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
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Great Depression (1929)
- Spanish Civil War (1936)
- Winston Churchill's first premiership (1940)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)