List of coups and coup attempts by country

List of coups and coup attempts by country
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.
Afghanistan
February 20, 1919: Nasrullah Khan overthrows Habibullah Khan
February 28, 1919: Amanullah Khan overthrows Nasrullah Khan
January 17, 1929: Habibullah Kalakani overthrows Inayatullah Khan
October 16, 1929: Mohammed Nadir Shah overthrows Habibullāh Kalakāni
July 17, 1973: Mohammed Daoud Khan overthrows Mohammed Zahir Shah
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
September 16, 1979: Hafizullah Amin overthrows Nur Muhammad Taraki
December 27, 1979: Babrak Karmal overthrows Hafizullah Amin
March 6, 1990: Shahnawaz Tanai attempts and fails to overthrow Mohammad Najibullah
Albania
1914: The Peasant Revolt in Albania, 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. 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.
Algeria
July 3, 1962: Houari Boumédiène and Ahmed Ben Bella overthrow Benyoucef Benkhedda
June 19, 1965: Houari Boumédiène overthrew Ahmed Ben Bella
January 11, 1992: Khaled Nezzar overthrows Chadli Bendjedid
Angola
1977 Angolan coup d'état attempt: The Minister of Interior Nito Alves fails to overthrow Agostinho Neto.
Argentina
6 September 1930: General José Félix Uriburu and the Nacionalistas overthrow President Hipólito Yrigoyen and suspend the 1853 Constitution.
18 December 1932: failed military uprising against Agustín Pedro Justo by Atilio Cattáneo and the Radical Civic Union
4 June 1943: the military overthrows president Ramón Castillo
28 September 1951: failed military revolt against President Juan Perón by Benjamín Menéndez
16–23 September 1955: the military led by General Eduardo Lonardi overthrows president Juan Perón
6 June 1956: failed military uprising, led by General Juan José Valle, against de facto President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
19 June 1959: failed military uprising against Arturo Frondizi by
30 November 1960: failed military uprising against Arturo Frondizi by
29 March 1962: the military, led by General , overthrows president Arturo Frondizi
28 June 1966: a military uprising led by General Juan Carlos Onganía overthrows president Arturo Umberto Illia
18–22 December 1975: failed military uprising against Isabel Perón by
24 March 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
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
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 orchestrating a coup. The coup was allegedly assisted by Iran, while the Iranian government has denied this claim.
Bangladesh
August 15, 1975: Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad overthrows the BaKSAL government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
November 3, 1975: Khaled Mosharraf overthrows the government set up by the August coup.
November 7, 1975: Soldiers from the Bangladesh Army overthrow and kill Khaled Mosharraf just a few days after he took power
May 30, 1981: Soldiers led by Major General Mohammad Abdul Monjur assassinate President Ziaur Rahman; they fail to seize power and are rounded up.
March 24, 1982: Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrows President Abdus Sattar.
May 1996: Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim attempts and fails to overthrow Abdur Rahman Biswas.
January 11, 2007: General Moeen U Ahmed pressures President Iajuddin Ahmed into declaring a state of emergency, postponing elections, and appointing a new Chief Advisor to head the caretaker government.
December 2011: Rebel army officers attempt and fail to overthrow Sheikh Hasina
Belgium
Austrian Netherlands
18 June 1789: The Austrian Imperial Army occupied the Great Market of Brussels, dissolved the States of Brabant and Council of Brabant and tried to arrest all its members.
United Belgian States
March 1790: Statist coup against the Vonckists.
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
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
November 7, 1974: Failed military revolt. Hugo Banzer banned all political activity and ruled solely with military support
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
June 30, 1984: Failed coup attempt by military arrests Hernán Siles Zuazo for ten hours
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
November 15, 1889: Deodoro da Fonseca and the Imperial Brazilian Army overthrew Pedro II of Brazil and established the First Brazilian Republic.
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.
November 3, 1930: Getúlio Vargas overthrew Washington Luís and prevented the inauguration of Júlio Prestes.
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.
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.
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.
Bulgaria
April 27, 1881: A self-coup of Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg, who dismissed the government of Petko Karavelov and suspended the Tarnovo Constitution.
August 9, 1886: An attempted dethronement of Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg.
June 9, 1923: The overthrows Aleksandar Stamboliyski and installs coup leader Aleksandar Tsankov in power.
14–29 September 1923: Staged in September 1923 by the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) under Comintern pressure and attempted to overthrow Alexander Tsankov's new government of Bulgaria that had come to power with the coup d'état of 9 June. Besides its communist base, the uprising was also supported by agrarians and anarchists. The uprising's goal was the "establishment of a government of workers and peasants" in Bulgaria.
May 19, 1934: Zveno, led by Kimon Georgiev with the help of the overthrows the coalition government led by the Democratic Party.
September 9, 1944: Zveno and the Fatherland Front, led by Kimon Georgiev, overthrows Konstantin Muraviev after the Soviet invasion of Bulgaria.
April, 1965: A plot within the Bulgarian Communist Party to overthrow Todor Zhivkov and establish an anti-Soviet Communist government was foiled.
Burkina Faso
January 3, 1966: Lieutenant Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana overthrows President Maurice Yaméogo.
February 8, 1974: 1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état
November 25, 1980: Colonel Saye Zerbo overthrows 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.
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
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
Burundi
July 8, 1966: Ntare V overthrows Mwambutsa IV
November 28, 1966: Michel Micombero overthrows Ntare V
November 10, 1976: Jean-Baptiste Bagaza overthrows Michel Micombero
September 3, 1987: Pierre Buyoya overthrows Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
July 25, 1996: Pierre Buyoya overthrows Sylvestre Ntibantunganya
May 13–15, 2015: Failed coup d'état led by General Godefroid Niyombare against President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Cambodia
March 18, 1970: Lon Nol overthrows Norodom Sihanouk
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
1974: General Martin Lingoupou attempts to overthrow Bokassa.
1975: Attempt to overthrow Bokassa.
1976: Groups of soldiers try to overthrow Bokassa.
September 21, 1979: David Dacko overthrows Jean-Bédel Bokassa by French military support
September 1, 1981: André Kolingba overthrows David Dacko
1982: Ange-Félix Patassé, François Bozizé and Alphonse Mbaïkoua, attempt to overthrow André Kolingba.
1996: Soldiers attempt to overthrow Patassé.
May 27–28, 2001: Failed coup attempt against Ange-Félix Patassé
25–8 October 2002: François Bozizé attempts to overthrow Patassé.
March 15, 2003: François Bozizé overthrows Ange-Félix Patassé
March 24, 2013: Michel Djotodia overthrows François Bozizé
26 September – 3 October 2015: Failed attempt by Haroun Gaye and Eugene Ngaïkosset to overthrow Catherine Samba-Panza.
January 13, 2021: Failed coup attempt by rebel groups led by former President François Bozizé against Faustin-Archange Touadéra
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.
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.
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.
4 September 1323: Coup d'état at Nanpo against Gegeen Khan (alias Emperor Yingzong of Yuan, or Shidibala).
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.
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.
12 December 1936 – 25 December 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.
Colombia
December, 1853: José María Melo overthrows José María Obando
July 31, 1900: the vicepresident José Manuel Marroquín overthrows Manuel Antonio Sanclemente
July 10, 1944: coup attempt against Alfonso López Pumarejo by some soldiers
June 13, 1953: Gustavo Rojas Pinilla overthrows Laureano Gómez
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
April 20, 2013 A failed coup against President Ikililou Dhoinine
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
Congo, Republic of the
August 15, 1963: Alphonse Massamba-Débat overthrows Fulbert Youlou
September 4, 1968: Marien Ngouabi overthrows Alphonse Massamba-Débat
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
Jan 1, 1959: Fidel Castro and his communist revolutionaries overthrow Fulgencio Batista government.
Curaçao
December 1, 1796: Johann Lauffer overthrows Jan Jacob Beaujon as governor.
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.
Denmark
1660 by 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 30, 1849: Pedro Santana overthrows Manuel Jiménes
June 13, 1858: José Desiderio Valverde overthrows Buenaventura Báez
March 3, 1930: Rafael Trujillo and Rafael Estrella Ureña overthrows Horacio Vásquez
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
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
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.
5 November 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.
20 April 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
Estonia
December 1, 1924: failed Communist coup attempt
March 12, 1934: Konstantin Päts (self coup) and established an 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.
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
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
27 January 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
10 August 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
31 May – 2 June 1793: Montagnard-aligned sans-culottes arrest all leading Girondin ministers and deputies and execute them
26–28 July 1794: A conspiracy of anti-Robespierrist Montagnards form an alliance to have de facto dictator Robespierre and his associates arrested and executed; they escape but are arrested again and executed
1 April 1795: Unarmed citizens occupied the National Convention, but were driven out by the National Guard without bloodshed
5 October 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
4 September 1797: The French Directory, with the support of the military, deposes the royalists
May 1796: Failed radical attempt to overthrow the Directory led by Gracchus Babeuf
11 May 1798: The French Directory dismisses 106 Jacobin deputies from the Council of Five Hundred.
18 June 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.
9 November 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
23 October 1812: General Claude François de Malet fails to remove Napoleon from power while he was away on the Russian Campaign
Second Republic
2 December 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
23 February 1899: Paul Déroulède attempts to overthrow the French Third Republic
Fourth Republic
13 May 1958: A partial coup d'état led by Pierre Lagaillarde, after which Charles de Gaulle is brought back to power and established the French Fifth Republic
Fifth Republic
21–26 April 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
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
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
3 May 1920: 1920 Georgian coup attempt, a failed Bolshevik coup against the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Jan 6, 1992: Tengiz Kitovani and Jaba Ioseliani overthrow Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Germany
Weimar Republic
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.
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 13 August 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
3 September 1843: King Otto was forced to grant Greece its first Constitution
23 October 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
15 August 1909: The Goudi coup was staged against the government of Dimitrios Rallis, which brought Eleftherios Venizelos to the Greek political scene
17 August 1916: The National Defence coup d'état of Venizelos supporters in Thessaloniki led to the establishment of the Provisional Government of National Defence
11 September 1922: Led by Colonels Nikolaos Plastiras and Stylianos Gonatas and Commander Dimitrios Phokas, culminating in the abdication of King Constantine I
11 October 1923: Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt led by the royalist officers
25 June 1925: Greek coup d'état brought General Theodoros Pangalos to power
1926 Greek coup d'état on 22 August 1926, overthrow of General Pangalos by General Georgios Kondylis
1933 Greek coup d'état attempt on 6 March 1933, led by republican General Nikolaos Plastiras
1935 Greek coup d'état attempt on 1 March 1935, led by General Plastiras and Venizelos
1935 Greek coup d'état on 10 October 1935, led by General Kondylis, signalling the end of the Second Hellenic Republic and leading to the restoration of King George II to the throne, according to a referendum
4 August 1936: General Ioannis Metaxas established the 4th of August Regime
28 July 1938: Greek coup d'état attempt rebellion in Crete against the 4th of August Regime
31 May 1951: Attempted coup d'état of a group of right-wing officers named Sacred Link of Greek Officers (IDEA)
21 April 1967: Greek 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
13 December 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
23 May 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
25 November 1973: The aftermath of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. The coup resulted in overthrow of Colonel Papadopoulos by hardliners around General Dimitrios Ioannidis
24 February 1975: Pyjamas coup attempt by certain officers to overthrow the government of Konstantinos Karamanlis
Grenada
March 13, 1979: Maurice Bishop overthrows Eric Gairy
October 14, 1983: Bernard Coard overthrows Maurice Bishop
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: Army overthrows the government.
February 1, 2022: Failed attempt to overthrow the government
Haiti
October 17, 1806: Henri Christophe and Alexandre Pétion overthrow Emperor Jacques I
Feb 13, 1843: Charles Rivière-Hérard overthrows Jean-Pierre Boyer
May 3, 1844: Philippe Guerrier overthrows Charles Rivière-Hérard
March 24, 1846: Jean-Baptiste Riché overthrows Jean-Louis Pierrot
January 15, 1859: Fabre Geffrard overthrows Emperor Faustin I
August 26, 1867: Sylvain Salnave overthrows Fabre Geffrard
December 27, 1869: Nissage Saget overthrows Sylvain Salnave
April 16, 1876: Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal overthrows Michel Domingue
October 19, 1888: François Denys Légitime overthrows Lysius Salomon
October 17, 1889: Florvil Hyppolite overthrows François Denys Légitime
December 21, 1902: Pierre Nord Alexis overthrows Pierre Théoma Boisrond-Canal
December 2, 1908: François C. Antoine Simon overthrows Pierre Nord Alexis
August 3, 1911: Cincinnatus Leconte overthrows 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
5–29 February 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. 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
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
Sep 30, 1965: A failed coup attempt that is blamed to the Communist Party of Indonesia.
March 11, 1966: General Suharto seized power and slowly overthrew President Sukarno until 1967. (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
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.
2021: Failed coup attempt by Prince Hamzah bin Hussein to overthrow his half-brother, King Abdullah II
Kenya
1st 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.
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.
April 12, 1980: Master Sergeant Samuel K. Doe overthrows President William R. Tolbert, Jr.
September 9, 1990: Prince Johnson overthrows President Samuel K. Doe
Libya
September 1, 1969: Muammar al-Gaddafi overthrows King Idris I of Libya and establishes a republic.
April 17, 2013: an attempted Libyan coup against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan by Muammar Gaddafi loyalists.
October 10, 2013: a second attempt Libyan coup led by Abdel-Moneim al-Hour against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan.
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.
14 October 2016: a failed coup against Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj by ex-Prime Minister Khalifa al-Ghawil.
Lithuania
There are estimated to be over 10 unsuccessful coups during the period of 1919–1940 in Lithuania.
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
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
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.
1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt: Abdullah Luthufi assisted by PLOTE stages a coup to overthrow the government of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. They seize control of the capital until Indian Navy retake 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 claims to have stopped a coup attempt lead by an "unnamed NATO country"
Mauritania
July 10, 1978: Mustafa Ould Salek overthrows Moktar Ould Daddah
April 6, 1979: 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
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
1829 by Anastasio Bustamante against Vicente Guerrero
1845 by Mariano Paredes against José Joaquín de Herrera
1876 by Porfirio Díaz against Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
1911: Francisco I. Madero against Porfirio Díaz (and Francisco León de la Barra)
1913 by Victoriano Huerta (and Pedro Lascuráin) against Francisco I. Madero
1920 by Adolfo de la Huerta against Venustiano Carranza
Moldova
February 13, 2023: Alleged Russia-backed coup attempt allegations
Montenegro
October 16, 2016: attempted by opposition and Russian agents against the government of Milo Đukanović on the day of parliamentary election
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
September 18, 1988: Saw Maung overthrows Maung Maung Kha
February 1, 2021: Min Aung Hlaing overthrows Aung San Suu Kyi
Nepal
On 1559 A.D. Drabya Shah killed the Khadka, Raja with his own hand with a sword, during the race with conspiracy and started the rule of his dynasty under Shahas.
On 31 October 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.
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.
In 1885, the Shumsher family, murdered the family of Jung Bahadur and Ranodip Singh to take over the occupied hereditary throne of Prime Minister and other powers
On 15 December 1960, King Mahendra dismissed the parliament of Nepal and arrested then PM B. P. Koirala and outlawed Political parties.
On February 2005, King Gyanendra dismissed the parliament of Nepal and declared state of emergency.
Netherlands
Habsburg Netherlands
24 July 1577: capture of the Namur citadel by Don Juan of Austria has been considered a coup against the States-General of the Netherlands
28 October 1577: coup by radical Calvinists Jan van Hembyse and François van Ryhove against the stadtholder of Flanders, Philippe III de Croÿ (Duke of Aarschot). They founded the Calvinist Republic of Ghent.
7 September 1578: coup d'état by Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg against the Hof van Gelre en Zutphen.
23 January 1579: coup d'état by Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and four Gueldrian noblemen against the Hof van Gelre en Zutphen.
Dutch Republic
August 1618: Coup d'état by Maurice, Prince of Orange, see Trial of Oldenbarnevelt, Grotius and Hogerbeets.
July–August 1650: Attack on Amsterdam (1650) and imprisonment of rival regenten by William II, Prince of Orange.
20 August 1672: was an Orangist coup against the Loevestein 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
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 implement an 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.
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.
Peru
under José de la Riva-Agüero against the
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
under against Augusto B. Leguía
under Óscar Benavides against Guillermo Billinghurst
under Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo against José Pardo y Barreda
under Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro against Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
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)
under against Alberto Fujimori
2000 under Ollanta Humala against Alberto Fujimori
2005 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
1896–98: Philippine Revolution, a war of independence against Spanish rule directed by the Katipunan society. First ended with the Pact of Biak-na-Bato between the Filipino and Spaniards, and the establishment of the Hong Kong Junta, then continued and led to the Philippine Declaration of Independence. Became intertwined with the Spanish–American War, where both Spaniards and Americans refused to recognize Philippine independence, and led to the Spanish cession of the Spanish East Indies to the United States.
1899–1901: Philippine–American War, First Philippine Republic against the United States after the Spanish cession of the Spanish East Indies, ended with the surrender of the Filipinos
2 May 1935: Failed Sakdalista 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
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.
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 the Generals 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 lead by Mendes dos Reis, Agatão Lança, Câmara Lente, and Filipe Mendes on 3 February
1928: Failed coup attempt lead by Liga de Paris and Major Sarmento Beires on 20 July
1931: Failed coup attempt lead 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.
1975: Failed coup after the Carnation Revolution by far-left militants who hoped to establish a Communist government in Portugal.
Romania
1866 by the "monstrous coalition" of Liberals and Conservatives against Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza
1938: King 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.
1989 – 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.
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.
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
July 5, 1973: Juvénal Habyarimana overthrows Grégoire Kayibanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
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.
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.
21 June 2017: Mohammad bin Salman overthrows Muhammad bin Nayef
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
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.
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: The 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. In addition, five military officers and three police officers have a search and capture warrant.
Solomon Islands
June 5th, 2000: Malaita Eagle Force overthrows Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu
Somalia
December, 1961
October 21, 1969: Muhammad Siad Barre overthrows Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
April 9, 1978
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
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
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.
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 lead by Emilio Mola in which Francisco Franco participated, against Prime Minister Manuel Azaña and the Second Spanish Republic, starting the Spanish Civil War
1939: Segismundo Casado and Julián Besteiro overthrow the PSOE government of Juan Negrín in Republican-controlled Spain in order to negotiate a ceasefire with the Nationalists, forming the National Defense Council.
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.
Sri Lanka
1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt: Christian military officers attempted to topple the current government under Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
Sudan
November 16, 1958: Ibrahim Abboud overthrows Abdallah Khalil
1964: The October Revolution in Sudan, driven by a general strike and rioting, forced President Ibrahim Abboud to transfer executive power to a transitional civilian government, and eventually to resign.
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.
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
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.
November 7/8, 1947: failed coup d'état by Simon Sanches.
February 25, 1980: military coup led by Dési Bouterse ousts Prime Minister Henck Arron.
August 13, 1980: the military led by Dési Bouterse ousts President Johan Ferrier.
March 15, 1981: failed counter coup/conspiracy by Wilfred Hawker.
March 10/11, 1982: failed counter coup by Surendre Rambocus.
December 24, 1990: President Ramsewak Shankar dismissed by Suriname's military.
Switzerland
1717: Wilchingen against the City of Schaffhausen
1719: Werdenberg against Glarus
1723: Military led by Major Abraham Davel (Vaud) against City of Bern
1726: Peasants of Jura against Bistum of Basel
1755: Leventina (Ticino) against Canton Uri
1781: Chenaux (Fribourg) against Canton Fribourg
1797: Peasants of Baselgebiet against the City of Basel and ousted Peter Ochs and Peter Vischer
January 8, 1800: Republicans (Hans Konrad Escher, Paul Usteri, Albrecht Rengger, Bernhard Friedrich Kuhn.) ousting the Patriots (Karl Albrecht von Frisching, Karl von Müller-Friedberg und Carl Heinrich Gschwend)
August 7, 1800: Patriots ousting the Republicans
October, 27/28 1801: Federalist (Alois Reding & Johann Rudolf von Frisching) with help of the French Raymond Verninac ousting Unitarier and Patriots
April 17, 1802: Unitarier under the Lead of Bernhard Friedrich Kuhns ousting the Federalist Alois Reding
September 6, 1839: Züriputsch: Radical Movement under the lead of Conrad Melchior Hirzel & Fridrich Ludwig Keller ousting the Liberals. Killing of Johannes Hegtschweiler.
Sweden
18 May 1160, successful: king Eric 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 preassure of his own private army
1457, successful: Charles Canutesson is ousted following a rebellion by the archbishop and the high nobility
1520, successful: Battle of Bogesund and Stockholm Bloodbath, Christian II of Denmark deposes Sten Sture the Younger and becomes king of Sweden
1521–3, successful: 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
Syria
1925–1927: The Great Syrian Revolt, a revolt initiated by the Druze and led by Sultan al-Atrash against French Mandate.
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.
According to Paul Chambers, a professor at Chiang Mai University's Institute for South-East Asian Affairs, there have been almost 30 coup attempts in Thailand (whether successful or unsuccessful) since 1912. Some count 11 coups since 1932. Others claim there were 13 since 1932.
1912: Coup planned by military officers is discovered and thwarted.
24 June 1932: The Khana Ratsadon party overthrows the absolute monarchy of King Prajadhipok.
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.
11–23 October 1933: Royalist rebellion to overturn the results of the June 1933 coup d'état.
3 August 1935: The Nai Sip rebellion.
29 January 1939: More a purge or internal coup, it was the work of Prime Minister Phibul to remove political enemies and rivals.
7 November 1947: Phin Choonhavan overthrows Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi.
26–27 February 1949: Attempted coup by Pridi, which saw the Grand Palace occupied by his supporters, failed.
29 June 1951: Pridi supporters in the navy attempted a coup when they tried to seize Phibun.
29 November 1951: Military overthrows 1949 constitution and reverts to 1932 constitution.
21 September 1957: Sarit Thanarat overthrows Plaek Pibulsongkram
20 October 1958: Self-coup of Sarit Thanarat
18 November 1971: Self-coup of Thanom Kittikachorn
February 1976: An attempted military coup was defeated in February.
6 October 1976: Sangad Chaloryu overthrows Seni Pramoj
20 October 1977: Kriangsak Chamanan overthrows Thanin Kraivichien
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.
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.
23 February 1991: Sunthorn Kongsompong overthrows Chatichai Choonhavan
19 September 2006: Sonthi Boonyaratglin overthrows Thaksin Shinawatra
22 May 2014: Prayut Chan-o-cha overthrows Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan
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.
: 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.
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".
2003, Sledgehammer (alleged coup plan): It was claimed that the military general's of Turkish Armed Forces, plotted a Secularist military coup in response to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) gaining office.
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.
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
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
February 2022: Failed 2022 coup attempt in Ukraine to take control of various Ukrainian cities by pro-Russian rebels, install pro-Russian rule in them and transfer cities to the Russian army during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
United Kingdom
1802: Despard Plot; plan by Edward Despard to assassinate 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. It was revealed that suffragettes were planning to kidnap one or more cabinet ministers and subjecting them to force-feeding, until they conceded women's suffrage. After the publicization of the plans, the plans were aborted.
1913: During the suffragette bombing and arson campaign, Special Branch detectives discovered that the WSPU had plans to create a suffragette "army" known as the "People's Training Corps" and informally as "Mrs Pankhurst's Army". The army was intended to proceed in force to Downing Street to imprison ministers until they conceded women's suffrage. After the discovery of the plans, they were aborted.
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.
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 argued to the Louisiana Supreme Court that Cyr had vacated the position by swearing himself in as governor.
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
Venda
April 5, 1990: Gabriel Ramushwana overthrows Frank Ravele
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.
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.
Yemen
1948: The Alwazir family assassinated Imam Yahya of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.
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
November 14, 2017: A coup resulted in the removal of longtime President Robert Mugabe
See also
List of coups and coup attempts – chronological listing
List of coups and coup attempts since 2010
List of revolutions and rebellions
Self-coup
Soft coup
References
External links
Coups in the World, 1950–Present – Database on coups and coup attempts 1950–present, by Jonathan Powell & Clayton Thyne.
Coups d'Etat, 1946–2015 – List of coups and coup attempts 1946–2015, by the Center for Systemic Peace.
Bibliography
(in cooperation with H.L.Ph. Leeuwenberg and H.B. van der Weel)
History-related lists
Lists by country
Politics-related lists
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