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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:
18th century
- Conspiracy of the Tres Antonios, (1781) - A failed attempt to declare Chile an independent republic
19th century
- Figueroa mutiny, (April 1, 1811) - A failed attempt to restore royal power in Chile
- 1811 Chilean coup d'état, (September 4, 1811) - A successful coup in favor of José Miguel Carrera
- Campino mutiny, (1827) - A failed attempt to destroy the opposition to the federalist system
- 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 depose the government
- Quillota mutiny, (1837) - A failed attempt to depose the government 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
20th 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
- 1924 Chilean coup d'état, (September 5, 1924) - A successful coup against president Arturo Alessandri
- 1925 Chilean coup d'état, (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' mutiny, (September, 1931) - A rebellion in the navy against vice-president Manuel Trucco that ended with the fleet being aerially bombarded
- Norte Grande insurrection, (December 25, 1931) - A failed Communist attempt against president Juan Esteban Montero
- 1932 Chilean coup d'état, (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 in favor of Carlos Ibáñez that resulted in the murder of 59 young party members
- Ariostazo, (August 25, 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 allow president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo to assume dictatorial powers
- 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
- 1973 Chilean coup d'état, (September 11, 1973) - A successful coup that deposed president Salvador Allende
