This is a list of
coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow the government of a country. Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able to maintain control of the government for at least seven days.
[1]
Afghanistan
February 20, 1919:
Nasrullah Khan overthrows
Habibullah Khan
[2]
February 28, 1919:
Amanullah Khan overthrows
Nasrullah Khan
[2]
January 17, 1929:
Habibullah Kalakani overthrows
Inayatullah Khan
[2]
October 16, 1929:
Mohammed Nadir Shah overthrows
Habibullāh Kalakāni
[2]
July 17, 1973 :
Mohammed Daoud Khan overthrows
Mohammed Zahir Shah
[2]
December 9, 1976 : Qiyam-i Islami (
Islamic Uprising ) attempts and fails to overthrow
Mohammed Daoud Khan
April 30, 1978 :
Abdul Qadir overthrows
Mohammed Daoud Khan
[3]
September 16, 1979:
Hafizullah Amin overthrows
Nur Muhammad Taraki
December 27, 1979 :
Babrak Karmal overthrows
Hafizullah Amin
[4]
March 6, 1990 :
Shahnawaz Tanai attempts and fails to overthrow
Mohammad Najibullah
[5]
Albania
1914: The Peasant Revolt in Albania ,
[6]
[7] also known as the Islamic Revolt or Muslim Uprising in Albania , was an uprising of peasants from central Albania, mostly Muslims against the regime of
Wilhelm, Prince of Albania during 1914. It was one of the reasons for the prince's withdrawal from the country which marked the fall of the
Principality of Albania .
[8] The uprising was led by Muslim leaders
Haxhi Qamili ,
Arif Hiqmeti ,
Musa Qazimi and
Mustafa Ndroqi .
June – December 1924: The June Revolution (
Albanian : Kryengritja e Qershorit or Lëvizja e Qershorit ) also known as the Antibourgeois Democratic Revolution (
Albanian : Revolucioni Demokrat Antiborgjez ) was a peasant insurgency backed by the parliamentary opposition to the
Zogu government, following the
1923 Albanian parliamentary election . Fan Noli becomes the Prime Minister of Albania.
September 14, 1998: The funeral of MP
Azem Hajdari turns violent as the office of the Albanian
Prime Minister
Fatos Nano is attacked, obliging the latter to hastily flee and step down shortly after. His party remains in power.
[9]
Algeria
July 3, 1962 :
Houari Boumédiène and
Ahmed Ben Bella overthrow
Benyoucef Benkhedda .
June 19, 1965 :
Houari Boumédiène overthrows
Ahmed Ben Bella .
[10]
December 14–16, 1967 : Colonel Tahar Zbiri fails to overthrow
Houari Boumédiène .
January 11, 1992 :
Khaled Nezzar overthrows
Chadli Bendjedid .
[11]
Angola
1977 Angolan coup d'état attempt : The Minister of Interior Nito Alves fails to overthrow Agostinho Neto.
Argentina
September 6, 1930 : General
José Félix Uriburu and the
Nacionalistas overthrow President
Hipólito Yrigoyen and suspend the
1853 Constitution
December 18, 1932: failed military uprising against
Agustín Pedro Justo by
Atilio Cattáneo and the
Radical Civic Union
June 4, 1943 : the military overthrows president
Ramón Castillo
September 28, 1951 : failed military revolt against President
Juan Perón by
Benjamín Menéndez
September 16–23, 1955 : the military led by General
Eduardo Lonardi overthrows president
Juan Perón
June 6, 1956: failed military uprising, led by General
Juan José Valle , against de facto President
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
June 19, 1959: failed military uprising against
Arturo Frondizi by
Arturo Ossorio Arana [
es ]
November 30, 1960: failed military uprising against
Arturo Frondizi by
Miguel Ángel Iñíguez [
es ]
March 29, 1962 : the military, led by General
Raúl Poggi [
es ] , overthrows president
Arturo Frondizi
June 28, 1966 : a military uprising led by General
Juan Carlos Onganía overthrows president
Arturo Umberto Illia
December 18–22, 1975: failed military uprising against
Isabel Perón by
Jesús Orlando Cappellini [
es ]
March 24, 1976 :
Jorge Videla overthrows
Isabel Perón and establishes the
National Reorganization Process
Armenia
February 25, 2021 : the
Armenian military calls for
Prime minister
Nikol Pashinyan to resign.
Pashinyan accuses the military of attempting a
coup d'état
Australia
January 26, 1808 : the
New South Wales Corps overthrew
William Bligh ,
Governor of New South Wales , and installed
Major George Johnston as acting lieutenant-governor
Austria
March 15, 1933 :
Self-coup by
Chancellor
Engelbert Dollfuss , which effectively ended democracy and the
First Republic
July 25, 1934 : the
Austrian Nazi Party and the
Austrian SS attempted to overthrow the
Fatherland Front government in the
Federal State of Austria , resulting in the
assassination of Chancellor
Engelbert Dollfuss but ending in his succession by
Kurt Schuschnigg
Azerbaijan
June 9, 1993 :
Heydar Aliyev overthrows
Abulfaz Elchibey in a political crisis during the
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
[12]
March 13, 1995 : Colonel
Rovshan Javadov and his unit of
OPON troops fail to seize power from
President
Heydar Aliyev and reinstate his predecessor
Abulfaz Elchibey after Turkish President
Süleyman Demirel warned
Aliyev
May 16, 2023: Alleged
Iran -backed coup plot
[13]
Bahrain
1981 Bahraini coup d'état attempt : 73 members of the
Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain were arrested by the Bahraini government for attempting to orchestrate a coup. The coup was allegedly assisted by Iran; the Iranian government has denied this claim.
Bangladesh
August 15, 1975 :
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad overthrows the
BaKSAL government of
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
[14]
November 3, 1975 :
Khaled Mosharraf overthrows the government set up by the
August coup
[15]
November 7, 1975 : Soldiers from the
Bangladesh Army overthrow and kill
Khaled Mosharraf just a few days after he took power
[16]
May 30, 1981 : Soldiers led by Major General
Mohammad Abdul Monjur assassinate
President
Ziaur Rahman ; they fail to seize power and are rounded up[
citation needed ]
March 24, 1982 :
Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrows President
Abdus Sattar .
[17]
May 1996 :
Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim attempts and fails to overthrow
Abdur Rahman Biswas
[18]
January 11, 2007 : General
Moeen U Ahmed pressures President
Iajuddin Ahmed into declaring a state of emergency, postponing elections, and appointing a new
Chief Advisor to head the caretaker government[
citation needed ]
December 2011 : Rebel army officers attempt and fail to overthrow
Sheikh Hasina
[19]
Belgium
Austrian Netherlands
June 18, 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 .
Benin
October 28, 1963 :
Christophe Soglo overthrew
Hubert Maga and the
Dahomeyan Unity Party
November 27, 1965:
Christophe Soglo overthrew
Sourou-Migan Apithy
December 16, 1967:
Maurice Kouandété overthrew
Christophe Soglo
December 10, 1969:
Maurice Kouandété overthrows
Emile Derlin Zinsou
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
President
Thomas Boni Yayi
Bolivia
April 18, 1828: Military revolt.
Antonio José de Sucre was wounded in the arm and resigned
January 22, 1839:
José Miguel de Velasco overthrew
Andrés de Santa Cruz
June 10, 1841:
Sebastián Ágreda overthrew
José Miguel de Velasco
September 22, 1841:
José Ballivián overthrows
Mariano Enrique Calvo
January 2, 1848:
Manuel Isidoro Belzu overthrew
Eusebio Guilarte and installed
José Miguel de Velasco as president
December 6, 1848:
Manuel Isidoro Belzu overthrew
José Miguel de Velasco ; failed counter-coup by Velasco
1854: Failed military revolt with notable participant
Mariano Melgarejo against
Manuel Isidoro Belzu
September 9, 1857:
José María Linares overthrew
Jorge Córdova
January 14, 1861:
José María de Achá , Ruperto Fernández, and Manuel Antonio Sánchez overthrew
José María Linares
December 28, 1864:
Mariano Melgarejo overthrew
José María de Achá
January 15, 1871:
Agustín Morales overthrew
Mariano Melgarejo
May 4, 1876:
Hilarión Daza overthrew
Tomás Frías
December 28, 1879:
Hilarión Daza declared deposed in his absence,
Narciso Campero proclaimed president on January 19, 1880
April 12, 1899 :
José Manuel Pando overthrew
Severo Fernández
August 12, 1920:
Bautista Saavedra overthrew
José Gutiérrez
June 28, 1930:
Carlos Blanco Galindo overthrew
Hernando Siles Reyes' ministerial cabinet
November 27, 1934: Military revolt,
Germán Busch under the orders of
David Toro and
Enrique Peñaranda overthrew
Daniel Salamanca Urey and installed Vice President
José Luis Tejada Sorzano as president
May 17, 1936 :
Germán Busch overthrew
José Luis Tejada Sorzano and installs
David Toro as president
July 13, 1937:
Germán Busch overthrew
David Toro
December 20, 1943:
Gualberto Villarroel overthrew
Enrique Peñaranda
July 21, 1946: Enraged mob lynched
Gualberto Villarroel ,
Néstor Guillén and then
Tomás Monje installed as interim presidents
May 16, 1951:
Mamerto Urriolagoitía enacted a self-coup and installed General
Hugo Ballivián as president to stop President-elect
Víctor Paz Estenssoro from taking office
April 11, 1952:
Hernán Siles Zuazo overthrew
Hugo Ballivián and installed
Víctor Paz Estenssoro as president
November 5, 1964 :
René Barrientos and
Alfredo Ovando Candía overthrew
Víctor Paz Estenssoro
[20]
September 26, 1969:
Alfredo Ovando Candía overthrew
Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas
October 6, 1970: Military revolt. Three armed forces chiefs overthrow
Alfredo Ovando Candía but ruled for less than a day before Ovando loyalists under
Juan José Torres took back control. Ovando agreed to entrust the presidency to Torres
August 21, 1971:
Hugo Banzer overthrew
Juan José Torres
[21]
November 7, 1974: Failed military revolt.
Hugo Banzer banned all political activity and ruled solely with military support
[22]
July 21, 1978:
Juan Pereda overthrew transitional military junta
November 24, 1978:
David Padilla overthrew
Juan Pereda
November 1, 1979:
Alberto Natusch overthrew
Wálter Guevara
July 17, 1980:
Luis García Meza overthrew
Lidia Gueiler Tejada
[23]
June 30, 1984: Failed coup attempt by military arrests
Hernán Siles Zuazo for ten hours
[24]
Bophuthatswana
March 11, 1994 :
Lucas Mangope was overthrown by mutinying
Bophuthatswana Defence Force forces supported by the
South African Defence Force .
Bophuthatswana , a
bantustan established during
apartheid , was reincorporated into
South Africa .
Brazil
TV Senado video on Lott's 1955 countercoup (eng. subs).
July 30, 1832 : a failed coup by
Diogo Feijó
November 15, 1889 :
Deodoro da Fonseca and the
Imperial Brazilian Army overthrew
Pedro II of Brazil and established the
First Brazilian Republic .
[25]
November 3, 1891:
Deodoro da Fonseca dissolved the
National Congress during the
Encilhamento crisis .
November 23, 1891:
Floriano Peixoto took power without calling for new elections, as the Constitution required.
November 15, 1904: Attempted military coup during the
Vaccine Revolt .
December, 1915 : a coup plot against
Venceslau Brás
July 5, 1922 : a failed military coup to prevent the inauguration of
Arthur Bernardes .
[26]
November 3, 1930 :
Getúlio Vargas overthrew
Washington Luís and prevented the inauguration of
Júlio Prestes .
[27]
November 10, 1937 :
Getúlio Vargas dissolved the
National Congress , installing the
Estado Novo dictatorship.
October 29, 1945 : A military coup d'état deposed
Getúlio Vargas , installing the
Second Brazilian Republic .
August 24, 1954: Possible coup d'état averted after
Getúlio Vargas committed suicide .
November 11, 1955 : A coup d'état to prevent
Juscelino Kubitschek from assuming the presidency failed after general
Henrique Lott carried out a
countercoup .
February 10, 1956: The
Brazilian Air Force revolted against Juscelino Kubitschek in the
Jacareacanga Revolt .
December 2, 1959: Air Force military hijacked a civilian airplane and attempted a coup against Juscelino Kubitschek, in the
Aragarças Revolt .
August 25 – September 7, 1961: Military tried to prevent
João Goulart from being sworn into the presidency after the resignation of
Jânio Quadros . After a
civilian campaign and support from legalist members of the military , averted when a parliamentary regime was adopted, curbing presidential powers (later reverted).
September 12, 1963: Displeased lower-ranking military personnel rebelled in
Brasília after the
Supreme Federal Court reaffirmed their ineligibility for legislative posts, in the
Sergeants' Revolt
March 31, 1964 :
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco overthrew
João Goulart , establishing the 21-year-long
dictatorship .
[28]
August 31, 1969:
The military prevented
Pedro Aleixo , civilian vice-president and legal successor according to the military dictatorship's recently enacted constitution, from assuming power after
Costa e Silva suffered a stroke.
December 2022:
2022 Brazilian Coup plot
January 8, 2023 : Supporters of former president
Jair Bolsonaro stormed the
National Congress ,
Supreme Federal Court and
Planalto Palace in
Brasília , in an effort to overturn the result of the
2022 Brazilian general election and called for a military coup against President
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva .
[29]
[30]
[31] See also:
Planning for a coup d'état after the 2022 Brazilian presidential elections .
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
Military Union [
bg ;
he ;
pl ] overthrows
Aleksandar Stamboliyski and installs coup leader
Aleksandar Tsankov in power.
September 14–29, 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
Military Union [
bg ;
he ;
pl ] 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 .
[32]
April 1965 : A plot within the
Bulgarian Communist Party to overthrow
Todor Zhivkov and establish an
anti-Soviet Communist government was foiled.
November 10, 1989 :
Todor Zhivkov ousted in a palace coup within the
Bulgarian Communist Party
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
President
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 .
[33]
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 as the new president. Days later, Kafando appointed Zida as acting Prime Minister.
September 17, 2015: The presidential guard headed by
Gilbert Diendéré
overthrows Interim President
Michel Kafando , 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
[34]
[35]
[36]
January 23, 2022:
January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
September 30, 2022:
September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
September 26, 2023 : failed coup attempt against President
Ibrahim Traore
[37]
Burundi
July 8, 1966:
Ntare V overthrows
Mwambutsa IV
[38]
November 28, 1966:
Michel Micombero overthrows
Ntare V
[38]
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 Ntibantunganya
[39]
May 13–15, 2015 :
Failed coup d'état led by General
Godefroid Niyombare against
President
Pierre Nkurunziza .
[40]
Cambodia
March 18, 1970 :
Lon Nol overthrows
Norodom Sihanouk
[41]
July 5, 1997 :
Hun Sen 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 Dacko
[42]
1974: General Martin Lingoupou attempts to overthrow
Bokassa .
[43]
1975: Attempt to overthrow Bokassa.
[43]
1976: Groups of soldiers try to overthrow Bokassa.
[43]
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 ,
François Bozizé and
Alphonse Mbaïkoua , attempt to overthrow
André Kolingba .
[43]
1996: Soldiers attempt to overthrow Patassé.
[43]
May 27–28, 2001 : Failed coup attempt against
Ange-Félix Patassé
October 25–28, 2002:
François Bozizé attempts to overthrow Patassé.
[44]
March 15, 2003:
François Bozizé overthrows
Ange-Félix Patassé
March 24, 2013 :
Michel Djotodia overthrows
François Bozizé
September 26 – October 3, 2015: Failed attempt by
Haroun Gaye and
Eugene Ngaïkosset to overthrow
Catherine Samba-Panza .
[45]
January 13, 2021 : Failed coup attempt by rebel groups led by former President
François Bozizé against
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
[46]
Chad
April 13, 1975 :
Noël Milarew Odingar overthrows
François Tombalbaye
June 7, 1982:
Hissène Habré overthrows
Goukouni Oueddei
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 .
[47]
[48]
Chile
1781 : A failed attempt to declare
Chile 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
Chile
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:
Arauco rebellion , of Pedro Barnechea and Captain Uriarte
1832:
Rebellion of Cazadores de Quechereguas Regiment , 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
Chiloé Island and failed attempt to depose the government
1837 :
A failed attempt to depose the government that resulted in the death of
Diego Portales
1851 : An armed rebellion by liberals against the conservative
President
Manuel Montt
1859 : A rekindling of the armed rebellion by liberals against the conservative President
Manuel Montt started in 1851
1891 : An
armed conflict between forces supporting
National Congress and forces that supported
President
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 : 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
September 5, 1924 :
A successful coup against
President
Arturo Alessandri
January 23, 1925 :
A successful coup in which
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo and
Marmaduke Grove overthrew
Luis Altamirano to
return
President
Arturo Alessandri to office
September 21, 1930 : A failed attempt against President
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo by
Marmaduke Grove
July 26, 1931: Fall of
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo , successful rebellion against
Ibañez
September 1931 : A rebellion in the
Chilean Navy against
Vice-president
Manuel Trucco that ended with the fleet being bombed from the air.
December 25, 1931 :
A failed
Communist push against
President
Juan Esteban Montero
June 4, 1932 :
A successful coup that resulted in the instauration of the
Socialist Republic of Chile , in which
Carlos Dávila overthrows
Juan Esteban Montero
September 27, 1932 : A successful coup of General Pedro Vignola that resulted in the resignation of
President
Bartolomé Blanche and the return to civilian rule
1933: A failed plot against
President
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
National Socialist attempt in favor of
Carlos Ibáñez that resulted in the murder of 59 young party members
August 25, 1939 :
A failed attempt of Ariosto Herrera against
President
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
1948 : A failed plot against President
Gabriel González Videla
1954 : A failed plot to allow President
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo to assume dictatorial powers
June 29, 1973 : A failed coup against
President
Salvador Allende
September 11, 1973 : A successful coup against
President
Salvador Allende (resulting in
his suicide ), in favor of
Augusto Pinochet
China
Imperial China
February 2, 249:
Incident at Gaoping Tombs
Sima Yi threw a coup against the
Cao Wei regent
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
Tang government from
Emperor Gaozu .
[49]
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
Song Dynasty , reigning from 960 until his death in 976.
September 4, 1323: Coup d'état at Nanpo against
Gegeen Khan (alias Emperor Yingzong of Yuan, or Shidibala).
[50]
1856: The
Taiping rebellion East King
Yang Xiuqing attempts to take control of the
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from Heavenly King
Hong Xiuquan 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
Tongzhi Emperor .
September 21, 1898:
Wuxu Coup : In response to the
Hundred Days' Reform ,
Empress Dowager Cixi takes power from the
Guangxu Emperor .
February 12, 1912 :
Qing general
Yuan Shikai , by agreement with
Sun Yat-sen and his
Provisional Government , Emperor
Puyi to abdicate and established the
Beiyang government , ending the
Qing Dynasty .
Republic of China
Late 1913 – January 1914:
Yuan Shikai crackdown the
Chinese National Assembly .
December 12, 1915:
Yuan Shikai launches a
self-coup by establishing the
Empire of China , with himself as the
Emperor of China .
June 14, 1917 :
Qing -loyalist general
Zhang Xun overthrows Chinese President
Li Yuanhong and later proclaim the
restoration of the
Qing Empire 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
First Zhili-Fengtian War .
October 23, 1924:
Feng Yuxiang overthrow
Cao Kun and establish
Guominjun .
April 18, 1926:
Zhang Xueliang and
Wu Peifu capture the capital
Beijing and then sack city leading to the collapse of Beiyang government and near destruction of
Guominjun faction.
April 12, 1927:
Chiang Kai-shek order to
purge communists in his
Kuomintang party to ensure right wing dominance in the party.[
citation needed ]
June 2, 1928:
Yan Xishan (allied with
Chiang Kai-shek ) overthrow
Zhang Zuolin .
April 1930:
Yan Xishan expels
Chiang Kai-shek 's supporters from
Beijing , starting the
Central Plains War .
December 12, 1936 – December 25, 1936 :
Zhang Xueliang kidnaps
Chiang Kai-shek in an attempt to seize power and establish a
united Anti-Japanese front with the
Communist Party against the
Japanese occupation of Manchuria .
People's Republic of China
October 6, 1976: the
Gang of Four , which allegedly tried to take over the government after the death of chairman
Mao Zedong in September, are arrested
Ciskei
March 4, 1990:
Oupa Gqozo and the
Ciskei Defense Force overthrow
Lennox Sebe .
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Colombia
Gran Colombia
August 27, 1828 : After the failure of the
Convention of Ocaña ,
Simón Bolívar performs a self-coup by declaring a dictatorship under the title of "President-Liberator".
[52]
September 25, 1828 : A failed conspiracy that attempted to assassinate
Simón Bolívar .
September 4, 1830:
Rafael Urdaneta overthrows
Joaquín Mosquera .
[53]
Modern State
April 17, 1854 :
José María Melo overthrows
José María Obando
July 18, 1861 :
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera overthrows
Julio Arboleda Pombo
May 23, 1867 :
Santos Acosta overthrows
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
July 31, 1900 : Vice President
José Manuel Marroquín overthrows
Manuel Antonio Sanclemente
July 4, 1909 : Failed coup against
Jorge Holguín
July 10, 1944 : coup attempt against
Alfonso López Pumarejo by some soldiers
June 13, 1953 :
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla overthrows
Laureano Gómez
[54]
Comoros
August 3, 1975:
Said Mohamed Jaffar and
Bob Denard overthrow
Ahmed Abdallah
May 23, 1978:
Ahmed Abdallah and
Bob Denard overthrow
Ali Soilih
November 26, 1989:
Said Mohamed Djohar and
Bob Denard overthrow
Ahmed Abdallah
September 28, 1995:
Bob Denard overthrows
Said Mohamed Djohar for 7 days. (see
Operation Azalee )
April 30, 1999:
Azali Assoumani overthrows
Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde
[55]
April 20, 2013 A failed coup against
President
Ikililou Dhoinine
[56]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
September 14, 1960 : Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (later
Mobutu Sese Seko ) overthrows
Patrice Lumumba
November 25, 1965 : Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (later
Mobutu Sese Seko ) overthrows
Joseph Kasa-Vubu
May 16, 1997 :
Laurent-Désiré Kabila overthrows
Mobutu Sese Seko , leading to the
First Congo War [
citation needed ]
Congo, Republic of the
August 15, 1963:
Alphonse Massamba-Débat overthrows
Fulbert Youlou
September 4, 1968:
Marien Ngouabi overthrows
Alphonse Massamba-Débat
[57]
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 overthrows
Jesús Jiménez Zamora
July 30, 1876:
Vicente Herrera Zeledón overthrows
Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz
January 27, 1917 :
Federico Tinoco Granados overthrows
Alfredo González Flores
April 24, 1948 :
José Figueres Ferrer overthrows
Teodoro Picado Michalski
January 1955 : Failed attempt to overthrow
Jose Figueres Ferrer
Cuba
September 3, 1933 :
Fulgencio Batista ousts
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
March 10, 1952 : Batista overthrows
Carlos Prío Socarrás
January 1, 1959 :
Fidel Castro and his communist revolutionaries overthrow
Fulgencio Batista government
Curaçao
December 1, 1796:
Johann Lauffer overthrows Jan Jacob Beaujon as governor.
[58]
Cyprus
1972–1973 : Three bishops of the
Greek Orthodox Church attempt to overthrow
Archbishop Makarios III as
President of Cyprus
July 15, 1974 :
Nikos Sampson , with support from
EOKA B and the
National Guard , overthrows
Makarios III
Czechoslovakia
1926–28 Gajda Affair : Rumored coup plots by
Radola Gajda and the
Czechoslovak Army against
President
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 's government.
February 25, 1948 : the
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia under
Klement Gottwald eliminates all democratic elements from power.
May 17, 1949 : Failed coup by
Květoslav Prokeš [
cs ]
Denmark
1660:
Frederick III of Denmark declares a
state of emergency after the
Dano-Swedish War to forcibly implement an
absolute
hereditary monarchy
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 , 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. The Crown Prince became regent
Dominica
April 27, 1981 : Failed coup attempt by American and
Canadian
Neo-Nazi
white supremacist and
Ku Klux Klan leaders
James Alexander McQuirter and
Don Black to overthrow
Prime Minister
Eugenia Charles and restore
Prime Minister
Patrick John
Dominican Republic
May 29, 1849:
Pedro Santana overthrows
Manuel Jimenes
[59]
August 4, 1865:
José María Cabral overthrows
Pedro Antonio Pimentel
October 5, 1876:
Ignacio María González overthrows
Ulises Francisco Espaillat
1878:
Buenaventura Báez overthrow
December 6, 1879:
Gregorio Luperón overthrows
Cesáreo Guillermo
May 2, 1902:
Horacio Vásquez overthrows
Juan Isidro Jimenes
[60]
March 23, 1903:
Alejandro Woss y Gil overthrows
Horacio Vásquez
November 24, 1903:
Carlos Morales Languasco overthrows
Alejandro Woss y Gil
March 3, 1930:
Rafael Trujillo and
Rafael Estrella Ureña overthrows
Horacio Vásquez
[61]
[62]
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
1963 by
Ramón Castro Jijón
1972 by
Guillermo Rodríguez
1975 failed attempt by General
Raúl González Alvear
[63]
[64]
2000 by
Lucio Gutiérrez
2010 by the
National Police of Ecuador
Egypt
1879: Nationalist Revolution. Beginning of the
British Occupation of
Egypt
1919: Attempt to stop the
British Occupation of
Egypt , The
Kingdom of Egypt is Established and Recognised as an Independent State
1952 :
Muhammad Naguib and the
Free Officers Movement overthrows
Farouk of Egypt , ending the
Kingdom of Egypt
February 27, 1954:
Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrows
Muhammad Naguib
December 1957: Prince
Muhammad Abdel Moneim tries to overthrow
Nasser and restore the monarchy
2011:
Hosni Mubarak Overthrown
2013:
Mohamed Morsi Overthrown by
General 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
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
1569:
Rising of the North
1571:
Ridolfi Plot
1583:
Throckmorton Plot
1586:
Babington Plot
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 .
November 5, 1605:
Gunpowder Plot : Failed plot by a group of provincial English
Catholics , including
Guy Fawkes , who attempted to kill King James I and much of the
Protestant aristocracy by blowing up the
Houses of Parliament during the
State Opening of Parliament .
1641:
Army Plots : alleged and real
Royalist plans by
King Charles I to suppress the
English Parliament before the
First English Civil War ; exposed by Parliamentarians such as
John Pym .
1648:
Pride's Purge : Parliamentarian troops under Colonel
Thomas Pride purge the
Long Parliament of those opposed to
trying King Charles I for treason after the
English Civil War , turning it into the republican
Rump Parliament and leading directly to the
abolition of the monarchy .
April 20, 1653:
Dissolution of the Rump Parliament :
Oliver Cromwell , with forty musketeers under the command of
Charles Worsley , entered the
House of Commons and forcibly dissolved the
Rump Parliament leading to Cromwell becoming
Lord Protector and instigating
military rule .
1654:
Gerard's conspiracy : abortive
Royalist conspiracy to assassinate
Lord Protector
Oliver Cromwell
1688–1689 : The
Glorious Revolution :
William III of Orange invades England at the
invitation of the country's powerful
Protestants , deposing the
Catholic
James II of England .
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
Eritrea
January 21, 2013 : An attempted coup against
Isaias Afwerki failed
Estonia
December 1, 1924:
failed Communist coup attempt
March 12, 1934:
Konstantin Päts (
self coup ) and established authoritarian rule
Ethiopia
1910:
Ras
Tessema Nadew and Fitawrawi
Habte Giyorgis against Empress
Taytu , regent of the incapacitated
Emperor
Menelik II of Ethiopia
1916: a group of aristocrats, including Fitawrawi
Habte Giyorgis and Ras
Tafari Makonnen , against Emperor
Iyasu V
1928 Ethiopian coup d'état attempt : supporters of Empress Zewditu and Gugsa Wale attempted to remove
Tafari Makonnen from the line of succession.
December 13, 1960 : A group failed to overthrow Emperor
Haile Selassie during a state visit
September 12, 1974 :
Aman Mikael Andom overthrows Emperor
Haile Selassie I , establishing the
Derg
November 17, 1974:
Tafari Benti overthrows
Aman Mikael Andom
February 3, 1977:
Mengistu Haile Mariam overthrows
Tafari Benti
May 16, 1989 : A failed coup attmept to over
Mengistu Haile Mariam
June 22, 2019 : Failed coup against the regional government in
Amhara Region ; resulted in the death of several prominent
Ethiopian civil and military officials
Fiji
May 14, 1987 :
Sitiveni Rabuka overthrows
Prime Minister
Timoci Bavadra
September 28, 1987 :
Sitiveni Rabuka overthrows
Governor General Ratu Sir
Penaia Ganilau and
Queen
Elizabeth II . Republic is proclaimed
May 19, 2000 :
George Speight overthrows
Mahendra Chaudhry
December 5, 2006 :
Frank Bainimarama overthrows
Laisenia Qarase
Finland
January 27, 1918 : The radical left wing
Labour Movement failed to overthrow the
Finnish Senate .
February 27 – March 6, 1932 : The radical nationalist
Lapua Movement failed to overthrow the
Finnish government .
France
Ancien Régime
1567 : Failed plot by
Louis, Prince of Condé to kidnap
King Charles IX , causing the
Second French War of Religion
Revolutionary France and First Republic
August 10, 1792 : The
Paris Commune rallied
Republican
fédérés and
National Guard troops to storm the
Tuileries Palace , effectively deposing the
French monarchy and imprisoning
King Louis XVI
May 31 – June 2, 1793 :
Montagnard -aligned
sans-culottes arrest all leading
Girondin ministers and deputies and execute them
July 26–28, 1794 : A conspiracy of
anti-Robespierrist Montagnards form an alliance to have de facto dictator
Robespierre and his associates arrested and executed; they escape but are arrested again and executed
April 1, 1795 : Unarmed citizens occupied the
National Convention , but were driven out by the
National Guard without bloodshed
October 5, 1795 : A royalist attempt to seize power in
Paris during the
Vendée rebellion is crushed by the
French Revolutionary Army under the command of
Napoleon Bonaparte
May 1796 : Failed radical attempt to overthrow the Directory led by
Gracchus Babeuf
September 4, 1797 : The
French Directory , with the support of the military, deposes the royalists
May 11, 1798 : The
French Directory dismisses 106
Jacobin deputies from the
Council of Five Hundred .
June 18, 1799 : The Councils obtain the removal of three out of the five members of the
French Directory through military pressure, leaving
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès as the dominant member of the
French government .
November 9, 1799 :
Napoleon Bonaparte overthrows the
French Directory and installs the
French Consulate
February 1804 : A foiled royalist plot to overthrow the
Napoleonic Consulate
First Empire
October 23, 1812 : General
Claude François de Malet fails to remove
Napoleon from power while he was away on the
Russian Campaign
Second Republic
December 2, 1851 :
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte , then president of
France , dissolves the
National Assembly and becomes the sole ruler of the country. In the following year, he would restore the
French Empire after a
referendum .
Third Republic
February 23, 1899 :
Paul Déroulède attempts to overthrow the
French Third Republic
Fourth Republic
May 13, 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
April 21-26, 1961 : A failed coup d'état against
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
[65]
Gabon
February 17–18, 1964 : A group of
Gabonese officers overthrows
President
Leon Mba
January 7, 2019 :
Gabonese soldiers seize the national radio in an attempted coup against
Ali Bongo Ondimba
August 30, 2023 : Gabonese officers overthrew President
Ali Bongo Ondimba after his recent victory on the
2023 Gabonese general election
The Gambia
30 July-4 August 1981 : attempted coup by Gambia Socialist Revolutionary party is foiled after intervention by Senegal
July 22, 1994:
Yahya Jammeh
overthrows
Dawda Jawara
December 30, 2014: a failed
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
Adama Barrow
Georgia
May 3, 1920:
1920 Georgian coup attempt , a failed
Bolshevik coup against the
Democratic Republic of Georgia
December 22, 1991 — January 6, 1992:
1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état , warlords
Tengiz Kitovani and
Jaba Ioseliani overthrow
President
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Germany
Weimar Republic
January 1919 : The
Spartacus League attempts to overthrow the
Social Democratic -dominated
Council of People's Deputies ; suppressed by the
Reichswehr and the
Freikorps .
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 .
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'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 dictatorship and crown
Prince William of Prussia as
Emperor of a revived
Hohenzollern Dynasty if Germany went to war with
Czechoslovakia over the
Sudetenland ; never carried out due to the
Munich Agreement .
July 20, 1944 : Members of the
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
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.
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Ghana
February 24, 1966 :
Joseph Arthur Ankrah overthrows
Kwame Nkrumah
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 August 13 in the port of
Poros
1831: after the assassination of Kapodistrias, a revolt against his brother
Augustinos forced the
Senate to take refuge in
Astros
September 3, 1843 : King
Otto was forced to grant Greece its first
Constitution
October 23, 1862 : leading to the departure of King Otto and
his queen , first step towards the
1862 Greek head of state referendum which resulted in Prince William of Denmark becoming
George I , the King of the Hellenes
August 15, 1909: The
Goudi coup was staged against the government of
Dimitrios Rallis , which brought
Eleftherios Venizelos to the Greek political scene
August 17, 1916: The
National Defence coup d'état of Venizelos supporters in Thessaloniki led to the establishment of the
Provisional Government of National Defence
September 11, 1922 : Led by Colonels
Nikolaos Plastiras and
Stylianos Gonatas and Commander Dimitrios Phokas, culminating in the abdication of King
Constantine I
October 11, 1923:
Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt led by royalist officers
June 25, 1925: Greek coup d'état brought General
Theodoros Pangalos to power
1926 Greek coup d'état on August 22, 1926, overthrow of General Pangalos by General
Georgios Kondylis
1933 Greek coup d'état attempt on March 6, 1933, led by republican General
Nikolaos Plastiras
1935 Greek coup d'état attempt on March 1, 1935, led by General Plastiras and Venizelos
1935 Greek coup d'état on October 10, 1935, led by General Kondylis, signalling the end of the
Second Hellenic Republic and leading to the restoration of King
George II to the throne, according to a
referendum
August 4, 1936: General
Ioannis Metaxas established the
4th of August Regime
July 28, 1938:
Greek coup d'état attempt rebellion in
Crete against the 4th of August Regime
May 31, 1951: Attempted coup d'état of a group of right-wing officers named Sacred Link of Greek Officers (IDEA)
April 21, 1967:
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
Regime of the Colonels
December 13, 1967:
Greek counter-coup attempt led by King
Constantine II against the Regime of the Colonels. The failure of the counter-coup forced the King to leave Greece definitively
May 23, 1973: The Velos mutiny against the Regime of the Colonels. The crew of the destroyer
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
November 25, 1973: The aftermath of the
Athens Polytechnic uprising . The coup resulted in overthrow of Colonel Papadopoulos by hardliners around General
Dimitrios Ioannidis
February 24, 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 [
citation needed ]
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
American capture of Guam during the
Spanish-American War
1898 by
Venancio Roberto and several islanders overthrew
José Sisto , who was eventually reappointed to his old position by the
U.S. federal government
Guatemala
June 27, 1954 :
Carlos Castillo Armas overthrows
Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán 's
Revolutionary Action Party government; assisted by the
CIA in
Operation PBSUCCESS
March 31, 1963: under
Enrique Peralta Azurdia
March 23, 1982: under
Efraín Ríos Montt
Guinea
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
September 5, 2021 :
Mamady Doumbouya overthrows
Alpha Condé
Guinea-Bissau
November 14, 1980 :
João Bernardo Vieira overthrows
Luís Cabral
June 6, 1998 : Attempted coup d'état against the government of
President
João Bernardo Vieira led by
Brigadier General
Ansumane Mané
May 7, 1999 :
Ansumane Mané overthrows
João Bernardo Vieira
September 14, 2003 :
Veríssimo Correia Seabra overthrows
Kumba Ialá
December 27, 2011 : Attempted coup
April 12, 2012 : Mutinous troops overthrow interim government
February 1, 2022 : Failed attempt to overthrow the government
November 30, 2023 : attempted coup d'etat by army officers against President
Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Haiti
October 17, 1806:
Henri Christophe and
Alexandre Pétion overthrow
Emperor
Jacques I
February 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 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 2–3, 1879:
Lysius Salomon overthrows
Joseph Lamothe
[67]
[68]
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
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 28–29, 1958 :
Pasquet, Dominique, Perpignan failed attempt
Francois Duvalier
February 6, 1986:
Jean Claude Duvalier goes into exile. He is replaced by the National Governing Council
June 20, 1988 :
Henri Namphy overthrows
Leslie Manigat
September 17, 1988 :
Prosper Avril overthrows
Henri Namphy
September 30, 1991:
Raoul Cédras overthrows
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
February 5–29, 2004 : ousted
President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide during his second term
Hawaii
January 17, 1893:
The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom . A
coup d'état against Queen
Liliʻuokalani on the island of
Oahu by subjects of the
Hawaiian Kingdom ,
United States citizens , and foreign residents residing in
Honolulu . A majority of the insurgents were foreigners.
[69] They prevailed upon American minister
John L. Stevens to call in the
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
occurred in 1898.
Honduras
May 10, 1827 :
José Justo Milla overthrows
Dionisio de Herrera
October 21, 1956 [
clarification needed ] [
citation needed ]
October 3, 1963 : Under
Oswaldo López Arellano
December 4, 1972: Under
Oswaldo López Arellano
April 22, 1975 : Under
Juan Alberto Melgar Castro
August 7, 1978: Under
Policarpo Paz García
June 28, 2009 : Manuel Zelaya is overthrown by the Honduran military
Hungary
March 21–22, 1919 : Establishment of the Hungarian Soviet Republic,
Mihály Károlyi removed as head of state
August 7, 1919 :
István Friedrich overthrows the
MSZDP government of
Gyula Peidl
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
May 28–31, 1947 :
Mátyás Rákosi and the
Hungarian Communist Party overthrow
Ferenc Nagy 's government by arresting members of the
National Assembly
November 4, 1956 : the
Soviet Army invades Hungary and overthrows
Imre Nagy , replacing him with
János Kádár
Indonesia
1946 Indonesian coup attempt
1950 Indonesian coup
1959 Indonesian constitutional coup
September 30, 1965 : A failed coup attempt that is blamed on the
Communist Party of Indonesia
March 11, 1966 : General
Suharto seized power and slowly overthrew President
Sukarno until 1967
[70] (see
Transition to the New Order )
Iran
Achaemenid Empire
552 BC :
Persian Revolt :
Cyrus the Great led the
Persis to declare independence from and then conquer the
Median Empire , establishing the
Achaemenid Empire .
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.
Sassanid Empire
309: Assassination of
Adur Narseh by the
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
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
Sassanian government and captures
Ctesiphon .
Khosrow II flees to
Constantinople .
628 : Overthrow of
Khosrow II by his son
Kavad II .
630:
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 .
Safavid Empire
1732 :
Nader Shah overthrows
Tahmasp II .
1733 : Governor of the
Kuhgiluyeh 's rebellion against
Safavid Empire .
1736 : Deposition of
Abbas III , the nominal ruler of
Iran , by
Nader Shah . The official end of the
Safavid dynasty of Iran.
Afsharid dynasty
1744 :
Beylerbey of
Fars province 's rebellion against
Nader Shah .
1747 :
Assassination of
Nader Shah in support of
Adil Shah .
1748 :
Ebrahim Afshar (brother of
Adil Shah ) defeated and blinded him and took the throne.
1748 : Assassination of
Ebrahim Afshar by command of
Shahrukh Afshar .
Qajar Dynasty
1798 :
Assassination of
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar in support of
Sadiq Khan Shaqaqi .
1908 :
Bombardment of the
Majlis by
Vladimir Liakhov in support of
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar .
Pahlavi Iran
1921 : Coup d'état by
Reza Khan Mirpanj (later
Reza Shah Pahlavi ) and
Zia'eddin Tabatabaee during the reign of
Ahmad Shah Qajar .
1953 : Coup d'état against
Prime Minister
Mohammed Mossadegh in support of
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ; sponsored by the
CIA and
MI6 .
Islamic Republic of Iran
1980 : Failed coup d'état by a group of
Iranian Armed Forces officers against the
newly established
Islamic regime .
Iraq
October 20, 1936 :
Bakr Sidqi overthrows
Yasin al-Hashimi
April 1, 1941 :
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani overthrows
'Abd al-Ilah with the support of the Axis Powers, leading to the
Anglo-Iraqi War
July 14, 1958 :
Abdul Karim Qassim against King
Faisal II , ending the
Hashemite monarchy in Iraq
March 8, 1959 :
Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf against premier
Abdul Karim Qassim , supported by
United Arab Republic
February 8, 1963 :
Abdul Salam Arif and
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr overthrow
Abdul Karim Qassim
November 11, 1963 : Pro-Nasserist officers of the
Iraqi Armed Forces oust the
Ba'ath Party from government
July 17, 1968 :
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr overthrows
Abdul Rahman Arif , establishing the
Ba'athist dictatorship
Italy
1922
March on Rome :
Fascist coup d'état:
Benito Mussolini and his
National Fascist Party 's
Blackshirt militias attempt to overthrow Prime Minister
Luigi Facta with an insurrection in Rome; successful when King
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 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
Victor Emmanuel to resume his full constitutional powers and, on the following day, the King summoned Mussolini to his palace and dismissed him
1964: Alleged Coup attempted by
military groups (see
Piano Solo )
1970
Golpe Borghese : Coup attempt by
neo-fascist groups led by
Junio Valerio Borghese , a former
Italian Royal Navy commander of
World War II ; failed after the
CIA and
NATO refused to support it
1974:
White Coup , a planned coup by former Italian Partisan
Edgardo Sogno .
Ivory Coast
December 24, 1999 :
Robert Guéï overthrows
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
Ōomi
Katsuragi no Tsubura was also killed by arson, whereas the
Kojiki says he killed himself. 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
throne , instead
Emperor Yuryaku ascended 3 months later
479 AD –
Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion : Failed attempt by Prince Hoshikawa to gain the throne
498 AD:
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
Ōkimi was posthumously reassigned to the term
Tenno . This term is currently equated with
Emperor .
645 AD :
Soga no Iruka was assassinated in a successful coup, with one of the coup plotters becoming the next Emperor (
Taika Reform )
764 AD : Failed coup by
Fujiwara no Nakamaro to overthrow Retired
Empress Kōken and the monk
Dōkyō
1156 :
Emperor Go-Shirakawa defeats his rival Jōkō
Emperor Sutoku
1160 : The
Minamoto clan took up arms against the
Taira clan , the Taira clan emerges victorious
1184 : Amidst the
Genpei War ,
Kiso Yoshinaka ambushes Hōjūjidono, confining
Emperor Go-Toba and Cloistered
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
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
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 and establishment of "modern" parliamentary, Western-style system under the
Meiji era
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 21, 1931 : An aborted coup also by the
Sakurakai
May 15, 1932 : A failed coup by members of the
Imperial Japanese Navy resulting in the assassination of
Prime Minister
Inukai Tsuyoshi
November 1934 : A failed coup by members of the
Imperial Japanese Army to achieve a
Shōwa Restoration
February 26, 1936 : A failed coup by the
Imperial Way Faction in the
Imperial Japanese Army against
Prime Minister
Keisuke Okada 's government
August 14–15, 1945 : A failed coup against the
Emperor Hirohito by members of the
Japanese War Ministry and the
Imperial Guard opposed to surrendering to the
Allied Powers at the end of
World War II ; failed after failing to convince the
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff and the
Eastern District Army to join
August 24, 1945 : A failed coup by dissidents opposed to surrender led by
Isao Okazaki in
Matsue
December 12, 1961: A coup attempt by retired right wing members of the
Imperial Japanese Army , which was aborted through a police raid
November 25, 1970 : An aborted coup by author
Yukio Mishima , who attempted to convince the
Japan Self-Defense Forces to overturn the
1947 Constitution
Jordan
1970 : Failed
Palestine Liberation Organization coup attempt against
King Hussein ;
King Hussein retaliated with
Black September conflict driving the
PLO to
Lebanon
[71]
2021 : Failed coup attempt by
Prince Hamzah bin Hussein to overthrow his half-brother,
King
Abdullah II
Kenya
1 August 1982 : attempted coup by
Kenya Air Force personnel to overthrow the
Daniel arap Moi government; captured
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
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, 1961 :
Park Chung Hee overthrew the
Second Republic of Korea led by
Yun Po-seon and replaced it with the
Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
October 17, 1972 :
President
Park Chung Hee lead a coup to restore total presidential authority after his party underperformed in elections, creating the
Fourth Republic of Korea .
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 .
May 17, 1980 : General Chun Doo-Hwan extended martial law, banned political activities and forced universities to close.
Laos
25 December 1959 : Coup by Captain
Kong Le established General
Phoumi Nosavan in charge
9 August 1960 : Captain
Kong Le overthrew General Phoumi
16 December 1960 : General Phoumi won counter-coup in
Battle of Vientiane
18 April 1964 : Police General
Siho Lamphouthacoul seized power for five days
4 August 1964 : General Phoumi's attempt fails
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 failed coup by
General Vang Pao
Latvia
May 15, 1934 :
Kārlis Ulmanis dissolved the
Saeima (
Parliament ) and established an authoritarian rule.
Lebanon
December 31, 1961 : A failed coup attempt conducted by the
Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party .
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Lesotho
January 30, 1970 :
self-coup by
Prime Minister
Leabua Jonathan
January 20, 1986 :
Justin Metsing Lekhanya overthrows
Leabua Jonathan
November 12, 1990:
Justin Metsing Lekhanya overthrows King
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
April 30, 1991 :
Elias Phisoana Ramaema overthrows
Justin Metsing Lekhanya
August 30, 2014 : A failed coup attempt
Liberia
October 26, 1871: President
Edward James Roye is deposed by the people of
Monrovia
[73]
April 12, 1980 : Master Sergeant
Samuel K. Doe overthrows President
William R. Tolbert, Jr.
September 9, 1990:
Prince Johnson overthrows President
Samuel K. Doe
[74]
[75]
Libya
September 1, 1969 :
Muammar al-Gaddafi overthrows King
Idris I of Libya and establishes a republic.
1993 : attempted coup against Muammar Gaddafi.
April 17, 2013: an attempted Libyan coup against Prime Minister
Ali Zeidan by
Muammar Gaddafi loyalists.
[76]
October 10, 2013: a
second attempt Libyan coup led by Abdel-Moneim al-Hour against Prime Minister
Ali Zeidan .
[77]
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 .
October 14, 2016 : a failed coup against Prime Minister
Fayez al-Sarraj by ex-Prime Minister
Khalifa al-Ghawil .
Liechtenstein
November 1918 Liechtenstein putsch
1939 Liechtenstein putsch
Lithuania
There are estimated to be over 10 unsuccessful coups during the period of 1919–1940 in Lithuania.
1919 Polish coup d'état attempt in Lithuania
December 17, 1926 , overthrowing President
Kazys Grinius and
Antanas Smetona becoming the head of state.
September 9, 1927 , a failed attempt to overthrow
Lithuanian Nationalist Union and to re-establish previous Govt.
June 6–7, 1934 failed coup d'état led by fascist
Iron Wolf .
1993:
Coup of the Volunteers
Luxembourg
November 1918-January 1919 , failed: a series of riots and mutinies failed to overthrow the government of Luxembourg due to lack of support.
Madagascar
Kingdom of Madagascar (Imerina)
May 12, 1863, successful: Prime Minister
Rainivoninahitriniony deposes king
Radama II , who is (supposedly) killed and succeeded 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
2006:
an alleged Coup attempt took place
March 17, 2009:
Andry Rajoelina overthrows
Marc Ravalomanana (see
2009 Malagasy political crisis )
Maldives
In 1980 former president Nassir, along with his brother in law Ahmed Naseem, the health minister Mohammed Mustafa Hussain and a leading businessman Khua Mohammed Yusuf, allegedly hired a group of nine former members of Britain's elite Special Air Service commandos and sent them to assassinate president Gayoom. The mercenaries used Sri Lanka as their base and carried out several reconnaissance trips. They were also provided arms to carry out their mission and promised an inducement of $60,000 each. The attempt was called off by the SAS members because they started having second thoughts.
[78]
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 the
Indian Navy retook the city from the rebels.
Mali
November 19, 1968 :
Moussa Traoré overthrows
Modibo Keïta
March 26, 1991 :
Amadou Toumani Touré overthrows
Moussa Traoré
March 22, 2012 : Military overthrows
Amadou Toumani Touré
August 18, 2020 : Military overthrows
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
2021 Malian coup d'état : Military overthrows
Bah N'daw
May 17, 2022: Malian Military Junta claimed to have stopped a coup attempt led by an "unnamed NATO country"
[79]
Mauritania
July 10, 1978 :
Mustafa Ould Salek overthrows
Moktar Ould Daddah
April 6, 1979 :
Ahmed Ould Bouceif and
Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla overthrows
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
August 3, 2005 :
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall overthrows
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
August 6, 2008 :
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz overthrows
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Mexico
Prior to independence
1799:
Conspiracy of the Machetes in
New Spain : plot by
Criollo civil servants to overthrow the
Spanish Empire and establish an independent republic; regarded as a precursor to the
War of Mexican Independence
1808 :
Gabriel J. de Yermo overthrows the viceroy of
New Spain
José de Iturrigaray
Mexican Empire
May 18, 1822 : Regent
Agustín de Iturbide performs a self-coup with Army support, proclaiming himself emperor. The Congress, upon which this proclamation was imposed, was dissolved a few months.
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1823 :
Antonio López de Santa Anna launches a republican rebellion, culminating in the abdication of Agustín I and the end of the
First Mexican Empire .
Mexican Republic
December, 1827 : Failed coup attempt by Vice President
Nicolás Bravo against
Guadalupe Victoria
1828 :
Vicente Guerrero against President-elect
Manuel Gómez Pedraza
December, 1829 : Vice President
Anastasio Bustamante overthrows
Vicente Guerrero
1832 : Santa Anna's first coup against
Anastasio Bustamante
1841 : Santa Anna's second coup against
Anastasio Bustamante
1845:
Mariano Paredes overthrows
José Joaquín de Herrera
March, 1847 :
Antonio López de Santa Anna overthrows
Valentín Gómez Farías
1852 - 1853 :
Santaannistas launch a rebellion that overthrows
Mariano Arista
1854 - 1855 :
Juan Álvarez overthrows
Antonio López de Santa Anna
December 17, 1857 :
Ignacio Comonfort against
Mexican Constitution of 1857 (Self-coup)
October 19, 1871 : Failed coup attempt against
Benito Juárez
1876 :
Porfirio Díaz overthrows
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
Revolutionary period
1911 :
Francisco I. Madero against
Porfirio Díaz (and
Francisco León de la Barra )
February 19, 1913 :
Victoriano Huerta overthrows
Francisco I. Madero
May 21, 1920 : Sonoran generals
Álvaro Obregón ,
Plutarco Elías Calles and
Adolfo de la Huerta launch a rebellion that culminates in the overthrow and death of
Venustiano Carranza
1929 : Failed coup attempt by
José Gonzalo Escobar against
Emilio Portes Gil and
Plutarco Elías Calles
1938 : Failed coup attempt by
Saturnino Cedillo against
Lázaro Cárdenas
Moldova
February 13, 2023 : Alleged
Russia -backed coup attempt allegations
[81]
Montenegro
October 16, 2016 :
attempted by opposition and
Russian agents against the government of
Milo Đukanović on the day of
parliamentary election
[82]
Morocco
July 10, 1971
failed coup attempt by
M'hamed Ababou and
Mohamed Medbouh against
Hassan II of Morocco
August 16, 1972
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.
March 1, 1962 :
Ne Win overthrows
U Nu
[84]
September 18, 1988 :
Saw Maung overthrows
Maung Maung Kha
[85]
February 1, 2021 :
Min Aung Hlaing overthrows
Aung San Suu Kyi
[86]
[87]
Nepal
1559: 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
Shahas .
[88]
October 31, 1846: A
political massacre organized by
Jung Bahadur Rana reduced the
Shah Monarch to a figurehead and made Prime Minister and other powers hereditary to
Ranas .
[89]
[90]
In 1882 Chautariya Colonel Ambar Bikram Shah and his Gorkhali aide attempted assassination of
Ranodip Singh but failed and were killed in Teku by the Ranas.
November 2, 1885 :
Ranodip Singh Kunwar assassinated by
Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana .
[91]
December 15, 1960 :
King Mahendra dismissed the
parliament of Nepal and arrested then PM
B. P. Koirala and outlawed political parties.
[92]
[93]
February 1, 2005 :
King Gyanendra dismissed the
parliament of Nepal and declared a state of emergency, assuming direct rule.
[94]
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:
Murder of the De Witt brothers [
nl ] , an Orangist coup against the
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:
Napoleon Bonaparte 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
Troelstra against the
Dutch government .
Nicaragua
1856 under
William Walker
June 6–9, 1936:
Anastasio Somoza García overthrows
Juan Bautista Sacasa
[97]
1947 by
Anastasio Somoza García for
Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa against
Leonardo Argüello Barreto
Niger
April 15, 1974 :
Seyni Kountché overthrows
Hamani Diori .
January 27, 1996 :
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara overthrows
Mahamane Ousmane .
April 9, 1999 :
Daouda Malam Wanké overthrows
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara .
February 18, 2010 :
Salou Djibo overthrows
Mamadou Tandja .
31 March 2021 : Failed attempt by Captain Sani Saley Gourouza to overthrow
Mahamadou Issoufou
26 July 2023 : Detention of
Mohamed Bazoum
Nigeria
January 15–16, 1966 :
Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu overthrows
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
July 29, 1966 :
Yakubu Gowon overthrows
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
July 29, 1975 :
Murtala Mohammed overthrows
Yakubu Gowon
February 13, 1976 :
Buka Suka Dimka led a failed coup that resulted in the death of the head of state
Murtala Mohammed
December 31, 1983 :
Muhammadu Buhari overthrows
Shehu Shagari
August 27, 1985 :
Ibrahim Babangida overthrows
Muhammadu Buhari
April 22, 1990 :
Gideon Orkar failed to topple president
Ibrahim Babangida
November 17, 1993 :
Sani Abacha overthrows
Ernest Shonekan .
Norway
1537: King
Christian III overthrew Regent
Olav Engelbrektsson and the
Rigsraad , leading to the
Norwegian Reformation , and forcibly implemented a
hereditary monarchy .
April 9, 1940:
Vidkun Quisling announced a
fascist government by radio broadcast in an attempt to overthrow the legally elected
Labour government of
Johan Nygaardsvold while
Nazi Germany invaded the country ; his coup was rejected as illegitimate by
King Haakon VII and Quisling would hold little power during the
Nazi occupation .
Oman
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
Arnulfo Arias Madrid
1989 coup attempt ;
Moises Giroldi attempted to overthrow
President
Manuel Antonio Noriega to prevent the
U.S. invasion of Panama .
Pakistan
March 9, 1951 : Major General
Akbar Khan against the
Muslim League government of
Prime Minister
Liaquat Ali Khan in protest of the government's acceptance of a ceasefire in the
First Indo-Pakistani War . This was the first attempted military coup in Pakistan's history.
October 27, 1958 : Field Marshal
Ayub Khan overthrows
Iskander Mirza in response to his suspension of the
Pakistani Constitution and declaration of
Martial law .
March 25, 1969 by General
Yahya Khan ,
Ayub Khan resigned.
July 4, 1977 : General
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and the
Pakistan National Alliance overthrow
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after a
contested general election .
1995 : A group of
Pakistani Armed Forces officers led by
Zahirul Islam Abbasi plot to overthrow the
Pakistan Peoples Party government of
Benazir Bhutto
October 12, 1999 : General
Pervez Musharraf overthrows the
PML-N government
Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif and
suspends the writ of the Constitution due to Sharif's intent to relieve him as
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff .
Papua New Guinea
March 16 1990 : Coup attempt by police commissioner Paul Tohian against Prime Minister
Rabbie Namaliu , caused by the situation in
Bougainville and Tohian being drunk.
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January 26 2012 : Coup attempt by retierd colonel
Yaura Sasa against disputed Prime Minister
Peter O'Neill . This coup occurred amid the
Papuan constitutional crisis .
Paraguay
September 4, 1880:
Bernardino Caballero is appointed as interim president by the
Congress after the death of the
President
Cándido Bareiro , and forced resignation by a coup of
Vice president
Adolfo Saguier .
June 9, 1894:
Juan Bautista Egusquiza overthrows
Juan Gualberto González .
Marcos Morínigo is appointed as interim president by the
Congress .
January 9, 1902:
Bernardino Caballero overthrows
Emilio Aceval .
Andrés Héctor Carvallo is appointed as interim president by the
Congress.
December 19, 1904:
Juan Antonio Escurra is deposed.
Juan Bautista Gaona is appointed as interim president by the
Congress .
December 9, 1905:
Juan Bautista Gaona is deposed.
Cecilio Báez is appointed as interim president by the
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 .
March 22, 1912:
Pedro Pablo Peña is deposed.
Emiliano González Navero is appointed as interim president by the
Congress .
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 .
January 30, 1949:
Juan Natalicio González is deposed.
Raimundo Rolón is appointed as interim president by the
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 .
May 4, 1954:
Alfredo Stroessner overthrows
Federico Chaves .
Tomás Romero Pereira is appointed as interim president by the
Congress .
February 3, 1989 :
Andrés Rodríguez and the
Paraguayan Army overthrow
Alfredo Stroessner .
22-25 April 1996 : General
Lino Oviedo attempts to depose
Juan Carlos Wasmoy.
2000: attempted coup against
Luis Ángel González Macchi .
Peru
1823 under
José de la Riva-Agüero against the
Supreme Governing Junta of Peru
1829 under
Agustín Gamarra against
José de La Mar
1835 under
Felipe Santiago Salaverry against
Luis José de Orbegoso
1842 under
Juan Crisóstomo Torrico against
Manuel Menéndez
1865 under
Mariano Ignacio Prado against
Pedro Diez Canseco
1872 under
Tomás Gutiérrez against
José Balta
1879 under
Nicolás de Piérola against Mariano Ignacio Prado
1909 under
Carlos de Piérola [
es ] against
Augusto B. Leguía
1914 [
es ] under
Óscar Benavides against
Guillermo Billinghurst
1919 [
es ] under
Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo against
José Pardo y Barreda
1930 [
es ] under
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro against Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
1948 [
es ] under
Manuel A. Odría against
José Luis Bustamante y Rivero
1962 under
Ricardo Pérez Godoy against
Manuel Prado Ugarteche
1968 under
Juan Velasco Alvarado against
Fernando Belaúnde Terry
February 1975 against Juan Velasco Alvarado (attempt)
August 1975 under
Francisco Morales-Bermúdez against Juan Velasco Alvarado
April 1992 under
Alberto Fujimori (
self-coup )
November 1992 [
es ] under
Jaime Salinas Sedó [
es ] against Alberto Fujimori
2000 under
Ollanta Humala against Alberto Fujimori
2005 coup attempt under
Antauro Humala against
Alejandro Toledo
2022 under
Pedro Castillo (
self-coup attempt)
Philippines
From the 1565
Spanish conquest until 1898, there were than 20 failed
Philippine revolts against Spain , including the Chinese revolts (1603, 1662),
Dagohoy rebellion (1744–1825),
Silang rebellion (1762–63),
Pule revolt (1840–41), all crushed by the
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 colonial government
1828: Failed
Palmero Conspiracy , thwarted by the
Spanish colonial government
20 January 1872: Failed
Cavite mutiny , crushed by the
Spanish colonial government
5 December 1896: Failed
Manila mutiny , crushed by the
Spanish colonial government
2 May 1935: Failed
Sakdalista Rebellion against
United States , crushed by the American colonial government.
1942–1954: Failed
Hukbalahap Rebellion against
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
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
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
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 .
11 November 1986: Failed coup attempt, known as the
"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
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
Black Saturday incident , ended with one rebel soldier killed.
13 July 1987: Alleged coup attempt, known as the
MIA plot , ended with four officers being sued in military court.
28–29 August 1987: Failed coup attempt, known as the
August 1987 Coup , in the
Philippines led by Col.
Gregorio Honasan , crushed by the
Philippine government .
1–9 December 1989:
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 .
4 March 1990:
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 .
4–6 October 1990: Failed mutiny known as the
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
Joseph Estrada
[99]
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:
State of emergency to forestall
alleged coup against the government
29 November 2007: Failed
Manila Peninsula siege , mutinous soldiers occupied
The Peninsula Manila Hotel , later surrendered to the government.
Alleged plots that have not been attempted yet:
2018–2021:
Allegations of ouster plot against
President
Rodrigo Duterte was first publicized by the military, who mainly implicated the opposition figures and the critics of the
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
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 , while are plots, are not
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
Prince Eustachy Sapieha to overthrow
Jędrzej Moraczewski and
Józef Piłsudski 's left-wing government
May 1926 : Józef Piłsudski overthrew the
Chjeno-Piast government of
President
Stanisław Wojciechowski and
Prime Minister
Wincenty Witos , appointing
Kazimierz Bartel as the new Prime Minister and beginning the
Sanation regime.
December 13, 1981 : General
Wojciech Jaruzelski declares
martial law and bans the
Solidarity union , forming the
Military Council of National Salvation
Portugal
147–139 BC: The
Lusitanian Rebellion against the
Roman forces in modern-day
Portugal , led by Lusitanian leader named
Viriatus .[
citation needed ]
1820:
Liberal Revolution
1824:
April Revolt
1836:
Belenzada
1837:
Revolt of the Marshals
1842: Coup of
Costa Cabral
1846:
Emboscada
1846–47:
Patuleia
1851: Revolt of
João Carlos de Saldanha (beginning of Regeneração )
1910: A
republican
coup d'état deposes
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
1921:
Bloody Night
1925 : failed Military coup by the military on 18 April 1925
1925 : failed Revolt Mendes Cabecadas on 19 July 1925
1926 : General
Manuel Gomes da Costa and the
Portuguese Armed Forces overthrows the
First Portuguese Republic , establishing the
Ditadura Nacional .
1927: Failed coup attempt led by Mendes dos Reis, Agatão Lança, Câmara Lente, and Filipe Mendes on 3 February
1928: Failed coup attempt led by Liga de Paris and
Major Sarmento Beires on 20 July
1931: Failed coup attempt led by Hélder Ribeiro, Utra Machado, Jaime Batista, Dias Antunes, and Sarmento Beires on 26 August
1974 : The
Movimento das Forças Armadas overthrows the
Estado Novo
Military dictatorship led by
President
Américo Tomás , founding the
National Salvation Junta .
11 March 1975: failed coup by right wing army units
1975 : Failed coup after the
Carnation Revolution by far-left militants who hoped to establish a Communist government in
Portugal .
Qatar
Februsary 22, 1972 : Heir-apparent
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani deposes
Emir
Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani .
June 27, 1995 : Heir-apparent
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes Emir
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani .
February 14, 1996 :
Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani attempts and fails to depose Emir
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani .
Romania
1866 by the "
monstrous coalition " of Liberals and Conservatives against Prince
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
1938:
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 .
1941 : The
Iron Guard unsuccessfully revolts against
Ion Antonescu , leading to the suppression of the
Iron Guard and a major pogrom in
Bucharest .
1944 :
King
Michael I of Romania and
Constantin Sănătescu remove
Ion Antonescu 's government from power due to the
Soviet invasion of Romania .
1947:
Prime Minister
Petru Groza forces
King
Michael I to abdicate, forming the
Socialist Republic of Romania .
1984: Coup attempt against
Nicolae Ceausescu by the
army
[100]
1989: The
Romanian Revolution .
Ion Iliescu and his
National Salvation Front overthrow
Nicolae Ceasescu alongside a series of civil unrest and uprisings, ending the
Romanian Communist Party 's rule.
Russia
Russian Empire
1741:
Elizabeth Petrovna overthrows her infant cousin
Ivan VI of Russia and his mother
Anna Leopoldovna .
1762: A coup by
Catherine the Great forced the abdication of
Peter III of Russia .
December 1825 : Decembrist revolt attempted to depose
Tsar Nicholas I of Russia in favor of his brother,
Grand Duke Konstantin by military coup.
Coup of June 1907 : self coup by Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin, with the dissolution of the Second Duma
March 15, 1917 :
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia is forced to abdicate in favor of the
Russian Provisional Government , ending the
Romanov dynasty .
Revolutionary Russia
September 1917 :
Lavr Kornilov attempts to march into
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 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 .
November 7, 1917 : The
Bolshevik faction of the
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 .
Summer of 1918: Ambassadors' plot , failed attempt by Sidney Reilly et al. to remove the Bolsheviks from power.
November 18, 1918 : Admiral
Alexander Kolchak deposes the
Omsk Directory , then headed by
Nikolai Avksentiev , and proclaims himself
Supreme Ruler of Russia
May 26, 1921 : White army coup establishes
Provisional Priamurye Government
Soviet Union
June 1957: the "
Anti-Party Group " tries unsuccessfully to remove
Nikita Khrushchev from power
13 October 1964:
Nikita Khrushchev is forced to resign , handing the power to
Leonid Brezhnev
August 19 to 21, 1991 : A group of
Soviet Communist Party hardliners form the
State Committee on the State of Emergency and attempt to overthrow
President
Mikhail Gorbachev in order to reverse his reforms; the coup is suppressed by
RSFSR
President
Boris Yeltsin , weakening the
Communist Party 's authority and accelerating the
dissolution of the Soviet Union .
Russian Federation
September 21 to October 4, 1993 : Russian
President Boris Yeltsin, aided by the
Russian Armed Forces , extralegally dissolved the
Supreme Soviet and suspended the
constitution in response to
impeachment proceedings against him.
Rwanda
December, 1896 : a royal coup overthrows
Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa and replaces him with
Yuhi V Musinga
January 28, 1961:
Coup of Gitarama
July 5, 1973 :
Juvénal Habyarimana overthrows
Grégoire Kayibanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
March 8, 1988 : Afonso dos Santos failed to overthrow
Manuel Pinto da Costa
August 15, 1995 :
Manuel Quintas de Almeida overthrows
Miguel Trovoada for 6 days
July 16, 2003 :
Fernando Pereira (major) overthrows
Fradique de Menezes for 7 days
November 24–25, 2022 : A few men, including
Delfim Neves , president of the outgoing
National Assembly , allegedly tried to overthrow the
government .
Saudi Arabia
November 1964: At the request of Crown Prince
Faisal (Ibn Saud's third son), his brother
Muhammad bin Abdulaziz (Ibn Saud's fourth son) led a palace coup which ousted King
Saud (Ibn Saud's second son), making Faisal king.
[101]
1969 Saudi Arabian coup d'état attempt : Members of the
Royal Saudi Air Force inspired by the
Free Officers Movement in Libya attempted to overthrow
King Faisal .
San Marino
1933: a failed coup led by
Antonio Canepa against the fascist regime of
Giuliano Gozi
[102]
1957 : a quasi-coup led to the coexistence of two governments for a month
Scotland
1688: The
Glorious Revolution :
William III of Orange 's invasion of England and Scotland at the
invitation of the country's powerful Protestants, deposing the Catholic
James II of England and VII of Scotland
Serbia
1842:
Milan Obrenovic III is overthrown, resulting in the succession of the House of Karađorđević to the Serbian throne.
1858:
Prince Alexander Karađorđević of Serbia is overthrown by Milan Obrenovic I, restoring the Obrenovic dynasty.
May 28–29, 1903:
May Coup
Seychelles
June 5, 1977 :
France-Albert René overthrows
James Mancham
November 25, 1981 : South African mercenaries attempt to replace
France-Albert René with the former president
James Mancham
1986 : There was a series of coup attempts against President René led by the Seychelles Minister of Defence,
Ogilvy Berlouis . Operation Flowers are Blooming was the name of an operation by the
Indian Navy to help avert a threatened coup against the government of President
France-Albert René .
Sharjah
1971 Sharjawi coup d'état attempt :
Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi attempts and fails to overthrow
Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi , killing Khalid in the process
1987 Sharjawi coup d'état attempt :
`Abd al-`Aziz bin Muhammad Al Qasimi attempts and fails to overthrow
Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi
Sierra Leone
March 21, 1967:
David Lansana overthrows
Siaka Stevens
April 19, 1968 :
John Amadu Bangura overthrows
Andrew Juxon-Smith
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
July 31, 2023: Sierra Leone police arrested 19 people, including fourteen serving personnel of the
Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces , two officers of the
Sierra Leone Police and one retired chief superintendent of police who were allegedly planning a coup between August 7 and 10.
[103]
[104]
[105]
[106] In addition, five military officers and three police officers were subject to a search and capture warrant.
[104]
November 26, 2023 : an attempted coup involving attacks on barracks and a prison, resulting in the death of 19 people. The incident resulted in the arrest of 13 officers and 1 civilian.
[107]
Solomon Islands
June 5th, 2000 :
Malaita Eagle Force overthrows Prime Minister
Bartholomew Ulufa'alu
Somalia
December, 1961 : an attempt by army officers to restore the independence of Somaliland fails.
October 21, 1969 :
Muhammad Siad Barre overthrows
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
April 9, 1978 failed coup attempt against Muhammad Siad Barre.
January 26, 1991 :
Mohammed Farrah Aidid and the
United Somali Congress overthrow
Muhammad Siad Barre , beginning the
Somali Civil War .
Spain
Visigothic Kingdom
603: by General
Witerico against king
Liuva II
631: by Duke
Sisenando against King
Suintila
642:
Tulga was overthrown by
Chindasvinto
692:
Égica was briefly overthrown by
Suniefredo
Kingdom of Spain
1814: Absolutist
pronunciamiento of
Fernando VII and
Francisco Javier de Elío
1815: failed
liberal
pronunciamiento of Juan Díaz Porlier at
A Coruña
1820: successful
liberal
pronunciamiento of
Rafael del Riego , start of the
Trienio Liberal
1822:
failed absolutist coup by the Royal Guard of
Fernando VII
1831: failed
liberal
pronunciamiento of Manuel de Torrijos
1835:
liberal
pronunciamiento of Cordero y de Quesada
1836: successful
liberal mutiny of La Granja de San Ildefonso
1841: failed
Moderate
pronunciamiento
1843: successful
Moderate
pronunciamiento of Narváez and
Francisco Serrano y Domínguez , end of the
Baldomero Espartero regency
1844: failed
liberal and
Esparterist coup, led by
Martín Zurbano
1846: failed
progressive liberal
military and civic revolt in
Galicia , led by Miguel Solís Cuetos
1848: failed
progressive liberal
military and civic revolt in
Madrid , led by colonel Manuel Buceta
1854: successful
revolutionary coup in Madrid, led by general
Leopoldo O'Donnell
1860: failed
carlist military uprising at
Sant Carles de la Ràpita , led by general Jaime Ortega y Olleta
1866: failed
Progressive and
Democrat coup in
Madrid
1866: failed
pronunciamiento of
Villarejo de Salvanés , led by general
Juan Prim
1868: successful
Glorious Revolution , started by the
pronunciamiento of
Juan Bautista Topete in
Cádiz
First Spanish Republic
1874: successful
coup led by General Pavía
1874: successful "
Pronunciamiento de
Sagunto ", that ends the
Spanish First Republic and restores monarchy and the
Borbón family at the throne
Kingdom of Spain
1883: failed 5 August
republican
pronunciamiento in
Badajoz
1886: failed
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 with the support of
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
republican
pronunciamiento against the
Spanish monarchy in
Jaca .
Second Spanish Republic
August 10, 1932 ;
José Sanjurjo unsuccessfully tried to overthrow Prime Minister
Manuel Azaña 's
Republican Left government, although the coup plotters were in disagreement over whether to next dissolve the
Second Spanish Republic .
July 1936 : A military uprising led 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
PSOE government of
Juan Negrín in
Republican-controlled Spain in order to negotiate a ceasefire with the
Nationalists , forming the
National Defense Council .
Kingdom of Spain
November 17, 1978 : An aborted
Guardia Civil coup led by
Antonio Tejero to stop the
Spanish transition to democracy .
February 23, 1981 : A faction of the
Spanish Armed Forces led by Tejero broke into the
Congress of Deputies while they were preparing to elect
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo as the new
Prime Minister .
King Juan Carlos denounced the coup in a nationally televised address, and the coup collapsed the next day with no casualties.
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.[
citation needed ]
Sri Lanka
1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt : Christian military officers attempted to topple the current government under Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
Sudan
June 1957 : Abdel Rahman Ismail Kabeida failed to overthrow the Sudanese Government
November 16, 1958 :
Ibrahim Abboud overthrows
Abdallah Khalil
November 9, 1959 The
Sudanese Armed Forces failed to overthrow
Ibrahim Abboud
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.
May 25, 1969 :
Gaafar al-Nimeiry overthrows
Ismail al-Azhari
July 19–22, 1971 :
Communist members of the
National Revolutionary Command Council led by
Hashem al Atta attempted to overthrow al-Nimeiry but failed due to a lack of support.
September 5, 1975 : The members of the
Sudanese Communist Party failed to overthrow
Gaafar an-Nimeiry
July 2, 1976 : Rebels failed to overthrow
Gaafar Nimeiry
2 February 1977 : Failed coup attempt in
Juba by former members of the
Anyanya in the
Sudanese Air Force
April 6, 1985 :
Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab overthrows Gaafar al-Nimeiry, establishing the
Transitional Military Council.
June 30, 1989 :
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
April 23, 1990 : First failed coup to overthrow
Omar al-Bashir
March 1992 : Second failed coup to overthrow
Omar al-Bashir
March 2004 : Third failed coup to overthrow
Omar al-Bashir
May 10, 2008 : Fourth failed coup to overthrow
Omar al-Bashir
November 22, 2012 : Fifth failed coup to overthrow
Omar al-Bashir
10 April 2019 : The
Sudanese Armed Forces led by
Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf overthrow
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir during the
Sudanese Revolution
21 September 2021 : An attempted coup against the ruling
Sovereignty Council by forces loyal to
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir fails
25 October 2021 : The
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
April 15, 2023 – ongoing : Ongoing Coup attempt and armed conflict by the
Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Suriname
May 25/26, 1910 : failed coup d'état by police officer
Frans Killinger .
[108]
November 7/8, 1947: failed coup d'état by
Simon Sanches .
[109]
February 25, 1980 : military coup led by
Dési Bouterse ousts Prime Minister
Henck Arron .
[110]
August 13, 1980: the military led by
Dési Bouterse ousts President
Johan Ferrier .
[111]
March 15, 1981: failed counter coup/conspiracy by
Wilfred Hawker .
[112]
[113]
March 10/11, 1982 : failed counter coup by
Surendre Rambocus .
[110]
December 24, 1990 : President
Ramsewak Shankar dismissed by Suriname's military.[
citation needed ]
Switzerland
1717:
Wilchingen against the City of
Schaffhausen [
citation needed ]
1719: Werdenberg against Glarus[
citation needed ]
1723: Military led by Major Abraham Davel (Vaud) against City of Bern[
citation needed ]
1726: Peasants of
Jura against Bistum of Basel[
citation needed ]
1755: Leventina (Ticino) against Canton Uri[
citation needed ]
1781: Chenaux (Fribourg) against Canton Fribourg[
citation needed ]
1797: Peasants of Baselgebiet against the City of Basel and ousted Peter Ochs and Peter Vischer[
citation needed ]
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 the Holy is killed on orders of Magnus Henriksson, who takes power as king
Magnus II of Sweden
12 April 1167, successful: king
Charles Sverkersson (later sometimes called ”Charles VII”) is killed by men loyal to
Canute Ericsson , who was declared king and consolidated his power in 1173
14 June 1275, successful:
Battle of Hova , king
Valdemar I is overthrown and replaced by his brother who becomes king
Magnus III
1439, successful: king
Eric of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (Kalmar Union) was deposed in a
coup from the Danish and Swedish thrones, in 1440 also from the Norwegian throne.
June 1448, successful:
Charles Canutesson is elected and hailed as king of Sweden under the pressure 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:
the Vasa rebellion deposes Christian II, effectively finally ending the
Kalmar Union and making
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:
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:
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 of Sweden was deposed and succeeded by his uncle Duke Charles, some years later crowned as
Charles IX of Sweden
1756, failed:
Coup of 1756 of
queen Louisa Ulrika against the
Riksdag of the Estates
1772, successful:
Revolution of 1772 ; king
Gustaf III of Sweden dismissed the
Riksdag of the Estates , ending the
Age of Liberty
1789, failed:
1789 Conspiracy of
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
Liberal -
Social Democrat coalition government to ease political tension
[114]
Syria
1925–1927: The
Great Syrian Revolt , a revolt initiated by the
Druze and led by
Sultan al-Atrash against
French Mandate .[
citation needed ]
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
February 25, 1954 by
Maamun al-Kuzbari against
Adib Shishakli
September 29, 1961 by
Haydar al-Kuzbari and others against
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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
February 21–23, 1966 :
Salah Jadid overthrows
Amin al-Hafiz and the
Ba'ath National Command , leading to a split in the
Ba'ath Party .
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.
[115]
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.
[116] Others claim there were 13 since 1932.
[117]
1912 : Coup planned by military officers is discovered and thwarted.
24 June 1932 : The
Khana Ratsadon party overthrows the absolute monarchy of King
Prajadhipok .
[118]
1 April 1933 :
Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada dissolves a government of the
People's Party and ousted
Pridi Banomyong , the leader of the party, out of the country.
20 June 1933 :
Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena overthrows
Phraya Manopakorn Nititada .
[118]
11–23 October 1933 : Royalist rebellion to overturn the results of the June 1933 coup d'état.
3 August 1935 : The Nai Sip rebellion.
[119]
29 January 1939 : More a purge or internal coup, it was the work of Prime Minister
Phibul to remove political enemies and rivals.
[119]
7 November 1947 :
Phin Choonhavan overthrows
Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi .
[118]
26–27 February 1949 : Attempted coup by Pridi, which saw the Grand Palace occupied by his supporters, failed.
[119]
29 June 1951 : Pridi supporters in the navy attempted a coup when they tried to seize Phibun.
[119]
29 November 1951 : Military overthrows 1949 constitution and reverts to 1932 constitution.
[118]
21 September 1957:
Sarit Thanarat overthrows
Plaek Pibulsongkram
[118]
20 October 1958:
Self-coup of
Sarit Thanarat
[118]
18 November 1971:
Self-coup of
Thanom Kittikachorn
[118]
February 1976: An attempted military coup was defeated in February.
[119]
6 October 1976 :
Sangad Chaloryu overthrows
Seni Pramoj
[118]
20 October 1977 :
Kriangsak Chamanan overthrows
Thanin Kraivichien
[118]
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.
[119]
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.
[119]
23 February 1991 :
Sunthorn Kongsompong overthrows
Chatichai Choonhavan
[118]
19 September 2006 :
Sonthi Boonyaratglin overthrows
Thaksin Shinawatra
[118]
22 May 2014 :
Prayut Chan-o-cha overthrows
Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan
[118]
Togo
January 13, 1963 :
Étienne Eyadéma and
Emmanuel Bodjollé overthrow
Sylvanus Olympio
January 13, 1967 :
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
November 7, 1987 :
1987 Tunisian coup d'état :
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali overthrows
Habib Bourguiba
July 25, 2021 :
2021 Tunisian self-coup :
Kais Saied overthrows
Assembly of the Representatives of the People
Tuva
January, 1929 : Pro-Soviet, anti-Buddhist faction of the
Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party overthrows the government of the
Tuvan People's Republic , in modern
Tuva .
Turkey
1807–08 : The
Janissaries led by
Kabakçı Mustafa overthrew Sultan
Selim III to halt his
Nizam-I Cedid reforms after the
1806 Edirne incident , disbanding his
new military and replacing him with
Mustafa IV . However, rebels led by
Mustafa Bayrakdar overthrew the Janissary regime and placed
Mahmud II on the throne.
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.
May 30, 1876 [
tr ] : 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 .
[120]
1909 : Islamist factions in the
Ottoman Army attempted to overthrow the new
Ottoman General Assembly and restore Sultan
Abdülhamit II to absolute rule, capturing control of
Constantinople for 11 days. Ended with its suppression by
Mahmud Shevket Pasha 's
Third Army , forcing the Sultan to abdicate.
1912 : The "Saviour Officers" of the opposition
Freedom and Accord Party overthrow the
Committee of Union and Progress after the rigged
1912 general election .
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 .
May 27, 1960 : A group of mid ranking
Turkish Armed Forces officers, later called the
National Unity Committee , overthrows the
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.
May 20, 1969 , military intervention
March 9, 1971 : A coup attempt by leftist army officers was thwarted.
March 12, 1971 under four force commanders of the
Turkish Armed Forces overthrows
Süleyman Demirel
December 27, 1979 , military memorandum
September 12, 1980 :
Chief of the General Staff
Kenan Evren overthrows the government led by
Prime Minister
Süleyman Demirel in response to
widespread political violence .
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" (
Turkish : Post-modern darbe ).
April 27, 2007 : Amidst a political deadlock concerning
ongoing presidential elections , the
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 's candidate,
Abdullah Gül . The crisis was resolved by an
early election held later that year, which resulted in Gul's winning the presidency in a landslide.
July 15, 2016 : A group within the Turkish military linked by the Turkish government to the
Gulen movement , the
Peace at Home Council , made a failed military attempt to overthrow the government of President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan .
[121]
Trinidad and Tobago
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
February 1966 :
Milton Obote overthrows King
Mutesa II of Buganda
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 [
citation needed ]
Ukraine
April 29, 1918:
Pavlo Skoropadskyi
overthrew the socialist government of the
Central Council of Ukraine
December 14, 1918:
Directorate of Ukraine overthrew
Pavlo Skoropadskyi
November 26, 2021 : Alleged
Russia -backed coup attempt allegations
[122]
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 .
[123]
[124]
United Kingdom
1802:
Despard Plot ; plan by
Edward Despard to assassinate
King George III and stage a popular uprising in
London ; suppressed by the government.
1820
Cato Street Conspiracy to assassinate Prime Minister
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 and in the press.
[125] 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 .
[125] After the publicization of the plans, the plans were aborted.
[125]
1913: During the
suffragette bombing and arson campaign ,
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".
[126] The army was intended to proceed in force to
Downing Street to imprison ministers until they conceded women's suffrage.
[126] After the discovery of the plans, they were aborted.
[126]
United States
Prior to independence
December 21, 1719 : Local military officers in
colonial South Carolina overthrew the
Lords Proprietors .
Federal level
March 1783 : The
Continental Army may have planned to overthrow the
Confederation Congress , but the conspiracy failed after Gen.
George Washington refused to join.
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 and the creation of the new government.
[127]
1933–34 : A group of businessmen were said to be conspiring to overthrow
Franklin D. Roosevelt and install a fascist dictatorship. It is said to have failed when
Smedley Butler refused to participate and instead testified before Congress.
November 3, 2020 – January 7, 2021 : 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 stormed the Capitol in a failed attempt to stop the Congressional certification of the election. In 2023 the
Department of Justice
indicted Trump for this.
State level
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
secession of Texas from the United States and replaced him with
Edward Clark .
April 15, 1874 : Failed gubernatorial candidate
Joseph Brooks launched a coup against
Arkansas governor
Elisha Baxter , setting off a
violent struggle between the state's two
Republican Party leaders.
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 under the
Insurrection Act of 1807 .
October 14, 1931: Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
Paul N. Cyr had himself sworn in as
Governor while Governor
Huey Long was out of state. Long had been
elected to the Senate in 1930 but intended to remain Governor until the end of his term in 1932. Long sent the National Guard to the Governor's mansion and the state Capitol and returned to Baton Rouge to secure his position as governor. Long had Cyr removed as Lieutenant Governor by successfully arguing to the Louisiana Supreme Court that Cyr had vacated the position by swearing himself in as governor.
[128]
[129]
[130]
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
August 16, 1889 : After months of retaliatory violence between rival factions of
Southern Democrats , a gun battle in
Richmond, Texas , killed the incumbent Sheriff of
Fort Bend County , triggering
martial law in the county and the collapse of its government.
November 10, 1898 :
White-supremacist
Southern Democrats overthrew the biracial
Fusionist ruling coalition of
Wilmington, North Carolina .
August 2, 1946 : Citizens led by returning WWII veterans overthrew 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 ").
June 27, 1973 :
Juan María Bordaberry closed parliament and established a
civic-military dictatorship
[131]
Venda
April 5, 1990:
Gabriel Ramushwana overthrows
Frank Ravele
[132]
Venezuela
December 19, 1908 :
Juan Vicente Gómez declares himself president after
Cipriano Castro leaves for Europe to receive medical treatment
October 18, 1945 : President
Isaías Medina Angarita was overthrown by a rebellion and a popular movement, which saw a transition to a democratic government
November 24, 1948 : A military junta, led by
Carlos Delgado Chalbaud overthrows the democratically elected president
Rómulo Gallegos
January 22–23, 1958 : A popular unrest and military support achieved the overthrow of the dictatorial government of
Marcos Pérez Jiménez , forming a transitional government led by Rear Admiral
Wolfgang Larrazábal and
Edgar Sanabria
February 4–5, 1992 : A failed coup attempt against President
Carlos Andrés Pérez led by
Hugo Chávez and his group
MBR-200
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
April 11–13, 2002 : Brief coup against
Hugo Chávez led by the country's military high command during a
general strike called by the business federation
Fedecámaras and the
Confederation of Workers of Venezuela
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 .
[134]
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).
Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina
South Vietnam
1960 : Lieutenant-Colonel
Vương Văn Đông and Colonel
Nguyễn Chánh Thi of the
Airborne Division of the
Army of the Republic of Vietnam failed to depose of President
Ngo Dinh Diem .
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 : General
Nguyễn Khánh ousted the military junta led by General
Dương Văn Minh in a bloodless coup.
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 : The ruling military junta, led by General
Nguyễn Khánh dissolves the
High National Council .
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.
Yanaon
Coup d'état of Yanaon
Yemen
1948: The
Alwazir family assassinated
Imam Yahya of the
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen .
1955 under Colonel
Ahmad Yahya al-Thulaya
1962 under
Abdullah al-Sallal
1974 under
Ibrahim al-Hamdi
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 1929 :
Alexander I of Yugoslavia suspends the constitution and introduces a personal dictatorship. (self-coup)
1941 : by King
Peter II of Yugoslavia against Regent
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia in reaction for joining the
Axis Powers , leading to an
Axis invasion .
Zanzibar
January 12, 1964 :
John Okello led the coup to overthrow
Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said
Zambia
July 1, 1990 :
Mwamba Luchembe unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow President
Kenneth Kaunda
October 28, 1997 :
Steven Lungu failed to overthrow President
Frederick Chiluba
Zimbabwe
Southern Rhodesia
1965: following the colonial government's
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 attempt
November 14, 2017 : A coup resulted in the removal of longtime
President
Robert Mugabe
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