8 events with tag "coup"
411 BC
ID: 256
Oligarchic coup in Athens - Four Hundred seize power, democracy temporarily overthrown
ID: 256
185 BC
ID: 3682
Fall of Mauryan Empire - last king Brihadratha assassinated by general Pushyamitra Shunga
ID: 3682
1330
ID: 2431
October 19, 1330
Nottingham Castle coup - Edward III seizes power at age 17, arrests Mortimer through secret tunnel
ID: 2431
1483
ID: 2509
April 30, 1483
Richard intercepts Edward V at Stony Stratford - takes control of young king, arrests Woodville escorts
ID: 2509
1762
ID: 5994
July 9, 1762
Catherine II seizes throne in palace coup - deposes husband Peter III with Guard support, he dies mysteriously days later
ID: 5994
1799
ID: 669
18-19 Brumaire - Napoleon coup overthrows Directory, establishes Consulate
ID: 669
2013
ID: 3241
Victoria Nuland orchestrates Ukrainian government selection
ID: 3241
2014
ID: 3257
Maidan coup succeeds - openly Nazi groups (Right Sector, Svoboda) gain power
ID: 3257