Special character in url link

Question

I would like to insert the following text:

\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_successful_coups_d'état}{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_successful\_coups\_d'état}

However, that doesn't work because of the special character é in the first entry. Is there any way to get it working? I am not using \url because I don't want it to be formatted. But if someone knows how to prevent \url from changing the font, that would solve the problem, too.

Thanks.

Answer 1

To summarise the suggestions in the comments, the following should all work if your file is saved with a UTF8 encoding:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_successful_coups_d'état}{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_successful\_coups\_d'état}

\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_successful_coups_d'\%E9tat}{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_successful\_coups\_d'état}

\urlstyle{same}
\url{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_successful_coups_d'état}
\end{document}