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28 May 1926 coup d'état

The 28 May 1926 coup d'état, sometimes called 28 May Revolution or, during the period of the corporatist Estado Novo (English: New State), the National Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução Nacional), was a military coup of a nationalist origin, that put an end to the unstable Portuguese First Republic and initiated 48 years of corporatist and nationalist rule within Portugal.

28 May 1926 coup d'état
28 May 1926 coup d'état · Attributed to Joshua Benoliel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
28 May 1926
Where
Portugal
Era
Modern

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