coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[cí xǐ tài hòu] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops
四一二反革命政变四一二反革命政變 counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai