28 May Coup

The 28 May 1926 coup d'état, sometimes called 28 May Revolution or, during the period of the authoritarian 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 authoritarian rule in Portugal. The regime that immediately resulted from the coup, the Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship), would be later refashioned into the Estado Novo (New State), which in turn would last until the Carnation Revolution in 1974.

28 May 1926 coup d'état
Military procession of General Gomes da Costá and his troops after the 28 May 1926 Revolution
Date 28 May 1926 Location First Portuguese Republic Result Collapse of the Portuguese First Republic Beginning of the fascist dictatorship Ditadura Nacional followed by Portuguese Second Republic
Belligerents
First Portuguese Republic Portuguese Republican Party	Portuguese Armed Forces Portuguese Army Portuguese Navy
Commanders and leaders
Bernardino Machado António Maria da Silva General Peres David Rodrigues	Mendes Cabeçadas Gomes da Costa Sinel de Cordes Filomeno da Câmara Passos e Sousa Raul Esteves