May Coup

When

28 May 1903 – 29 May 1903

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

44.81° N, 20.46° E

Description

military assassinations of royal couple and government officials in Serbia

1903 military coup against King Alexander I of Serbia; Peter I installed

The May Coup was a coup d'état in the Kingdom of Serbia which resulted in the assassination of King Alexander I and his consort, Queen Draga, inside the Stari Dvor in Belgrade on the night of 10–11 June [O.S. 28–29 May] 1903. This act resulted in the end of the Obrenović dynasty that had ruled Serbia since the mid-19th century.

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• Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “coup d'État en Serbie ; assassinat du roi Alexandre Obrenovitch, de son épouse et de ses principaux ministres par des officiers nationalistes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “«Майский переворот»”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page