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Deposition by political means concerns the removal of a politician or monarch. It may be done by coup, impeachment, invasion, or forced abdication. The term may also refer to the official removal of a clergyman, especially a bishop, from ecclesiastical office.
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Deposed head of state or government politicians
Deposed head of state or government monarchs
| Year | Monarch | Country | Title | 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 Empire |
King 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 | King and Queen of Macedon | Assassinated by Cassander during the Third War of the Diadochi | |
| 168 BCE | Perseus of Macedon | Basileus of Macedonia | Third 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 | 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 | Outlawed and killed during rebellion by Gaius Julius Vindex | ||
| 69 | Galba | Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard during the Year of the Four Emperors | ||
| 69 | Otho | Defeated by Vitellius at the First Battle of Bedriacum | ||
| 69 | Vitellius | Defeated by Vespasian at the Second Battle of Bedriacum | ||
| 193 | Commodus | Assassinated at the beginning of the Year of the Five Emperors | ||
| 193 | Pertinax | Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard during the Year of the Five Emperors | ||
| 193 | Didius Julianus | Assassinated in revolt by Septimius Severus during the Year of the Five Emperors | ||
| 193 | Pescennius Niger | Killed by the Imperial Roman army while retreating from Antioch | ||
| 197 | Clodius Albinus | 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 | Assassinated by the Legio II Parthica during the siege of Aquilea | ||
| 238 | Gordian I | Took his own life 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 emperor | Assassinated by Balbinus during the Year of the Six Emperors | |
| 238 | Balbinus | 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 emperor | Battle of Edessa | |
| 307 | Severus II | Civil wars of the Tetrarchy | ||
| 312 | Maxentius | Battle of the Milvian Bridge | ||
| 324 | Valens | Eastern Roman emperor | Battle of Adrianople | |
| 475 | Julius Nepos |  Western Roman Empire |
Western Roman emperor | Defeated in rebellion by Orestes |
| 476 | Romulus Augustulus | 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 | 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 | 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 | |||
| 1483 | Edward V of England | Abducted to the Tower of London during the Wars of the Roses | ||
| 1532 | Huáscar |  Inca Empire |
Sapa Inca | Inca Civil War |
| 1533 | Atahualpa | Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire | ||
| 1567 | Mary, Queen of Scots |  Kingdom of Scotland |
Queen of Scotland | |
| 1572 | Túpac Amaru | Neo-Inca State |
Sapa Inca | |
| 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
|
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 | Transition from Ming to Qing | |
| 1649 | Charles I of England | England
|
King of England | English Civil War |
| 1688 | James II of England | England
|
King of England | Glorious Revolution |
| 1695 | Zumbi dos Palmares | Palmares | King of Palmares | |
| 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 | |||
| 1809 | Gustav IV Adolf |  Sweden
|
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 | .svg){kind=small} 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 |
French Revolution of 1848 | |
| 1858 | Bahadur Shah Zafar | Mughal Empire | Mughal emperor | British defeat of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 |
| 1864 | Christian IX of Denmark |  Duchy of Schleswig
|
Duke of Schleswig
Duke of Holstein Duke of Lauenberg |
Second Schleswig War |
| 1866 | Franz Joseph I of Austria |  German Confederation |
President of the German Confederation | Austro-Prussian War |
| 1866 | George V of Hanover |  Hanover |
King of Hanover | |
| 1866 | Frederick William, Elector of Hesse |  Hesse |
Elector of Hesse | |
| 1866 | Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg |  Nassau |
Duke of Nassau | |
| 1867 | Maximilian I of Mexico |  Mexico |
Emperor of Mexico | Defeat of Second French intervention in Mexico |
| 1868 | Isabella II of Spain |  Spain |
Queen of Spain | Glorious Revolution (Spain) |
| 1871 | Napoleon III | Second French Empire |
Emperor of the French | Franco-Prussian War |
| 1889 | Pedro II of Brazil |  Empire of Brazil |
Emperor of Brazil | Decline and fall of Pedro II of Brazil |
| 1893 | Liliʻuokalani |  Hawaiian Kingdom |
Queen of the Hawaiian Islands | Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom |
| 1896 | Frederick William Koko Mingi VIII of Nembe | Nembe Kingdom | King of Nembe | Deposed by the British Empire |
| 1898 | Guangxu Emperor |  China |
Emperor of China | Defeat of Hundred Days' Reform |
| 1908 | Abdul Hamid II | Ottoman Empire |
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | Young Turk Revolution |
| 1910 | Manuel II of Portugal |  Portugal |
King of Portugal | 5 October 1910 revolution |
| 1912 | Puyi | China |
Emperor of China | 1911 Revolution |
| 1914 | Peter I of Serbia |  Serbia |
King of Serbia | Serbian campaign of World War I |
| 1917 | Nicholas II of Russia |  Russia |
Emperor of all the Russias | February Revolution |
| 1918 | Charles I of Austria |  Austria-Hungary |
Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary | Dissolution of Austria-Hungary as a result of World War I |
| 1918 | Wilhelm II, German Emperor |  Germany |
German Emperor | German Revolution of 1918–1919 |
| 1922 | Mehmed VI | Ottoman Empire |
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire during the Turkish War of Independence |
| 1931 | Alfonso XIII | Spain |
King of Spain | Abdicated after the monarchists were overwhelmingly defeated in the 1931 Spanish local elections |
| 1939 | Zog I of Albania |  Albanian Kingdom |
King of Albania | Italian invasion of Albania |
| 1940 | Charlotte |  Luxembourg |
Grand Duchess of Luxembourg | German invasion of Luxembourg |
| 1940 | Wilhelmina of the Netherlands |  Netherlands |
Queen of the Netherlands | German invasion of the Netherlands |
| 1941 | Reza Shah |  Iran |
Shah of Iran | Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran |
| 1941 | George II of Greece |  Greece |
King of Greece | German invasion of Greece |
| 1947 | George VI |  British Raj |
Emperor of India | Independence of India |
| 1947 | Michael I of Romania |  Romania |
King of Romania | Soviet occupation of Romania |
| 1952 | Farouk of Egypt |  Egypt |
King of Egypt | Egyptian revolution of 1952 |
| 1958 | Faisal II of Iraq |  Iraq |
King of Iraq | 14 July Revolution |
| 1962 | Muhammad al-Badr |  North Yemen |
King and Imam of Yemen | North Yemen Civil War |
| 1964 | Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar |  Zanzibar |
Sultan of Zanzibar | Zanzibar Revolution |
| 1967 | Constantine II of Greece | Greece |
King of Greece | 1967 Greek counter-coup |
| 1969 | Idris of Libya |  Libya |
King of Libya | 1969 Libyan coup d'état |
| 1973 | Mohammed Zahir Shah |  Afghanistan |
King of Afghanistan | 1973 Afghan coup d'état |
| 1974 | Haile Selassie |  Ethiopia |
Emperor of Ethiopia | 1974 Ethiopian coup d'état |
| 1975 | Sisavang Vatthana |  Laos |
King of Laos | Laotian Civil War |
| 1978 | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Imperial State of Iran |
Shah of Iran | Iranian Revolution |
| 1987 | Elizabeth II of Fiji |  Fiji |
Queen of Fiji | Fijian monarchy abolished after the 1987 Fijian coups d'état |
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Deposed politicians and monarchs at subnational leval
| Year | Politician | Division | Country | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1660 | Salvador de Sá | Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro |  State of Brazil
|
Governor of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro | Cachaça Revolt |
| 1662 | Frederick Coyett |  Governorate of Formosa |
 Dutch Republic |
Governor of Formosa | Siege of Fort Zeelandia |
| 1666 | Jerônimo de Mendonça Furtado | Captaincy of Pernambuco | State of Brazil
|
Governor of the Captaincy of Pernambuco | Imprisonment during the Conjuration of Our Father |
| 1789 | César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck |  Prince-Bishopric of Liège |
Holy Roman Empire |
Prince-Bishop of Liège | Liège Revolution |
| 1870 | William Woods Holden |  North Carolina |
 United States |
Governor of North Carolina | Impeachment |
| 1871 | David Butler |  Nebraska |
Governor of Nebraska | ||
| 1913 | William Sulzer |  New York |
Governor of New York | ||
| 1917 | James Edward Ferguson |  Texas |
Governor of Texas | ||
| 1923 | Jack Walton |  Oklahoma |
Governor of Oklahoma | ||
| 1929 | Henry Simpson Johnston | Oklahoma |
Governor of Oklahoma | ||
| 1930 | João Pessoa |  Paraíba |
 Brazil |
Governor of Paraíba | Assassinated |
| 1988 | Evan Mecham |  Arizona |
United States |
Governor of Arizona | Impeachment |
| 1992 | Edmundo Pinto |  Acre |
Brazil |
Governor of Acre | Assassinated |
| 2005 | Diepreye Alamieyeseigha |  Bayelsa State |
 Nigeria |
Governor of Bayelsa State | Impeachment |
| 2006 | Rasheed Ladoja |  Oyo State |
Governor of Oyo State | ||
| 2006 | Ayo Fayose |  Ekiti State |
Governor of Ekiti State | ||
| 2006 | Joshua Dariye |  Plateau State |
Governor of Plateau State | ||
| 2006 | Peter Obi |  Anambra State |
Governor of Anambra State | ||
| 2009 | Rod Blagojevich |  Illinois |
United States |
Governor of Illinois | Impeachment and removed from the office |
| 2009 | Marcelo Miranda |  Tocantins |
Brazil |
Governor of Tocantins | Removed from the office by the Superior Electoral Court |
| 2014 | Murtala Nyako |  Adamawa State |
Nigeria |
Governor of Adamawa State | Impeachment |
| 2020 | Wilson Witzel |  Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
Governor of Rio de Janeiro | Impeachment of Wilson Witzel |
Deposed politicians and monarchs at local leval
| Year | Politician | Place | Division | Country | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865 | Philip Tomppert |  Louisville |
 Kentucky |
United States |
Mayor of Louisville | Impeachment |
| 1964 | Pelópidas da Silveira |  Recife |
 Pernambuco |
Brazil |
Mayor of Recife | Imprisonment during the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état |
| 1965 | Edgard Grecco |  Mauá |
 São Paulo |
Mayor of Mauá | Impeachment | |
| 2011 | Hélio de Oliveira Santos |  Campinas |
Mayor of Campinas | |||
| 2011 | Demétrio Vilagra | Campinas |
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| 2015 | Juan Rosario Mazzone |  El Bordo |
 Salta |
 Argentina |
Mayor of El Bordo | |
| 2022 | Jorge Muñoz Wells |  Lima |
Lima Province |
 Peru |
Mayor of Lima | |
| 2024 | Alice Guo |  Bamban |
 Pampanga |
 Philippines |
Mayor of Bamban | Dismissal by Ombudsman |
Notable deposed bishops
- Cyril of Alexandria
- Cyril Lucaris
- John Chrysostom
- Nestorius
- Photios I of Constantinople
- Antipope Benedict XIII
- Antipope John XXIII
- The Nine Bishops of the Nonjuring Schism
- Robert Duncan, VII Bishop of Pittsburgh
- Mark Lawrence, XIV Bishop of South Carolina
- John-David Schofield, IV Bishop of San Joaquin
See also
- Coup d'état
- Defrocking
- Motion of no confidence
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