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Has there ever been a peaceful overthrow of a dictator or monarch? By peaceful I mean without assassination, military coup, major violent protests, killing of civilians, war, etc. The closest thing I can think of is during the Glorious Revolution of England, but there were still some lives lost.
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Has there ever been a peaceful overthrow of a dictator or monarch? By peaceful I mean without assassination, military coup, major violent protests, killing of civilians, war, etc. The closest thing I can think of is during the Glorious Revolution of England, but there were still some lives lost.
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Has there ever been a peaceful overthrow of a dictator or monarch? By peaceful I mean without assassination, military coup, major violent protests, killing of civilians, war, etc. The closest thing I can think of is during the Glorious Revolution of England, but there were still some lives lost.
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Has there ever been a peaceful overthrow of a dictator or monarch? By peaceful I mean without assassination, military coup, major violent protests, killing of civilians, war, etc. The closest thing I can think of is during the Glorious Revolution of England, but there were still some lives lost.
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The abdication of King Edward VIII of England in 1936 was achieved without any bloodshed and resulted in ascension and coronation of his brother George as King of England.
Although legally an abdication there is no doubt that his hand was forced by Parliament as well as Prime Ministers of several Commonwealth dominions.
On 16 November 1936, Edward invited British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to Buckingham Palace and expressed his desire to marry Wallis Simpson when she became free to remarry. Baldwin informed him that his subjects would deem the marriage morally unacceptable, largely because remarriage after divorce was opposed by the Church of England, and the people would not tolerate Simpson as queen. ....
The Prime Ministers of Australia (Joseph Lyons), Canada (Mackenzie King) and South Africa (J. B. M. Hertzog) made clear their opposition to the king marrying a divorcée; ....
It was clear that Edward was not prepared to give up Simpson, and he knew that if he married against the advice of his ministers, he would cause the government to resign, prompting a constitutional crisis. He chose to abdicate.
Assent of the Dominion Parliaments was required because the Statute of Westminster 1931 stated (my emphasis:
And whereas it is meet and proper to set out by
way of preamble to this Act that, inasmuch as the
Crown is the symbol of the free association of the
members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and
as they are united by a common allegiance to the Crown,
it would be in accord with the established constitutional
position of all the members of the Commonwealth in
relation to one another that any alteration in the law
touching the Succession to the Throne or the Royal Style
and Titles shall hereafter require the assent as well of
the Parliaments of all the Dominions as of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom :
The Greek monarchy has twice been abolished (1924 and 1974) and replaced by a republic consequent to referenda on the issue in 1924 and in 1973.
In March 1815 Napoleon returned from Elba and overthrew King Louis XVIII, beginning The 100 Days.
Firing no shot in his defence, his troop numbers swelled until they became an army. On 5 March, the nominally royalist 5th Infantry Regiment at Grenoble went over to Napoleon en masse. The next day they were joined by the 7th Infantry Regiment under its colonel, Charles de la Bédoyère, who was executed for treason by the Bourbons after the campaign ended. An anecdote illustrates Napoleon's charisma. When royalist troops deployed to stop the march of Napoleon's force at Grenoble, Napoleon stepped out in front of them, ripped open his coat and said "If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am." The men joined his cause.
Marshal Ney, now one of Louis XVIII's commanders, had said that Napoleon ought to be brought to Paris in an iron cage, but on 14 March, Ney joined Napoleon with 6,000 men. Five days later, after proceeding through the countryside promising constitutional reform and direct elections to an assembly, to the acclaim of gathered crowds, Napoleon entered the capital, from where Louis XVIII had recently fled.
A popular rumour is that Louis fled in such a rush ahead of Napoeon that, when the latter sat down for dinner in the palace, the seat was still warm.
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Eric of Pomerania, King of Denmark and Sweden from 1396 to 1439 was deposed by the National Councils of Denmark and Sweden following a dispute over who should succeed him.
When the Danish nobility subsequently opposed his rule and refused to
ratify his choice of Bogislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania as the next King
of Denmark, King Eric left Denmark in response and took up permanent
residence at Visborg Castle in Gotland, apparently as a kind of a
“royal strikeâ€Â, which led to his deposition by the National Councils
of Denmark and Sweden in 1439.
The 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines led to the overthrow of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, largely through a series huge peaceful demonstrations.
The army refused to fire on the demonstrators (although they did at first use tear gas) and Marcos was forced to flee the Philippines. Despite some military action against a TV station, there do not appear to have been any deaths. Filipinos were justly proud of what they achieved "without bloodshed".
Jose Parco, Aklan: The main achievement of people power was that we
got rid of a despot in a very peaceful way. For the first time in
ages, Filipinos were united to make a change for the better. We showed
the world that we are a civilized people as there was no bloodshed. It
also taught us the power of prayer!
Lydia Reyes, Bataan: The Edsa uprising was a peaceful revolt and yet
it regained democracy in our country. That was the beauty of it.
Pedro Alagano, Vigan City: The beauty is that there was overwhelming
euphoria in our country and Filipinos were hailed around the world for
a bloodless revolution that toppled a dictator.
Cris Rivera, Rizal: It was supernaturally marvelous a fight for
freedom won not by bullets but by flowers and beads of prayers. The
beauty of democracy unfolded.
As the demonstrations were preceded by a failed military coup and as tear gas was used at first, this may be considered borderline.
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The abdication of King Edward VIII of England in 1936 was achieved without any bloodshed and resulted in ascension and coronation of his brother George as King of England.
Although legally an abdication there is no doubt that his hand was forced by Parliament as well as Prime Ministers of several Commonwealth dominions.
On 16 November 1936, Edward invited British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to Buckingham Palace and expressed his desire to marry Wallis Simpson when she became free to remarry. Baldwin informed him that his subjects would deem the marriage morally unacceptable, largely because remarriage after divorce was opposed by the Church of England, and the people would not tolerate Simpson as queen. ....
The Prime Ministers of Australia (Joseph Lyons), Canada (Mackenzie King) and South Africa (J. B. M. Hertzog) made clear their opposition to the king marrying a divorcée; ....
It was clear that Edward was not prepared to give up Simpson, and he knew that if he married against the advice of his ministers, he would cause the government to resign, prompting a constitutional crisis. He chose to abdicate.
Assent of the Dominion Parliaments was required because the Statute of Westminster 1931 stated (my emphasis:
And whereas it is meet and proper to set out by
way of preamble to this Act that, inasmuch as the
Crown is the symbol of the free association of the
members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and
as they are united by a common allegiance to the Crown,
it would be in accord with the established constitutional
position of all the members of the Commonwealth in
relation to one another that any alteration in the law
touching the Succession to the Throne or the Royal Style
and Titles shall hereafter require the assent as well of
the Parliaments of all the Dominions as of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom :
The Greek monarchy has twice been abolished (1924 and 1974) and replaced by a republic consequent to referenda on the issue in 1924 and in 1973.
In March 1815 Napoleon returned from Elba and overthrew King Louis XVIII, beginning The 100 Days.
Firing no shot in his defence, his troop numbers swelled until they became an army. On 5 March, the nominally royalist 5th Infantry Regiment at Grenoble went over to Napoleon en masse. The next day they were joined by the 7th Infantry Regiment under its colonel, Charles de la Bédoyère, who was executed for treason by the Bourbons after the campaign ended. An anecdote illustrates Napoleon's charisma. When royalist troops deployed to stop the march of Napoleon's force at Grenoble, Napoleon stepped out in front of them, ripped open his coat and said "If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am." The men joined his cause.
Marshal Ney, now one of Louis XVIII's commanders, had said that Napoleon ought to be brought to Paris in an iron cage, but on 14 March, Ney joined Napoleon with 6,000 men. Five days later, after proceeding through the countryside promising constitutional reform and direct elections to an assembly, to the acclaim of gathered crowds, Napoleon entered the capital, from where Louis XVIII had recently fled.
A popular rumour is that Louis fled in such a rush ahead of Napoeon that, when the latter sat down for dinner in the palace, the seat was still warm.
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The abdication of King Edward VIII of England in 1936 was achieved without any bloodshed and resulted in ascension and coronation of his brother George as King of England.
Although legally an abdication there is no doubt that his hand was forced by Parliament as well as Prime Ministers of several Commonwealth dominions.
On 16 November 1936, Edward invited British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to Buckingham Palace and expressed his desire to marry Wallis Simpson when she became free to remarry. Baldwin informed him that his subjects would deem the marriage morally unacceptable, largely because remarriage after divorce was opposed by the Church of England, and the people would not tolerate Simpson as queen. ....
The Prime Ministers of Australia (Joseph Lyons), Canada (Mackenzie King) and South Africa (J. B. M. Hertzog) made clear their opposition to the king marrying a divorcée; ....
It was clear that Edward was not prepared to give up Simpson, and he knew that if he married against the advice of his ministers, he would cause the government to resign, prompting a constitutional crisis. He chose to abdicate.
Assent of the Dominion Parliaments was required because the Statute of Westminster 1931 stated (my emphasis:
And whereas it is meet and proper to set out by
way of preamble to this Act that, inasmuch as the
Crown is the symbol of the free association of the
members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and
as they are united by a common allegiance to the Crown,
it would be in accord with the established constitutional
position of all the members of the Commonwealth in
relation to one another that any alteration in the law
touching the Succession to the Throne or the Royal Style
and Titles shall hereafter require the assent as well of
the Parliaments of all the Dominions as of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom :
The Greek monarchy has twice been abolished (1924 and 1974) and replaced by a republic consequent to referenda on the issue in 1924 and in 1973.
In March 1815 Napoleon returned from Elba and overthrew King Louis XVIII, beginning The 100 Days.
Firing no shot in his defence, his troop numbers swelled until they became an army. On 5 March, the nominally royalist 5th Infantry Regiment at Grenoble went over to Napoleon en masse. The next day they were joined by the 7th Infantry Regiment under its colonel, Charles de la Bédoyère, who was executed for treason by the Bourbons after the campaign ended. An anecdote illustrates Napoleon's charisma. When royalist troops deployed to stop the march of Napoleon's force at Grenoble, Napoleon stepped out in front of them, ripped open his coat and said "If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am." The men joined his cause.
Marshal Ney, now one of Louis XVIII's commanders, had said that Napoleon ought to be brought to Paris in an iron cage, but on 14 March, Ney joined Napoleon with 6,000 men. Five days later, after proceeding through the countryside promising constitutional reform and direct elections to an assembly, to the acclaim of gathered crowds, Napoleon entered the capital, from where Louis XVIII had recently fled.
A popular rumour is that Louis fled in such a rush ahead of Napoeon that, when the latter sat down for dinner in the palace, the seat was still warm.
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The abdication of King Edward VIII of England in 1936 was achieved without any bloodshed and resulted in ascension and coronation of his brother George as King of England.
Although legally an abdication there is no doubt that his hand was forced by Parliament as well as Prime Ministers of several Commonwealth dominions.
On 16 November 1936, Edward invited British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to Buckingham Palace and expressed his desire to marry Wallis Simpson when she became free to remarry. Baldwin informed him that his subjects would deem the marriage morally unacceptable, largely because remarriage after divorce was opposed by the Church of England, and the people would not tolerate Simpson as queen. ....
The Prime Ministers of Australia (Joseph Lyons), Canada (Mackenzie King) and South Africa (J. B. M. Hertzog) made clear their opposition to the king marrying a divorcée; ....
It was clear that Edward was not prepared to give up Simpson, and he knew that if he married against the advice of his ministers, he would cause the government to resign, prompting a constitutional crisis. He chose to abdicate.
Assent of the Dominion Parliaments was required because the Statute of Westminster 1931 stated (my emphasis:
And whereas it is meet and proper to set out by
way of preamble to this Act that, inasmuch as the
Crown is the symbol of the free association of the
members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and
as they are united by a common allegiance to the Crown,
it would be in accord with the established constitutional
position of all the members of the Commonwealth in
relation to one another that any alteration in the law
touching the Succession to the Throne or the Royal Style
and Titles shall hereafter require the assent as well of
the Parliaments of all the Dominions as of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom :
The Greek monarchy has twice been abolished (1924 and 1974) and replaced by a republic consequent to referenda on the issue in 1924 and in 1973.
In March 1815 Napoleon returned from Elba and overthrew King Louis XVIII, beginning The 100 Days.
Firing no shot in his defence, his troop numbers swelled until they became an army. On 5 March, the nominally royalist 5th Infantry Regiment at Grenoble went over to Napoleon en masse. The next day they were joined by the 7th Infantry Regiment under its colonel, Charles de la Bédoyère, who was executed for treason by the Bourbons after the campaign ended. An anecdote illustrates Napoleon's charisma. When royalist troops deployed to stop the march of Napoleon's force at Grenoble, Napoleon stepped out in front of them, ripped open his coat and said "If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am." The men joined his cause.
Marshal Ney, now one of Louis XVIII's commanders, had said that Napoleon ought to be brought to Paris in an iron cage, but on 14 March, Ney joined Napoleon with 6,000 men. Five days later, after proceeding through the countryside promising constitutional reform and direct elections to an assembly, to the acclaim of gathered crowds, Napoleon entered the capital, from where Louis XVIII had recently fled.
A popular rumour is that Louis fled in such a rush ahead of Napoeon that, when the latter sat down for dinner in the palace, the seat was still warm.
answered 6 hours ago
Pieter Geerkens
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The abdication of King Edward VIII of England in 1936 was achieved without any bloodshed and resulted in ascension and coronation of his brother George as King of England.
Although legally an abdication there is no doubt that his hand was forced by Parliament as well as Prime Ministers of several Commonwealth dominions.
On 16 November 1936, Edward invited British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to Buckingham Palace and expressed his desire to marry Wallis Simpson when she became free to remarry. Baldwin informed him that his subjects would deem the marriage morally unacceptable, largely because remarriage after divorce was opposed by the Church of England, and the people would not tolerate Simpson as queen. ....
The Prime Ministers of Australia (Joseph Lyons), Canada (Mackenzie King) and South Africa (J. B. M. Hertzog) made clear their opposition to the king marrying a divorcée; ....
It was clear that Edward was not prepared to give up Simpson, and he knew that if he married against the advice of his ministers, he would cause the government to resign, prompting a constitutional crisis. He chose to abdicate.
Assent of the Dominion Parliaments was required because the Statute of Westminster 1931 stated (my emphasis:
And whereas it is meet and proper to set out by
way of preamble to this Act that, inasmuch as the
Crown is the symbol of the free association of the
members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and
as they are united by a common allegiance to the Crown,
it would be in accord with the established constitutional
position of all the members of the Commonwealth in
relation to one another that any alteration in the law
touching the Succession to the Throne or the Royal Style
and Titles shall hereafter require the assent as well of
the Parliaments of all the Dominions as of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom :
The Greek monarchy has twice been abolished (1924 and 1974) and replaced by a republic consequent to referenda on the issue in 1924 and in 1973.
In March 1815 Napoleon returned from Elba and overthrew King Louis XVIII, beginning The 100 Days.
Firing no shot in his defence, his troop numbers swelled until they became an army. On 5 March, the nominally royalist 5th Infantry Regiment at Grenoble went over to Napoleon en masse. The next day they were joined by the 7th Infantry Regiment under its colonel, Charles de la Bédoyère, who was executed for treason by the Bourbons after the campaign ended. An anecdote illustrates Napoleon's charisma. When royalist troops deployed to stop the march of Napoleon's force at Grenoble, Napoleon stepped out in front of them, ripped open his coat and said "If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am." The men joined his cause.
Marshal Ney, now one of Louis XVIII's commanders, had said that Napoleon ought to be brought to Paris in an iron cage, but on 14 March, Ney joined Napoleon with 6,000 men. Five days later, after proceeding through the countryside promising constitutional reform and direct elections to an assembly, to the acclaim of gathered crowds, Napoleon entered the capital, from where Louis XVIII had recently fled.
A popular rumour is that Louis fled in such a rush ahead of Napoeon that, when the latter sat down for dinner in the palace, the seat was still warm.
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Eric of Pomerania, King of Denmark and Sweden from 1396 to 1439 was deposed by the National Councils of Denmark and Sweden following a dispute over who should succeed him.
When the Danish nobility subsequently opposed his rule and refused to
ratify his choice of Bogislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania as the next King
of Denmark, King Eric left Denmark in response and took up permanent
residence at Visborg Castle in Gotland, apparently as a kind of a
“royal strikeâ€Â, which led to his deposition by the National Councils
of Denmark and Sweden in 1439.
The 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines led to the overthrow of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, largely through a series huge peaceful demonstrations.
The army refused to fire on the demonstrators (although they did at first use tear gas) and Marcos was forced to flee the Philippines. Despite some military action against a TV station, there do not appear to have been any deaths. Filipinos were justly proud of what they achieved "without bloodshed".
Jose Parco, Aklan: The main achievement of people power was that we
got rid of a despot in a very peaceful way. For the first time in
ages, Filipinos were united to make a change for the better. We showed
the world that we are a civilized people as there was no bloodshed. It
also taught us the power of prayer!
Lydia Reyes, Bataan: The Edsa uprising was a peaceful revolt and yet
it regained democracy in our country. That was the beauty of it.
Pedro Alagano, Vigan City: The beauty is that there was overwhelming
euphoria in our country and Filipinos were hailed around the world for
a bloodless revolution that toppled a dictator.
Cris Rivera, Rizal: It was supernaturally marvelous a fight for
freedom won not by bullets but by flowers and beads of prayers. The
beauty of democracy unfolded.
As the demonstrations were preceded by a failed military coup and as tear gas was used at first, this may be considered borderline.
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Eric of Pomerania, King of Denmark and Sweden from 1396 to 1439 was deposed by the National Councils of Denmark and Sweden following a dispute over who should succeed him.
When the Danish nobility subsequently opposed his rule and refused to
ratify his choice of Bogislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania as the next King
of Denmark, King Eric left Denmark in response and took up permanent
residence at Visborg Castle in Gotland, apparently as a kind of a
“royal strikeâ€Â, which led to his deposition by the National Councils
of Denmark and Sweden in 1439.
The 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines led to the overthrow of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, largely through a series huge peaceful demonstrations.
The army refused to fire on the demonstrators (although they did at first use tear gas) and Marcos was forced to flee the Philippines. Despite some military action against a TV station, there do not appear to have been any deaths. Filipinos were justly proud of what they achieved "without bloodshed".
Jose Parco, Aklan: The main achievement of people power was that we
got rid of a despot in a very peaceful way. For the first time in
ages, Filipinos were united to make a change for the better. We showed
the world that we are a civilized people as there was no bloodshed. It
also taught us the power of prayer!
Lydia Reyes, Bataan: The Edsa uprising was a peaceful revolt and yet
it regained democracy in our country. That was the beauty of it.
Pedro Alagano, Vigan City: The beauty is that there was overwhelming
euphoria in our country and Filipinos were hailed around the world for
a bloodless revolution that toppled a dictator.
Cris Rivera, Rizal: It was supernaturally marvelous a fight for
freedom won not by bullets but by flowers and beads of prayers. The
beauty of democracy unfolded.
As the demonstrations were preceded by a failed military coup and as tear gas was used at first, this may be considered borderline.
answered 5 hours ago
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Eric of Pomerania, King of Denmark and Sweden from 1396 to 1439 was deposed by the National Councils of Denmark and Sweden following a dispute over who should succeed him.
When the Danish nobility subsequently opposed his rule and refused to
ratify his choice of Bogislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania as the next King
of Denmark, King Eric left Denmark in response and took up permanent
residence at Visborg Castle in Gotland, apparently as a kind of a
“royal strikeâ€Â, which led to his deposition by the National Councils
of Denmark and Sweden in 1439.
The 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines led to the overthrow of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, largely through a series huge peaceful demonstrations.
The army refused to fire on the demonstrators (although they did at first use tear gas) and Marcos was forced to flee the Philippines. Despite some military action against a TV station, there do not appear to have been any deaths. Filipinos were justly proud of what they achieved "without bloodshed".
Jose Parco, Aklan: The main achievement of people power was that we
got rid of a despot in a very peaceful way. For the first time in
ages, Filipinos were united to make a change for the better. We showed
the world that we are a civilized people as there was no bloodshed. It
also taught us the power of prayer!
Lydia Reyes, Bataan: The Edsa uprising was a peaceful revolt and yet
it regained democracy in our country. That was the beauty of it.
Pedro Alagano, Vigan City: The beauty is that there was overwhelming
euphoria in our country and Filipinos were hailed around the world for
a bloodless revolution that toppled a dictator.
Cris Rivera, Rizal: It was supernaturally marvelous a fight for
freedom won not by bullets but by flowers and beads of prayers. The
beauty of democracy unfolded.
As the demonstrations were preceded by a failed military coup and as tear gas was used at first, this may be considered borderline.
answered 5 hours ago
Lars Bosteen
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Eric of Pomerania, King of Denmark and Sweden from 1396 to 1439 was deposed by the National Councils of Denmark and Sweden following a dispute over who should succeed him.
When the Danish nobility subsequently opposed his rule and refused to
ratify his choice of Bogislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania as the next King
of Denmark, King Eric left Denmark in response and took up permanent
residence at Visborg Castle in Gotland, apparently as a kind of a
“royal strikeâ€Â, which led to his deposition by the National Councils
of Denmark and Sweden in 1439.
The 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines led to the overthrow of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, largely through a series huge peaceful demonstrations.
The army refused to fire on the demonstrators (although they did at first use tear gas) and Marcos was forced to flee the Philippines. Despite some military action against a TV station, there do not appear to have been any deaths. Filipinos were justly proud of what they achieved "without bloodshed".
Jose Parco, Aklan: The main achievement of people power was that we
got rid of a despot in a very peaceful way. For the first time in
ages, Filipinos were united to make a change for the better. We showed
the world that we are a civilized people as there was no bloodshed. It
also taught us the power of prayer!
Lydia Reyes, Bataan: The Edsa uprising was a peaceful revolt and yet
it regained democracy in our country. That was the beauty of it.
Pedro Alagano, Vigan City: The beauty is that there was overwhelming
euphoria in our country and Filipinos were hailed around the world for
a bloodless revolution that toppled a dictator.
Cris Rivera, Rizal: It was supernaturally marvelous a fight for
freedom won not by bullets but by flowers and beads of prayers. The
beauty of democracy unfolded.
As the demonstrations were preceded by a failed military coup and as tear gas was used at first, this may be considered borderline.
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