Edward VIII was born on 23 June 1894 in White Lodge. King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India for less than a year in 1936, Edward VIII was the eldest son of George V. Popular as Prince of Wales and a fashion leader, he created a constitutional crisis when he insisted on marrying Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee, which the government and the Church of England would not accept. He abdicated in December 1936, the only British monarch to do so voluntarily, and was succeeded by his brother George VI. Made Duke of Windsor, he lived mostly in France, and his visit to Nazi Germany in 1937 and his later views remain controversial.
Before and after
- 3 April 1894Birth of Nikita Khrushchev
- 16 April 1894Founding of Manchester City F.C.
- 27 May 1894Birth of Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- 23 June 1894Founding of International Olympic Committee
- 23 June 1894Birth of Edward VIII
- 30 June 1894Construction of Tower Bridge
- 13 July 1894Birth of Gavrilo Princip
- 26 July 1894Birth of Aldous Huxley
- from 1 August 1894 to 17 April 1895First Sino-Japanese War
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- 1815Congress of Vienna
- from October 1853 to February 1856Crimean War
- from 19 July 1870 to 28 January 1871Franco-Prussian War
- from 1885 to 1914Scramble for Africa
- from 8 February 1904 to 5 September 1905Russo-Japanese War
The era
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