Abdication of Edward VIII
1936 · Event
Edward VIII abdicates to marry Wallis Simpson; brother George VI takes the throne.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), England
Around 1936
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Pop music: the 1930s (1930)
- Great Depression (1929)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
- United Nations founded (1945)
- Discovery of penicillin (1928)
- Death of Hitler / Fall of Berlin (1945)
- Atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945)