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What do people who think January 6 wasn't an "insurrection" because it was too too brief think an insurrection IS? In July 1830 and February 1848, three days were enough to bring down the French government. The Bolshevik coup in October 1917 was completed in a day. Robespierre's fall on 9 Thermidor 1794 triggered a failed one-day attempt to overthrow the government. It is in the nature of insurrections that they often succeed or fail with shocking speed. It makes them more dangerous, not less.