After the Emperor had deposed the Guelph rulers of Saxony in 1180, Ascanians returned to rule the Duchy of Saxony, which had been reduced to its eastern half by the Emperor.

* 1960 – While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaim him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.

First Council of Lyon ( 1245 ) deposed Emperor Frederick II and instituted a levy to support the Holy Land.

Hi ( deposed ): Princess Takatsu ( 高津内親王 ) (?– 841 ), daughter of Emperor Kammu

Many of the high court officials construed Emperor Yōzei's actions as exceeding the bounds of acceptable behavior, and as justifiable cause for the emperor to be forcibly deposed.

At the time Emperor Yōzei was deposed, Prince Tokiaytsu was already Governor of Hitachi and Chief Minister of Ceremonies ( Jibu-kyō, 治部卿 )

Burdinus had already been deposed and excommunicated because he had crowned Henry V and the Holy Roman Emperor in Rome in 1117.

In 718 he suppressed a rebellion in Sicily and in 719 did the same on behalf of the deposed Emperor Anastasios II.

* 1889 – Brazil is declared a republic by Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

Emperor Otto I of Germany had John accused in an ecclesiastical court, which deposed him and elected a layman as Pope Leo VIII.

However the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I ( 936 – 973 ) did not approve of the choice and had him deposed after only a month with his acquiescence.

* 1870 – Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

* 1974 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, ' Messiah ' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.

Once Zhu Di deposed Jianwen and became crowned as Yongle Emperor ( r. 1403-1424 ), Zheng He continued serving in his court as a Eunuch Grand Director ( 太監, tàijiàn ).

* September 12 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed by the Derg.

* Ottoman Emperor Selim III ( 1789 – 1807 ) is deposed in favour of his nephew Mustafa IV,

* September 4 – Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

* Yaqob is deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia by Za Sellase, who appoints his cousin Za Dengel to replace him.

* November 8 – Suleiman II ( 1687 – 1691 ) succeeds the deposed Mehmed IV as Ottoman Emperor.

* September 13 – Hezqeyas of Ethiopia, deposed Emperor of Ethiopia

* November 25 – Iyasu V, deposed Emperor of Ethiopia ( b. 1895 / 1896 )

* Za Dengel is deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia by Za Sellase, who restores his cousin Yaqob.

His participation in the attempted usurpation of John Komnenos the Fat in 1200 had caused him to be imprisoned until the accession of Isaac II Angelos, who was restored to the throne after having been deposed and imprisoned by his brother Alexios III, and his son Alexios IV Angelos, who were placed on the throne by the intervention of the Fourth Crusade in July 1203.

In 1856, Isabella attempted to form the Union Liberal Party, a pan-national coalition under the leadership of Leopoldo O ' Donnell, who had already marched on Madrid that year and deposed another Espartero ministry.

The Norwegian national socialist politician Vidkun Quisling attempted a coup the same day, but was met with such strong resistance from the people that Nazi Germany deposed him within a week and installed a bureaucratic administration in lieu of a government.

It is recorded that it was seized by the English authorities following a search of the luggage of the deposed John Balliol as he attempted to leave England and make his way to exile in France following his release from imprisonment in London in 1299.

However, Hieronymus was soon deposed ; the new Syracusean leaders attempted a reconciliation with Rome but could not quell their suspicions and then aligned themselves with the Carthaginians.

Some accounts state that Stigand did appear at the council which deposed him, but nothing is recorded of any defence that he attempted.

In 1816, over thirty years after the conclusion of the American Revolution, the legislature of New Hampshire attempted to alter Dartmouth's charter in order to reinstate the College's deposed president, placing the ability to appoint positions in the hands of the governor, adding new members to the board of trustees, and creating a state board of visitors with veto power over trustee decisions.

Eight years after he was deposed, Christian II of Denmark – Norway ( 1513 – 1523 ) attempted to recover his kingdoms.

John XXII deposed Michael as general of the order ( 6 June 1328 ) and ( 13 June ) appointed the Minorite Cardinal Bertrand de Turre vicar-general of the order to preside at the chapter to be held in Paris ( 2 June 1329 ), which Michael of Cesena vainly attempted to prevent, and brought about the election of Gerardus Odonis of Châteauroux, of the province of Aquitaine.

After Sima Yi's death, Cao Fang attempted to take back state power from Sima Yi's son, Sima Shi, but was not successful and was eventually deposed by Sima Shi.

When a new young kabaka, Mwanga, attempted to halt the foreign ideologies that he saw threatening the state, he was deposed by the armed converts in 1888.

The Jacobite Risings ( called " Jacobite Rebellions " by the government ) attempted to restore the deposed Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland, rather than abolish the monarchy completely.

In 1902 Indian Agent William Morris Graham attempted to have Payipwat deposed as chief for incompetence.

The deposed Belaúnde administration had attempted to implement a milder agrarian reform program, but it had been defeated in Congress by the APRA-UNO coalition with support of the major landowners.

Khrushchev became increasingly distrusting and in the same year also deposed and expelled Defense Minister Zhukov, who had assisted him against the anti-party group but with whom he increasingly had political differences, alleging an attempted coup.

The now deposed Kerensky attempted to retake Petrograd.

Shortly thereafter, due to the chaotic political climate created by Shuster's ouster, the deposed Shah, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar attempted an invasion of Persia.

Any sultan who attempted to modernize the Ottoman military structure and replace the Janissaries was either immediately killed or deposed.

He attempted to convince President Robert L. Booth not to initiate a world war, but to no avail, and after the Atomic Wars in 2070 he deposed Booth and became head of state, establishing the Justice Department as a stable new government.

Patriarch Arnulf of Chocques was deposed for having supported the marriage, but was reinstated by Pope Paschal II in 1116, on condition that the marriage was annulled ; Baldwin agreed and then attempted to bring Arda back from Constantinople.

Following the attempted forceful reoccupation of Bophuthatswana by various factions in 1994, President Mangope was deposed and Bophuthatswana was reincorporated within the Republic of South Africa, placing the entire Pilanesberg Game Reserve officially within South Africa's borders.

In 1988, he attempted to remove Noriega as head of the armed forces, but was himself deposed by the Legislative Assembly, going into hiding and eventually exile.

On April 26, 1959, he faced an attempted coup planned by diplomat Roberto Arias, nephew of deposed ex-president Arnulfo Arias and husband of famous British ballerina Margot Fonteyn 1.