Abdication of King Edward VIII
King Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication, formally renouncing the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee, against the wishes of the government and the Church of England.
Key Figures
Causal neighbors · 265 linked moments
E
1936
· contemporaneous
B
1914
· same figure
F
1952
· same figure
D
2022
· same figure
C
1399
· thematic
D
69
· thematic
C
1399
· thematic
C
1399
· thematic
A
1567
· thematic
D
476
· thematic
A
1399
· thematic
A
1918
· thematic
D
1400
· thematic
M
1983
· thematic
E
1793
· thematic
E
1936
· thematic
C
1399
· thematic
C
1937
· thematic
A
1567
· thematic
D
1399
· thematic
D
476
· thematic
C
1399
· thematic
T
1814
· thematic
A
1848
· thematic
E
1793
· thematic
A
1918
· thematic
D
1399
· thematic
A
1567
· thematic
A
1848
· thematic
D
1399
· thematic
D
1399
· thematic
D
1399
· thematic
S
68
· thematic
D
1218
· thematic
1415
· thematic
A
1567
· thematic