwanda

# 1973 Rwandan coup d'état, July 5, 1973: Juvénal Habyarimana overthrows Grégoire Kayibanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

# 1995 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état attempt, August 15, 1995: Manuel Quintas de Almeida overthrows Miguel Trovoada for 6 days # 2003 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état, July 16, 2003: Fernando Pereira (major) overthrows Fradique de Menezes for 7 days # 2022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état attempt, November 24—25, 2022.

Saudi Arabia

# 1969 Saudi Arabian coup d'état attempt: Members of the Royal Saudi Air Force inspired by the Arab Socialist Union Party (Syria), Free Officers Movement in Libya attempted to overthrow Faisal of Saudi Arabia, King Faisal. # 21 June 2017: Mohammad bin Salman overthrows Muhammad bin Nayef

Scotland

#1688: The

's invasion of England and Scotland at the invitation of the country's powerful Protestants, deposing the Catholic James II of England, James II of England and VII of Scotland

Serbia

# May 28–29, 1903: May Coup (Serbia), May Coup

Seychelles

# 1977 Seychelles coup d'état, June 5, 1977: France-Albert René overthrows James Mancham # 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt, November 25, 1981: South African mercenaries attempt to replace France-Albert René with the former president James Mancham

Sierra Leone

# March 21, 1967: David Lansana overthrows Siaka Stevens # Sergeants' Coup (Sierra Leone), April 19, 1968: John Amadu Bangura overthrows Andrew Juxon-Smith # 1992 Sierra Leonean coup d'état, April 29, 1992: Valentine Strasser overthrows Joseph Saidu Momoh # January 16, 1996: Julius Maada Bio overthrows Valentine Strasser # May 25, 1997: Johnny Paul Koroma overthrows Ahmed Tejan Kabbah

Solomon Islands

# 2000 Solomon Islands coup d'état, June 5th, 2000: Malaita Eagle Force overthrows Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu

Somalia

# 1969 Somali coup d'état, October 21, 1969: Muhammad Siad Barre overthrows Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein # Somali Rebellion, January 26, 1991: Mohammed Farrah Aidid and the United Somali Congress overthrow Muhammad Siad Barre, beginning the Somali Civil War.

Spain

# 603 by General Witteric, Witerico against king Liuva II # 631 by Duke Sisenando against king Suintila # 642: Tulga was overthrown by Chindasuinth, Chindasvinto # 692: Égica was briefly overthrown by Suniefredo # 1814: Absolutist pronunciamiento of Fernando VII and Francisco Javier de Elío # 1815: failed Liberalism in Spain, liberal pronunciamiento of Juan Díaz Porlier at A Coruña # 1820: successful Liberalism in Spain, liberal pronunciamiento of Rafael del Riego, start of the Trienio Liberal # 1822: failed absolute monarchy, absolutist coup by the Royal Guard of Fernando VII # 1831: failed Liberalism in Spain, liberal pronunciamiento of Manuel de Torrijos # 1835: Liberalism in Spain, liberal pronunciamiento of Cordero y de Quesada # 1836: successful Liberalism in Spain, liberal mutiny of La Granja de San Ildefonso # 1841: failed Moderate Party (Spain), Moderate pronunciamiento # 1843: successful Moderate Party (Spain), Moderate pronunciamiento of Narváez and Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, end of the Baldomero Espartero regency # 1844: failed Liberalism in Spain, liberal and Baldomero Espartero, Esparterist coup, led by Martín Zurbano # 1846: failed Liberalism in Spain, progressive liberal Solís Uprising, military and civic revolt in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, led by Miguel Solís Cuetos # 1848: failed Liberalism in Spain, progressive liberal Solís Uprising, military and civic revolt in Madrid, led by colonel Manuel Buceta # 1854: successful Spanish Revolution of 1854, revolutionary coup in Madrid, led by general Leopoldo O'Donnell # 1860: failed Carlism, carlist military uprising at Sant Carles de la Ràpita, led by general Jaime Ortega y Olleta # 1866: failed Progressive Party (Spain), Progressive and Democratic Party (Spain), Democrat coup in Madrid # 1866: failed pronunciamiento of Villarejo de Salvanés, led by general Juan Prim # 1868: successful Glorious Revolution (Spain), Glorious Revolution, started by the pronunciamiento of Juan Bautista Topete in Cádiz # 1874: successful Coup d'état of Pavía, coup led by General Pavía # 1874: successful "Pronunciamiento de Sagunto", that ends the Spanish First Republic and restores monarchy and the House of Bourbon, Borbón family at the throne # 1883: failed 5 August Republicanism in Spain, republican pronunciamiento in Badajoz # 1886: failed Republicanism in Spain, republican coup in Madrid, led by Manuel Villacampa del Castillo and Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla # 1923: Spanish Army regiments led by Miguel Primo de Rivera overthrew Prime Minister Manuel García Prieto and established a Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, dictatorship with the support of Alfonso XIII, King Alfonso XIII. # 1926: failed "Sanjuanada", a coup against the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera # 1929: failed coup against the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, led by José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez # 1930: Jaca uprising: Fermín Galán led a failed Republicanism in Spain, republican pronunciamiento against the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish monarchy in Jaca. # Sanjurjada, August 10, 1932; José Sanjurjo unsuccessfully tried to overthrow Prime Minister Manuel Azaña's Republican Left (Spain), Republican Left government, although the coup plotters were in disagreement over whether to next dissolve the Second Spanish Republic. # Spanish coup of July 1936, July 1936: A military uprising lead by Emilio Mola in which Francisco Franco participated, against Prime Minister Manuel Azaña and the Second Spanish Republic, starting the Spanish Civil War # 1939: Segismundo Casado and Julián Besteiro overthrow the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, PSOE government of Juan Negrín in Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republican-controlled Spain in order to negotiate a ceasefire with the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists, forming the National Defence Council (Spain), National Defense Council. # Operation Galaxia, November 17, 1978: An aborted Civil Guard (Spain), Guardia Civil coup led by Antonio Tejero to stop the Spanish transition to democracy. # 23-F, February 23, 1981: A faction of the Spanish Armed Forces led by Tejero broke into the Spanish Congress of Deputies, Congress of Deputies while they were preparing to elect Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo as the new Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister. Juan Carlos I of Spain, King Juan Carlos denounced the coup in a nationally televised address, and the coup collapsed the next day with no casualties. # 1982 Spanish coup d'état attempt, October 27, 1982: A group of far-right colonels failed to overthrow Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo. # June 2, 1985: a group of far-right soldiers and officers (along with some civilians) planned to take power following a false flag attack, but the conspiracy was later aborted.

Sri Lanka

#1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt: Christian military officers attempted to topple the current government under Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

Sudan

# November 16, 1958: Ibrahim Abboud overthrows Abdallah Khalil # 1964: The October Revolution in Sudan, driven by a general strike and rioting, forced President Ibrahim Abboud to transfer executive power to a transitional civilian government, and eventually to resign. # 1969 Sudanese coup d'état, May 25, 1969: Gaafar al-Nimeiry overthrows Ismail al-Azhari # 1971 Sudanese coup d'état, July 19–22, 1971: Sudanese Communist Party, Communist members of the National Revolutionary Command Council (Sudan), National Revolutionary Command Council led by Hashem al Atta attempted to overthrow al-Nimeiry but failed due to a lack of support. # 1977 Sudan Juba coup d'état attempt, 2 February 1977: Failed coup attempt in Juba by former members of the Anyanya in the Sudanese Air Force # 1985 Sudanese coup d'état, April 6, 1985: Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab overthrows Gaafar al-Nimeiry, establishing the Transitional Military Council (1985), Transitional Military Council. # 1989 Sudanese coup d'état, June 30, 1989: Omar al-Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir and the National Islamic Front overthrows President Ahmed al-Mirghani and Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, creating the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation # 2019 Sudanese coup d'état, 10 April 2019: The Sudanese Armed Forces led by Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf overthrow Omar al-Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir during the Sudanese Revolution # September 2021 Sudanese coup d'état attempt, 21 September 2021: An attempted coup against the ruling Sovereignty Council of Sudan, Sovereignty Council by forces loyal to Omar al-Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir fails # October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état, 25 October 2021: The Sudanese Armed Forces, Sudanese military, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, seizes control of the government following the arrest of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other civilian members of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, Sovereignty Council

Suriname

# 1910 Killinger coup d'état, May 25/26, 1910: failed coup d'état by police officer Frans Killinger. # November 7/8, 1947: failed coup d'état by Simon Sanches. # 1980 Surinamese coup d'état, February 25, 1980: military coup led by Dési Bouterse ousts Prime Minister Henck Arron. # August 13, 1980: the military led by Dési Bouterse ousts President Johan Ferrier. # March 15, 1981: failed counter coup/conspiracy by Wilfred Hawker. # 1982 Rambocus coup d'état, March 10/11, 1982: failed counter coup by Surendre Rambocus. # 1990 Surinamese coup d'état, December 24, 1990: President Ramsewak Shankar dismissed by Suriname's military.

Switzerland

# 1717: Wilchingen against the City of Schaffhausen # 1719: Werdenberg against Glarus # 1723: Military led by Major Abraham Davel (Vaud) against City of Bern # 1726: Peasants of Canton of Jura, Jura against Bistum of Basel # 1755: Leventina (Ticino) against Canton Uri # 1781: Chenaux (Fribourg) against Canton Fribourg # 1797: Peasants of Baselgebiet against the City of Basel and ousted Peter Ochs and Peter Vischer # January 8, 1800: Republicans (Hans Konrad Escher, Paul Usteri, Albrecht Rengger, Bernhard Friedrich Kuhn.) ousting the Patriots ( Karl Albrecht von Frisching, Karl von Müller-Friedberg und Carl Heinrich Gschwend) # August 7, 1800: Patriots ousting the Republicans # October, 27/28 1801: Federalist (Alois Reding & Johann Rudolf von Frisching) with help of the French Raymond Verninac ousting Unitarier and Patriots # April 17, 1802: Unitarier under the Lead of Bernhard Friedrich Kuhns ousting the Federalist Alois Reding # September 6, 1839: Züriputsch: Radical Movement under the lead of Conrad Melchior Hirzel & Fridrich Ludwig Keller ousting the Liberals. Killing of Johannes Hegtschweiler.

Sweden

# 18 May 1160, successful: king Eric IX of Sweden, Eric the Holy is killed on orders of Magnus Henriksson, who takes power as king Magnus II of Sweden # 12 April 1167, successful: king Charles VII of Sweden, Charles Sverkersson (later sometimes called ”Charles VII”) is killed by men loyal to Canute I of Sweden, Canute Ericsson, who was deckared king and consolidated his power in 1173 # 14 June 1275, successful: Battle of Hova, king Valdemar, King of Sweden, Valdemar I is overthrown and replaced by his brother who becomes king Magnus III of Sweden, Magnus III # 1439, successful: king Eric of Pomerania, Eric of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (Kalmar Union) was deposed in a Eric of Pomerania#Coup d'état, coup from the Danish and Swedish thrones, in 1440 also from the Norwegian throne. # June 1448, successful: Charles VIII of Sweden, Charles Canutesson is elected and hailed as king of Sweden under the preassure of his own private army # 1457, successful: Charles Canutesson is ousted following a rebellion by the archbishop and the high nobility # 1520, successful: Battle of Bogesund and Stockholm Bloodbath, Christian II of Denmark deposes Sten Sture the Younger and becomes king of Sweden # 1521–3, successful: Swedish War of Liberation, the Vasa rebellion deposes Christian II, effectively finally ending the Kalmar Union and making Gustav I of Sweden, Gustaf Vasa king Gustaf I of Sweden # 1568–9, successful: a rebellion among the estate of the nobility deposes king Eric XIV of Sweden and inserts his brother as king John III of Sweden # 1569, failed: 1569 Plot, The 1569 plot against John III of Sweden, seeking to reinstate Eric XIV of Sweden # 1574, failed: Mornay Plot against John III, seeking to reinstate Eric XIV # 1576, failed: 1576 Plot, The 1576 plot against John III, seeking to reinstate Eric XIV # 1598–1600, successful: War against Sigismund in 1598–9 and Linköping Bloodbath in 1600, Sigismund III Vasa, Sigismund of Sweden was deposed and succeded by his uncle Duke Charles, some years later crowned as Charles IX of Sweden # 1756, failed: Coup of 1756 of Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, queen Louisa Ulrika against the Riksdag of the Estates # 1772, successful: Revolution of 1772; king Gustav III of Sweden, Gustaf III of Sweden dismissed the Riksdag of the Estates, ending the Age of Liberty # 1789, failed: 1789 Conspiracy (Sweden), 1789 Conspiracy of Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp against her brother-in-law Gustaf III # 1793, failed: Armfelt Conspiracy by Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, in companionship with Magdalena Rudenschöld, with the intent to depose the guardian government of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, is exposed. # 1809, successful: Coup of 1809; a number of noblemen in the Swedish Army overthrew king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden after the Finnish War # 1917-8, failed/cancelled: riots in Stockholm is followed by Socialist threats of revolution, but the plans are never realized; however, king Gustaf V is finally accepting parliamentarism and appoints Nils Edén as prime minister for a Free-minded National Association, Liberal-Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democrat coalition government to ease political tension

Syria

# 1925–1927: The Great Syrian Revolt, a revolt initiated by the Druze and led by Sultan al-Atrash against French Mandate of Syria, French Mandate. # March 1949 Syrian coup d'état, March 29, 1949 by Husni al-Za'im against Shukri al-Quwatli # August 14, 1949 by Sami al-Hinnawi against Husni al-Za'im # December 3, 1951 by Adib Shishakli against Hashim al-Atassi # 1954 Syrian coup d'état, February 25, 1954 by Maamun al-Kuzbari against Adib Shishakli # September 29, 1961 by Haydar al-Kuzbari and others against

# 1963 Syrian coup d'état, March 8, 1963: Lu'ayy al-Atasi and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region overthrow the Second Syrian Republic under Nazim al-Kudsi # 1966 Syrian coup d'état, February 21–23, 1966: Salah Jadid overthrows Amin al-Hafiz and the National Command of the Ba'ath Party, Ba'ath National Command, leading to a split in the Ba'ath Party. # Corrective Movement (Syria), November 13, 1970: Hafez al-Assad overthrows Salah Jadid

Thailand

The number of coups in Thailand—whether successful or unsuccessful— is uncertain, leading one academic to call for a concerted effort to make a definitive list. According to Paul Chambers, a professor at Chiang Mai University's Institute for South-East Asian Affairs, there have been almost 30 coup attempts in Thailand (whether successful or unsuccessful) since 1912. Some count 11 coups since 1932. Others claim there were 13 since 1932. # Palace Revolt of 1912, 1912: Coup planned by military officers is discovered and thwarted. # Siamese revolution of 1932, 24 June 1932: The Khana Ratsadon party overthrows the absolute monarchy of King Prajadhipok. # April 1933 Siamese coup d'état, 1 April 1933: Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada dissolves a government of the People's Party (Thailand), People's Party and ousted Pridi Banomyong, the leader of the party, out of the country. # Siamese coup d'état of 1933, 20 June 1933: Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena overthrows Phraya Manopakorn Nititada. # Boworadet Rebellion, 11–23 October 1933: Royalist rebellion to overturn the results of the June 1933 coup d'état. # Rebellion of the Sergeants, 3 August 1935: The Nai Sip rebellion. # Songsuradet Rebellion, 29 January 1939: More a purge or internal coup, it was the work of Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Phibul to remove political enemies and rivals. # Siamese coup d'état of 1947, 7 November 1947: Phin Choonhavan overthrows Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi. # Palace Rebellion, Thai 1949 Coup: Attempted coup by Pridi, which saw the Grand Palace occupied by his supporters, failed. # Manhattan Rebellion, 29 June 1951: Pridi supporters in the navy attempted a coup when they tried to seize Phibun. # Silent Coup (Thailand), 29 November 1951: Military overthrows 1949 constitution and reverts to 1932 constitution. # 21 September 1957: Sarit Thanarat overthrows Plaek Pibulsongkram # 20 October 1958: Self-coup of Sarit Thanarat # 18 November 1971: Self-coup of Thanom Kittikachorn # February 1976: An attempted military coup was defeated in February. # Thammasat University massacre#Immediate aftermath, 6 October 1976: Sangad Chaloryu overthrows Seni Pramoj # October 1977 Thai coup d'état, 20 October 1977: Kriangsak Chamanan overthrows Thanin Kraivichien # 1981 Thai military rebellion, 1 April 1981: A coup led by the deputy commander-in-chief of the army failed when forces loyal to the government suppressed the revolt. The "Young Turk" group of officers who staged the coup were dismissed from the army. # 1985 Thai coup d'état attempt, 9 September 1985: A coup attempt by Col. Manoonkrit Roopkachorn, a member of the Young Turks, failed and a number of senior officers were later arrested. # 1991 Thai coup d'état, 23 February 1991: Sunthorn Kongsompong overthrows Chatichai Choonhavan # 2006 Thai coup d'état, 19 September 2006: Sonthi Boonyaratglin overthrows Thaksin Shinawatra # 2014 Thai coup d'état, 22 May 2014: Prayut Chan-o-cha overthrows Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan

Togo

# 1963 Togolese coup d'état, January 13, 1963: Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Étienne Eyadéma and Emmanuel Bodjollé overthrow Sylvanus Olympio # 1967 Togolese coup d'état, January 13, 1967: Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Étienne Eyadéma and Kléber Dadjo overthrow Nicolas Grunitzky

Transkei

# December 30, 1987: Bantu Holomisa overthrows Stella Sigcau.

Tunisia

# July 15, 1957: Habib Bourguiba overthrows King Muhammad VIII al-Amin # 1987 Tunisian coup d'état, November 7, 1987: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali overthrows Habib Bourguiba # 2021 Tunisian political crisis, July 25, 2021: Kais Saied suspended parliament and take all powers in one hand. ( self-coup)

Tuva

# January, 1929: Pro-Soviet, anti-Buddhist faction of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party 1929 Tuvan coup d'état, overthrows the government of the Tuvan People's Republic, in modern Tuva.

Turkey

# Ottoman coups of 1807–08, 1807-08: The Janissary, Janissaries led by Kabakçı Mustafa overthrew Sultan Selim III to halt his Nizam-I Cedid reforms after the 1806 Edirne incident, disbanding his Nizam-i Djedid Army, new military and replacing him with Mustafa IV. However, rebels led by Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Mustafa Bayrakdar overthrew the Janissary regime and placed Mahmud II on the throne. #Auspicious Incident, May 15, 1826: The Janissaries revolted and attempted to overthrow Sultan Mahmud II in opposition to his military modernizations, but he had the Sipahis force them back to their barracks and permanently disbanded them. #: Due to the public discontent caused by crop failures, public debt and excessive spending, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abdulaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876 and found dead several days later, which was attributed to suicide. He was replaced by Murad V. #31 March Incident, 1909: Islamist factions in the Ottoman Army (1861–1922), Ottoman Army attempted to overthrow the new General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman General Assembly and restore Sultan Abdul Hamid II, Abdülhamit II to absolute rule, capturing control of Constantinople for 11 days. Ended with its suppression by Mahmud Shevket Pasha's Third Army (Ottoman Empire), Third Army, forcing the Sultan to abdicate. #1912 Ottoman coup d'état, 1912: The "Saviour Officers" of the opposition Freedom and Accord Party overthrow the Committee of Union and Progress after the rigged 1912 Ottoman general election, 1912 general election. #1913 Ottoman coup d'état, January 23, 1913: The Committee of Union and Progress overthrows Grand Vizier Kâmil Pasha after the First Balkan War, leading to the rule of the "Three Pashas" in the Ottoman Empire. # 1960 Turkish coup d'état, May 27, 1960: A group of mid ranking Turkish Armed Forces officers, later called the National Unity Committee, overthrows the Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961), Democrat Party government led by Prime Minister Adnan Menderes # February 22, 1962: A failed coup attempt led by Colonel Talat Aydemir due to the discontent by the election results on July 9, 1961. # May 20, 1963: A second failed coup attempt led by officers loyal to Colonel Talat Aydemir who was retired after the previous coup attempt. The plotters were motivated by the purges of army officers that took part on May 27, 1960, coup. İsmet İnönü's government prevented the coup. Colonel Talat Aydemir, who was granted amnesty for the previous attempt, was executed. # March 9, 1971: A coup attempt by leftist army officers was thwarted. # 1971 Turkish coup d'état, March 12, 1971 under four force commanders of the Turkish Armed Forces overthrows

# 1980 Turkish coup d'état, September 12, 1980: List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff, Chief of the General Staff Kenan Evren overthrows the government led by Prime Minister

in response to Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980), widespread political violence. # 1997 Turkish military memorandum, February 28, 1997: the General Staff issues a memorandum demanding the reversal of several policies of the Islamist government of Necmettin Erbakan, precipitating its collapse. Due to the lack of an overt military takeover, the event is popularly known as the "postmodern coup" ( tr, Post-modern darbe). # April 27, 2007: Amidst a political deadlock concerning 2007 Turkish presidential election, ongoing presidential elections, the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, General Staff issues a statement, later called E-memorandum, about the presidential election understood to be a criticism of the ruling Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice and Development Party's candidate, Abdullah Gül. The crisis was resolved by an 2007 Turkish presidential election, early election held later that year, which resulted in Gul's winning the presidency in a landslide. # 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, July 15, 2016: A group within the Turkish military linked by the Turkish government to the Gülen movement, Gulen movement, the Peace at Home Council, made a failed military attempt to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Trinidad and Tobago

#Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt, July 27 – August 1, 1990: Failed coup attempt by Islamist Jamaat al Muslimeen organization led by Yasin Abu Bakr against Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson

Uganda

# Mengo Crisis, February 1966: Milton Obote overthrows King Mutesa II of Buganda # 1971 Ugandan coup d'état, January 25, 1971: Idi Amin overthrows Milton Obote # May 12, 1980: Paulo Muwanga overthrows Godfrey Binaisa # July 27, 1985: Tito Okello Lutwa overthrows Milton Obote # January 26, 1986: Yoweri Museveni overthrows Tito Okello Lutwa

Ukraine

# April 29, 1918: Pavlo Skoropadskyi overthrows the socialist government of the Central Council of Ukraine # December 14, 1918: Directorate of Ukraine overthrows Pavlo Skoropadskyi # February 18–23, 2014: Maidan Revolution occurs as culmination of Euromaidan. Maidan People's Union, Pro-European Maidan groups overthrow the second Azarov government, Russian-aligned government and Viktor Yanukovych is ousted. # February 2022: Failed 2022 coup attempt in Ukraine to take control of various Ukrainian cities by pro-Russian rebels, install pro-Russian rule in them and transfer cities to the Russian army during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

United Kingdom

# 1802: Despard Plot; plan by Edward Despard to assassinate George III, King George III and stage a popular uprising in London; suppressed by the government. # 1820 Cato Street Conspiracy to murder Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Lord Liverpool and his cabinet; intercepted and suppressed in the planning stages # 1913 (March): During the suffragette bombing and arson campaign, a plot to kidnap Home Secretary Reginald McKenna was revealed and discussed in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons and in the press. It was revealed that suffragettes were planning to kidnap one or more cabinet ministers and subjecting them to force-feeding, until they conceded women's suffrage. After the publicization of the plans, the plans were aborted. # 1913: During the suffragette bombing and arson campaign, Special Branch (Metropolitan Police), Special Branch detectives discovered that the WSPU had plans to create a suffragette "army" known as the "People's Training Corps" and informally as "Mrs Pankhurst's Army". The army was intended to proceed in force to Downing Street to imprison ministers until they conceded women's suffrage. After the discovery of the plans, they were aborted. # 1968/1974 Harold Wilson conspiracies: Several British politicians, including Prime Minister Harold Wilson himself, theorized that Conservative Party (UK), Conservative elements in MI5 and the British Armed Forces were plotting to overthrow his Labour Party (UK), Labour government.

United States

Prior to independence

# Revolution of 1719, December 21, 1719: Local military officers in Province of South Carolina, colonial South Carolina overthrew the Lord proprietor, Lords Proprietors.

Federal level

# Newburgh Conspiracy, March 1783: The Continental Army may have planned to overthrow the Congress of the Confederation, Confederation Congress, but the conspiracy failed after Gen. George Washington refused to join. # Shays' Rebellion, August 29, 1786: Daniel Shays leads a march on the federal Springfield Armory in an unsuccessful attempt to seize its weaponry and overthrow the government. The federal government found itself unable to finance troops to put down the rebellion, and it was consequently put down by the Massachusetts State militia and a privately funded local militia. The widely held view was that the Articles of Confederation needed to be reformed as the country's governing document, and the events of the rebellion served as a catalyst for the Constitutional Convention (United States), Constitutional Convention and the creation of the new government. # Business Plot, 1933Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, –34: A group of businessmen were said to be conspiring to overthrow Franklin Roosevelt and install a fascist dictatorship. It is said to have failed when Smedley Butler refused to participate and instead testified before Congress. # Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, November 3, 2020 – Current: After Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election, President Donald Trump pursued an effort to overturn the election, with support and assistance from his campaign, proxies, political allies, and general public supporters. These efforts culminated in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, during which Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol in a failed attempt to stop the Congressional certification of the election.

State level

# Dorr Rebellion, 1841–42: Failed gubernatorial candidate Thomas Wilson Dorr attempted to install a new government of Rhode Island under a different constitution. # March 16, 1861: The Texas Legislature deposed governor Sam Houston after he refused to swear allegiance to the Confederate States of America following the Texas in the American Civil War, secession of Texas from the United States and replaced him with Edward Clark (governor), Edward Clark. # Brooks–Baxter War, April 15, 1874: Failed gubernatorial candidate Joseph Brooks (politician), Joseph Brooks launched a coup against Arkansas governor Elisha Baxter, setting off a Brooks–Baxter War, violent struggle between the state's two Republican Party of Arkansas, Republican Party leaders. # Battle of Liberty Place, September 14, 1874: The White League overthrew the government of Louisiana in New Orleans, holding statehouse, armory, and downtown for three days until the coup was suppressed by the 22nd Infantry Regiment (United States), 22nd Infantry Regiment under the Insurrection Act of 1807. # Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot, October 8, 2020: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the arrests of 13 men suspected of orchestrating a domestic terror plot to kidnap American politician Gretchen Whitmer, the Governor of Michigan, and otherwise using violence to overthrow the state government.

Counties and municipalities

# Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, November 10, 1898: White supremacy, White-supremacist Southern Democrats overthrew the biracial Fusionism in North Carolina, Fusionist ruling coalition of Wilmington, North Carolina # Battle of Athens (1946), August 2, 1946: Citizens led by returning WWII veterans overthrow the allegedly corrupt government of McMinn County, Tennessee.

Uruguay

# February 10, 1898: Self-coup by Juan Lindolfo Cuestas. # March 31, 1933: Self-coup by Gabriel Terra. # February 21, 1942: Self-coup by Alfredo Baldomir, sometimes known as the ''Golpe bueno'' (the "Good coup"). # 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état, June 27, 1973: Juan María Bordaberry closed parliament and established a Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay, civic-military dictatorshipPage 590
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Venda

# Apr 5, 1990: Gabriel Ramushwana overthrows Frank RavelePage 106
''The Territorial Management of Ethnic Conflict''

Venezuela

# :es:Revolución de las Reformas, June 7, 1835: Military rebels led by Pedro Carujo and Julián Castro (Venezuelan politician), Julián Castro briefly overthrows the government of José María Vargas # :es:Revolución de Marzo, March 15, 1858: An uprising led by Pedro Carujo overthrows the government of José Tadeo Monagas # :es:Revolución Liberal Restauradora, October 23, 1899: Cipriano Castro's army overthrows the government of Ignacio Andrade # 1908 Venezuelan coup d'état, December 19, 1908: Juan Vicente Gómez declares himself president after Cipriano Castro leaves for Europe to receive medical treatment # December 31, 1918: A civic-military conspiracy against the government of Juan Vicente Gómez (planning stages only, failed) # April 7, 1928: A civic-military uprising, led by Captain Rafael Alvarado Franco, with the goal of overthrow the dictatorial government of Juan Vicente Gómez # 1945 Venezuelan coup d'état, October 18, 1945: President Isaías Medina Angarita was overthrown by a rebellion and a popular movement, which saw a transition to a democratic government # 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état, November 24, 1948: A military junta, led by Carlos Delgado Chalbaud overthrows the democratically elected president Rómulo Gallegos # December 2, 1952: After giving the results of the 1952 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, Constituent Assembly election, high command of the Armed Forces demand the resignation of the members of the ruling junta, appointing Army Colonel Marcos Pérez Jiménez as provisional president of the Republic # January 1-2, 1958: A failed coup attempt led by Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Trejo against the dictatorial government of General Marcos Pérez Jiménez # 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état, January 22-23, 1958: A popular unrest and a military ''pronunciamiento'' achieved the overthrow of the dictatorial government of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, forming a transitional government led by Rear Admiral Wolfgang Larrazábal and Edgar Sanabria # September 7, 1958: A failed coup led by Lieutenant Colonels Juan de Dios Moncada Vidal and José Hely Mendoza Méndez against the provisional Government Junta headed by Rear Admiral Wolfgang Larrazábal # April 20, 1960: A failed coup led by Brigadier General :es:Jesús María Castro León, Jesús María Castro León, where he and his troops enter from Colombia and captured the city of San Cristóbal, Táchira, San Cristóbal with the aim of overthrowing the government of Rómulo Betancourt; the coup fails after finding no support among the other military garrisons.{{cita book/news/web}} requires , título= (Spanish) or , titolo= (Italian) # February 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt, February 4-5, 1992: A failed coup attempt against President Carlos Andrés Pérez led by Hugo Chávez and his group Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200, MBR-200 # November 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt, November 27, 1992: A failed coup where a group of remnant officers loyal to the Hugo Chávez-led MBR-200 attempt to seize control of the government # 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt, April 11-13, 2002: Brief coup against Hugo Chávez led by the country's military high command during a Venezuelan general strike of 2002–2003, general strike called by the business federation Fedecámaras and the Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela, Confederation of Workers of Venezuela # 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis, March 29, 2017: The Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela), Supreme Court of Justice of Nicolás Maduro dissolves the National Assembly (Venezuela), National Assembly and assumes legislative powers. ( self-coup)

Vietnam

# October 1459: Emperor Lê Nhân Tông was deposed and killed in a coup led by Lê Nghi Dân # May 1460: Failed coup against emperor Lê Nghi Dân # 6 June 1460: Emperor Lê Nghi Dân was deposed (and possibly killed) in a coup by officials, who enthroned Lê Thánh Tông. # November 1509: Emperor Lê Uy Mục was deposed in a coup led by Lê Tương Dực # Spring 1516: Emperor Lê Tương Dực was deposed in a military coup; the army enthroned his nephew Lê Chiêu Tông # 1524: Emperor Lê Chiêu Tông fled the capital due to a rebellion; general Mạc Đăng Dung quashed the rebellion, seized the opportunity to stage a coup against the emperor (who was killed by Mạc's supporters soon after), and enthroned his brother Lê Cung Hoàng. # 15 June 1527: Emperor Lê Cung Hoàng, the puppet of general Mạc Đăng Dung, was deposed and executed in a military coup by Mạc, who proclaimed himself the emperor of his own new Mạc dynasty. This led to the Lê–Mạc War (1527/33–1592).

South Vietnam

# 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt, 1960: Lieutenant-Colonel Vương Văn Đông and Colonel Nguyễn Chánh Thi of the Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division, Airborne Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam failed to depose of President Ngo Dinh Diem. # 1963 South Vietnamese coup, 1963: General Dương Văn Minh led a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers to oust President Ngo Dinh Diem in response to Ngo's handling of the Buddhist crisis. # January 1964 South Vietnamese coup, January 1964: General Nguyễn Khánh ousted the military junta led by General Dương Văn Minh in a bloodless coup. # September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt, September 1964: Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức failed to overthrow the ruling military junta led by General Nguyễn Khánh. The attempt collapsed without any casualties. # December 1964 South Vietnamese coup, December 1964: The ruling military junta, led by General Nguyễn Khánh dissolves the High National Council (South Vietnam), High National Council. # 1965 South Vietnamese coup, 1965: Army units commanded by General Lâm Văn Phát and Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo fight to a stalemate with those of the ruling military junta, led by General Nguyễn Khánh. Following this, however, General Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and Air Marshal Nguyễn Chánh Thi (hostile to both the plotters and to Khánh himself) seized power themselves with the backing of the United States. They then forced Khánh into exile.

Yemen

# 1948: The Alwaziri coup, Alwazir family assassinated Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Imam Yahya of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen. # 1962 Yemeni coup d'état, 1962 under Abdullah al-Sallal # 1974 under Ibrahim al-Hamdi # 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état, 2014–2015 a semi-successful coup against President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led by the Houthis # 2018 Yemeni coup d'état by the Southern Movement

Yugoslavia

# 6 January Dictatorship, 6 January 1929: Alexander I of Yugoslavia suspends the constitution and introduces a personal dictatorship. (self-coup) # Yugoslav coup d'état, 1941: by King Peter II of Yugoslavia against Regent Prince Paul of Yugoslavia in reaction for joining the Axis powers, Axis Powers, leading to an World War II in Yugoslavia, Axis invasion.

Zanzibar

# Zanzibar Revolution, January 12, 1964: John Okello led the coup to overthrow Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said

Zambia

# 1990 Zambian coup d'état attempt, July 1, 1990: Mwamba Luchembe unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow President Kenneth Kaunda # 1997 Zambian coup d'état attempt, October 28, 1997: Steven Lungu failed to overthrow President Frederick Chiluba

Zimbabwe

Southern Rhodesia

# 1965: following the colonial government’s Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, Unilateral Declaration of Independence, the colonial governor dismisses the government, but the government ignores this and instead replaces the governor with an "Officer Administering the Government"

Zimbabwe

# 2007 Zimbabwean alleged coup d'état attempt, 2007 Alleged coup d'état attempt in June 2007 # 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état, November 14, 2017: A coup resulted in the removal of longtime President of Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe

References

External links

Coups in the World, 1950–Present
– Database on coups and coup attempts 1950–present, by Jonathan Powell & Clayton Thyne.

– List of coups and coup attempts 1946–2015, by the Center for Systemic Peace.

Bibliography

* (in cooperation with H.L.Ph. Leeuwenberg and H.B. van der Weel) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coups Detat And Coup Attempts By Country Coups d'état, * Coups d'état and coup attempts by country, * History-related lists Lists by country Lists of military conflicts Politics-related lists fr:Liste de coups d'États