Its mostly the October Revolution since Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks (communists) took control of the government from Mensheviks (moderates). The February revolution only forced Czar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne.
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509 BCE, Caesar murdered
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rma2098
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It actually occurred on March 15 44 B.C."the Ides of March"
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Nazi takeover, 1933
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Not technically a coup. The Nazis manage to gain control of Germany through elections. It wasn't until the burning of the Reichstag that they passed the enabling act, which gave Hitler full control of Germany.
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18 Brumaire (Napoleon's overthrow of the existing French government)
