Carnation Revolution
Lisbon's flower coup
The Carnation Revolution was a largely bloodless military coup in Portugal on April 25, 1974, that ended nearly fifty years of authoritarian rule under the Estado Novo regime.
The name comes from the red carnations that civilians placed in soldiers' rifle barrels as a symbol of peaceful transition.
The date is now a national holiday in Portugal, and the revolution led to democratic elections and the decolonization of Portugal's African territories.
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- colonial warsConflicts establishing overseas empires
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
- bloodlessWithout shedding any gore
- militaryArmed forces collectively
democracy · uprising · decolonization · red flowers · coup · freedom · anti-fascism · peaceful protest · mobilization · secret police · soldiers · junta · dictatorship · red · liberation · Portugal · democratic transition · Lisbon
- PortugalLisbon, Porto, Algarve, Oporto, Madeira
- Iberian HistorySpain, Portugal, Iberia, Castile, Aragon
- European UpheavalsPrague Spring, uprising, revolt, insurrection, putsch
- LusophonePortugal, Portuguese, Portuguese language, Brazil, Brazilians
- Portuguese EmpirePortugal, spice trade, Vasco da Gama, Age of Discovery, slave trade
- Portuguese historyAge of Discovery, Salazar, Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, caravel
Carnation RevolutionReign of Terror
Revolutionary mass execution period
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