Type 587 BCE Zedekiah Kingdom of Judah King of Judah Fall of Jerusalem 539 BCE Nabonidus Neo-Babylonian Empire King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire Fall of Babylon 331 BCE Darius III Achaemenid EmpireKing of Kings Battle of Gaugamela 320 BCE Perdiccas Macedonian Empire Regent of Macedonia First War of the Diadochi 207 BCE Qin Er Shi Qin dynasty Emperor of China Fall of the Qin 316 BCE Olympias Macedonia Queen of Macedonia Second War of the Diadochi 310 BCE Alexander IV of Macedon and Roxana Macedonia King and Queen of Macedon Assassinated by Cassander during the Third War of the Diadochi 168 BCE Perseus of Macedon Macedonia Basileus of MacedoniaThird Macedonian War 63 BCE Mithridates IV of Pontus Kingdom of Pontus King of Pontus Third Mithridatic War 47 BCE Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt Pharaoh of Egypt Alexandrian war 30 BCE Cleopatra Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt War of Actium 41 CE Caligula Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard and the Roman Senate in favor of his uncle Claudius and attempted abolition of the Principate 68 Nero Roman Empire Roman emperor Outlawed and killed during rebellion by Gaius Julius Vindex 69 Galba Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard during the Year of the Four Emperors 69 Otho Roman Empire Roman emperor Defeated by Vitellius at the First Battle of Bedriacum 69 Vitellius Roman Empire Roman emperor Defeated by Vespasian at the Second Battle of Bedriacum 193 Commodus Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated at the beginning of the Year of the Five Emperors 193 Pertinax Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard during the Year of the Five Emperors 193 Didius Julianus Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated in revolt by Septimius Severus during the Year of the Five Emperors 193 Pescennius Niger Roman Empire Roman emperor Killed by the Imperial Roman army while retreating from Antioch 197 Clodius Albinus Roman Empire Roman emperor Claim to the emperorship defeated during the Year of the Five Emperors , decisively defeated at the Battle of Lugdunum 220 Emperor Xian of Han Han dynasty Emperor of China End of the Han dynasty 235 Severus Alexander Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Imperial Roman army at the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century 238 Maximinus Thrax Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Legio II Parthica during the siege of Aquilea 238 Gordian I Roman Empire Roman emperor Committed suicide after defeat of his forces at the Battle of Carthage 238 Gordian II Roman Empire Co-emperor Killed at the Battle of Carthage 238 Pupienus Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by Balbinus during the Year of the Six Emperors 238 Balbinus Roman Empire Roman emperor Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard during the Year of the Six Emperors 249 Cao Shuang Cao Wei Regent of Cao Wei Incident at the Gaoping Tombs 251 Decius and Herennius Etruscus Roman Empire Roman emperors Gothic War 260 Valerian I Roman Empire Roman emperor Battle of Edessa 307 Severus II Roman Empire Roman emperor Civil wars of the Tetrarchy 312 Maxentius Roman Empire Roman emperor Battle of the Milvian Bridge 324 Valens Roman Empire Eastern Roman emperor Battle of Adrianople 475 Julius Nepos Western Roman Empire Western Roman emperor Defeated in rebellion by Orestes 476 Romulus Augustulus Western Roman Empire Western Roman emperor Fall of the Western Roman Empire 493 Odoacer Kingdom of Italy King of Italy Killed by Theodoric the Great during the Ostrogothic conquest of Italy 626 Emperor Gaozong of Tang Tang dynasty Emperor of China Xuanwu Gate Incident 628 Khosrow II Sasanian Empire King of Kings Sasanian civil war of 628–632 649 Emperor Taizong of Tang Tang dynasty Emperor of China Transition from Sui to Tang 652 Yazdegerd III Sasanian Empire King of Kings Muslim conquest of Persia 695 Justinian II Roman Empire Roman Emperor Justinian II 705 Wu Zetian Zhou dynasty Empress of China Coup d'état by Emperor Zhongzong of Tang 960 Guo Zongxun Later Zhou dynasty Emperor of China Coup at Chen Bridge 1013 Æthelred the Unready England King of England Overthrown by Danish invasion 1126 Emperor Qinzong Northern Song dynasty Emperor of China Jingkang incident 1167 Diarmaid mac Murchadha Kingdom of Leinster King of Leinster Deposed by the Irish High King Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair for allegations that he had kidnapped Derbforgaill ingen Maeleachlainn 1206 Alexios IV Angelos and Alexios V Doukas Byzantine Empire Eastern Roman emperor Fourth Crusade 1248 Sancho II of Portugal Kingdom of Portugal King of Portugal Deposed by Pope Innocent IV in the bull Grandi non immerito 1279 Zhao Bing Southern Song dynasty Emperor of China Mongol conquest of China 1298 Adolf, King of the Romans Holy Roman Empire King of the Romans Deposed by prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire 1327 Edward II of England [1] England King of England Forced to abdicate by Parliament of 1327 1370 Toghon Temür Yuan dynasty Emperor of China Red Turban Rebellions 1399 Richard II of England [2] England King of England Invasion of England by Henry Bolingbroke 1400 Wenceslaus, King of the Romans Holy Roman Empire King of the Romans Deposed by Sigismund of Luxembourg in favor of Rupert III 1453 Constantine XI Palaiologos Byzantine Empire Eastern Roman emperor Fall of Constantinople , conquest of the former Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire 1461 Henry VI of England England King of England Wars of the Roses 1470 Edward IV of England England King of England Wars of the Roses 1483 Edward V of England England King of England Abducted to the Tower of London during the Wars of the Roses 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots Kingdom of Scotland Queen of Scotland 1623 Gwanghaegun of Joseon Joseon Korean Emperor Overthrown by the Westerner faction in favor of Injo of Joseon 1640 Philip III of Portugal Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of the Algarve
King of Portugal King of the Algarve
Portuguese Restoration War 1644 Chongzhen Emperor Ming dynasty Emperor of China Late Ming peasant rebellions 1645 Li Zicheng Shun dynasty Emperor of China Transition from Ming to Qing 1649 Charles I of England England Kingdom of Scotland
King of England King of Scotland King of Ireland
English Civil War 1688 James II of England England Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Ireland
King of England King of Scotland King of Ireland
Glorious Revolution 1735 Stanisław Leszczyński Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania War of the Polish Succession 1790 Maria Christina and Albert Casimir Austrian Netherlands Governor of the Austrian Netherlands Brabant Revolution 1792 Louis XVI Kingdom of France King of France French Revolution 1795 Stanisław August Poniatowski Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Third Partition of Poland 1806 Francis II Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Emperor Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire at the end of the War of the Third Coalition , remained Emperor of Austria 1807 Selim III Ottoman Empire Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman coups of 1807–1808 1808 Mustafa IV Ottoman Empire Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman coups of 1807–1808 1809 Gustav IV Adolf Sweden Finland
King of Sweden Grand Prince of Finland
Finnish War and Coup of 1809 1810 Ferdinand VII of Spain Spanish Empire King of Spain and the Indies Forced to abdicate by Napoleon at the beginning of the Peninsular War , which also led to the Spanish American wars of independence in which Spain lost most of its colonies 1814 Christian Frederick Denmark-Norway King of Norway Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) 1814-15 Napoleon I First French Empire Emperor of the French Exiled to Elba after defeat in the War of the Sixth Coalition , returned and restored control of France but was defeated again in the Battle of Waterloo and exiled in Saint Helena 1815 Louis XVIII Kingdom of France King of France Briefly deposed in Napoleon's Hundred Days 1823 Augustin I of Mexico First Mexican Empire Emperor of Mexico Casa Mata Plan Revolution 1830 Charles X Kingdom of France King of France July Revolution 1848 Louis Philippe I Kingdom of France King of France French Revolution of 1848 1858 Bahadur Shah Zafar [19] Mughal Empire Mughal emperor British defeat of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 1864 Christian IX of Denmark Duchy of Schleswig Duchy of Holstein Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
Duke of Schleswig Duke of Holstein Duke of Lauenberg
Second Schleswig War 1866 Franz Joseph I of Austria German ConfederationPresident of the German Confederation Austro-Prussian War 1866 George V of Hanover HanoverKing of Hanover Austro-Prussian War 1866 Frederick William, Elector of Hesse HesseElector of Hesse Austro-Prussian War 1866 Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg NassauDuke of Nassau Austro-Prussian War 1867 Maximilian I of Mexico MexicoEmperor of Mexico Defeat of Second French intervention in Mexico 1868 Isabella II of Spain SpainQueen of Spain Glorious Revolution (Spain) 1871 Napoleon III Second French EmpireEmperor of the French Franco-Prussian War 1889 Pedro II of Brazil Empire of BrazilEmperor of Brazil Decline and fall of Pedro II of Brazil 1896 Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII of Nembe Nembe Kingdom King of Nembe Deposed by the British Empire 1898 Guangxu Emperor ChinaEmperor of China Defeat of Hundred Days' Reform 1908 Abdul Hamid II [20] Ottoman EmpireSultan of the Ottoman Empire Young Turk Revolution 1910 Manuel II of Portugal PortugalKing of Portugal 5 October 1910 revolution 1912 Puyi ChinaEmperor of China 1911 Revolution 1914 Peter I of Serbia SerbiaKing of Serbia Serbian campaign of World War I 1917 Nicholas II of Russia RussiaEmperor of all the Russias February Revolution 1918 Charles I of Austria Austria-HungaryEmperor of Austria and King of Hungary Dissolution of Austria-Hungary as a result of World War I 1918 Wilhelm II, German Emperor GermanyGerman Emperor German Revolution of 1918–1919 1922 Mehmed VI Ottoman EmpireSultan of the Ottoman Empire Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire during the Turkish War of Independence 1931 Alfonso XIII SpainKing of Spain Abdicated after the monarchists were overwhelmingly defeated in the 1931 Spanish local elections 1939 Zog I of Albania Albanian KingdomKing of Albania Italian invasion of Albania 1940 Charlotte LuxembourgGrand Duchess of Luxembourg German invasion of Luxembourg 1940 Wilhelmina of the Netherlands NetherlandsQueen of the Netherlands German invasion of the Netherlands 1941 Reza Shah IranShah of Iran Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran 1941 George II of Greece GreeceKing of Greece German invasion of Greece 1947 George VI British RajEmperor of India Independence of India 1947 Michael I of Romania RomaniaKing of Romania Soviet occupation of Romania 1952 Farouk of Egypt [21] EgyptKing of Egypt Egyptian revolution of 1952 1958 Faisal II of Iraq IraqKing of Iraq 14 July Revolution 1962 Muhammad al-Badr North YemenKing and Imam of Yemen North Yemen Civil War 1964 Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar ZanzibarSultan of Zanzibar Zanzibar Revolution 1967 Constantine II of Greece GreeceKing of Greece 1967 Greek counter-coup 1969 Idris of Libya [22] LibyaKing of Libya 1969 Libyan coup d'état 1973 Mohammed Zahir Shah AfghanistanKing of Afghanistan 1973 Afghan coup d'état 1974 Haile Selassie [23] EthiopiaEmperor of Ethiopia 1974 Ethiopian coup d'état 1975 Sisavang Vatthana LaosKing of Laos Laotian Civil War 1978 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Imperial State of IranShah of Iran Iranian Revolution 1987 Elizabeth II of Fiji FijiQueen of Fiji Fijian monarchy abolished after the 1987 Fijian coups d'état