Chilean coup d'état

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This is a list of the coups d'état (both plots, failed and successful attempts and armed conflicts) that have taken place in Chile during its independent history:

[edit] XIX century

• Figueroa mutiny, (April 1, 1811) - A failed attempt to restore royal power in Chile
• 1811 Chilean coup d'état, (September 11, 1811) - A successful coup in favor of José Miguel Carrera
• Campino mutiny, (1827) - A failed attempt against president Agustín Eyzaguirre
• San Fernando mutiny, (June, 1828)
• Chilean Civil War of 1829, (1829) - An armed conflict between conservatives and liberals over the constitutional regime
• Arauco rebellion, (1831)
• Freire expedition, (1836) - An invasion of Chiloé Island and failed attempt to start a civil war
• Quillota mutiny, (1837) - A failed attempt that resulted in the death of Diego Portales
• Chilean Civil War of 1851, (1851) - An armed rebellion by liberals against conservative president Manuel Montt
• Cambiaso mutiny, (1852) - A rebellion by the garrison of Punta Arenas, Chile, which resulted in the near destruction of the city
• Chilean Civil War of 1859, (1859) - A rekindling of the armed rebellion by liberals against conservative president Manuel Montt started in 1851
• Chilean Civil War of 1891, (1891) - An armed conflict between forces supporting National Congress and forces supporting president José Manuel Balmaceda

[edit] XX century

• Military League plot, (1912) - A failed plot against president Ramon Barros Luco
• Armstrong-Moore plot, (1919) - A failed plot by Generals Guillermo Armstrong and Manuel Moore against president Juan Luis Sanfuentes
• Chilean coup of 1924, (September 5, 1924) - A successful coup against president Arturo Alessandri
• Chilean coup of 1925, (January 23, 1925) - A successful coup in favor of president Arturo Alessandri
• Little red plane plot, (September 21, 1930) - A failed attempt against president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
• Sailors' rebellion, (September, 1931) - A rebellion in the navy that ended with the fleet being aerially bombarded
• Norte Grande insurrection, (December 25, 1931) - A failed Communist attempt against president Juan Esteban Montero
• Chilean coup of 1932, (June 4, 1932) - A successful coup that resulted in the instauration of the Socialist Republic of Chile
• Antofagasta coup d'état, (September 27, 1932) - A successful coup that resulted in the resignation of president Bartolomé Blanche and the return to civilian rule
• Las Mercedes' plot, (1933) - A failed plot against president Arturo Alessandri
• Seguro Obrero massacre, (September 5, 1938) - A failed National Socialist attempt that resulted in the murder of 59 young party members
• Ariostazo, (May 21, 1939) - A failed attempt against president Pedro Aguirre Cerda
• Pig trotters' plot, (1948) - A failed plot against president Gabriel González Videla
• Straight line plot, (1954) - A failed plot to force president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo to assume as dictator
• Tacnazo, (October 21, 1969) - A stand-off between the military and president Eduardo Frei Montalva
• Schneider assassination, (October 22, 1970) - A failed plot to prevent the confirmation of Salvador Allende as President of Chile
• Tanquetazo, (June 29, 1973) - A failed coup against president Salvador Allende
• Chilean coup of 1973, (September 11, 1973) - A successful coup that led to the death of president Salvador Allende