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1494-Piero the Unfortunate of the de' Medici family, ruler of Florence, loses power and flees the state 1799-Napoleon Bonaparte pulls off a coup and becomes the dictator of France under the title of…

  • Piero the Unfortunate lost power in Florence in 1494 and fled the city.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte became First Consul of France in 1799 after a coup.
  • Tokugawa Yoshinobu stepped down as Japan's 15th and final Shogun in 1867.

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