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This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow a country's government. Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able to maintain control of the government for at least seven days.
1851 French coup d'état: On December 2, President of France Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte launches a self-coup by dissolving the Assembly and became the sole ruler of the country. In the following year, he restored the Empire by referendum.
The coup elicited almost no response from the populace, and the day-to-day life of the people returned to normal even before the end of the day. The rest of the country was also similarly disaffected, [33] prompting The Times in London to report that the revolution merely was "a simple re-adjustment". [34]
Tokyo Asahi Shimbun describing the May 15 incident and assassination of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi. The May 15 incident (五・一五事件, Goichigo jiken) was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan, on May 15, 1932, launched by reactionary elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy, aided by cadets in the Imperial Japanese Army and civilian remnants of the ultranationalist League ...
Pages in category "1932 by country" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1932 in Northern ...
Attempted coups d'état by country (53 C) A. Military coups in Afghanistan (4 P) Military coups in Algeria (5 P) Military coups in Argentina (1 C, 9 P)
The 1932 Prussian coup d'état or Preußenschlag (German pronunciation: [ˈpʁɔʏsənˌʃlaːk]) took place on 20 July 1932, when Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, at the request of Franz von Papen, then Reich Chancellor of Germany, replaced the legal government of the Free State of Prussia with von Papen as Reich Commissioner.
Pages in category "1930s coups d'état and coup attempts" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. ... Siamese revolution of 1932; Spanish coup ...