List of coups and coup attempts

See also: List of coups and coup attempts by country

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General Bonaparte during the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire in Saint-Cloud, detail of painting by François Bouchot, 1840

A coup d'état, often abbreviated to coup, is the overthrow of a government by non-democratic means. This is a chronological list of coups and coup attempts, from ancient times to the present.

BCE

The assassination of Julius Caesar (44 BC), as depicted by Vincenzo Camuccini.

• 876, Kingdom of Israel: Zimri, a military commander of Israel, killed King Elah and became king himself. Soon after, he died by suicide to avoid being overthrown by his own commander, Omri.
• 860, Qi coup d'état of 860 BC in Qi: Duke Hu of Qi was overthrown by his half-brother Shan.
• 841, Kingdom of Israel: Jehu killed Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah, and became king of Israel.
• 730, Kingdom of Judah: There was a failed coup attempt by Rezin of Aram-Damascus and Pekah of Israel to try to overthrow Ahaz of Judah and the House of David and to replace him with Ben Tav'el.
• 716, Lydia: King Candaules of Lydia was killed by his bodyguard, Gyges, who then assumed the throne. Gyges had conspired with Candaules's wife.
• 632, Athens: A coup attempt failed in Athens, by Cylon who attempted to establish himself as a tyrant.
• 522, Murder of the Magi in the Achaemenid Empire: Bardiya was assassinated in a conspiracy led by Otanes, leading to the accession of Darius the Great of the Achaemenid Dynasty.
• 509, Rome: Members of the Tarquin dynasty led by Lucius Junius Brutus overthrew King of Rome Lucius Tarquinius Superbus and established the Roman Republic.
• 411, Athens: A coup at Athens, led by Antiphon, established a short-lived oligarchy known as The Four Hundred.
• 404, Athens: A coup at Athens, led by Critias, established the short-lived pro-Spartan oligarchy known as the Thirty Tyrants.
• 209, Xiongnu Empire: The Xiongnu Emperor Modu Chanyu overthrew his father Touman and killed his rival half-brother.
• 185, Maurya Empire: There was a coup in the Maurya Empire, which controlled much of present Indian territory, by Mauryan General Pushyamitra Shunga.
• 88, Rome: During Sulla's first civil war, Lucius Cornelius Sulla invaded Rome and deposed Gaius Marius.
• 82, Rome: In Sulla's second civil war, Sulla again marched on Rome, removed Gaius Marius the Younger, and proclaimed himself as Roman dictator.
• 49, Rome: Julius Caesar, heading part of the Roman army, illegally crossed the Rubicon and marched on Rome. After assuming control of government, he was proclaimed "dictator in perpetuity".
• 44, Rome: On the Ides of March, Julius Caesar was assassinated by members of the Roman Senate. The conspirators did not gain control of the Roman Republic, instead, power eventually passed to the Second Triumvirate of Caesar supporters.

1–999

Nero was the target of many plots. Here a plaster bust conserved at the Pushkin Museum, Moscow.

As-Saffah is proclaimed as the first Abbasid caliph, from Balami's Tarikhnama

• 41, Rome: Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy by officers of the Praetorian Guard, senators, and courtiers, though the conspirators' attempt to use the opportunity to restore the Roman Republic was thwarted.
• 65, Pisonian conspiracy in Rome: Gaius Calpurnius Piso plotted to have Roman Emperor Nero assassinated, but the plan was discovered.
• 69, Rome: Following Roman Emperor Nero's death, several complots lead to the year of the Four Emperors.
• 189, Eastern Han dynasty (China): The Ten Eunuchs of Later Han Dynasty were murdered by troops led by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu; Dong Zhuo took over the government by force.
• 249, Incident at Gaoping Tombs in Cao Wei (ancient China): Cao Shuang was captured and executed by the Sima house (Sima Yi, Sima Zhao, and Sima Shi).
• 378, Tikal: King Chak Tok Ich'aak of Tikal was assassinated in a Teotihuacan-backed coup.
• 498, Yamato Province: Ōomi Heguri no Matori usurped Yamato Japan's government upon the death of the Ōkimi (Great Chieftain, now known as Emperor) Ninken. Matori was killed by Otomo no Kanamura.
• 552, Rouran Khaganate: Bumin Qaghan overthrew the Rouran Khaganate and declared the Turkic Khaganate.
• 602, Byzantine Empire: Maurice, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was deposed by a conspiracy of the Balkan army, which was led by a Thracian junior officer named Flavius Phocas and Maurice's seven sons. Most of the pro-Maurice government officials and generals were executed along with him (excepting Priscus and Philippicus), and Phocas was acclaimed emperor in the church of St. John the Baptist.
• 610, Heraclian revolt in the Byzantine Empire: The same Phocas who had deposed Maurice eight years earlier was deposed by a conspiracy led by the generals Priscus, his son-in-law, and Heraclius the Elder, the governor of north Africa. The exarch's son, Heraclius the Younger, deposed Phocas with the help of his cousin Niketas.
• 626, Xuanwu Gate Incident in the Tang Empire (China): On 2 July, 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.
• 642, Goguryeo: Yeon Gaesomun of Goguryeo led a military coup that killed King Yeongryu and installed King Bojang as a puppet under military rule.
• 680, Visigothic Kingdom: King Wamba of the Visigoths was drugged, tonsured, and dressed in a monk's cloak, so he would be considered an ordained man and hence he could not reign.
• 717, Second Turkic Khaganate: Inel Qaghan of Second Turkic Khaganate was dethroned and later killed by Bilge Kaghan's brother Kül Tigin.
• 742, Second Turkic Khaganate: Ashina Shi usurped the Second Turkic Khaganate throne after killing three of his rivals.
• 751, Umayyad Caliphate: Abu Muslim Khorasani stormed Damascus and massacred the ruling Banu Umayyad family. As-Saffah became the first ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate.
• 839, Silla: Jang Bogo of Silla overthrew King Minae and installed King Sinmu on the throne.

1000–1699

General Yi Seong-gye, later crowned Taejo of Joseon.

• 1010, Goryeo: General Gang Jo of Goryeo staged a coup that overthrew King Mokjong.
• 1126, Goryeo: Yi Ja-gyeom of Goryeo made a failed attempt to overthrow King Injong.
• 1170, Goryeo: General Jeong Jung-bu of Goryeo led a military coup that deposed King Uijong and installed puppet king Myeongjong under military regime.
• 1197, Goryeo: Choe Chung-heon of Goryeo staged a military coup that ousted and killed military dictator Yi Ui-Min, and deposed King Myeongjong.
• 1258, Goryeo: General Kim Jun of Goryeo overthrew and killed then-military dictator Choe Ui.
• 1284, Ilkhanate: The Ilkhanate ruler Tekuder was overthrown by Arghun.
• 1327, France: Isabella of France overthrew her husband, Edward II, and became regent for their son, Edward III, with her lover and co-regent, Roger Mortimer.
• 1330, France: Edward III assumed royal power, arrested Isabella of France and executed Roger Mortimer.
• 1388, Goryeo: General Yi Seong-gye of Goryeo led a military coup that deposed King U, murdered General Choe Young, and installed puppet ruler King Chang and eventually King Gongyang. Yi later crowned himself, starting the Joseon Dynasty.
• 1452, Aq Qoyunlu: Uzun Hasan seized Diyarbakir in a coup while sultan Jahangir was away on a military expedition.
• 1398, Joseon dynasty (Korea): Prince Yi Bangwon of Joseon led a coup that murdered Prime Minister Jeong Dojeon and two other princes.
• 1455, Joseon dynasty (Korea): Prince Suyang of Joseon led a coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Hwangbo In and Kim Jong Seo, who were killed during the coup.
• 1459, Đại Việt: Prince Lê Nghi Dân led a coup that killed Emperor Lê Nhân Tông. Lê Nghi Dân later crowned himself.
• 1459, Đại Việt: Đỗ Bí and Lê Thụ led a coup that overthrew Emperor Lê Nghi Dân.
• 1506, Joseon dynasty (Korea): A coup d'état in Joseon overthrew Prince Yeonsan and placed King Jungjong on the throne.
• 1512, Ottoman Empire: Selim I rebelled against his father Bayezid II and took the throne of Ottoman Empire.
• 1541, Peru: Juan de Rada led a coup that ousted and killed Spanish conquistador and governor of Peru, Francisco Pizarro, and installed Diego de Almagro II as governor.
• 1567, Scotland: Protestant rebels arrested Mary Queen of Scots and forced her to sign the Abdicate on 24 July 1567 in favour of the infant James VI and to appoint her illegitimate half-brother, James Stewart, Earl of Moray, as regent.
• 1569, 1569 Plot in Sweden: Courtiers of the imprisoned Eric XIV attempted to free and reinstate him, deposing John III of Sweden. The plot was exposed and prevented, and the conspirators were executed.
• 1574, Mornay Plot in Sweden: A plot to depose John III of Sweden and reinstate Eric XIV was discovered in Sweden.
• 1605, Gunpowder Plot in England: On 5 November, a group of provincial English Catholics led by Guy Fawkes 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.
• 1622, Janissaries' Revolt in the Ottoman Empire: Janissaries revolted against Osman II and imprisoned him in the Seven Towers. He was murdered shortly afterwards.
• 1623, Joseon dynasty (Korea): A coup d'état in Joseon overthrew Prince Gwanghae and placed King Injo on the throne.
• 1648, Pride's Purge in England: Members of Parliament who wished to continue political negotiations with Charles I were ejected from the House of Commons. Those remaining—known as the Rump—went on to agree that the king should be put on trial for his life.
• 1653, England: On 20 April, Oliver Cromwell and forty musketeers under the command of Charles Worsley entered the House of Commons and forcibly dissolved the Rump Parliament, leading to Cromwell becoming Lord Protector and instigating military rule.
• 1660, Denmark: Frederick III of Denmark staged a coup in Copenhagen that instituted absolute monarchy in the country.
• 1688, Glorious Revolution in the British Isles: The Catholic James II was deposed by a faction favourable to the Protestant William of Orange.
• 1689, Boston Revolt in the Dominion of New England: In an action described by some as a "putsch", the Puritan militia, assisted by a Bostonian mob, arrested the unpopular governor, Sir Edmund Andros.

1700–1799

Patrona Halil rebellion; painting by Jean Baptiste Vanmour.

• 1730, Ottoman Empire: Janissary Patrona Halil instigated an uprising which resulted in the deposition of Ahmed III and the end of the Tulip era.
• 1756, Coup of 1756 in Sweden: Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Queen of Sweden, attempted to abolish the rule of the Riksdag of the Estates and reinstate absolute monarchy in Sweden. The plot was exposed and subdued shortly before it was intended to begin.
• 1762, Russia: A coup by Catherine the Great forced the abdication of Peter III of Russia.
• 1769, Ethiopia: Ras Mikael Sehul deposed and killed Emperor Iyoas I of Ethiopia in a demonstration of power over the Ethiopian Throne. This action ushered in the Zemene Mesafint ("Era of the Princes"), a lengthy period of civil war and anarchy in Ethiopia.
• 1772, Denmark–Norway: A coup led by Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and her son Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway deposed the ruling cabinet minister Johann Friedrich Struensee.
• 1772, Revolution of 1772 in Sweden: King Gustav III performed a coup to introduce absolute monarchy against the Riksdag of the Estates, resulting in the end of the Age of liberty and the introduction of the Swedish Constitution of 1772.
• 1784, Denmark–Norway: A coup is performed by the crown prince Frederick VI of Denmark against the ruling cabinet led by Ove Høegh-Guldberg.
• 1789, 1789 Conspiracy in Sweden: An attempted coup, with the purpose of deposing Gustav III of Sweden, was thwarted.
• 1791, Poland: A political coup compelled the Polish diet to adopt a new constitution.
• 1793, Armfelt Conspiracy in Sweden: A coup by Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, in companionship with Magdalena Rudenschöld, with the intent to depose the guardian government of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, was exposed.
• 1794, Fall of Maximilien Robespierre (also called the Coup d'état of 9 Thermidor) in France: Members of the Committee of Public Safety arrested and executed fellow Committee member Maximilien Robespierre.
• 1797, Coup of 18 Fructidor in France: The French Directory, with the support of the military, seizes power and ends the monarchist majority in Parliament.
• 1799, Coup of 18 Brumaire in France: A bloodless coup de'état overthrew the French Directory, replacing it with the French Consulate, and brought Napoléon Bonaparte to power.

1800–1899

Execution of Claude François de Malet and his co-conspirators on 29 October 1812 following the Malet coup in France.

• 1808, Rum Rebellion in New South Wales: A coup d'état by the New South Wales Corps deposed Governor William Bligh.
• 1809, Coup of 1809 in Sweden: Several army officers deposed King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden while an army was marching on Stockholm.
• 1809, Iceland: Danish adventurer Jørgen Jørgensen arrested the governor of Iceland and made himself Protector, declaring the country independent from Denmark. Two months later, English warship HMS Talbot arrived and restored Danish government.
• 1812, Malet coup of 1812 in France: Republican General Claude François de Malet led a coup against against Emperor Napoleon I.
• 1815, France: Emperor Napoleon I staged a coup against King Louis XVIII of France.
• 1815, Spain: Juan Díaz Porlier, with the support of the bourgeoisie and educated class, pronounced against King Ferdinand VII but was later betrayed.
• 1820, Spain: A pronunciamiento by Spanish liberal Rafael del Riego forced the restoration of the Spanish Constitution of 1812, and began the Trienio Liberal.
• 1822, Spain: The Royal Guard attempted an absolutist coup against King Ferdinand VII, which failed.
• 1828, Bolivia: Military revolt in Chuquisaca wounded President Antonio José de Sucre, leading to his resignation.
• 1828, Argentina: Unitarian Juan Lavalle deposed and executed federalist Manuel Dorrego as governor of Buenos Aires.
• 1829, Mexico: Anastasio Bustamante overthrew and murdered President Vicente Guerrero.
• 1832, Mexico: Mexican president Anastasio Bustamante was deposed for the first time by Antonio López de Santa Anna, and replaced by Melchor Múzquiz.
• 1839, Bolivia: José Miguel de Velasco seized control of the government from Andrés de Santa Cruz during the dissolution of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation.
• 1839, Mexico: Mexican president Anastasio Bustamante was deposed for the second time by Antonio López de Santa Anna.
• 1841, Bolivia: Sebastián Ágreda overthrew José Miguel de Velasco, later installing the pro-Andrés de Santa Cruz politician Mariano Enrique Calvo as president.
• 1841, Bolivia: José Ballivián deposed Mariano Enrique Calvo and returned Andrés de Santa Cruz to power.
• 1842, Costa Rica: Francisco Morazán, former Federal President of Central America, invaded Costa Rica and seized power. He was later deposed by popular uprising and executed.
• 1843, Spain: A successful Moderate pronunciamiento of Narváez and Francisco Serrano y Domínguez ended the Baldomero Espartero regency.
• 1848, Bolivia: Manuel Isidoro Belzu overthrew Eusebio Guilarte and installed José Miguel de Velasco as president.
• 1848, Bolivia: Manuel Isidoro Belzu turned on José Miguel de Velasco and overthrew him. An attempted counter-coup by Velasco failed.
• 1851, 1851 French coup d'état: President of France Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte dissolved the Assembly and became the sole ruler of the country. In the following year, he restored the Empire by referendum.
• 1854, Mexico: Following the Plan of Ayutla, Benito Juárez deposed Antonio López de Santa Anna and installed Juan Álvarez as President of Mexico.
• 1854, Spanish Revolution of 1854: General Leopoldo O'Donnell led a successful revolutionary coup in Madrid.
• 1854, Bolivia: A military revolt failed to overthrow Manuel Isidoro Belzu.
• 1857, Bolivia: José María Linares overthrew Jorge Córdova and Manuel Isidoro Belzu by proxy.

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  Bruno Carranza Ramirez became President of Costa Rica in the aftermath of the 1870 Costa Rican coup d'état.

  1861, Bolivia: José María Linares was overthrown by his own ministerial cabinet, led by José María de Achá.
• 1864, Mexico: Troops of French Emperor Napoleon III invaded Mexico and installed Habsburg pretender Maximilian as Emperor.
• 1864, Bolivia: Mariano Melgarejo rose up against José María de Achá and defeated his forces and those of Manuel Isidoro Belzu, who was also attempting to return to power. Melgarejo declared himself President of Bolivia.
• 1866, Romania: Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza of Romania was forced to abdicate by a political and military coalition.
• 1867, Japan: Compelled by the Satchō Alliance, the Tokugawa shogunate returned political power to Emperor Meiji.
• 1868, Glorious Revolution in Spain: A pronunciamiento of Juan Bautista Topete in Cádiz deposed Queen Isabella II.
• 1870, 1870 Costa Rican coup d'état: Bruno Carranza came to power in Costa Rica after deposing President Jesús Jiménez Zamora. He resigned three months later.

• 1871, Bolivia: Agustín Morales led a popular revolt against Mariano Melgarejo.
• 1874, Spain: Arsenio Martínez Campos overthrew the First Spanish Republic and installed Alfonso XII as king.
• 1874, Pavia coup in Spain: After Emilio Castelar lost a vote of confidence and a new government was to be instituted, Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque ordered Congress to evacuate and formed a new government, giving power to Francisco Serrano.
• 1876, Costa Rica: Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz was deposed in a coup d'état led by Vicente Herrera Zeledón.
• 1876, Mexico: Following the Plan of Tuxtepec, Porfirio Díaz overthrew Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada and installed himself as President of Mexico.
• 1876, Bolivia: A military coup led by Hilarión Daza overthrew the president Tomás Frías Ametller and installed Hilarión Daza as President of Bolivia, leading to the War of the Pacific.
• 1879, Bolivia: Hilarión Daza was deposed while fighting in the War of the Pacific.
• 1889, Proclamation of the Republic in Brazil: A military coup led by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca deposed the Brazilian Emperor, Dom Pedro II, proclaimed the Republic, and installed a provisional government.

The Empire of Brazil ended in a coup d'état which formed a republic.

• 1891, Brazil: President of Brazil Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca dissolved the National Congress and declared himself Dictator, but soon after resigned after the Navy rebellion.
• 1893, Kingdom of Hawai'i: Sanford Dole and American plantation owners overthrew the independent Kingdom of Hawaiʻi led by Queen Liliʻuokalani
• 1895, 1895 Wilcox rebellion in the Kingdom of Hawai'i: Robert W. Wilcox unsuccessfully launched a coup in an attempt to restore the Hawaiian Monarchy.
• 1895, Bahrain: Shubar al-Sitri launched an unsuccessful coup to depose the Bahraini monarchy.
• 1898, Wilmington insurrection of 1898 (also known as the Wilmington coup and the Wilmington massacre) in the United States: White supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina overthrew the biracial Fusionist government.
• 1898, Qing dynasty (China): Empress Dowager Cixi launched the Wuxu coup in the Qing dynasty of China in response to the Hundred Days' Reform.
• 1899, Bolivia: José Manuel Pando defeated Severo Fernández, bringing an end to the Federal War.
• 1899, Venezuela: Cipriano Castro's army overthrew the government of Ignacio Andrade in Venezuela.

1900–1919

1903

• May Coup in Serbia: The Black Hand group of military officers, led by Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis, killed Alexander I of Serbia in coup d'état named Majski Prevrat (May Overthrow).

1905

• Brazil: A failed military coup was led by Lauro Sodré after a week of civil disorder during the Vaccine Revolt.

1908

• Venezuela: Juan Vicente Gómez declared himself President of Venezuela after Cipriano Castro left for Europe to receive medical treatment.

• 1908 bombardment of the Majlis in Iran: Persian Cossack forces, commanded by Vladimir Liakhov and the other Russian officers, bombarded and by that suppressed the Iranian parliament. Liakhov was subsequently made Military Governor of Tehran by the Shah of Persia, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar.

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  The 5 October 1910 revolution which established a Republic in Portugal.

  Young Turk Revolution in the Ottoman Empire: Revolution against the absolute rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II resulted in the restoration of the Ottoman constitution of 1876 and marked the beginning of multi-party politics in the Ottoman Empire.

1909

• Goudi coup in Greece: A secret society of military officers called the Military League issued a pronunciamiento, resulting in the replacement of Prime Minister Dimitrios Rallis government and various reforms.
• 31 March Incident in the Ottoman Empire: Shortly after the Young Turk Revolution, members of the military convened on Sultan Ahmet Square to demand reestablishment of Sharia. After a brief period of rival groups claiming to represent the legitimate government, the uprising was suppressed and the former government was ultimately restored.

1910

• 5 October 1910 revolution in Portugal: A republican coup d'état deposed King Manuel II of Portugal and established the Portuguese First Republic.

1913

Citizens throng around The Citadel (La ciudadela) building during La decena tragica in 1913.

• 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Led by Enver Pasha, the Committee of Union and Progress overthrew the Liberal Union coalition and introduced a military dictatorship, led by the Three Pashas.
• Mexico: During the Ten Tragic Days, General Victoriano Huerta overthew and murdered the president of Mexico, Francisco Madero.

1916

• Ethiopia: While touring the city of Harar, Lij Iyasu was deposed by a cabal of aristocrats in favor of his aunt Zewditu. Forces loyal to him were defeated at Segale, and Lij Iyasu wandered northwestern Ethiopia with a small band of loyal followers until captured five years later.
• China: Yuan Shikai launched a self-coup by proclaiming himself emperor of the Chinese Empire.

1917

• Costa Rica: President Alfredo González Flores was overthrown in a coup d'état led by General José Federico Alberto de Jesús Tinoco Granados, who established a repressive military dictatorship.
• Manchu Restoration in China: Zhang Xun launched a coup in an attempt to restore the Qing monarchy. It was quickly reversed by Republican troops.
• Russia: In August, the Russian Commander-in-Chief General Kornilov attempted a putsch, which was rapidly defeated.

1918

• Russia: Alexander Kolchak overthrew the Provisional All-Russian Government and took control of the newly formed Russian State, establishing a military dictatorship.

1919

• 1919 Polish coup d'état attempt in Lithuania: The Polish right-wing unsuccessfully tried to overthrow the left-wing government.
• Spartacist uprising in Germany: The German Communist Party unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow the government.
• Hungarian Soviet Republic: István Friedrich overthrew the Hungarian Soviet Republic.

1920–1929

Defendants in the Beer Hall Putsch trial. Ludendorff is fifth from the left, with Hitler to the right. Ernst Röhm is to the right and in front of Hitler. Note that only two of the defendants, Hitler and Frick, were dressed in civilian clothing.

1920

• Kapp Putsch in Germany: The Marinebrigade Ehrhardt failed to overthrow Germany's Weimar Republic.
• 1920 Georgian coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Georgia: The Bolsheviks failed to overthrow the Democratic Republic of Georgia with the help of the Soviet Russian Red Army.
• Bolivia: 21 years of continuous single-party democratic rule ended when Bautista Saavedra overthrew José Gutiérrez Guerra.
• Plan of Agua Prieta in Mexico: General Álvaro Obregón, backed by labor unions and Zapatistas, ousted Mexican President Venustiano Carranza.

1921

• Iran: Colonel Reza Khan, with Zia'eddin Tabatabaee, launched a coup against Ahmad Shah Qajar.
• Charles IV attempts to retake the throne in Hungary: The former King Charles I of Austria, who had also reigned as Charles IV of Hungary, returned to Hungary twice to try, unsuccessfully, to retake his throne from Regent Miklós Horthy.

1922

Benito Mussolini and Fascist Blackshirts during the March on Rome in 1922. Mussolini stayed out of most of the march.

• Greece: Following the defeat in the Asia Minor Campaign, Venizelist army officers, chief amongst them Nikolaos Plastiras and Stylianos Gonatas, led the Greek Army in revolt against the royal government and forced the renewed abdication of King Constantine I of Greece.
• Albania: A failed coup d'état attempt was led by Bajram Curri, Elez Isufi, Hamit Toptani and Halit Lleshi.
• March on Rome in Italy: Between 27 and 29 October, the March on Rome by the Blackshirts led to the installation of Benito Mussolini of the National Fascist Party as prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy, supported by King Victor Emmanuel III. After the election of 1924 and the assassination of Giacomo Matteotti, Mussolini established a dictatorship on 3 January 1925.

1923

• Spain: Miguel Primo de Rivera installed a dictatorship in Spain without overthrowing King Alfonso XIII.
• 1923 Bulgarian coup d'état: The military, under the control of General Ivan Valkov, overthrew the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union government of Aleksandar Stamboliyski and installed one headed by Aleksandar Tsankov.
• Beer Hall Putsch in Germany: A failed coup was attempted by Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler in Germany against the leaders of the Weimar Republic. The Nazis were repelled by police, and Hitler was later charged with treason.
• Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt in Greece: Pro-royalist military officers attempted to stage a coup, and successfully took control of much of the Greek mainland. However, the government rallied its forces, and leaders Georgios Leonardopoulos and Panagiotis Gargalidis were ultimately surrounded and forced to surrender.

1924

• Chile: President Arturo Alessandri resigned and fled after the army, led by Luis Altamirano, headed a coup.
• 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt: Communists attempted a coup against the Estonian government, but their multiple attacks were repelled. Multiple organizers were executed; some escaped to the Soviet Union, but were later executed during the Great Purge.
• June Revolution in Albania: A coup d'état overthrew the pro-Ahmet Zogu government and established a leftist government led by Fan Noli. On December 24 of that year, Zogu returned to power, and Noli and his government fled from the country.
• Beijing Coup in China: On 23 October, Warlord Feng Yü-hsiang seized Beijing from Chinese President Cao Kun at a crucial moment during the Second Zhili–Fengtian War.

1925

• Chile: General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo and Colonel Marmaduque Grove deposed the military ruler of Chile, Luis Altamirano. They later allowed former President Arturo Alessandri to return to Chile.
• Greece: General Theodoros Pangalos seized power in a coup in Athens, Greece.

1926

Józef Piłsudski and other leaders of the May Coup (1926) on Poniatowski Bridge in Warsaw.

• May Coup in Poland: Marshal Józef Piłsudski overthrew the democratically-elected government of President Stanisław Wojciechowski and Prime Minister Wincenty Witos. A new government was installed, headed by Kazimierz Bartel.
• 28 May 1926 coup d'état in Portugal: Nationalist military forces overthrew the unstable Portuguese First Republic and instituted a new regime, the National Dictatorship.
• 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état: A military-organized coup resulted in the replacement of the democratically elected Lithuanian government with a conservative authoritarian government led by Antanas Smetona.
• Greece: The dictatorship of General Theodoros Pangalos was overthrown by General Georgios Kondylis.
• Spain: A failed coup was attempted against the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.

1928

• Ethiopia: Balcha Safo attempted a coup against regent Ras Tafari Makonnen (who would later become Emperor Haile Selassie I); the uprising never amounted to more than a show of force and was put down decisively by Kassa Haile Darge. Balcha Safo surrendered and was imprisoned.
• Ethiopian coup d'état of 1928: Supporters of Empress Zewditu attempted to eliminate the heir apparent and Crown Prince Tafari Makonnen; the coup d'état ended in failure.

1929

• 1929 Tuvan coup d'état in the Tuvan People's Republic: Five Tuvan youths supported by the Soviet Union successfully overthrew the government, and one of them, Salchak Toka, became supreme ruler.

1930–1939

1930

• Gugsa Wale's rebellion in Ethiopia: An uprising by Ras Gugsa Wale against King Tafari Makonnen (later Emperor Haile Selassie I) was put down decisively at the Battle of Anchem by the Minister of War, Ras Mulugeta Yeggazu.
• Bolivia: General Carlos Blanco Galindo overthrew the ministerial cabinet, which had been operating as the Bolivian executive power since the resignation of Hernando Siles Reyes the month prior.
• Dominican Republic: Rafael Leónidas Trujillo declared martial law, deposing Horacio Vásquez after a devastating hurricane.
• 1930 Argentine coup d'état: General José Félix Uriburu overthrew President Hipólito Yrigoyen.
• Brazilian Revolution of 1930: An armed revolution culminated in a coup d'état which ousted President Washington Luís and established the Brazilian military junta of 1930.
• Peru: Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro overthrew Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo.

1931

• March Incident in Japan: The radical, ultranationalist Sakurakai secret society attempted to start large-scale riots in Tokyo, which instigators hoped would lead to martial law and then a coup d'état by the Imperial Japanese Army. Two attempts to start riots failed, and the leaders of the plot were arrested.
• October Incident in Japan: The Sakurakai again plotted a coup, this time to be instigated by assassinations of key statesmen and officials. The plot was foiled by some of the plotters abandoning the effort, and leaks that reached the War Minister of Japan.
• 1931 Salvadoran coup d'état: On 2 December, Arturo Araujo was overthrown by Maximiliano Hernández Martínez.

1932

March in support of the proclamation of the Socialist Republic of Chile, in front of La Moneda Palace (12 June 1932).

• Preußenschlag in the Free State of Prussia in the Weimar Republic: Chancellor Franz von Papen successfully took over the Free State of Prussia, the largest constituent state of the Weimar Republic, by using an emergency decree issued by President Paul von Hindenburg.
• Mäntsälä Rebellion in Finland: An attempted coup by the Lapua Movement failed. According to some contemporaries, if the coup had been successful, then Vihtori Kosola, the leader of the movement, would have become a fascist dictator of Finland.
• 15 May Incident in Japan: Reactionary elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy successfully assassinated Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi, but the coup was otherwise unsuccesful.
• Siamese coup d'état of 1932: A bloodless transition occurred, marking the change from the absolute monarchy of Siam to a constitutional monarchy, the introduction of democracy and the first constitution of Thailand, and the creation of the National Assembly of Thailand.
• Chile: A coup headed by the Chilean military deposed President Juan Esteban Montero and created the Socialist Republic of Chile. After twelve days, other army officers headed a counter-coup and ended the Socialist Republic, and the new provisional president, Abraham Oyanedel, restored democracy.
• Spain: José Sanjurjo failed to overthrow Manuel Azaña.
• 1932 Colonial Building riot in St. John's, Newfoundland: On 5 April 1932, prompted by the Great Depression and corruption in the Squires administration, a peaceful protest degenerated into riots and violence. The riots led to the fall of the Squires government and the defeat of Squires's Liberal Party.

1933

• Uruguay: The President of Uruguay, Gabriel Terra, dissolved Parliament and headed a coup.
• Sergeants' Revolt in Cuba: Fulgencio Batista ousted Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada.
• Business Plot (also called the Wall Street Putsch or the White House Putsch) in the United States: Retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler asserted that wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans' organization with Butler as its leader and use it in a coup d'état to overthrow Roosevelt. While historians have questioned whether or not a coup was actually close to execution, most agree that some sort of "wild scheme" was contemplated and discussed.
• 1933 Siamese coup d'état: Colonel Phraya Phahol Pholphayuhasena led a peaceful coup against Premier Phraya Manopakorn Nititada

1934

• Estonia: Konstantin Päts carried out a self-coup on 12 March.
• 1934 Latvian coup d'état: Kārlis Ulmanis carried out a self-coup against the parliamentary system.
• 1934 Bulgarian coup d'état: The Zveno military organization and the Military Union, with the aid of the Bulgarian Army, overthrew the government of the wide Popular Bloc coalition and replaced it with one under Kimon Georgiev.
• 1934 Lithuanian coup d'état attempt: Supporters of the former Prime Minister Augustinas Voldemaras attempted to overthrow the government of President Antanas Smetona.
• July Putsch in Austria: On 25–30 July, Austrian Nazis, attempted a coup against the Austrofascist regime. Although they succeeded in resulting in the assassinating chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, Kurt Schuschnigg succeeded him and the Austrofascist regime remained in power.
• 1934 Cuban coups d'état: A coup on 15 January overthrew provisional president Ramón Grau. A second coup three days later overthrew his replacement, Carlos Hevia, and installed Carlos Mendieta as president.
• Bolivia: Bolivian generals deposed President Daniel Salamanca in the midst of the Chaco War.

1935

• Failed Venizelist coup attempt on 1 March in Greece
• In an internal coup in Mexico, President Lázaro Cárdenas deports and exiles ex-President Plutarco Elías Calles, effectively ending Calles' control over the Mexican government.
• On 10 October, General Georgios Kondylis deposes government and abolishes the Republic, restoring the Greek monarchy.

1936

1st Lt. Niu Yoshitada and his rebel troops in the 26 February Incident of 1936.

• Xi'an Incident, General Chiang Kai-shek was kidnapped by his deputy Zhang Xueliang, who demanded that Chiang stop fighting the Chinese Communists and instead agree to a united resistance against the Japanese. His wife's and her brother's subsequent negotiation with Zhang ensured Chiang's release.
• Germán Busch overthrows José Luis Tejada Sorzano and hands the presidency to David Toro.
• Spanish coup of July 1936, Nationalists seizes control of parts of Spain commencing the Spanish Civil War. Later General Francisco Franco assumes control of the country as dictator.
• The 26 February Incident, a failed coup attempt in Japan by junior military officers that did succeed in installing a militarist government.
• Coup of Ioannis Metaxas in Greece on 4 August, and establishment of the 4th of August Regime.
• 30 October coup of Bakr Sidqi and Hikmat Sulayman in the Kingdom of Iraq to depose Prime Minister Yasin al-Hashimi.

1937

• The Cagoulard plot to install a pro-Nazi government in France was foiled by French police.
• Dissatisfied with the speed of new reforms, Germán Busch leads a popular movement which secures the resignation of David Toro.
• Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas, governing democratically since 1934, launches a self-coup and becomes the Dictator of Brazilian Estado Novo ("New State").

1938

• King Carol II of Romania launches a self-coup, abolishing parliamentary democracy in favor of a royal dictatorship.
• Vargas forces detected the attempted Integralista coup in Brazil. Vargas and guards shoot it out with insurgents at the Guanabara Palace.

1939

• A coup by military officers and Spanish Socialist Workers' Party members in the Republican zone of Spain results in the formation of the National Council of Defense as a step towards a negotiated peace with the Nationalists. The negotiations eventually fail, but the coup signals the end of the Spanish Civil War.

1940–1949

1940

• The Norwegian fascist politician Vidkun Quisling attempts to overthrow the Norwegian government in response to the German invasion of Denmark and Norway.
• Soviet organised coups during the occupation of the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
• Juan Andreu Almazán attempts a coup to prevent the inauguration of Mexican president-elect Manuel Ávila Camacho.

1941

• Legionnaires' Rebellion: Romanian Iron Guard paramilitaries (also known as Legionnaires) unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow Conducător Ion Antonescu.
• Pro-German Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani and the Golden Square overthrew the regime of the Pro-British Regent 'Abd al-Ilah (1941 Iraqi coup d'état) leading to the Anglo-Iraqi War.
• Pro-British King Peter II and his supporters staged a coup in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to replace pro-German Regent Prince Paul leading to the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia.

1942

• French resistance coup in Algiers, by which 400 Civil French patriots neutralized Vichyst XIXth Army Corps in Algiers during 15 hours, arrested vichyst generals (Juin, Darlan, etc.), and so allowed the immediate success of Operation Torch.

1943

• Military coup in Argentina on 4 June. Arturo Rawson overthrew Ramón Castillo. Juan Domingo Perón, in the Department of Labor, would become so popular that he was democratically elected in 1946.
• The 24 July coup to remove Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy and replace him with Marshal Pietro Badoglio; Count Dino Grandi and the Grand Council of Fascism voted overwhelmingly to ask King Victor Emmanuel to resume his full constitutional powers and, on the following day, the King summoned Mussolini to his palace and dismissed him.
• Left-wing military officers and opposition militants of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement under Gualberto Villarroel overthrow Enrique Peñaranda.

1944

The conference room where Hitler survived the 20 July plot of 1944 after the explosion.

• On 2 April 1944, the army attempted to oust President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez in El Salvador.
• 20 July plot launched by German resistance and German Reserve Army as part of Operation Valkyrie to kill Adolf Hitler and seize control of the Third Reich so to negotiate peace with the Allies. The coup fails after it is found Hitler did not die in the bomb blast and the Reserve Army begins to refuse to take orders from the German resistance. 5,000 conspirators are given show trials and summarily executed.
• King Michael's Coup on 23 August; pro-German dictator Ion Antonescu was overthrown and King Michael of Romania switched nation from the Axis side to the Allies.
• The 9 September coup d'état in Bulgaria; the government of pro-German Prime Minister Konstantin Muraviev was overthrown and Kimon Georgiev of the Fatherland Front switched the nation from the Axis side to the Allies.
• Operation Panzerfaust in October; Nazi Germany forcefully replaced the royalist Hungarian government of Regent Miklós Horthy with the pro-Nazi government of Arrow Cross leader Ferenc Szálasi.
• On 20 October 1944, Andrés Ignacio Menéndez was overthrown by Osmín Aguirre y Salinas in El Salvador.

1945

• Getúlio Vargas's government in Brazil ends in a coup led by General Mourão, one of his former supporters.
• Isaías Medina Angarita is overthrown in a coup and Rómulo Betancourt is appointed to lead a civilian-military junta in Venezuela.
• Indonesian nationalist Sukarno comes to power after establishing independence from The Netherlands.

1946

• An enraged mob storms the Government Palace and lynches President Gualberto Villarroel.

1947

• Coup in Thailand; the ouster of Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi and the return of Plaek Pibulsonggram.
• Communist-led coup in Hungary. The democratically elected Prime Minister Ferenc Nagy steps down in the face of blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party, and is replaced by the fellow traveller Lajos Dinnyés.
• Communist coup in Romania. King Michael is forced to abdicate and leave the country at the hands of the Romanian Communist Party.

1948

• Communist coup in Czechoslovakia.
• Coup overthrows the democratically elected government of Rómulo Gallegos in Venezuela. A military junta is installed with Carlos Delgado Chalbaud as its leader.
• Failed coup attempt in Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
• On 14 December 1948, Salvador Castaneda Castro was overthrown by the Revolutionary Council of Government in El Salvador.

1949

• Military coup in Syria by U.S.-backed general Husni al-Za'im overthrows elected President Shukri al-Quwatli, allowing passage of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline. Syria experiences two more coups d'état before the end of 1949.

1950–1959

1951

• Unsuccessful military coup (Navy) in Thailand.
• Successful military coup (Army) in Thailand.
• "Rawalpindi conspiracy" unsuccessful military coup attempt in Pakistan.
• Unsuccessful military coup in Argentina against Juan Domingo Perón.
• President Mamerto Urriolagoitía enacts a self-coup known as the Mamertazo and resigns in favor of General Hugo Ballivián in order to prevent elected reformist Víctor Paz Estenssoro from taking office.

1952

• The National Revolution of 1952 sees General Hugo Ballivián overthrown by Hernán Siles Zuazo who then cedes command to Víctor Paz Estenssoro who's election the year prior was annulled.
• Military coup in Egypt overthrows the monarchy.
• Fulgencio Batista leads a successful and bloodless coup to topple democratically elected government of Cuba.

1953

Events of the 1953 Iranian coup d'état.

• A joint US/UK coup in Iran, codenamed Operation Ajax, overthrows Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq.
• "Constitutional Coup" in Pakistan by Governor-General of Pakistan, Ghulam Mohammad supported by Field Marshal Ayub Khan. Mohammad dismissed the Prime Minister and dissolved the Constituent Assembly.

1954

• In Guatemala, the democratically elected government of Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán was ousted by Coronel Carlos Castillo Armas in an operation organized by the American Central Intelligence Agency codenamed Operation PBSuccess.
• Military coup in Paraguay brings Alfredo Stroessner to power.
• Military coup in Yanaon (French Colony in India) led by Dadala Raphael Ramanayya, overthrown French rule in Yanaon.
• Brazilian coup d'état attempt led by Carlos Lacerda and Eduardo Gomes which foresaw the overthrow of the second Vargas government. Thanks to his suicide the coup was unsuccessful and was postponed by 10 years.

1955

• A counter-coup in Brazil led by Marshal Lott overthrows the government of Carlos Luz and prevents a coup against the elected president Juscelino Kubitschek.
• Revolución Libertadora in Argentina where a military coup overthrows President Juan Domingo Perón

1956

• Unsuccessful military coup attempt led by Colonel Ramón Barquín against Cuban President Fulgencio Batista

1957

• The Colombian military supported strikes and student riots and deposed Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, giving power to the Colombian Military Junta and chairman Gabriel París Gordillo.
• Quasi-coup leads to the coexistence of two governments in San Marino for a month (so-called "Fatti di Rovereta").
• Coup in Thailand; ouster of Plaek Pibulsonggram.
• Unsuccessful attempt at a coup led by key Soviet politicians Georgy Malenkov, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich and Dmitri Shepilov against Premier Nikita Khrushchev, who together with Marshal Georgy Zhukov (backed by the Soviet Army) eventually put down the attempted overthrow.

1958

• After three weeks of protests, the Venezuelan military removed Marcos Pérez Jiménez and installed Wolfgang Larrazábal, commander of the Venezuelan Navy.
• Military coup in Pakistan. Army Chief and Defence Minister Gen. Ayub Khan overthrows the government of Iskander Mirza and becomes President after a winning a rigged referendum.
• Military coup in Iraq. Resulted in the overthrow of the Hashemite monarchy.
• Military coup in France. General Jacques Massu takes over Algiers and threatens to invade Paris unless Charles de Gaulle becomes head of state.

1959

• Failed coup by Arab Nationalists in Iraq against the prime minister Abd al-Karim Qasim.
• Air Force military hijack a civil airplane and attempt a coup against Juscelino Kubitschek, in Brazil.
• Successful coup against Fulgencio Batista led by Fidel Castro establishing a communist-ruled Cuba

1960–1969

1960

• Military coup in Turkey.
• Military coup in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Failed military coup against Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia
• August coup in Laos is reversed in December by a countercoup.
• On 26 October 1960, José María Lemus was overthrown by the Junta of Government in El Salvador.
• Royal Coup in Nepal.

1961

• On 25 January 1961, the Civic-Military Directory overthrew the Junta of Government in El Salvador.
• The coup d'état of 16 May in South Korea led by Park Chung Hee. Overthrew Second Republic of South Korea and established the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction.
• The Sanmu Incident of 1961 where right-wing extremists from the JSDF attempted a coup, but was foiled by the National Police Agency.
• Failed military coup in France in the midst of the Algerian War by four retired army generals seeking to overthrow president Charles de Gaulle, who himself came to power through the 1958 military coup d'état.
• The 1961 Somaliland coup d'état, 9 December led by Somaliland Military officers to dismantle the union of the two states of Somaliland and Somalia.

1962

• Military coup in Argentina. President Arturo Frondizi was overthrown by the military while abroad.
• Military coup in Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
• Attempted military coup led by Christian officers in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
• Military coup in Burma by General Ne Win overthrow the constitutionally elected government of Prime Minister U Nu.

1963

• Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes of Guatemala is overthrown by the military. Enrique Peralta Azurdia took power and established the Institutional Democratic Party until elections took place in 1966.
• The military overthrew President Juan Bosch in September 1963, only seven months into his term as the first democratically elected president in the Dominican Republic since 1924. Bosch was replaced by a junta until it was overthrown in 1965.
• Failed military coup attempt in Turkey.
• Military coup in South Vietnam, overthrowing Ngo Dinh Diem with U.S. support.
• Military coup in Ecuador.
• Military coup in Togo, see 1963 Togolese coup d'état.
• Military coup in Benin, see 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état
• Military coup in Syria.
• A military coup in Iraq, carried out by Baathist leaders in Baghdad, overthrew the regime of Gen. Abd al-Karim Qasim, the General himself being captured and shot.
• Military overthrows democratic government of Honduras, ten days before a scheduled election. Oswaldo López Arellano takes power from Ramón Villeda Morales, preventing the likely succession of Modesto Rodas Alvarado.
• pro-Nasserist Iraqi officers lead a successful coup against the Ba'athist government.

1964

• Plotted coup in Italy.
• Local revolutionaries overthrow Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah in Zanzibar.
• Humberto Castelo Branco was installed as president after a military coup in Brazil overthrew João Goulart.
• Vice President René Barrientos and General Alfredo Ovando Candía of Bolivia overthrew President Víctor Paz Estenssoro.
• Military coup in South Vietnam, overthrowing Duong Van Minh.
• Military coup in Bolivia: President Víctor Paz Estenssoro is overthrown by his own Vice president René Barrientos and General Alfredo Ovando Candía.
• Brief military coup in Gabon is suppressed with the aid of France.
• April coup in Laos suppressed by U.S. Ambassador; August coup fails

1965

• A conspiracy in the People's Republic of Bulgaria to overthrow Todor Zhivkov is uncovered.
• Military coup in Algeria Defense minister Col. Houari Boumedienne takes over.
• Failed allegedly-coup attempt in Indonesia.
• Military coup in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Failed coup attempt in Burundi
• Military coup in Central African Republic.
• Simultaneous and independent January coups fail in Laos.

1966

• Military coup in Ghana.
• Military coup in Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). On 3 January, Sangoulé Lamizana overthrows Maurice Yaméogo.
• Military coup in Syria.
• The first of military coups in Nigeria, leading to end of first republic. Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi becomes Head of State.
• Shakhbut Bin-Sultan Al Nahyan, the ruler of the Abu Dhabi was deposed in a bloodless coup, being replaced by his brother Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
• Military coup in Nigeria. Yakubu Gowon comes to power by overthrowing Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi.
• Military coup in Argentina. Civilian President Arturo Illia is overthrown by military forces supporting the leadership of General Juan Carlos Onganía.
• Alleged coup attempt in Sri Lanka.
• 1966 Laotian coup via air strike fails
• Failed coup attempt in Saudi Arabia.

1967

• Military coup in Greece. Establishment of the Regime of the Colonels.
• Attempted military coup (Operation Guitar Boy) in Ghana.
• Military coup in Togo leads to thirty-eight-year rule of Gnassingbé Eyadéma
• Military coup against Prime Minister of Sierra Leone, Siaka Stevens and Governor-General of Sierra Leone, by Brigadier David Lansana who declares himself interim leader.
• Biafran Army colonel Victor Banjo plots a coup against Biafran President Odumegwu Ojukwu. The coup plot is uncovered by an informant and subsequently Banjo and 2 other coup plotters are executed on 22 September.
• Suharto overthrows Sukarno in a military coup in Indonesia. Beginning of New Order in Indonesia.

1968

• 1968 Panamanian coup d'état against President of Panama Arnulfo Arias Madrid, led by Major Boris Martinez.
• 17 July Revolution brings the Ba'ath Party to power in Iraq.
• 1968 Peruvian coup d'état, led by General Juan Velasco Alvarado.
• "Sergeants' Coup": Military coup against Brigadier Andrew Juxon-Smith by Brigadier John Amadu Bangura restores Siaka Stevens as Prime Minister of Sierra Leone.
• 1968 Malian coup d'état against President Modibo Keita, led by Lieutenant Moussa Traore

1969

• Muammar al-Gaddafi overthrows the monarchy of King Idris in Libya. see 1969 Libyan coup d'état.
• Military Coup in Sudan. Colonel Gaafar Nimeiry overthrew the government of President Ismail al-Azhari.
• Pedro Aleixo, the legal vice-president of Brazil, is replaced by a Military Junta after Artur da Costa e Silva leaves the office due to a stroke.
• Military coup in Pakistan, Army Chief Gen. Yahya Khan forces President Field Marshal Ayub Khan (who himself came to power in a coup) to hand over power to him.
• Attempted military coup fails in Saudi Arabia.
• President Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas is overthrown by General Alfredo Ovando Candía.
• Military leaders in Somalia overthrow the government on 21 October and create a military junta.

1970–1979

1970

• Coup in Syria, led by Hafez al-Assad (Corrective Revolution).
• Alfredo Ovando Candía is overthrown by the left-wing of the military under Juan José Torres.
• Coup in Oman, Qaboos bin Said ousts his father Said bin Taimur to become Sultan.
• Abortive coup attempt in Italy by neo-fascist groups.
• Coup attempt in Japan by the Tatenokai.
• Military coup in Cambodia ousts Norodom Sihanouk and installs Lon Nol.
• US plans "constitutional coup" to prevent Salvador Allende from assuming power in Chile.
• Failed PLO coup in Jordan against King Hussain.

1971

• Military coup in Turkey (Coup by Memorandum).
• Military coup in Uganda led by Idi Amin.
• Prime Minister Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn launches a self-coup overthrow his own government in Thailand.
• A short-lived military coup in Sudan against the government of Gaafar Nimeiry.
• A Chinese alleged coup plot against the Chinese leader Mao Zedong by the supporters of Lin Biao, then Vice-Chairman of the Communist Party of China.
• Failed military coup in Skhirat, Morocco against king Hassan II's regime.
• Juan José Torres is overthrown by General Hugo Banzer who proceeds to establish a military dictatorship for the majority of the decade.

1972

• Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup d'état to overthrow the democratically elected government of the Progress Party and its leader Dr. Kofi Busia on 13 January 1972 in Ghana.
• A self-coup was declared by Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos on 21 September.
• A self-coup of South Korean President Park Chung-Hee, called October Yusin(October Restoration) on 17 October.
• Major Matthieu Kerekou staged the 1972 Dahomeyan Coup that overthrown the Presidential Council
• The Honduran Armed Forces ousted President Ramón Ernesto Cruz after only 18 months in power, on 4 December 1972 in Honduras.

1973

• In June Roberto Souper launched a failed coup, called Tanquetazo, against Chilean president Salvador Allende.
• A coup by former Prime Minister Mohammed Daoud Khan overthrows King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan and establishes a Republic.
• The Attack Conspiracy took place in Pakistan, whereby a handful of Army and Air-Force officers plotted, unsuccessfully, to overthrow the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
• In Rwanda, Major General Juvénal Habyarimana overthrows President Gregoire Kayibanda in a rally. Kayibanda later dies of hunger
• On 11 September, a military coup overthrows Socialist-Marxist President of Chile Salvador Allende, succeeding in installing a junta headed by Gral. Augusto Pinochet.
• President Juan María Bordaberry of Uruguay dissolves Parliament and heads a coup.
• On 25 November, Army hardliners led by Brigadier Dimitrios Ioannidis overthrow the hitherto leader of the Greek junta, President Georgios Papadopoulos.
• 1973 Laotian coup via air strike fails.

1974

• A leftist military coup in Portugal, the Carnation Revolution, ends the dictatorship of Marcello Caetano.
• Military coup in Cyprus sponsored by Greek colonels overthrows Makarios and triggers invasion by Turkey.
• Failed military coup in Uganda against Idi Amin.
• Military coup in Ethiopia by the communist junta led by General Aman Andom and Mengistu Haile Mariam.

1975

• Military coup in Bangladesh. Several young Majors in support of Khondaker Mushtaq Ahmed and some other Awami League leaders overthrow the government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and set Khondaker Mustaq Ahmed as the head of the state.
• Military coup in the Comoros; mercenary Bob Denard removes President Ahmed Abdallah from office in an armed coup on 3 August 1975.
• Military coup in Nigeria overthrows Yakubu Gowon. Murtala Ramat Muhammed comes to power.
• Military coup in Bangladesh led by Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, arrests Army Chief Of Staff Ziaur Rahman. 4 days later, Khaled Mosharraf was killed in a counter-coup led by Abu Taher, which frees General Ziaur Rahman & restores him as the Army Chief of Staff. Ziaur Rahman gained control over whole country from Colonel Taher. After a month General Ziaur Rahman hanged Abu Taher due to mass killing of army officers.
• Military coup in Chad overthrows and kills President François Tombalbaye.
• Failed military coup in Greece.
• The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also known as "the Dismissal," has been referred to by some, including author John Pilger, as a "soft coup" due to allegations of involvement by British and American intelligence agencies in the removal of then-Prime minister Gough Whitlam.

1976

• Military coup in Ecuador.
• Marshall Ye Jianying and political leader Hua Guofeng stage a coup against the Gang of Four, led by Chairman Mao Zedong's widow, Jiang Qing and leading to the return of Deng Xiaoping and the launch of China's reform era.
• Military coup in Thailand.
• Failed coup attempt in Nigeria. Murtala Ramat Muhammed killed but Olusegun Obasanjo escapes assassination and becomes head of state.
• Military coup in Argentina overthrows Isabel Martínez de Perón and leads to the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional.

1977

• Military coup in Pakistan. Army Chief Gen. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq overthrows the civilian government and hangs Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1979 after a sham trial.
• 21 Failed coup occurs during the time of General Ziaur Rahman in Bangladesh. General Ziaur Rahman killed 2500 soldiers and officer (Army, Air Force, Navy) for these failed coups.
• Successful Military Coup in the Seychelles against Sir James Machan by Albert Rene.
• October 1977 Coup in Thailand by General Kriangsag Chamanan against Prime Minister Thanin Kraivichien.

1978

• Communist coup in Afghanistan.
• Attempting a coup in Somalia, a group of officials mainly from the Majeerteen (Darod) clan, failed to overthrow the dictatorial administration under Siad Barre. Most of the people who had helped plot the coup were summarily executed however prominent officials including Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed survived and formed the first resistance group against Barre known as the Somali Salvation Democratic Front.
• Failed military coup in Spain.
• Hugo Banzer resigns following the annulment of the recent general elections due to fraud. The fraudulent winner of those elections, Juan Pereda, overthrows the military triumvirate established by Banzer in his exit.
• Juan Pereda is overthrown by General David Padilla who promises to return the country to democracy.

1979

• The Iranian Revolution counter-coup which overthrew the pro-Western monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Iranian monarchy with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini taking power.
• The Coup d'état of December Twelfth in South Korea. Chun Doo-hwan established presidency.
• Alberto Natusch overthrows the interim government of Wálter Guevara but resigns after just sixteen days. As a face-saving measure, Natusch secures an agreement that Guevara won't return as president. Lidia Gueiler Tejada becomes president.
• On 4 June, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, Maj. Boakye Danquah and others lead a military uprising that removes the Ghanaian government of Gen. FWK Akuffo from power after an earlier unsuccessful attempt in May.
• Central African emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa was overthrown in the coup Operation Barracuda led by France on 20 September. The Central African Empire fell and the Central African Republic was restored with David Dacko being the president.
• In El Salvador, a coup was raised to remove the military force from the country's government. This led to a decade of war (known as the Salvadoran Civil War) by the Soviet intervention in El Salvador, and the U.S. reinforcement to take down the Communist movement through America.

1980–1989

1980

• Coup d'état of May Seventeenth in South Korea, The second military coup of General Chun Doo-Hwan
• 'Cocaine Coup' in Bolivia of Luis García Meza Tejada against his cousin Lidia Gueiler Tejada.
• Military coup in Turkey.
• Military coup in Liberia, led by Master Sergeant Samuel K. Doe, overthrows government led by President William R. Tolbert, ending 102 years of continuous rule by the True Whig Party.
• Military coup in Guinea Bissau.
• Successful coup in Suriname by military officers led by Dési Bouterse that resulted in military rule until 1988.
• 1980 Upper Voltan coup d'état in Upper Volta.
• Failed coup in Iran against Supreme Leader of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini, and President Abolhassan Banisadr led by Shapour Bakhtiar.

1981

• Failed coup in Spain led by Antonio Tejero.
• Failed coup in The Gambia led by Kukoi Sanyang; suppressed by Dawda Jawara with the assistance of Senegalese troops.
• Assassination of Ziaur Rahman.
• Failed coup in Suriname, led by Wilfred Hawker.
• On 1 September, Central African president David Dacko is overthrown in a bloodless coup by the army chief of staff General André Kolingba.
• 31 December, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings stages a second successful military coup in Ghana, overthrowing Dr. Hilla Limann's constitutional government.
• Failed coup in Seychelles led by Mike Hoare.
• Successful military coup in Poland led by Wojciech Jaruzelski.

1982

• Military coup in Bangladesh by General Hossain Mohammad Ershad overthrows the constitutionally elected government of President Abdus Sattar.
• Failed coup in Kenya by some members of the Kenya Air Force.
• Failed coup in Suriname, led by Surendre Rambocus.
• 1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état in Upper Volta.

1983

• 1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état in Upper Volta
• Another 1983 coup in Upper Volta, bringing Thomas Sankara to power, who later renamed the country Burkina Faso.
• Military palace coup in Nigeria. Second republic president Shagari overthrown; Muhammadu Buhari takes power.
• Military coup in Grenada by Hudson Austin and counter-coup and invasion with U.S. support.

1984

• Failed coup in Cameroon by some members of the Presidential Guard.
• Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya rises to power in Mauritania after a coup that overthrows the president Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla.
• Coup in Guinea brings Lansana Conte to power.
• Failed coup plot in Romania against dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
• Failed coup attempt sees military arrest President Hernán Siles Zuazo for ten hours.

1985

• Military coup in Uganda led by Bazilio Olara-Okello and Tito Okello.
• Military coup in Nigeria. Ibrahim Babangida replaces Muhammadu Buhari.
• Military coup in Sudan led by Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (see Transitional Military Council)

1986

• Failed coup in Philippines led by Juan Ponce Enrile and Gregorio Honasan. This leads to events of 22–25 February 1986, better known as the People Power Revolution.
• Coup in Lesotho led by Justin Lekhanya that overthrow the long-time rule of Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan

1987

• Failed military coup attempt in Argentina against President Raúl Alfonsín: in April several barracks led by the Carapintada movement of Aldo Rico uprose
• Failed coup attempt, known as the August 1987 Coup, in the Philippines led by Col. Gregorio Honasan.
• Bloodless military coup in Fiji led by Lt. Col. Sitiveni Rabuka overthrows the government of Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra. After temporarily handing power to a council of ministers, in September that year, Rabuka seized control of the country again and deposed Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, and declared Fiji a republic.
• On 15 October in Burkina Faso, President Thomas Sankara was assassinated in a coup.
• Bloodless Palace coup in Tunisia led by Prime Minister General Zine El Abidine Ben Ali overthrow President Habib Bourguiba.
• Failed Coup attempt in Sierra Leone led by Gabriel Mohammed Tenneson(G.M.T) Kai Kai in 1987. He along wth 17 others, of which was included the then Vice President Francis M. Minah were executed by hanging (Gallows) at Padema Road Maximum Prison.

1988

• Military coup in Burma crushing the 'Four Eights' uprising.
• Failed military coup attempt in Argentina against President Raúl Alfonsín: in January at Monte Caseros led by the Carapintada movement of Aldo Rico.
• Failed military coup attempt in Argentina against President Raúl Alfonsín: in December at Villa Martelli led by the Carapintada movement of Mohamed Alí Seineldín.
• June 1988 Haitian coup d'état (Henri Namphy overthrowing Leslie Manigat).
• September 1988 Haitian coup d'état (Prosper Avril overthrowing Henri Namphy).
• Failed coup attempt in Panama on 16 March against Manuel Noriega.
• Failed 1988 Maldives coup d'état in the Maldives to take over the Maldivian government.

1989

• Failed coup attempt in the Philippines, by Col. Gregorio Honasan. This coup is sometimes called the December 1989 Coup.
• Alleged coup attempt by senior members of Burkina Faso's military junta against President Blaise Compaoré.
• Failed coup attempt in Ethiopia by senior army officers against the regime of Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam.
• Successful coup in Paraguay against Alfredo Stroessner led by Andrés Rodríguez.
• Successful coup in Sudan against elected Sadiq al-Mahdi led by Col. Omar al-Bashir.
• Failed coup attempt in Panama against Manuel Noriega led by Moises Giroldi.

1990–1999

1990

• Failed coup attempt in Nigeria led by Major Gideon Orkar.
• Failed coup attempt in the Republic of Afghanistan led by General Shahnawaz Tanai (6 March).
• Failed coup attempt in Trinidad and Tobago led by Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr (27 July).
• Failed coup attempt in Argentina against President Carlos Saúl Menem led by the Carapintada movement of Mohamed Alí Seineldín (3 December).
• Failed coup attempt in Panama against President Guillermo Endara.
• Failed coup attempt in Sudan against President Col. Omar al-Bashir. Led by 28 military officers who were all executed two days after the failed coup.
• Military coup in Chad. Hissène Habré is deposed by rebel leader Idriss Deby.
• President of Suriname Ramsewak Shankar is dismissed by telephone by the country's military on 24 December.

1991

• Failed coup attempt (the so-called August Putsch) in the Soviet Union.
• In Haiti the armed group FRAPH oust democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in a military coup d'état in September 1991. Aristide is replaced with a military junta led by Raoul Cédras until U.S. President Clinton orders Aristide's return to resume his mandate as president.
• Military coup in Thailand. Results in infamous incident Black May.
• Military coup in Georgia removes President Zviad Gamsakhurdia from office.
• Military coup in Mali removes Moussa Traoré from office.
• Guerrilla forces perform successful coup against the Siad Barre government in Somalia. The guerrilla forces included the Somali Salvation Democratic Front in the northeast, the Somali National Movement in the northwest, and the United Somali Congress in the south. Mohamed Farah Aideed (USC), the general most responsible for the coup, declared himself the ruling president. In 1992 there was US led UN peacekeeping force to capture Aideed but was unsuccessful.

1992

• Military coup in Algeria cancels elections and forces President Chadli Bendjedid to resign.
• President Alberto Fujimori launches a self-coup in Peru.
• Unsuccessful military coup in Peru, of General Jaime Salinas Sedó against Alberto Fujimori.
• Two unsuccessful coup d'état attempts in Venezuela against Carlos Andrés Pérez, in February and November; the first led by Hugo Chávez.
• Valentine Strasser takes power following a coup in Sierra Leone.

1993

• Russian President Boris Yeltsin successfully launches a self-coup, illegally dissolving the Russian parliament.
• Guatemalan President Jorge Serrano Elías unsuccessfully launches a self-coup (1993 Guatemalan constitutional crisis), illegally dissolving the Guatemalan Parliament and Supreme Court, but the Guatemalan Constitutional Court in an official statement immediately removes Elias from office for violating the Guatemalan constitutional order.
• On 1 September 1993 was a coup in Azerbaijan by Surat Huseynov against president Abulfaz Elchibey.

1994

• Coup in Bophuthatswana. Lucas Mangope is overthrown by mutinying security forces.
• Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless Coup d'état in the Gambia, ousting Dawda Jawara.

1995

• Failed coup attempt in Azerbaijan.
• Tokyo subway sarin attack was a prelude to a full-fledged coup attempted plot by Aum Shinri Kyo sect.
• Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar seized power in a bloodless palace coup d'état.

1996

• Attempted coup d'état in Qatar.
• Military coup in Burundi; Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
• Failed coup against Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

1997

• Military-backed indirect coup in Turkey. It was named a "postmodern coup" by one of the top-ranking generals. Although the parliament was not dissolved, the military pressure resulted in the Prime Minister's resignation.
• 1997 coup in Cambodia

1998

• In Albania, the funeral of Azem Hajdari turns violent as the Prime Minister's Office is attacked, obliging Fatos Nano to hastily flee and step down shortly after. His party remains in power.
• May 1998 riots of Indonesia

1999

• Military coup in Pakistan. The Army refuses to obey Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government. General Pervez Musharraf becomes president (with the title "Chief Executive") and exiles Sharif to Saudi Arabia allegedly on a self-exile ten-year contract of not participating in politics, after he was convicted of hijacking and sentenced to life imprisonment.
• 1999 Ivorian coup d'état, the first since the independence of Côte d'Ivoire.

2000–2009

2000

• 2000 Ecuadorean coup d'état. On 21 January, indigenous Ecuadorians protested the economic policies of President Jamil Mahuad. Colonel Lucio Gutiérrez allowed the protesters to take over the National Congress. A junta brieftly took power, but within hours Vice President Gustavo Noboa regained control, with support of the protestors. Gutiérrez was elected president in 2002 as a member of the January 21 Patriotic Society Party.
• George Speight attempted a coup against the prime minister of Fiji, Mahendra Chaudhry.
• Coup in the Solomon Islands against Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu, led by rebel Malaita Eagle Forces. Ulufa'alua is forced to resign and replaced by Manasseh Sogavare.

2001

• Coup attempt in Burundi on 18 April.
• Coup attempt in the Central African Republic on 27–28 May.

2002

• Coup attempt in Côte d'Ivoire on 19 September 2002
• Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 was a failed coup d'état that lasted 47 hours. President Hugo Chávez was detained, the National Assembly and the Supreme Court dissolved, and the country's Constitution declared void. Pedro Carmona was installed as interim president.

2003

• Military coup in the Central African Republic in March overthrows Ange-Félix Patassé.
• Coup attempt in Mauritania on 8–9 June.
• Military coup attempt in São Tomé and Príncipe on 16 July against Fradique de Menezes.
• Failed mutiny and coup attempt in the Philippines on 27 July led by right-wing junior officers known as the Magdalo (mutineers).
• Military coup in Guinea-Bissau on 14 September overthrows Kumba Ialá.
• Alleged coup attempt in Burkina Faso in October.

2004

• Attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• The 2004 Haitian coup d'état ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide during his second term, in which he left Haiti on an American plane accompanied by U.S. military/security personnel. Controversy remains regarding the involvement of the U.S. in his departure and whether or not the departure was voluntary. Aristide described his departure as a kidnapping. An interim government led by Prime Minister Gérard Latortue and President Boniface Alexandre was installed.
• Failed coup d'état in Chad against President Idriss Déby.
• Second attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (June).
• Attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea.

2005

• Peru coup attempt next to civil uprising known as the Andahuaylazo, directed by Antauro Humala in the city of Andahuaylas
• Ecuador civil coup d'etat of 2005. It resulted in the premature end of President Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa
• Coup in Togo legalized by parliamentary vote but unrecognized by international community.
• King Gyanendra of Nepal overthrows the government in a self-coup, making him the head of government. The government is reestablished 24 April 2006 after a massive democracy movement.
• A military coup in Mauritania overthrows President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. A new government is set up by a group of military officers headed by Ely Ould Mohamed Vall. The group formed the Military Council for Justice and Democracy to act as the governing council of the country.

2006

Tanks in Bangkok's street in 2006

• The Armed Forces of the Philippines allegedly attempted a military coup in the Philippines targeting President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, which led to a state of emergency in the country.
• The United Front for Democratic Change allegedly attempts to instigate a military coup in Chad to overthrow President Idriss Déby.
• The Royal Thai Army orchestrates a coup in Thailand that overthrows Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra while he is out of the country.
• The Malagasy Popular Armed Forces allegedly attempt a military coup in Madagascar against President Marc Ravalomanana.
• The military of Fiji overthrows President Josefa Iloilo and Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase in a bloodless coup.
• The military of Côte d'Ivoire claims to foil a coup attempt targeting President Laurent Gbagbo.
• A Military attempt Coup in Madagascar on 18 November 2006 led by General Andrianafidisoa against President Marc Ravalomanana

2007

• An alleged coup attempt by General Vang Pao and others in the United States to overthrow the Laotian government is foiled.
• Philippines rebel forces led by opposition politician Sen. Antonio Trillanes from the Magdalo Group, storm the Peninsula hotel in an attempted coup.

2008

• East Timorese President José Ramos-Horta is shot and injured in what Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão describes as an attempted coup.
• A military coup in Mauritania involving the seizure of the President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef, and Interior Minister after the sacking of several military officials and a political crisis in which 48 MPs walked off the job and a vote of no confidence in cabinet.
• A military coup occurs in Guinea after the death of President Lansana Conté.

2009

• coup in Madagascar the army seized one of the presidential palaces on 16 March 2009, at which president Marc Ravalomanana was not present. The proposal offered by the president for a referendum to solve the crisis was rejected. On 17 March 2009, Marc Ravalomanana resigned under pressure from the military.
• In Honduras, the army seized one of the presidential palaces on 28 June 2009, kidnapped president Manuel Zelaya Rosales due to his endeavor for an unconstitutional reelection and extradited him from the country. The 23-nation Rio Group & the United Nations General Assembly condemned the coup d'état.
• On 24 April 2009, the Ethiopian government claimed, through the Ethiopian News Agency, that it had foiled a coup attempt led by members of Ginbot 7 to overthrow the government. Ginbot 7 described the allegation that it had attempted a coup as a "baseless accusation" that fitted a pattern of distraction and scapegoating by the government.

2010–2019

2010

• On 18 February a Nigerien coup by Salou Djibo against President Mamadou Tandja.

2011

• 2011 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt

2012

• On 21 March successful Malian Coup by Malian soldiers led by Captain Amadou Sanogo against President Amadou Toumani Touré.
• On 12 April a Guinea-Bissau Coup by Army Vice Chief of Staff General Mamadu Ture Kuruma against Acting President Raimundo Pereira and ex-Prime Minister and presidential candidate Carlos Gomes Júnior.
• On 30 April – 1 May an attempt Malian counter-coup d'état by Amadou Toumani Touré's loyalists against Acting President Dioncounda Traoré and Acting Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra.

2013

• The Eritrean opposition claimed that there was an attempt coup on 21 January 2013.
• On 4 March an attempt coup in Benin led by Col. Pamphile Zomahoun against President Boni Yayi.
• On 24 March 2013 Séléka rebels overthrew government of the Central African Republic.
• On 17 April 2013 an attempt Libyan coup against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan by Muammar Gaddafi loyalists.
• On 20 April 2013 an attempt coup in the Comoros against President Ikililou Dhoinine.
• A failed Coup in Chad on 1 May 2013 against President Idriss Déby.
• On 10 October 2013 a second attempt Libyan coup led by Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan.

2014

• Two attempted Libyan coups one on 14 February 2014 and second in May 2014 by Libyan Republican Alliance led by Maj. Gen. Khalifa Haftar against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan in first coup and Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani in second coup.
• An attempted coup in Lesotho against Prime Minister Tom Thabane by Lieutenant General Kennedy Tlai Kamoli and Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing.
• 2014 Thai coup d'état: The Royal Thai Armed Forces led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha overthrew the Yingluck cabinet, establishing a military junta on 22 May 2014.
• On 30 December 2014 an attempted Gambian Coup was launched against President Yahya Jammeh by former head of the presidential guards Lamin Sanneh.

2015

• In 13–15 May the unsuccessful 2015 Burundi Coup by General Godefroid Niyombare against President Pierre Nkurunziza.
• On 17 September an attempted coup in Burkina Faso against President Michel Kafando by General Gilbert Diendéré.

2016

• 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt: On 15–16 July 2016 an attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
• 2016 Burkinabé coup d'état attempt: On 8 October 2016 Blaise Compaore loyalists and former presidential guards failed to overthrow President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.
• 2016 Libyan coup d'état attempt: On 14 October 2016 an attempted coup against Prime Minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj led by Khalifa al-Ghawil.
• Montenegrin coup plot: On 16 October 2016 a Montenegrin attempted coup by Main Intelligence Directorate agents and pro-Russian organisations from Serbia and Montenegro against the government of Milo Đukanović on the day of the parliamentary election.

2017

• A right-wing coup d'état plot was foiled in Austria in April. The leader Monika Unger and others were arrested after they tried to organise an army-led coup.
• On 21 June 2017, Prince Mohammed bin Salman ousted and succeeded Saudi Crown Prince and de facto leader Muhammad bin Nayef in what was described as a "palace coup".
• 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état: Harare, Zimbabwe. In the early hours of 15 November 2017, an army spokesman announced the military takeover of government. This was after the army had seized control of the state run television broadcasting station. During the night before they had stormed the president's private residence and placed the head of state, President Robert Gabriel Mugabe under house arrest. The military police also captured and detained some cabinet ministers whom they labelled criminals around the president. It would succeed with the resignation of Mugabe on 21 November 2017.
• In December an attempted coup against the government in Equatorial Guinea.

2019

• 2019 Gabonese coup d'état attempt
• 2019 Sudanese coup d'état
• 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt

2020–present

2020

• On 9 February, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador walked inside the national parliament with battle-geared soldiers and police officers. He left after a few minutes of praying. The political crisis was described as a coup attempt by the Assembly President Mario Ponce.
• On 7 March, the Saudi Arabian government arrested Princes Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, Muhammad bin Nayef, Nayef bin Ahmed, Nawwaf bin Nayef and Muhammad bin Saad for allegedly planning a coup attempt.
• 2020 Malian coup d'état: On 18 August, Mutinying soldiers within the Malian Army attacked the capital and the nearby army base. The soldiers arrested both the democratically elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Prime Minister Boubou Cissé after months of anti-government protests. President Keïta resigns and dissolved both the government and parliament just after midnight. A military junta was soon after installed under Colonel Assimi Goita.
• On 20 October, a senior army officer in Sudan announced that some retired members of the Popular Defence Forces and officers under leader Brigadier General Mohammed Ibrahim Abdul-Jalil had foiled a coup plot. The Sudanese government has not confirmed this claim.
• 2020–21 Central African Republic coup d'état attempt: In December 2020 major rebel groups in Central African Republic led by former president François Bozizé formed Coalition of Patriots for Change trying to overthrow the government. Rebel groups attacked Bangui on 13 January but were repulsed by government forces.

2021

• 2021 Myanmar coup d'état: On 1 February, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint were arrested by the military of Myanmar. The military announced that power had been handed to Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The military announced on state-run TV that they would be in control of the country for one year.
• 2021 Haitian coup d'état attempt: On 7 February, Haitian President Jovenel Moïse promulgated the arrests of 20 people accused of attempting to kill the President and overthrow the Haitian government, including a Supreme Court judge. Conspirators argued Moise's five-year term was to expire on the day of the attempted coup, but Moise, with the backing of the U.S. Government, declared his term to end on 7 February 2022.
• 2021 Armenian coup d'état attempt: On 25 February, the Armenian Armed Forces chief of staff Onik Gasparyan called on Prime minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to resign due to his handling of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and after the dismissal of the first deputy-head of army.
• 2021 Nigerien coup d'état attempt: On 31 March, elements within the military attempted a coup. After gunfire at the presidential palace, Presidential Guard fended off the attack and many of its alleged perpetrators were later detained.
• 2021 alleged Jordanian coup d'état attempt: On 3 April, Jordanian authorities arrested top officials and members of the royal family, including former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, for involvement in an attempted coup.
• 2021 Malian coup d'état: On 24 May, the president, prime minister, and defense minister of Mali were detained by the military.

See also

• List of coups and coup attempts by country
• List of invasions
• List of revolutions and rebellions – chronological listing
• List of coups d'état and coup attempts since 2010
• Soft coup

References

Further reading

• Szulc, Tad (1965). "Latin America", The New York Times Company, Library of Congress 65-27528

External links

• Coups in the World, 1950-Present - Database on coups and coup attempts 1950–present, by Jonathan Powell and Clayton Thyne.
• Coups d'État, 1946-2015 - List of coups and coup attempts 1946–2015, by the Center for Systemic peace.