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| 1936 | Bakr, Sidqi |  |
| Counting on his great popular support and promises of social reform, General Bakr Sidqi launches a military coup in Iraq |
| 1938 | Sa'id, Nuri al | |
| Dec A coup is launched in Iraq by a group known as "The Seven." Nuri al-Sa'id is named Prime Minister |
| 1939 | Sa'id, Nuri al | |
| Nuri al-Sa'id is forced out of office |
| 1941 | Ali, Rashid 'Ali al | |
| Pro-German coup, Britain re-occupies Iraq |
| 1941 | Hussein, Abd Al-Allah Ibn Ali Ibn | |
| Mar Baghdad Ousted as the ruler of Iraq for being pro-British |
| 1941 | Kaylani, Rashid 'Ali al | |
| Mar Baghdad Ousts Abd Al-Allah Ibn Ali Ibn as the ruler of Iraq for being pro-British |
| 1st April "The Seven" announce a coup in Iraq, Rashid 'Ali al-Kaylani is made head of the government |
| 14th April Baghdad Rashid Ali, seizes power in Baghdad and refuses British requests to allow British military forces to enter Iraq |
| 30th May The Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani coup leads to a British invasion of Iraq |
| 1957 | Hussein, Sadisavan Saddam | |
| Baghdad Participates in an abortive coup against the Iraqi monarchy |
| 1958 | Faisal II | |
| A revolutionary coup ends the monarchy |
| 1958 | Hussein, Abd Al-Allah Ibn Ali Ibn | |
| Baghdad Killed during the Iraq revolution |
| 1958 | Hussein, Saddam | |
| Involved in a failed attempt to assassinate President Qassem |
| 1958 | Karim, Abd al- | |
| Baghdad Leads the "Free Officers" who kill the Prime Minister & the royal family |
| 1958 | Kassem, Abdul Karim | |
| Kassem seizes power, with local communist help |
| 1959 | Hussein, Saddam | |
| Flees to Syria after an abortive coup against the military dictator brigadier Kassem |
| 1963 | Hussein, Saddam | |
| Baghdad A nationalist coalition seizes power including the Ba'athists |
| Baghdad The Baathists come to power for the 1st time |
| Baghdad The Ba'athists favour a pan-Arab, secular socialist state |
| 1963 | Kassem, Abdul Karim | |
| Overthrown by a coup led by dissident members of the Ba'ath Party |
| 1968 | Ali, Saleh Omar | |
| 17th July Baghdad Assists in the coup by breaking into the Presidential Palace |
| 1968 | Aref, Abd al-Rahman | |
| Overthrown by a Ba'ath Coup |
| 1968 | Arif, Abdul Rahman | |
| 17th July Baghdad Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London |
| 17th July Baghdad Overthrown by a Baathist coup |
| 1968 | Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| Baghdad Informs President Arif he has lost power & invites him to surrender |
| 17th July Baghdad Masterminds the Baathist siezure of power |
| 30th July Baghdad The Baath Party come to power |
| 30th July Baghdad The "correctional coup" allows civilian Baathists to become the force behind the coup |
| 1968 | Hussein, Saddam | |
| 17th July 1st day of a coup that brings the Baath Party to power |
| 17th July Baghdad Breaks into the Presidential Palace & holds a gun to the President's head |
| 30th July The Baath Party come to power |
| 1968 | Tikriti, Hardan al- | |
| 17th July Baghdad Arif surrenders himself to Tikriti & then is exiled to London |
| 17th July Baghdad Helps the Baathist take possession of the Presidential Palace |
| 1969 | Hussein, Saddam | |
| Played a leading role in the 1968 revolution |
| 1978 | Bakr, Ahmed Hassan al- | |
| 16th July Saddam, Adnan, a cousin, & Tulfah, an uncle, threaten Bakr in the Presidential Palace |
| 1978 | Hussein, Saddam | |
| 16th July Adnan, a cousin, & Tulfah, an uncle, threaten Bakr in the Presidential Palace |
