| 10/21/93 | Paratroops overthrew President Melchior Ndadaye and execute him. |
| 10/28/93 | Evacuations to Bujumbura. Foreigners in Burundi are evacuated to Bujumbura, as concern over tribal violence associated with a failed military coup grows. |
| 10/29/93 | Six government ministers are confirmed murdered during a failed coup in Burundi. |
| 11/6/76 | Lieutenant Colonel Jean Baptiste Bagaye leads a coup and assumes the presidency, suspending Burundi's constitution. |
| 4/19/72 | Natré V returns to Burundi and is executed by President Micombero, sparking one of the bloodiest wars in African history. |
| 4/25/94 | A military coup in Burundi fails when soldiers, fearing the triggering of a tribal bloodbath similar to the one in neighboring Rwanda, refuse to participate in the military mutiny. |
| 4/6/94 | A plane carrying the presidents of both Rwanda and Burundi is shot out of the sky as it attempts to land in Rwanda. |
| 6/2/93 | Melchior Ndadaye becomes Burundi's first democratically elected president. |
| 7/25/96 | Pierre Buyoya succeeds Sylvestre Ntibantunganya in a bloodless coup. |
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