List of coups and coup attempts by country

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Afghanistan

1. February 20, 1919: Nasrullah Khan overthrows Habibullah Khan^[2]
2. February 28, 1919: Amanullah Khan overthrows Nasrullah Khan^[2]
3. January 17, 1929: Habibullah Kalakani overthrows Inayatullah Khan^[2]
4. October 16, 1929:
   Mohammed Nadir Shah overthrows Habibullāh Kalakāni^[2]
5. Mohammed Zahir Shah^[2]
6. Mohammed Daoud Khan
7. Mohammed Daoud Khan^[3]
8. September 16, 1979: Hafizullah Amin overthrows Nur Muhammad Taraki
9. December 27, 1979: Babrak Karmal overthrows Hafizullah Amin^[4]
10. March 6, 1990: Shahnawaz Tanai attempts and fails to overthrow Mohammad Najibullah^[5]

Albania

1. 1914: The Peasant Revolt in Albania,^[6][7] also known as the Islamic Revolt or Muslim Uprising in Albania, was an uprising of peasants from central Albania, mostly Muslims against the regime of Wilhelm, Prince of Albania during 1914. It was one of the reasons for the prince's withdrawal from the country which marked the fall of the Principality of Albania.^[8] The uprising was led by Muslim leaders Haxhi Qamili, Arif Hiqmeti, Musa Qazimi and Mustafa Ndroqi.
2. June – December 1924: The June Revolution (
   Zogu government, following the 1923 Albanian parliamentary election
   . Fan Noli becomes the Prime Minister of Albania.
3. September 14, 1998: The funeral of MP Azem Hajdari turns violent as the office of the Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano is attacked, obliging the latter to hastily flee and step down shortly after. His party remains in power.^[9]

Algeria

1. July 3, 1962: Houari Boumédiène and Ahmed Ben Bella overthrow Benyoucef Benkhedda.
2. June 19, 1965: Houari Boumédiène overthrows Ahmed Ben Bella.^[10]
3. December 14–16, 1967: Colonel Tahar Zbiri fails to overthrow Houari Boumédiène.
4. January 11, 1992: Khaled Nezzar overthrows Chadli Bendjedid.^[11]

Angola

1. 1977 Angolan coup d'état attempt
   : The Minister of Interior Nito Alves fails to overthrow Agostinho Neto.

Argentina

1. Nacionalistas overthrow President Hipólito Yrigoyen and suspend the 1853 Constitution
2. December 18, 1932: failed military uprising against Agustín Pedro Justo by Atilio Cattáneo and the Radical Civic Union
3. June 4, 1943: the military overthrows president Ramón Castillo
4. September 28, 1951: failed military revolt against President Juan Perón by Benjamín Menéndez
5. September 16–23, 1955: the military led by General Eduardo Lonardi overthrows president Juan Perón
6. June 6, 1956: failed military uprising, led by General Juan José Valle, against de facto President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
7. June 19, 1959: failed military uprising against Arturo Frondizi by Arturo Ossorio Arana [es]
8. November 30, 1960: failed military uprising against Arturo Frondizi by Miguel Ángel Iñíguez [es]
9. March 29, 1962: the military, led by General Raúl Poggi [es], overthrows president Arturo Frondizi
10. June 28, 1966: a military uprising led by General Juan Carlos Onganía overthrows president Arturo Umberto Illia
11. December 18–22, 1975: failed military uprising against Isabel Perón by Jesús Orlando Cappellini [es]
12. March 24, 1976: Jorge Videla overthrows Isabel Perón and establishes the National Reorganization Process

Armenia

1. coup d'état

Australia

1. 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

1. March 15, 1933: Self-coup by Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, which effectively ended democracy and the First Republic
2. 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

1. June 9, 1993: Heydar Aliyev overthrows Abulfaz Elchibey in a political crisis during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War^[12]
2. 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
3. May 16, 2023: Alleged Iran-backed coup plot^[13]

Bahrain

1. 1981 Bahraini coup d'état attempt: 73 members of the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain
   were arrested by the Bahraini government for attempting to orchestrate a coup. The coup was allegedly assisted by Iran; the Iranian government has denied this claim.

1. August 15, 1975: Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad overthrows the BaKSAL government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman^[14]
2. August coup^[15]
3. November 7, 1975: Soldiers from the Bangladesh Army overthrow and kill Khaled Mosharraf just a few days after he took power^[16]
4. Mohammad Abdul Monjur assassinate President Ziaur Rahman; they fail to seize power and are rounded up^{[citation needed}
   ]
5. March 24, 1982: Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrows President Abdus Sattar.^[17]
6. May 1996: Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim attempts and fails to overthrow Abdur Rahman Biswas^[18]
7. January 11, 2007: General Moeen U Ahmed pressures President Iajuddin Ahmed into declaring a state of emergency, postponing elections, and appointing a new Chief Advisor to head the caretaker government^{[citation needed}
   ]
8. December 2011: Rebel army officers attempt and fail to overthrow Sheikh Hasina^[19]

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

United Belgian States

1. March 1790: Statist coup against the Vonckists.

Benin

1. October 28, 1963: Christophe Soglo overthrew Hubert Maga and the Dahomeyan Unity Party
2. November 27, 1965: Christophe Soglo overthrew Sourou-Migan Apithy
3. December 16, 1967: Maurice Kouandété overthrew Christophe Soglo
4. December 10, 1969:
   Emile Derlin Zinsou
5. October 26, 1972: Mathieu Kérékou overthrows Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin
6. January 17, 1977: French-led mercenaries attempt to overthrow Mathieu Kérékou and the People's Revolutionary Party of Benin
   government
7. March 4, 2013: Failed coup attempt by Colonel Pamphile Zomahoun against President Thomas Boni Yayi

Bolivia

1. April 18, 1828: Military revolt. Antonio José de Sucre was wounded in the arm and resigned
2. December 31, 1828 – January 1, 1829: President Pedro Blanco Soto was deposed and killed in a coup led by José Ballivián
3. January 22, 1839:
   José Miguel de Velasco overthrew Andrés de Santa Cruz
4. June 10, 1841:
   José Miguel de Velasco
5. September 22, 1841: José Ballivián overthrows Mariano Enrique Calvo
6. January 2, 1848:
   José Miguel de Velasco
   as president
7. December 6, 1848:
   José Miguel de Velasco
   ; failed counter-coup by Velasco
8. 1854: Failed military revolt with notable participant Mariano Melgarejo against Manuel Isidoro Belzu
9. September 9, 1857: José María Linares overthrew Jorge Córdova
10. January 14, 1861: José María de Achá, Ruperto Fernández, and Manuel Antonio Sánchez overthrew José María Linares
11. December 28, 1864: Mariano Melgarejo overthrew José María de Achá
12. January 15, 1871: Agustín Morales overthrew Mariano Melgarejo
13. May 4, 1876:
    Tomás Frías
14. December 28, 1879: Hilarión Daza declared deposed in his absence, Narciso Campero proclaimed president on January 19, 1880
15. April 12, 1899: José Manuel Pando overthrew Severo Fernández
16. August 12, 1920: Bautista Saavedra overthrew José Gutiérrez
17. June 28, 1930:
    Hernando Siles Reyes'
    ministerial cabinet
18. November 27, 1934: Military revolt,
    Daniel Salamanca Urey and installed Vice President José Luis Tejada Sorzano
    as president
19. May 17, 1936: Germán Busch overthrew José Luis Tejada Sorzano and installs David Toro as president
20. July 13, 1937: Germán Busch overthrew David Toro
21. December 20, 1943: Gualberto Villarroel overthrew Enrique Peñaranda
22. July 21, 1946: Enraged mob lynched Gualberto Villarroel, Néstor Guillén and then Tomás Monje installed as interim presidents
23. 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
24. April 11, 1952: Hernán Siles Zuazo overthrew Hugo Ballivián and installed Víctor Paz Estenssoro as president
25. November 5, 1964: René Barrientos and Alfredo Ovando Candía overthrew Víctor Paz Estenssoro^[20]
26. September 26, 1969:
    Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas
27. 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
28. August 21, 1971: Hugo Banzer overthrew Juan José Torres^[21]
29. November 7, 1974: Failed military revolt. Hugo Banzer banned all political activity and ruled solely with military support^[22]
30. July 21, 1978: Juan Pereda overthrew transitional military junta
31. November 24, 1978: David Padilla overthrew Juan Pereda
32. November 1, 1979: Alberto Natusch overthrew Wálter Guevara
33. July 17, 1980:
    Lidia Gueiler Tejada^[23]
34. June 30, 1984: Failed coup attempt by military arrests Hernán Siles Zuazo for ten hours^[24]

Bophuthatswana

1. 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
   .

1. July 30, 1832: a failed coup by Diogo Feijó
2. November 15, 1889: Deodoro da Fonseca and the Imperial Brazilian Army overthrew Pedro II of Brazil and established the First Brazilian Republic.^[25]
3. November 3, 1891: Deodoro da Fonseca dissolved the National Congress during the Encilhamento crisis.
4. November 23, 1891: Floriano Peixoto took power without calling for new elections, as the Constitution required.
5. November 15, 1904: Attempted military coup during the Vaccine Revolt.
6. December, 1915: a coup plot against Venceslau Brás
7. July 5, 1922: a failed military coup to prevent the inauguration of Arthur Bernardes.^[26]
8. November 3, 1930: Getúlio Vargas overthrew Washington Luís and prevented the inauguration of Júlio Prestes.^[27]
9. November 10, 1937: Getúlio Vargas dissolved the National Congress, installing the Estado Novo dictatorship.
10. Second Brazilian Republic
    .
11. August 24, 1954: Possible coup d'état averted after Getúlio Vargas committed suicide.
12. November 11, 1955: A coup d'état to prevent Juscelino Kubitschek from assuming the presidency failed after general Henrique Lott carried out a countercoup
    .
13. February 10, 1956: The Brazilian Air Force revolted against Juscelino Kubitschek in the Jacareacanga Revolt.
14. December 2, 1959: Air Force military hijacked a civilian airplane and attempted a coup against Juscelino Kubitschek, in the Aragarças Revolt.
15. August 25 – September 7, 1961: Military tried to prevent
    civilian campaign and support from legalist members of the military
    , averted when a parliamentary regime was adopted, curbing presidential powers (later reverted).
16. 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
17. dictatorship.^[28]
18. 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.
19. December 2022: 2022 Brazilian Coup plot
20. Planning for a coup d'état after the 2022 Brazilian presidential elections
    .

Bulgaria

1. April 27, 1881: A self-coup of Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg, who dismissed the government of Petko Karavelov and suspended the Tarnovo Constitution.
2. August 9, 1886: An attempted dethronement of Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg
   .
3. June 9, 1923: The Military Union [bg; he; pl] overthrows Aleksandar Stamboliyski and installs coup leader Aleksandar Tsankov
   in power.
4. September 14–29, 1923
   : Staged in September 1923 by the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) under Comintern pressure and attempted to overthrow Alexander Tsankov's new government of Bulgaria that had come to power with the coup d'état of 9 June. Besides its communist base, the uprising was also supported by agrarians and anarchists. The uprising's goal was the "establishment of a government of workers and peasants" in Bulgaria.
5. May 19, 1934: Zveno, led by Kimon Georgiev with the help of the Military Union [bg; he; pl] overthrows the coalition government led by the Democratic Party
   .
6. Soviet invasion of Bulgaria.^[32]
7. April 1965: A plot within the Bulgarian Communist Party to overthrow Todor Zhivkov and establish an anti-Soviet
   Communist government was foiled.
8. November 10, 1989: Todor Zhivkov ousted in a palace coup within the Bulgarian Communist Party

Burkina Faso

1. January 3, 1966: Lieutenant Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana overthrows President Maurice Yaméogo.
2. February 8, 1974: 1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état
3. November 25, 1980: Colonel
   President Sangoulé Lamizana
   .
4. November 7, 1982: Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo overthrows President Saye Zerbo.
5. February 28, 1983: Failed
   coup attempt against President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
   .
6. August 4, 1983: Captain Blaise Compaoré overthrows President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, replacing him with Captain Thomas Sankara.^[33]
7. October 15, 1987: Blaise Compaoré overthrows Thomas Sankara
8. September 18, 1989: Alleged
   failed coup attempt by senior officers against President Compaoré.
9. October 2003:
   2003 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt
10. 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.
11. September 17, 2015: The presidential guard headed by
    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.
12. October 8, 2016: Blaise Compaore loyalists and former presidential guards failed to overthrow President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré^[34][35][36]
13. January 23, 2022: January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
14. September 30, 2022: September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
15. September 26, 2023: failed coup attempt against President Ibrahim Traore^[37]

Burundi

1. July 8, 1966:
   Mwambutsa IV^[38]
2. November 28, 1966: Michel Micombero overthrows Ntare V^[38]
3. November 10, 1976: Jean-Baptiste Bagaza overthrows Michel Micombero
4. September 3, 1987: Pierre Buyoya overthrows Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
5. July 25, 1996: Pierre Buyoya overthrows Sylvestre Ntibantunganya^[39]
6. Failed coup d'état led by General Godefroid Niyombare against President Pierre Nkurunziza.^[40]

1. March 18, 1970: Lon Nol overthrows Norodom Sihanouk^[41]
2. July 5, 1997: Hun Sen overthrows Norodom Ranariddh

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

Central African Republic

1. January 1, 1966: Jean-Bédel Bokassa overthrows David Dacko^[42]
2. 1974: General Martin Lingoupou attempts to overthrow Bokassa.^[43]
3. 1975: Attempt to overthrow Bokassa.^[43]
4. 1976: Groups of soldiers try to overthrow Bokassa.^[43]
5. September 21, 1979: David Dacko overthrows Jean-Bédel Bokassa by French military support
6. September 1, 1981: André Kolingba overthrows David Dacko
7. 1982: Ange-Félix Patassé, François Bozizé and Alphonse Mbaïkoua, attempt to overthrow André Kolingba.^[43]
8. 1996: Soldiers attempt to overthrow Patassé.^[43]
9. May 27–28, 2001: Failed coup attempt against Ange-Félix Patassé
10. October 25–28, 2002: François Bozizé attempts to overthrow Patassé.^[44]
11. March 15, 2003: François Bozizé overthrows Ange-Félix Patassé
12. March 24, 2013: Michel Djotodia overthrows François Bozizé
13. September 26 – October 3, 2015: Failed attempt by Haroun Gaye and Eugene Ngaïkosset to overthrow Catherine Samba-Panza.^[45]
14. January 13, 2021: Failed coup attempt by rebel groups led by former President François Bozizé against Faustin-Archange Touadéra^[46]

Chad

1. April 13, 1975: Noël Milarew Odingar overthrows François Tombalbaye
2. June 7, 1982: Hissène Habré overthrows Goukouni Oueddei
3. December 1, 1990: Idriss Déby overthrows Hissène Habré
4. Failed coup against President Idriss Déby
5. Failed coup against President Idriss Déby
6. May 1, 2013: Failed coup against Idriss Déby.^[47][48]

Chile

1. 1781: A failed attempt to declare Chile
   an independent republic
2. September 18, 1810: A successful coup in favor of home rule in Chile
3. April 1, 1811: A failed attempt to restore royal power in Chile
4. September 4, 1811: A successful coup in favor of José Miguel Carrera
5. 1827: A failed attempt to destroy the opposition to the federalist system
6. June 1828: San Fernando mutiny, of Pedro Urriola, José Antonio Vidaurre and the Maipo Battalion.
7. 1829
   : An armed conflict between conservatives and liberals over the constitutional regime
8. 1831: Arauco rebellion, of Pedro Barnechea and Captain Uriarte
9. 1832: Rebellion of Cazadores de Quechereguas Regiment, Under Cap. Eusebio Ruiz
10. 1833: Arteaga Conspiracy, of General Zenteno and Coronel Picarte
11. 1833: Cotapos revolution, of José Antonio Pérez de Cotapos
12. 1836: An invasion of Chiloé Island and failed attempt to depose the government
13. 1837: A failed attempt to depose the government that resulted in the death of Diego Portales
14. 1851: An armed rebellion by liberals against the conservative President Manuel Montt
15. 1859: A rekindling of the armed rebellion by liberals against the conservative President Manuel Montt started in 1851
16. 1891: An armed conflict between forces supporting National Congress and forces that supported President José Manuel Balmaceda
17. 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
18. Ramon Barros Luco. In September, Gonzalo Bulnes
    the appointed leader of the plot, desisted.
19. 1919: A failed plot by Generals Guillermo Armstrong and Manuel Moore against President Juan Luis Sanfuentes
20. September 5, 1924: A successful coup against President Arturo Alessandri
21. 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
22. September 21, 1930: A failed attempt against President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo by Marmaduke Grove
23. July 26, 1931: Fall of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, successful rebellion against Ibañez
24. September 1931: A rebellion in the Chilean Navy against Vice-president Manuel Trucco that ended with the fleet being bombed from the air.
25. December 25, 1931: A failed Communist push against President Juan Esteban Montero
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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"
29. 1935: Humberto Videla's plot, failed rebellion of NCO's
30. 1936: plot against Alessandri, By René Silva Espejo and Alejandro Lagos
31. Carlos Ibáñez
    that resulted in the murder of 59 young party members
32. August 25, 1939: A failed attempt of Ariosto Herrera against President Pedro Aguirre Cerda
33. 1948: A failed plot against President Gabriel González Videla
34. 1954: A failed plot to allow President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo to assume dictatorial powers
35. June 29, 1973: A failed coup against President Salvador Allende
36. September 11, 1973: A successful coup against President Salvador Allende (resulting in his suicide), in favor of Augusto Pinochet

China

Imperial China

1. February 2, 249:
   Incident at Gaoping Tombs Sima Yi threw a coup against the Cao Wei regent Cao Shuang
2. July 2, 626: During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Prince Li Shimin and his close followers killed Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Prince Li Yuanji before taking complete control of the Tang government from Emperor Gaozu.^[49]
3. February 960:
   Song Dynasty
   , reigning from 960 until his death in 976.
4. September 4, 1323: Coup d'état at Nanpo against Gegeen Khan (alias Emperor Yingzong of Yuan, or Shidibala).^[50]
5. 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
6. 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
   .
7. September 21, 1898:
   Wuxu Coup: In response to the Hundred Days' Reform, Empress Dowager Cixi takes power from the Guangxu Emperor
   .
8. 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

1. Late 1913 – January 1914: Yuan Shikai crackdown the Chinese National Assembly.
2. December 12, 1915: Yuan Shikai launches a self-coup by establishing the Empire of China, with himself as the Emperor of China.
3. Zhang Xun overthrows Chinese President Li Yuanhong and later proclaim the restoration of the Qing Empire with Puyi
   as emperor.
4. July 12, 1917: Brief restoration attempt was crushed by Duan Qirui troops.
5. July 19, 1920: Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin overthrow Duan Qirui.
6. January 25, 1922:
   First Zhili-Fengtian War
   .
7. October 23, 1924: Feng Yuxiang overthrow Cao Kun and establish Guominjun.
8. 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.
9. April 12, 1927:
   purge communists in his Kuomintang party to ensure right wing dominance in the party.^{[citation needed}
   ]
10. June 2, 1928: Yan Xishan (allied with Chiang Kai-shek) overthrow Zhang Zuolin.
11. April 1930: Yan Xishan expels Chiang Kai-shek's supporters from Beijing, starting the Central Plains War.
12. 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
    .

1. 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

1. March 4, 1990: Oupa Gqozo and the Ciskei Defense Force overthrow Lennox Sebe.^[51]

Colombia

Gran Colombia

1. August 27, 1828: After the failure of the Convention of Ocaña, Simón Bolívar performs a self-coup by declaring a dictatorship under the title of "President-Liberator".^[52]
2. September 25, 1828: A failed conspiracy that attempted to assassinate Simón Bolívar.
3. September 4, 1830: Rafael Urdaneta overthrows Joaquín Mosquera.^[53]

Modern State

1. April 17, 1854: José María Melo overthrows José María Obando
2. July 18, 1861: Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera overthrows Julio Arboleda Pombo
3. May 23, 1867: Santos Acosta overthrows Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
4. July 31, 1900: Vice President José Manuel Marroquín overthrows Manuel Antonio Sanclemente
5. July 4, 1909: Failed coup against Jorge Holguín
6. July 10, 1944: coup attempt against Alfonso López Pumarejo by some soldiers
7. June 13, 1953: Gustavo Rojas Pinilla overthrows Laureano Gómez^[54]

1. August 3, 1975: Said Mohamed Jaffar and Bob Denard overthrow Ahmed Abdallah
2. May 23, 1978: Ahmed Abdallah and Bob Denard overthrow Ali Soilih
3. November 26, 1989: Said Mohamed Djohar and Bob Denard overthrow Ahmed Abdallah
4. September 28, 1995: Bob Denard overthrows Said Mohamed Djohar for 7 days. (see Operation Azalee)
5. April 30, 1999: Azali Assoumani overthrows Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde^[55]
6. April 20, 2013 A failed coup against
   President Ikililou Dhoinine^[56]

1. September 14, 1960: Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (later Mobutu Sese Seko) overthrows Patrice Lumumba
2. November 25, 1965: Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (later Mobutu Sese Seko) overthrows Joseph Kasa-Vubu
3. May 16, 1997: Laurent-Désiré Kabila overthrows Mobutu Sese Seko, leading to the First Congo War^{[citation needed]}

Congo, Republic of the

1. August 15, 1963: Alphonse Massamba-Débat overthrows Fulbert Youlou
2. September 4, 1968: Marien Ngouabi overthrows Alphonse Massamba-Débat^[57]
3. February 8, 1979: Denis Sassou Nguesso overthrows Joachim Yhombi-Opango
4. October 25, 1997: Denis Sassou Nguesso overthrows Pascal Lissouba

Costa Rica

1. April 27, 1870: Bruno Carranza overthrows Jesús Jiménez Zamora
2. July 30, 1876: Vicente Herrera Zeledón overthrows Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz
3. January 27, 1917: Federico Tinoco Granados overthrows Alfredo González Flores
4. April 24, 1948: José Figueres Ferrer overthrows Teodoro Picado Michalski
5. January 1955: Failed attempt to overthrow Jose Figueres Ferrer

Cuba

1. September 3, 1933: Fulgencio Batista ousts Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
2. March 10, 1952: Batista overthrows Carlos Prío Socarrás
3. January 1, 1959: Fidel Castro and his communist revolutionaries overthrow Fulgencio Batista government

Curaçao

1. December 1, 1796: Johann Lauffer overthrows Jan Jacob Beaujon as governor.^[58]

Cyprus

1. 1972–1973: Three bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church attempt to overthrow Archbishop Makarios III as President of Cyprus
2. July 15, 1974: Nikos Sampson, with support from EOKA B and the National Guard, overthrows Makarios III

Czechoslovakia

1. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
   's government.
2. 1938: Failed coup by Konrad Henlein
3. February 25, 1948: the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia under Klement Gottwald eliminates all democratic elements from power.
4. May 17, 1949: Failed coup by Květoslav Prokeš [cs]

Denmark

1. 1660: Frederick III of Denmark declares a state of emergency after the Dano-Swedish War to forcibly implement an absolute hereditary monarchy
2. 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
3. 1784: Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark overthrew Juliana Maria's clique. The Crown Prince became regent

Dominica

1. 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

1. May 29, 1849: Pedro Santana overthrows Manuel Jimenes^[59]
2. August 4, 1865: José María Cabral overthrows Pedro Antonio Pimentel
3. October 5, 1876: Ignacio María González overthrows Ulises Francisco Espaillat
4. 1878: Buenaventura Báez overthrow
5. December 6, 1879:
   Cesáreo Guillermo
6. May 2, 1902: Horacio Vásquez overthrows Juan Isidro Jimenes^[60]
7. March 23, 1903: Alejandro Woss y Gil overthrows Horacio Vásquez
8. November 24, 1903: Carlos Morales Languasco overthrows Alejandro Woss y Gil
9. March 3, 1930: Rafael Trujillo and Rafael Estrella Ureña overthrows Horacio Vásquez^[61][62]
10. September 25, 1963: Elías Wessin y Wessin overthrows Juan Bosch, leading to the Dominican Civil War

Ecuador

1. 1925 by Luis Telmo Paz y Miño
2. 1935 by Federico Páez
3. 1963 by Ramón Castro Jijón
4. 1972 by Guillermo Rodríguez
5. 1975 failed attempt by General Raúl González Alvear^[63][64]
6. 2000 by Lucio Gutiérrez
7. 2010 by the National Police of Ecuador

1. 1879: Nationalist Revolution. Beginning of the British Occupation of Egypt
2. 1919: Attempt to stop the British Occupation of Egypt, The Kingdom of Egypt
   is Established and Recognised as an Independent State
3. 1952: Muhammad Naguib and the Free Officers Movement overthrows Farouk of Egypt, ending the Kingdom of Egypt
4. February 27, 1954:
   Muhammad Naguib
5. December 1957: Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim tries to overthrow Nasser and restore the monarchy
6. 2011: Hosni Mubarak
   Overthrown
7. 2013: Mohamed Morsi Overthrown by General Abdel Fattah El Sisi

El Salvador

1. December 2, 1931 by Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
2. April 2, 1944: Failed coup by the army
3. October 20, 1944 by Osmín Aguirre y Salinas
4. December 14, 1948 by Manuel de Jesús Córdova
5. October 26, 1960: A bloodless coup overthrows President José María Lemus
6. January 25, 1961: A coup overthrows the junta established just a few months before
7. March 25–26, 1972
   : Failed coup by the army
8. October 15, 1979: A coup d'état brought the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador to power

England

1. 1569: Rising of the North
2. 1571: Ridolfi Plot
3. 1583:Throckmorton Plot
4. 1586: Babington Plot
5. 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.
6. November 5, 1605:
   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
   .
7. 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.
8. 1648:
   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
   .
9. April 20, 1653:
   House of Commons and forcibly dissolved the Rump Parliament leading to Cromwell becoming Lord Protector and instigating military rule
   .
10. 1654: Gerard's conspiracy: abortive Royalist conspiracy to assassinate Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell
11. Catholic James II of England
    .

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

Eritrea

1. January 21, 2013: An attempted coup against Isaias Afwerki failed

Estonia

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

Ethiopia

1. 1910:
   Menelik II of Ethiopia
2. 1916: a group of aristocrats, including Fitawrawi
   Iyasu V
3. 1928 Ethiopian coup d'état attempt: supporters of Empress Zewditu and Gugsa Wale attempted to remove Tafari Makonnen from the line of succession.
4. December 13, 1960: A group failed to overthrow Emperor Haile Selassie
   during a state visit
5. Haile Selassie I, establishing the Derg
6. November 17, 1974:
   Aman Mikael Andom
7. February 3, 1977: Mengistu Haile Mariam overthrows Tafari Benti
8. May 16, 1989: A failed coup attmept to over Mengistu Haile Mariam
9. Ethiopian
   civil and military officials

1. 645 AD: Soga no Iruka was assassinated in a successful coup, with one of the coup plotters becoming the next Emperor (Taika Reform
   )
2. 764 AD: Failed coup by Fujiwara no Nakamaro to overthrow Retired Empress Kōken and the monk Dōkyō
3. 1156: Emperor Go-Shirakawa defeats his rival Jōkō Emperor Sutoku
4. 1160: The Minamoto clan took up arms against the Taira clan, the Taira clan emerges victorious
5. 1184: Amidst the Genpei War, Kiso Yoshinaka ambushes Hōjūjidono, confining Emperor Go-Toba and Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa
6. daimyō of western Japan, leading the latter to commit seppuku
7. 1864–65: The Mito Rebellion of Takeda Kōunsai; rebellion in the Mito Domain in support of the sonnō jōi policy
8. 1866–68: The
   Meiji era
9. Osachi Hamaguchi and form a new government led by Army Minister Kazushige Ugaki
10. October 21, 1931: An aborted coup also by the Sakurakai
11. May 15, 1932: A failed coup by members of the Imperial Japanese Navy resulting in the assassination of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi
12. November 1934: A failed coup by members of the Imperial Japanese Army to achieve a Shōwa Restoration
13. February 26, 1936: A failed coup by the Imperial Way Faction in the Imperial Japanese Army against Prime Minister Keisuke Okada
    's government
14. Eastern District Army
    to join
15. August 24, 1945: A failed coup by dissidents opposed to surrender led by Isao Okazaki in Matsue
16. December 12, 1961: A coup attempt by retired right wing members of the Imperial Japanese Army, which was aborted through a police raid
17. November 25, 1970: An aborted coup by author Yukio Mishima, who attempted to convince the Japan Self-Defense Forces to overturn the 1947 Constitution

1. PLO to Lebanon^[71]
2. King Abdullah II

1. 1 August 1982: attempted coup by Kenya Air Force personnel to overthrow the Daniel arap Moi government; captured Eastleigh Air Base and parts of Nairobi
   before collapsing.

1. ca 1967,
   Korean Workers' Party, as well as the implementation of the Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System
   .

1. Yun Po-seon and replaced it with the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
2. 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.
3. Defense Security Command arrested Republic of Korea Army Chief of Staff Jeong Seung-hwa and his allies, creating the Fifth Republic of Korea
   .
4. May 17, 1980: General Chun Doo-Hwan extended martial law, banned political activities and forced universities to close.

Laos

1. 25 December 1959: Coup by Captain Kong Le established General Phoumi Nosavan in charge
2. 9 August 1960: Captain Kong Le overthrew General Phoumi
3. 16 December 1960: General Phoumi won counter-coup in Battle of Vientiane
4. 18 April 1964: Police General Siho Lamphouthacoul seized power for five days
5. 4 August 1964: General Phoumi's attempt fails
6. Bounleut Saycocie
   's and General Phoumi's independent attempts both fail
7. 1966 Laotian coup: General Thao Ma
   's coup by air strike fails
8. 1973 Laotian coup: General Thao Ma
   's coup via air strike fails
9. 2007 Laotian coup failed coup by General Vang Pao

Latvia

1. Parliament
   ) and established an authoritarian rule.

Lebanon

1. December 31, 1961: A failed coup attempt conducted by the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party.^[72]

1. January 30, 1970: self-coup by Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan
2. Justin Metsing Lekhanya overthrows Leabua Jonathan
3. November 12, 1990:
   Justin Metsing Lekhanya overthrows King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
4. Justin Metsing Lekhanya
5. August 30, 2014: A failed coup attempt

Liberia

1. October 26, 1871: President Edward James Roye is deposed by the people of Monrovia^[73]
2. William R. Tolbert, Jr.
3. September 9, 1990:
   Samuel K. Doe^[74][75]

1. Idris I of Libya
   and establishes a republic.
2. 1993: attempted coup against Muammar Gaddafi.
3. April 17, 2013: an attempted Libyan coup against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan by Muammar Gaddafi loyalists.^[76]
4. October 10, 2013: a
   second attempt Libyan coup led by Abdel-Moneim al-Hour against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan.^[77]
5. Abdullah al-Thani in second coup by Maj. Gen.Khalifa Haftar
   .
6. October 14, 2016: a failed coup against Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj by ex-Prime Minister Khalifa al-Ghawil
   .

1. November 7, 1918: Wilhelm Beck, Fritz Walser and Martin Ritter overthrows the government of Leopold Freiherr von Imhof and installs the Provisional Executive Committee.
2. March 24, 1939: Liechtenstein Nazi Movement launches a unsuccessful coup to provoke a possible annexation by Germany.

Lithuania

There are estimated to be over 10 unsuccessful coups during the period of 1919–1940 in Lithuania.

1. 1919 Polish coup d'état attempt in Lithuania
2. December 17, 1926, overthrowing President Kazys Grinius and Antanas Smetona becoming the head of state.
3. September 9, 1927, a failed attempt to overthrow Lithuanian Nationalist Union and to re-establish previous Govt.
4. June 6–7, 1934 failed coup d'état led by fascist Iron Wolf
   .
5. 1993: Coup of the Volunteers

Luxembourg

November 1918-January 1919, failed: a series of riots and mutinies failed to overthrow the government of Luxembourg due to lack of support.

Madagascar

Kingdom of Madagascar (Imerina)

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

Republic of Madagascar

1. October 11, 1972: Gabriel Ramanantsoa overthrows Philibert Tsiranana
2. February 5, 1975: Richard Ratsimandrava overthrows Gabriel Ramanantsoa
3. 2006: an alleged Coup attempt took place
4. March 17, 2009: Andry Rajoelina overthrows Marc Ravalomanana (see 2009 Malagasy political crisis)

Maldives

1. In 1980 former president Nassir, along with his brother in law Ahmed Naseem, the health minister Mohammed Mustafa Hussain and a leading businessman Khua Mohammed Yusuf, allegedly hired a group of nine former members of Britain's elite Special Air Service commandos and sent them to assassinate president Gayoom. The mercenaries used Sri Lanka as their base and carried out several reconnaissance trips. They were also provided arms to carry out their mission and promised an inducement of $60,000 each. The attempt was called off by the SAS members because they started having second thoughts.^[78]
2. PLOTE stages a coup to overthrow the government of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. They seize control of the capital until the Indian Navy
   retook the city from the rebels.

1. November 19, 1968: Moussa Traoré overthrows Modibo Keïta
2. March 26, 1991: Amadou Toumani Touré overthrows Moussa Traoré
3. March 22, 2012: Military overthrows Amadou Toumani Touré
4. August 18, 2020: Military overthrows Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
5. Bah N'daw
6. May 17, 2022: Malian Military Junta claimed to have stopped a coup attempt led by an "unnamed NATO country"^[79]

Mauritania

1. July 10, 1978: Mustafa Ould Salek overthrows Moktar Ould Daddah
2. April 6, 1979: Ahmed Ould Bouceif and Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla overthrows Mustafa Ould Salek
3. January 4, 1980: Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla overthrows Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly
4. December 12, 1984: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya overthrows Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
5. August 3, 2005: Ely Ould Mohamed Vall overthrows Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
6. August 6, 2008: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz overthrows Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi

Mexico

Prior to independence

1. 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
2. 1808: Gabriel J. de Yermo overthrows the viceroy of New Spain José de Iturrigaray

Mexican Empire

1. May 18, 1822: Regent Agustín de Iturbide performs a self-coup with Army support, proclaiming himself emperor. The Congress, upon which this proclamation was imposed, was dissolved a few months.^[80]
2. 1823: Antonio López de Santa Anna launches a republican rebellion, culminating in the abdication of Agustín I and the end of the First Mexican Empire.

Mexican Republic

1. December, 1827: Failed coup attempt by Vice President Nicolás Bravo against Guadalupe Victoria
2. 1828: Vicente Guerrero against President-elect Manuel Gómez Pedraza
3. December, 1829: Vice President Anastasio Bustamante overthrows Vicente Guerrero
4. 1832: Santa Anna's first coup against Anastasio Bustamante
5. 1834: Antonio López de Santa Anna overthrows his own government (Self-coup) and removes his Vice President Valentín Gómez Farías
6. 1841: Santa Anna's second coup against Anastasio Bustamante
7. December 6, 1844: Congress forces overthrew Valentín Canalizo and Antonio López de Santa Anna, handing over the presidency to José Joaquín de Herrera
8. December 30, 1845:
   Mariano Paredes overthrows José Joaquín de Herrera
9. August 4, 1846: José Mariano Salas overthrows Vice President Nicolás Bravo and the absent President Mariano Paredes
10. March, 1847: Antonio López de Santa Anna overthrows Valentín Gómez Farías
11. 1852 - 1853: Santanistas launch a rebellion that overthrows Mariano Arista
12. 1854 - 1855: Juan Álvarez overthrows Antonio López de Santa Anna
13. Mexican Constitution of 1857
    (Self-coup)
14. October 19, 1871: Failed coup attempt against Benito Juárez
15. 1876: Porfirio Díaz overthrows Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada

Revolutionary period

1. 1911: Francisco I. Madero against Porfirio Díaz (and Francisco León de la Barra)
2. February 19, 1913: Victoriano Huerta overthrows Francisco I. Madero
3. May 21, 1920: Sonoran generals Álvaro Obregón, Plutarco Elías Calles and Adolfo de la Huerta launch a rebellion that culminates in the overthrow and death of Venustiano Carranza
4. 1929: Failed coup attempt by José Gonzalo Escobar against Emilio Portes Gil and Plutarco Elías Calles
5. 1938: Failed coup attempt by Saturnino Cedillo against Lázaro Cárdenas

Moldova

1. February 13, 2023: Alleged Russia-backed coup attempt allegations^[81]

1. attempted by opposition and Russian agents against the government of Milo Đukanović on the day of parliamentary election^[82]

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

Myanmar (Burma)

1. 1837: King Bagyidaw was deposed by a coup led by his brother Tharrawaddy Min^[83]
2. 1853: King Pagan Min was deposed by a coup led by his brother Mindon Min^[83]
3. In October, 1958 a split within the
   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.
4. March 1, 1962: Ne Win overthrows U Nu^[84]
5. September 18, 1988: Saw Maung overthrows Maung Maung Kha^[85]
6. February 1, 2021: Min Aung Hlaing overthrows Aung San Suu Kyi^[86][87]

Nepal

1. 1559: Drabya Shah killed the Khadka, Raja with his own hand with a sword, during the race with conspiracy and started the rule of his dynasty under Shahas.^[88]
2. October 31, 1846: A political massacre organized by Jung Bahadur Rana reduced the Shah Monarch to a figurehead and made Prime Minister and other powers hereditary to Ranas.^[89][90]
3. 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.
4. November 2, 1885: Ranodip Singh Kunwar assassinated by Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.^[91]
5. B. P. Koirala and outlawed political parties.^[92][93]
6. King Gyanendra dismissed the parliament of Nepal and declared a state of emergency, assuming direct rule.^[94]

1. 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
2. 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.
3. 7 September 1578: coup d'état by Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg against the Hof van Gelre en Zutphen.^[95]
4. 23 January 1579: coup d'état by Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and four Gueldrian noblemen against the Hof van Gelre en Zutphen.^[96]

Dutch Republic

1. August 1618: Coup d'état by Maurice, Prince of Orange, see Trial of Oldenbarnevelt, Grotius and Hogerbeets.
2. July–August 1650: Attack on Amsterdam (1650) and imprisonment of rival regenten by William II, Prince of Orange.
3. 20 August 1672: Murder of the De Witt brothers [nl], an Orangist coup against the Loevestein government.

Batavian Republic

1. 22 January 1798: Uitvoerend Bewind against the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic
2. 12 June 1798: Herman Willem Daendels against Pieter Vreede
3. 19 September 1801: Napoleon Bonaparte against Uitvoerend Bewind

Kingdom of the Netherlands

1. 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.
2. 9–14 November 1918:
   Dutch government
   .

1. 1856 under William Walker
2. June 6–9, 1936: Anastasio Somoza García overthrows Juan Bautista Sacasa^[97]
3. 1947 by Anastasio Somoza García for Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa against Leonardo Argüello Barreto

Niger

1. April 15, 1974: Seyni Kountché overthrows Hamani Diori.
2. January 27, 1996: Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara overthrows Mahamane Ousmane.
3. April 9, 1999: Daouda Malam Wanké overthrows Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara.
4. February 18, 2010: Salou Djibo overthrows Mamadou Tandja.
5. 31 March 2021: Failed attempt by Captain Sani Saley Gourouza to overthrow Mahamadou Issoufou
6. 26 July 2023: Detention of Mohamed Bazoum

Nigeria

1. Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu overthrows Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
2. July 29, 1966: Yakubu Gowon overthrows Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
3. Murtala Mohammed overthrows Yakubu Gowon
4. Murtala Mohammed
5. December 31, 1983: Muhammadu Buhari overthrows Shehu Shagari
6. August 27, 1985: Ibrahim Babangida overthrows Muhammadu Buhari
7. April 22, 1990: Gideon Orkar failed to topple president Ibrahim Babangida
8. November 17, 1993: Sani Abacha overthrows Ernest Shonekan.

Norway

1. 1537: King
   Norwegian Reformation, and forcibly implemented a hereditary monarchy
   .
2. April 9, 1940:
   King Haakon VII and Quisling would hold little power during the Nazi occupation
   .

1. January 3, 1931 by
   Arnulfo Arias Madrid and Harmodio Arias Madrid against Florencio Harmodio Arosemena
2. October 9, 1941 by
   Arnulfo Arias Madrid
3. May 9, 1951 by Colonel
   Arnulfo Arias Madrid
4. October 11, 1968 by
   Arnulfo Arias Madrid
5. Manuel Antonio Noriega to prevent the U.S. invasion of Panama
   .

1. First Indo-Pakistani War
   . This was the first attempted military coup in Pakistan's history.
2. 1953: An constitutional coup was launched by Malik Ghulam Muhammad.
3. Martial law
   .
4. March 25, 1969 by General
   Ayub Khan
   resigned.
5. 1973: A failed coup to overthrow Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
6. July 4, 1977: General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and the Pakistan National Alliance overthrow Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after a contested general election
   .
7. March 1980: First failed coup to overthrow Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.
8. 1984: Second failed coup attempt to overthrow Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.
9. Pakistan Peoples Party government of Benazir Bhutto
10. October 12, 1999: General Pervez Musharraf overthrows the PML-N government Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and suspends the writ of the Constitution due to Sharif's intent to relieve him as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Papua New Guinea

1. March 16 1990 : Coup attempt by police commissioner Paul Tohian against Prime Minister Rabbie Namaliu, caused by the situation in Bougainville and Tohian being drunk.^[98]
2. January 26 2012: Coup attempt by retierd colonel Yaura Sasa against disputed Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. This coup occurred amid the Papuan constitutional crisis.

Paraguay

1. 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.
2. June 9, 1894: Juan Bautista Egusquiza overthrows Juan Gualberto González. Marcos Morínigo is appointed as interim president by the Congress.
3. January 9, 1902: Bernardino Caballero overthrows Emilio Aceval. Andrés Héctor Carvallo is appointed as interim president by the Congress.
4. December 19, 1904: Juan Antonio Escurra is deposed. Juan Bautista Gaona is appointed as interim president by the Congress.
5. December 9, 1905: Juan Bautista Gaona is deposed. Cecilio Báez is appointed as interim president by the Congress.
6. July 4, 1908: Benigno Ferreira is deposed.
7. January 17, 1911: Albino Jara overthrows Manuel Gondra.
8. January 14, 1912: Marcos Caballero Codas, Mario Uscher and Alfredo Aponte overthrow Liberato Marcial Rojas.
9. February 28, 1912:
   Pedro Pablo Peña is appointed as interim president by the Congress
   .
10. March 22, 1912:
    Pedro Pablo Peña is deposed. Emiliano González Navero is appointed as interim president by the Congress
    .
11. February 17, 1936: Rafael Franco overthrows Eusebio Ayala.
12. August 13, 1937: Félix Paiva overthrows Rafael Franco.
13. February 18, 1940: Self-coup by José Félix Estigarribia.
14. June 3, 1948: Higinio Morínigo is deposed. Juan Manuel Frutos is appointed as interim president by the Congress.
15. January 30, 1949: Juan Natalicio González is deposed. Raimundo Rolón is appointed as interim president by the Congress.
16. February 26, 1949: Felipe Molas López overthrows Raimundo Rolón.
17. September 11, 1949: Felipe Molas López is deposed. Federico Chaves is appointed as interim president by the Congress.
18. May 4, 1954: Alfredo Stroessner overthrows Federico Chaves. Tomás Romero Pereira is appointed as interim president by the Congress.
19. Andrés Rodríguez and the Paraguayan Army overthrow Alfredo Stroessner
    .
20. 22-25 April 1996: General Lino Oviedo attempts to depose Juan Carlos Wasmoy.
21. 2000: attempted coup against
    Luis Ángel González Macchi
    .

Peru

1. José de la Riva-Agüero against the Supreme Governing Junta
   of Peru
2. 1829 under
   José de La Mar
3. 1835 under Felipe Santiago Salaverry against Luis José de Orbegoso
4. 1842 under Juan Crisóstomo Torrico against Manuel Menéndez
5. 1865 under Mariano Ignacio Prado against Pedro Diez Canseco
6. 1872 under Tomás Gutiérrez against José Balta
7. 1879 under Nicolás de Piérola against Mariano Ignacio Prado
8. 1909 under Carlos de Piérola [es] against Augusto B. Leguía
9. Óscar Benavides against Guillermo Billinghurst
10. Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo against José Pardo y Barreda
11. 1930 [es] under Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro against Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo
12. 1948 [es] under Manuel A. Odría against José Luis Bustamante y Rivero
13. 1962 under Ricardo Pérez Godoy against Manuel Prado Ugarteche
14. Fernando Belaúnde Terry
15. February 1975 against Juan Velasco Alvarado (attempt)
16. Francisco Morales-Bermúdez
    against Juan Velasco Alvarado
17. April 1992 under Alberto Fujimori (self-coup)
18. November 1992 [es] under Jaime Salinas Sedó [es] against Alberto Fujimori
19. 2000 under Ollanta Humala
    against Alberto Fujimori
20. 2005 coup attempt under Antauro Humala against Alejandro Toledo
21. 2022 under Pedro Castillo (self-coup
    attempt)

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.

1. 1587–1588: Failed
   Spanish colonial
   government
2. 11 October 1719: Successful overthrow and assassination of Governor-General
   Manila Archbishop Francisco de la Cuesta
3. 1 June 1823: Failed revolt by Andrés Novales and Creole members of the Spanish Army crushed by the Spanish colonial government
4. 1828: Failed Palmero Conspiracy, thwarted by the Spanish colonial government
5. 20 January 1872: Failed Cavite mutiny, crushed by the Spanish colonial government
6. 5 December 1896: Failed Manila mutiny, crushed by the Spanish colonial government
7. 2 May 1935: Failed Sakdalista Rebellion against United States, crushed by the American colonial government.
8. 1942–1954: Failed Hukbalahap Rebellion against Japan and later the government of the Philippines, ended with the surrender of the Huks.
9. 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.
10. 26 January–17 March 1970: First Quarter Storm, massive protests against Ferdinand Marcos.
11. 21 September 1972: Self-coup of Ferdinand Marcos by declaring martial law.
12. 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.
13. 6–8 July 1986: Failed coup attempt, known as the
    Philippine government
    .
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 18 April 1987: Failed coup attempt, known as the
    Black Saturday incident
    , ended with one rebel soldier killed.
17. 13 July 1987: Alleged coup attempt, known as the
    MIA plot
    , ended with four officers being sued in military court.
18. 28–29 August 1987: Failed coup attempt, known as the
    Philippine government
    .
19. 1–9 December 1989:
    Philippine government
    .
20. 4 March 1990:
    Philippine government
    .
21. 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.
22. 17–20 January 2001: Successful
    President Joseph Estrada^[99]
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 24 February 2006: State of emergency to forestall alleged coup against the government
26. 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:

1. 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:

1. 1565–1898: Spanish–Moro conflict, Spain failed to subjugate the Moros until the cession of the Spanish East Indies to the United States.
2. 1899–1913: Moro Rebellion, United States defeated the Moros, annexed their territories to the Philippine Islands.
3. 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.
4. 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

1. 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
2. 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.
3. Solidarity union, forming the Military Council of National Salvation

1. 1820: Liberal Revolution
2. 1824: April Revolt
3. 1836: Belenzada
4. 1837: Revolt of the Marshals
5. 1842: Coup of
   Costa Cabral
6. 1846: Emboscada
7. 1846–47: Patuleia
8. 1851: Revolt of João Carlos de Saldanha (beginning of Regeneração)
9. July 22, 1872: Failed coup by Caetano Gaspar de Almeida e Noronha [pt] against Fontes Pereira de Melo
10. 1910: A
    Portuguese First Republic
    .
11. 1915:
    Pimenta de Castro
    's government
12. 1917: December 1917 coup d'état leads to Sidónio Pais' Dictatorship
13. 1921: Bloody Night
14. 1925: failed Military coup by the military on 18 April 1925
15. 1925: failed Revolt Mendes Cabecadas on 19 July 1925
16. Manuel Gomes da Costa and the Portuguese Armed Forces overthrows the First Portuguese Republic, establishing the Ditadura Nacional
    .
17. 1927: Failed coup attempt led by Mendes dos Reis, Agatão Lança, Câmara Lente, and Filipe Mendes on 3 February
18. 1928: Failed coup attempt led by Liga de Paris and Major Sarmento Beires on 20 July
19. 1931: Failed coup attempt led by Hélder Ribeiro, Utra Machado, Jaime Batista, Dias Antunes, and Sarmento Beires on 26 August
20. Movimento das Forças Armadas overthrows the Estado Novo Military dictatorship led by President Américo Tomás, founding the National Salvation Junta
    .
21. 11 March 1975: failed coup by right wing army units
22. 1975: Failed coup after the Carnation Revolution by far-left militants who hoped to establish a Communist government in Portugal.

Qatar

1. Februsary 22, 1972: Heir-apparent Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani deposes Emir Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani.
2. June 27, 1995: Heir-apparent Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes Emir Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani.
3. February 14, 1996: Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani attempts and fails to depose Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.

Romania

1. 1866 by the "monstrous coalition" of Liberals and Conservatives against Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza
2. 1938: King Carol II of Romania against Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and the Iron Guard
3. 1940: Horia Sima and Ion Antonescu overthrow Carol II of Romania and create the National Legionary State.
4. 1941: The Iron Guard unsuccessfully revolts against Ion Antonescu, leading to the suppression of the Iron Guard and a major pogrom in Bucharest.
5. Soviet invasion of Romania
   .
6. 1947: Prime Minister Petru Groza forces King Michael I to abdicate, forming the Socialist Republic of Romania.
7. 1984: Coup attempt against Nicolae Ceausescu by the army^[100]
8. 1989: The
   Romanian Revolution. Ion Iliescu and his National Salvation Front overthrow Nicolae Ceasescu alongside a series of civil unrest and uprisings, ending the Romanian Communist Party
   's rule.

1. 1741: Elizabeth Petrovna overthrows her infant cousin Ivan VI of Russia and his mother Anna Leopoldovna.
2. 1762: A coup by Catherine the Great forced the abdication of Peter III of Russia.
3. December 1825: Decembrist revolt attempted to depose Tsar Nicholas I of Russia in favor of his brother, Grand Duke Konstantin by military coup.
4. Coup of June 1907: self coup by Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin, with the dissolution of the Second Duma
5. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia is forced to abdicate in favor of the Russian Provisional Government, ending the Romanov dynasty
   .

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Summer of 1918: Ambassadors' plot, failed attempt by Sidney Reilly et al. to remove the Bolsheviks from power.
4. November 18, 1918: Admiral Alexander Kolchak deposes the Omsk Directory, then headed by Nikolai Avksentiev, and proclaims himself Supreme Ruler of Russia
5. May 26, 1921: White army coup establishes Provisional Priamurye Government

Soviet Union

1. June 1957: the "Anti-Party Group" tries unsuccessfully to remove Nikita Khrushchev from power
2. 13 October 1964: Nikita Khrushchev is forced to resign, handing the power to Leonid Brezhnev
3. RSFSR President Boris Yeltsin, weakening the Communist Party's authority and accelerating the dissolution of the Soviet Union
   .

1. 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

1. December, 1896: a royal coup overthrows Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa and replaces him with Yuhi V Musinga
2. January 28, 1961: Coup of Gitarama
3. July 5, 1973: Juvénal Habyarimana overthrows Grégoire Kayibanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

1. March 8, 1988: Afonso dos Santos failed to overthrow Manuel Pinto da Costa
2. August 15, 1995: Manuel Quintas de Almeida overthrows Miguel Trovoada
   for 6 days
3. July 16, 2003: Fernando Pereira (major) overthrows Fradique de Menezes
   for 7 days
4. November 24–25, 2022: A few men, including Delfim Neves, president of the outgoing National Assembly, allegedly tried to overthrow the government
   .

1. November 1964: At the request of Crown Prince Faisal (Ibn Saud's third son), his brother Muhammad bin Abdulaziz (Ibn Saud's fourth son) led a palace coup which ousted King Saud (Ibn Saud's second son), making Faisal king.^[101]
2. 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
   .

1. 1933: a failed coup led by Antonio Canepa against the fascist regime of Giuliano Gozi^[102]
2. 1957: a quasi-coup led to the coexistence of two governments for a month

Scotland

1. 1688: The
   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

1. 1842: Milan Obrenovic III is overthrown, resulting in the succession of the House of Karađorđević to the Serbian throne.
2. 1858: Prince Alexander Karađorđević of Serbia is overthrown by Milan Obrenovic I, restoring the Obrenovic dynasty.
3. May 28–29, 1903: May Coup

Seychelles

1. June 5, 1977: France-Albert René overthrows James Mancham
2. November 25, 1981: South African mercenaries attempt to replace France-Albert René with the former president James Mancham
3. 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

1. March 21, 1967: David Lansana overthrows Siaka Stevens
2. April 19, 1968: John Amadu Bangura overthrows Andrew Juxon-Smith
3. April 29, 1992: Valentine Strasser overthrows Joseph Saidu Momoh
4. January 16, 1996: Julius Maada Bio overthrows Valentine Strasser
5. May 25, 1997:
   Ahmed Tejan Kabbah
6. July 31, 2023: Sierra Leone police arrested 19 people, including fourteen serving personnel of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, two officers of the Sierra Leone Police and one retired chief superintendent of police who were allegedly planning a coup between August 7 and 10.^{[103][104][105][106]} In addition, five military officers and three police officers were subject to a search and capture warrant.^[104]
7. November 26, 2023: an attempted coup involving attacks on barracks and a prison, resulting in the death of 19 people. The incident resulted in the arrest of 13 officers and 1 civilian.^[107]

Solomon Islands

1. June 5th, 2000: Malaita Eagle Force overthrows Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu

Somalia

1. December, 1961: an attempt by army officers to restore the independence of Somaliland fails.
2. Muhammad Siad Barre overthrows Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
3. April 9, 1978 failed coup attempt against Muhammad Siad Barre.
4. Muhammad Siad Barre, beginning the Somali Civil War
   .

1. 603: by General Witerico against king Liuva II
2. 631: by Duke Sisenando against King Suintila
3. 642: Tulga was overthrown by Chindasvinto
4. 692:
   Égica was briefly overthrown by Suniefredo

1. 1814: Absolutist
   Fernando VII and Francisco Javier de Elío
2. 1815: failed
   liberal pronunciamiento of Juan Díaz Porlier at A Coruña
3. 1820: successful
   liberal pronunciamiento of Rafael del Riego, start of the Trienio Liberal
4. 1822:
   Fernando VII
5. 1831: failed
   liberal pronunciamiento
   of Manuel de Torrijos
6. 1835:
   liberal pronunciamiento
   of Cordero y de Quesada
7. 1836: successful
   liberal
   mutiny of La Granja de San Ildefonso
8. 1841: failed Moderate pronunciamiento
9. 1843: successful Moderate pronunciamiento of Narváez and Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, end of the Baldomero Espartero regency
10. 1844: failed
    liberal and Esparterist coup, led by Martín Zurbano
11. 1846: failed
    progressive liberal military and civic revolt in Galicia
    , led by Miguel Solís Cuetos
12. 1848: failed
    progressive liberal military and civic revolt in Madrid
    , led by colonel Manuel Buceta
13. 1854: successful revolutionary coup in Madrid, led by general Leopoldo O'Donnell
14. 1860: failed
    Sant Carles de la Ràpita
    , led by general Jaime Ortega y Olleta
15. 1866: failed Progressive and Democrat coup in Madrid
16. 1866: failed pronunciamiento of Villarejo de Salvanés, led by general Juan Prim
17. 1868: successful Glorious Revolution, started by the pronunciamiento of Juan Bautista Topete in Cádiz

First Spanish Republic

1. 1874: successful coup led by General Pavía
2. 1874: successful "
   Spanish First Republic and restores monarchy and the Borbón
   family at the throne

1. 1883: failed 5 August republican pronunciamiento in Badajoz
2. 1886: failed republican coup in Madrid, led by Manuel Villacampa del Castillo and Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
3. 1923:
   Manuel García Prieto and established a dictatorship with the support of King Alfonso XIII
   .
4. 1926: failed "Sanjuanada", a coup against the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera
5. 1929: failed coup against the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, led by José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez
6. 1930: Jaca uprising: Fermín Galán led a failed republican pronunciamiento against the Spanish monarchy in Jaca.

Second Spanish Republic

1. 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.
2. July 1936: A military uprising led by Emilio Mola in which Francisco Franco participated, against Prime Minister Manuel Azaña and the Second Spanish Republic, starting the Spanish Civil War
3. 1939: Segismundo Casado and Julián Besteiro overthrow the PSOE government of Juan Negrín in Republican-controlled Spain in order to negotiate a ceasefire with the Nationalists, forming the National Defense Council.

Kingdom of Spain

1. November 17, 1978: An aborted Guardia Civil coup led by Antonio Tejero to stop the Spanish transition to democracy.
2. King Juan Carlos
   denounced the coup in a nationally televised address, and the coup collapsed the next day with no casualties.
3. October 27, 1982: A group of far-right colonels failed to overthrow Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
   .
4. June 2, 1985: a group of far-right soldiers and officers (along with some civilians) planned to take power following a false flag attack, but the conspiracy was later aborted.^{[citation needed]}

Sri Lanka

1. 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt
   : Christian military officers attempted to topple the current government under Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

Sudan

1. June 1957: Abdel Rahman Ismail Kabeida failed to overthrow the Sudanese Government
2. November 16, 1958: Ibrahim Abboud overthrows Abdallah Khalil
3. November 9, 1959 The Sudanese Armed Forces failed to overthrow Ibrahim Abboud
4. 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.
5. Gaafar al-Nimeiry overthrows Ismail al-Azhari
6. 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.
7. September 5, 1975: The members of the Sudanese Communist Party failed to overthrowGaafar an-Nimeiry
8. July 2, 1976: Rebels failed to overthrow Gaafar Nimeiry
9. 2 February 1977: Failed coup attempt in Juba by former members of the Anyanya in the Sudanese Air Force
10. April 6, 1985: Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab overthrows Gaafar al-Nimeiry, establishing the Transitional Military Council.
11. 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
12. April 23, 1990: First failed coup to overthrow Omar al-Bashir
13. March 1992: Second failed coup to overthrow Omar al-Bashir
14. March 2004: Third failed coup to overthrow Omar al-Bashir
15. May 10, 2008: Fourth failed coup to overthrow Omar al-Bashir
16. November 22, 2012: Fifth failed coup to overthrow Omar al-Bashir
17. Sudanese Revolution
18. Sovereignty Council by forces loyal to Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir
    fails
19. Sovereignty Council
20. April 15, 2023 – ongoing: Ongoing Coup attempt and armed conflict by the Rapid Support Forces
    (RSF).

1. May 25/26, 1910: failed coup d'état by police officer Frans Killinger.^[108]
2. November 7/8, 1947: failed coup d'état by Simon Sanches.^[109]
3. February 25, 1980: military coup led by Dési Bouterse ousts Prime Minister Henck Arron.^[110]
4. August 13, 1980: the military led by Dési Bouterse ousts President Johan Ferrier.^[111]
5. March 15, 1981: failed counter coup/conspiracy by Wilfred Hawker.^[112][113]
6. March 10/11, 1982: failed counter coup by Surendre Rambocus.^[110]
7. December 24, 1990: President Ramsewak Shankar dismissed by Suriname's military.^{[citation needed]}

Switzerland

1. 1717: Wilchingen against the City of Schaffhausen^{[citation needed]}
2. 1719: Werdenberg against Glarus^{[citation needed]}
3. 1723: Military led by Major Abraham Davel (Vaud) against City of Bern^{[citation needed]}
4. 1726: Peasants of Jura against Bistum of Basel^{[citation needed]}
5. 1755: Leventina (Ticino) against Canton Uri^{[citation needed]}
6. 1781: Chenaux (Fribourg) against Canton Fribourg^{[citation needed]}
7. 1797: Peasants of Baselgebiet against the City of Basel and ousted Peter Ochs and Peter Vischer^{[citation needed]}
8. 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)
9. August 7, 1800: Patriots ousting the Republicans
10. October, 27/28 1801: Federalist (Alois Reding & Johann Rudolf von Frisching) with help of the French Raymond Verninac ousting Unitarier and Patriots
11. April 17, 1802: Unitarier under the Lead of Bernhard Friedrich Kuhns ousting the Federalist Alois Reding
12. September 6, 1839: Züriputsch: Radical Movement under the lead of Conrad Melchior Hirzel & Fridrich Ludwig Keller ousting the Liberals. Killing of Johannes Hegtschweiler.

Sweden

1. 18 May 1160, successful: king Eric the Holy is killed on orders of Magnus Henriksson, who takes power as king Magnus II of Sweden
2. 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
3. 14 June 1275, successful: Battle of Hova, king Valdemar I is overthrown and replaced by his brother who becomes king Magnus III
4. 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.
5. June 1448, successful: Charles Canutesson is elected and hailed as king of Sweden under the pressure of his own private army
6. 1457, successful: Charles Canutesson is ousted following a rebellion by the archbishop and the high nobility
7. 1520, successful: Battle of Bogesund and Stockholm Bloodbath, Christian II of Denmark deposes Sten Sture the Younger and becomes king of Sweden
8. 1521–3, successful:
   Gustaf Vasa
   king Gustaf I of Sweden
9. 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
10. 1569, failed: The 1569 plot against John III of Sweden, seeking to reinstate Eric XIV of Sweden
11. 1574, failed: Mornay Plot against John III, seeking to reinstate Eric XIV
12. 1576, failed: The 1576 plot against John III, seeking to reinstate Eric XIV
13. 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
14. 1756, failed: Coup of 1756 of queen Louisa Ulrika against the Riksdag of the Estates
15. 1772, successful:
    Gustaf III of Sweden dismissed the Riksdag of the Estates, ending the Age of Liberty
16. 1789, failed:
    1789 Conspiracy of Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp
    against her brother-in-law Gustaf III
17. 1793, failed:
    Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
    , is exposed.
18. 1809, successful:
    Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden after the Finnish War
19. 1917–8, failed/cancelled: riots in Stockholm is followed by Socialist threats of revolution, but the plans are never realized; however, king Gustaf V is finally accepting parliamentarism and appoints Nils Edén as prime minister for a Liberal-Social Democrat coalition government to ease political tension^[114]

Syria

1. 1925–1927: The
   French Mandate.^{[citation needed}
   ]
2. March 29, 1949 by Husni al-Za'im against Shukri al-Quwatli
3. August 14, 1949 by Sami al-Hinnawi against Husni al-Za'im
4. December 3, 1951 by Adib Shishakli against Hashim al-Atassi
5. February 25, 1954 by Maamun al-Kuzbari against Adib Shishakli
6. September 29, 1961 by Haydar al-Kuzbari and others against Gamal Abdel Nasser
7. Nazim al-Kudsi
8. 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.
9. November 13, 1970: Hafez al-Assad overthrows Salah Jadid

Thailand

The number of coups in Thailand—whether successful or unsuccessful— is uncertain, leading one academic to call for a concerted effort to make a definitive list.^[115] According to Paul Chambers, a professor at Chiang Mai University's Institute for South-East Asian Affairs, there have been almost 30 coup attempts in Thailand (whether successful or unsuccessful) since 1912. Some count 11 coups since 1932.^[116] Others claim there were 13 since 1932.^[117]

1. 1912: Coup planned by military officers is discovered and thwarted.
2. Khana Ratsadon party overthrows the absolute monarchy of King Prajadhipok.^[118]
3. 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.
4. Phraya Manopakorn Nititada.^[118]
5. 11–23 October 1933: Royalist rebellion to overturn the results of the June 1933 coup d'état.
6. 3 August 1935: The Nai Sip rebellion.^[119]
7. 29 January 1939: More a purge or internal coup, it was the work of Prime Minister Phibul to remove political enemies and rivals.^[119]
8. Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi.^[118]
9. 26–27 February 1949: Attempted coup by Pridi, which saw the Grand Palace occupied by his supporters, failed.^[119]
10. 29 June 1951: Pridi supporters in the navy attempted a coup when they tried to seize Phibun.^[119]
11. 29 November 1951: Military overthrows 1949 constitution and reverts to 1932 constitution.^[118]
12. 21 September 1957:
    Plaek Pibulsongkram^[118]
13. 20 October 1958: Self-coup of Sarit Thanarat^[118]
14. 18 November 1971: Self-coup of Thanom Kittikachorn^[118]
15. February 1976: An attempted military coup was defeated in February.^[119]
16. 6 October 1976: Sangad Chaloryu overthrows Seni Pramoj^[118]
17. 20 October 1977: Kriangsak Chamanan overthrows Thanin Kraivichien^[118]
18. 1 April 1981: A coup led by the deputy commander-in-chief of the army failed when forces loyal to the government suppressed the revolt. The "Young Turk" group of officers who staged the coup were dismissed from the army.^[119]
19. 9 September 1985: A coup attempt by Col. Manoonkrit Roopkachorn, a member of the Young Turks, failed and a number of senior officers were later arrested.^[119]
20. 23 February 1991: Sunthorn Kongsompong overthrows Chatichai Choonhavan^[118]
21. 19 September 2006: Sonthi Boonyaratglin overthrows Thaksin Shinawatra^[118]
22. 22 May 2014: Prayut Chan-o-cha overthrows Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan^[118]

Togo

1. January 13, 1963: Étienne Eyadéma and Emmanuel Bodjollé overthrow Sylvanus Olympio
2. January 13, 1967: Étienne Eyadéma and Kléber Dadjo overthrow Nicolas Grunitzky

Transkei

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

Tunisia

1. July 15, 1957: Habib Bourguiba overthrows King Muhammad VIII al-Amin
2. November 7, 1987 : 1987 Tunisian coup d'état: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali overthrows Habib Bourguiba
3. July 25, 2021 : 2021 Tunisian self-coup : Kais Saied overthrows Assembly of the Representatives of the People

Tuva

1. 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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. May 30, 1876 [tr]: Due to the public discontent caused by crop failures, public debt and excessive spending, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abdulaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876 and found dead several days later, which was attributed to suicide. He was replaced by Murad V.^[120]
4. 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.
5. 1912: The "Saviour Officers" of the opposition Freedom and Accord Party overthrow the Committee of Union and Progress after the rigged 1912 general election.
6. Grand Vizier Kâmil Pasha after the First Balkan War, leading to the rule of the "Three Pashas" in the Ottoman Empire
   .
7. Prime Minister Adnan Menderes
8. February 22, 1962
   : A failed coup attempt led by Colonel Talat Aydemir due to the discontent by the election results on July 9, 1961.
9. 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.
10. May 20, 1969, military intervention
11. March 9, 1971: A coup attempt by leftist army officers was thwarted.
12. March 12, 1971 under four force commanders of the Turkish Armed Forces overthrows Süleyman Demirel
13. December 27, 1979, military memorandum
14. Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel in response to widespread political violence
    .
15. February 28, 1997: the General Staff issues a memorandum demanding the reversal of several policies of the Islamist government of Necmettin Erbakan, precipitating its collapse. Due to the lack of an overt military takeover, the event is popularly known as the "postmodern coup" (Turkish: Post-modern darbe).
16. 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.
17. July 15, 2016: A group within the Turkish military linked by the Turkish government to the Gulen movement, the Peace at Home Council, made a failed military attempt to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.^[121]

1. Islamist Jamaat al Muslimeen organization led by Yasin Abu Bakr against Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson

1. February 1966: Milton Obote overthrows King Mutesa II of Buganda
2. January 25, 1971: Idi Amin overthrows Milton Obote
3. May 12, 1980: Paulo Muwanga overthrows Godfrey Binaisa
4. July 27, 1985:
   Tito Okello Lutwa overthrows Milton Obote
5. January 26, 1986:
   Tito Okello Lutwa^{[citation needed}
   ]

1. April 29, 1918:
   Central Council of Ukraine
2. December 14, 1918: Directorate of Ukraine overthrew Pavlo Skoropadskyi
3. November 26, 2021: Alleged Russia-backed coup attempt allegations^[122]
4. February 2022: Failed
   2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[123][124]

1. January, 1972: Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi attempts and fails to overthrow Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, killing Khalid in the process
2. June, 1987: `Abd al-`Aziz bin Muhammad Al Qasimi attempts and fails to overthrow Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi

Federal Government

1. 2013:
   UAE Federal Government tries 94 people linked to Al Islah for an alleged coup plot.^[125]

1. 1802: Despard Plot; plan by Edward Despard to assassinate King George III and stage a popular uprising in London; suppressed by the government.
2. 1820 Cato Street Conspiracy to assassinate Prime Minister Lord Liverpool and his cabinet; intercepted and suppressed in the planning stages
3. 1913 (March): During the
   cabinet ministers and subjecting them to force-feeding, until they conceded women's suffrage.^[126] After the publicization of the plans, the plans were aborted.^[126]
4. 1913: During the
   WSPU had plans to create a suffragette "army" known as the "People's Training Corps" and informally as "Mrs Pankhurst's Army".^[127] The army was intended to proceed in force to Downing Street to imprison ministers until they conceded women's suffrage.^[127] After the discovery of the plans, they were aborted.^[127]

Prior to independence

1. December 21, 1719: Local military officers in colonial South Carolina overthrew the Lords Proprietors.

Federal level

1. March 1783: The Continental Army may have planned to overthrow the Confederation Congress, but the conspiracy failed after Gen. George Washington refused to join.
2. 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.^[128]
3. 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.
4. 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

1. 1841–42: Failed gubernatorial candidate Thomas Wilson Dorr attempted to install a new government of Rhode Island under a different constitution.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. October 14, 1931: Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Paul N. Cyr had himself sworn in as Governor while Governor Huey Long was out of state. Long had been elected to the Senate in 1930 but intended to remain Governor until the end of his term in 1932. Long sent the National Guard to the Governor's mansion and the state Capitol and returned to Baton Rouge to secure his position as governor. Long had Cyr removed as Lieutenant Governor by successfully arguing to the Louisiana Supreme Court that Cyr had vacated the position by swearing himself in as governor.^{[129][130][131]}
6. 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

1. 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.
2. November 10, 1898: White-supremacist Southern Democrats overthrew the biracial Fusionist ruling coalition of Wilmington, North Carolina
   .
3. August 2, 1946: Citizens led by returning WWII veterans overthrew the allegedly corrupt government of McMinn County, Tennessee.

Uruguay

1. February 10, 1898: Self-coup by Juan Lindolfo Cuestas.
2. March 31, 1933: Self-coup by Gabriel Terra.
3. February 21, 1942: Self-coup by Alfredo Baldomir, sometimes known as the Golpe bueno (the "Good coup").
4. June 27, 1973: Juan María Bordaberry closed parliament and established a civic-military dictatorship^[132]

Venda

1. April 5, 1990: Gabriel Ramushwana overthrows Frank Ravele^[133]

Venezuela

1. December 19, 1908: Juan Vicente Gómez declares himself president after Cipriano Castro leaves for Europe to receive medical treatment
2. October 18, 1945: President Isaías Medina Angarita was overthrown by a rebellion and a popular movement, which saw a transition to a democratic government
3. November 24, 1948: A military junta, led by Carlos Delgado Chalbaud overthrows the democratically elected president Rómulo Gallegos
4. 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
5. February 4–5, 1992: A failed coup attempt against President Carlos Andrés Pérez led by Hugo Chávez and his group MBR-200
6. 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
7. Fedecámaras and the Confederation of Workers of Venezuela

1. October 1459: Emperor Lê Nhân Tông was deposed and killed in a coup led by Lê Nghi Dân
2. May 1460: Failed coup against emperor Lê Nghi Dân
3. 6 June 1460: Emperor Lê Nghi Dân was deposed (and possibly killed) in a coup by officials, who enthroned Lê Thánh Tông.^[134]
4. November 1509: Emperor Lê Uy Mục was deposed in a coup led by Lê Tương Dực
5. Spring 1516: Emperor Lê Tương Dực was deposed in a military coup; the army enthroned his nephew Lê Chiêu Tông
6. 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.^[135]
7. 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).
8. Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina

South Vietnam

1. 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.
2. 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
   .
3. January 1964: General Nguyễn Khánh ousted the military junta led by General Dương Văn Minh in a bloodless coup.
4. 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.
5. December 1964: The ruling military junta, led by General Nguyễn Khánh dissolves the High National Council.
6. 1965: Army units commanded by General Lâm Văn Phát and Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo fight to a stalemate with those of the ruling military junta, led by General Nguyễn Khánh. Following this, however, General Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and Air Marshal Nguyễn Chánh Thi (hostile to both the plotters and to Khánh himself) seized power themselves with the backing of the United States. They then forced Khánh into exile.

Yanaon

1. Coup d'état of Yanaon

Yemen

1. 1948: The
   Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
   .
2. 1955 under Colonel Ahmad Yahya al-Thulaya
3. 1962 under Abdullah al-Sallal
4. 1974 under Ibrahim al-Hamdi
5. Houthis
6. 2018 Yemeni coup d'état by the Southern Movement

1. 6 January 1929: Alexander I of Yugoslavia suspends the constitution and introduces a personal dictatorship. (self-coup)
2. 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

1. January 12, 1964: John Okello led the coup to overthrow Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said

Zambia

1. July 1, 1990: Mwamba Luchembe unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow President Kenneth Kaunda
2. October 28, 1997: Steven Lungu failed to overthrow President Frederick Chiluba

1. 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"
2. February 14, 1980: A planned coup to overthrow Robert Mugabe was canceled.

Zimbabwe

1. June 2 or June 15 2007: An alleged to overthrow Robert Mugabe.
2. November 14, 2017: A coup resulted in the removal of longtime President Robert Mugabe^[136]

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