February 26 Incident

failed 1936 coup d'état in Japan
Organization attempted_coup_d_tat Q477958
February 26 Incident
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February 26 Incident

Summary

February 26 Incident is an attempted coup d'état[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of attempted_coup_d_tat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,950 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • February 26 Incident is in the country of Empire of Japan[3].
  • February 26 Incident's instance of is recorded as attempted coup d'état[4].
  • February 26 Incident is associated with the Shōwa Restoration movement[5].
  • February 26 is named after February 26 Incident[6].
  • The location of February 26 Incident was Tokyo City[7].
  • The location of February 26 Incident was Yugawara[8].
  • February 26 Incident's Commons category is recorded as 26 February Incident[9].
  • February 26 Incident's armament is recorded as heavy machine gun[10].
  • February 26 Incident's armament is recorded as light machine gun[11].
  • February 26 Incident's armament is recorded as rifle[12].
  • February 26 Incident's armament is recorded as handgun[13].
  • February 26 Incident's armament is recorded as bayonet[14].
  • February 26 Incident's armament is recorded as guntō[15].
  • February 26 Incident began on February 26, 1936[16].
  • February 26 Incident ended on February 29, 1936[17].
  • February 26 Incident took place on February 29, 1936[18].
  • February 26 Incident's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.66416667, 'lon': 139.69694444}[19].
  • February 26 Incident's topic's main category is recorded as Category:26 February Incident[20].
  • February 26 Incident's topic has template is recorded as Q14396240[21].
  • February 26 Incident's different from is recorded as 228 Incident[22].
  • February 26 Incident's perpetrator is recorded as Shirō Nonaka[23].
  • February 26 Incident's perpetrator is recorded as Teruzō Andō[24].
  • February 26 Incident's victim is recorded as Denzō Matsuo[25].
  • February 26 Incident's victim is recorded as Takahashi Korekiyo[26].
  • February 26 Incident's victim is recorded as Saitō Makoto[27].

Why It Matters

February 26 Incident ranks in the top 5% of attempted_coup_d_tat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,950 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . The Rise of Modern China, Sixth Edition. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Armament heavy machine gun, light machine gun, rifle +3
    Country Empire of Japan
    Point in time +1936-02-29T00:00:00Z
    Perpetrator Shirō Nonaka, Teruzō Andō
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531193605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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