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| 1642 | Coup d'Etat
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis de |  |
| | Mars plots to assassinate Richelieu, put d'Orleans on the throne & pacify Spain |
| 1793 | Coup d'Etat
Marat, Jean Paul | |
| May 31st | A Jacobin committee of Marat & Montagnards calls Paris "to arms" against the Girondins |
| 1793 | Coup d'Etat
Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie | |
| May 31st | The Jacobins assumed more and more power during the spring of 1793, with the support of the Parisian mob, which overawed the Convention, culminating in a Coup at the end of May |
| May 31st | The Jacobins will hold power until the summer of 1794, and they repeatedly purged the Convention of those they held disloyal to the Republic, ending with a widespread program of execution, the Reign of Terror in their last months |
| 1794 | Coup d'Etat
Barras, Paul Francois | |
| July 27th | Prominent in the overthrow of Robespierre |
| 1794 | Coup d'Etat
Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie | |
| July 27th | Overthrown by the revolution of 9th Thermidor |
| 1795 | Coup d'Etat
Barras, Paul Francois | |
| | With Napoleon establishes the Directory |
| 1796 | Coup d'Etat
Babeuf, Francois Noel | |
| | Forms an Insurrectionary Committee to "organize the final revolution" |
| 1797 | Coup d'Etat
Castiglione | |
| Sep 4th | Carries through the Coup d'etat of 18 Fructidor, putting into place the Directory |
| 1797 | Coup d'Etat
Napoleon I | |
| Sep 4th | Royalist movements are banished & many deputies move to Cayenne |
| Sep 4th | Supports the Coup of 18th Fructidor |
| 1799 | Coup d'Etat
Barras, Paul Francois | |
| | Overthrown by Napoleon's Coup d'Etat |
| 1799 | Coup d'Etat
Murat, Marechal Joachim | |
| | Assists Napoleon's takeover of power |
| 1799 | Coup d'Etat
Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de | |
| | Napoleon's younger brother, Lucien Bonaparte, & Talleyrand-Perigord are instrumental in the Coup d'‚tat of 18 Brumaire |
| 1799 | Coup d'Etat
Napoleon I | |
| Nov 10th | Helps overthrow the Directory & replace it with the Consulate |
| 1812 | Coup d'Etat
Hulin | |
| | Suppresses Malet's plot to overthrow the Empire |
| | Suppresses Malet's plot to overthrow the Empire |
| 1836 | Coup d'Etat
Fialin, Jean-Gilbert-Victor | |
| | Propagandist during the failed attempt by Louis-Napoleon to regain the throne |
| 1836 | Coup d'Etat
Napoleon III | |
| | Stages a failed Coup d'etat at Strasbourg |
| 1840 | Coup d'Etat
Fialin, Jean-Gilbert-Victor | |
| | Propagandist in Boulogne for the failed attempt by Louis-Napoleon to regain the throne |
| 1840 | Coup d'Etat
Napoleon III | |
| | Failed military Coup in Boulogne |
| | Stages a failed Coup d'etat at Boulogne |
| 1849 | Coup d'Etat
Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre-Auguste | |
| June 13th | Heads a provisional Government for 2 hours before fleeing to England |
| 1851 | Coup d'Etat
Fialin, Jean-Gilbert-Victor | |
| | Propagandist in successful attempt by Louis-Napoleon to regain the throne |
| 1851 | Coup d'Etat
Napoleon III | |
| Dec 2nd | Dissolves the National Assembly & arrests Thiers, Cavaignac & other republican leaders |
| Dec 2nd | Dissolves the National Assembly & arrests Thiers, Cavaignac & other republican leaders |
| Dec 2nd | The 3rd Republic ends after 3 yrs when President Louis Napoleon makes himself dictator |
| 1870 | Coup d'Etat
Gambetta, Leon | |
| Sep 4th | After a popular uprising in Paris the Empire is toppled |
