Coups and coup attempts iceberg

Coups and coup attempts iceberg is an iceberg chart topic. A text version, "Coup and Coup Attempts" by ATG, is hosted on IcebergThreads, where it had 971 views as of 29 October 2026.

Entries reflect the chart authors' choices and are not verified fact.

Tiers

Tiers and entries from the IcebergThreads version. Notes after a dash are shortened from the author's explanations.

Tier 1

• Coup of 18 Brumaire
• Assassination of Julius Caesar
• Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon
• October Revolution
• Machtergreifung
• March on Rome
• Chilean coup
• 1953 Iranian coup
• Beer Hall Putsch
• January 6 United States Capitol attack
• Thai history of Coup d'états – Thailand has an extensive history of Coup attempts and Successful Coups
• 1987 Burkina Faso coup
• 2022 Burkina Faso coup
• Maidan Revolution
• 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
• Tunisian Revolution
• 2013 Egyptian Coup
• Business Plot
• Catiline Conspiracy
• 2016 Gulen Movement Coup Attempt in Turkiye
• Algiers Putsch
• Spanish Coup of July 1936 – Somewhat successful as it started the Spanish Civil War. In the end, the Nationalists won
• August Coup
• Wagner Group Mutiny
• Gunpowder Plot
• Romanian Revolution
• 1979 Ba'ath Party Purge
• Gang of Four
• 2024 South Korean Martial Law
• May 16 Coup
• Revolución Libertadora
• Operation Valkyrie
• Egyptian Free Officers Movement

Tier 2

• 1975 Sablin Mutiny
• Kornilov Affair
• 2009 Bangladeshi Rifles Revolt
• 1999 military takeover in Pakistan
• 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état
• Lavon Affair
• Overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem
• 1992 Peruvian Self Coup
• 1964 Brazilian coup d'état
• Carnation Revolution
• Greek Junta
• 30 September Movement
• Philippine Martial Law
• People Power Revolution
• 1966 Nigerian Coup
• 1971 Ugandan coup d'état
• al-Fateh Revolution
• 1979 Equatorial Guinea Coup
• Fiji Coups – many successful and unsuccessful coups have occurred in Fiji
• Comoros Coup Attempts – The small island nation of Comoros has had more than 20 coup attempts since independence.
• Honduras Coup
• 2014 Gambian coup attempt
• 2016-2017 Gambian Constitutional Crisis
• 23F
• 1993 Guatemala constitutional crisis
• El Bukelazo
• Bolivian Coups – Bolivia has experienced about 190 coups and coup attempts since gaining independence in 1825, with the most recent attempt being in 2024 that ended in Juan José Zúñiga laying down his arms and…
• Oakwood Mutiny
• 1988 Maldives coup attempt
• 1981 Rawlings takeover
• 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état
• Burundian Coup Attempt
• 1960 Ethiopian coup attempt
• May Coup
• February Revolution (1917 Russia)

Tier 3

• Operation Red Dog
• Wonga Coup
• Jordanian Black September
• Mishima Incident
• Kvachkov coup
• Khruschev's dismissal (USSR, 1964)

Tier 4

• Battle of the Palaces (18th century Russia) – Coups that happened in Russian Empire in 1725-1801
• Operation Yellow Green Dagger/2022 Brazilian Coup Plot

Tier 5

No entries.

Tier 6

No entries.

Tier 7

• 2022 Kazakhstan Coup Attempt
• Aragarças Revolt

Tier 8

• ISIS Coup Attempt in Saudi Arabia
• Strategy to extinguish Japanese ethnicity – Scenario in which the EAAJAF were to topple the government of South Korea and depose of Park Chung Hee, whom they viewed as pro-Japanese.
• Slovakian Coup Rumors
• Ergenekon Conspiracy
• The Command Post Vlad the Impaler Coup Rumors
• Reichsburger Movement
• Day X

See also

• Iceberg chart
• Wars and conflicts iceberg
• Political entities iceberg

Sources

• IcebergThreads version: ATG. Coup and Coup Attempts. IcebergThreads. 2 April 2026. Retrieved 29 October 2026.