{"slug": "edward-viii", "label": "Edward VIII", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q590227", "qid": "Q590227", "description": "King of the United Kingdom in 1936", "entries": 9, "years": 6, "span": [1894, 1972], "span_label": ["1894 CE", "1972 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "george-v", "label": "George V", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-vi", "label": "George VI", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "governor-general-of-india", "label": "Governor-General of India", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1894, "year_label": "1894 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (afterwards The Duke of Windsor) (d. 1972)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369810485#May–June", "title": "1894", "revid": 1369810485, "section": "Births › May–June"}}, {"year": 1922, "year_label": "1922 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – Edward, Prince of Wales, inaugurates the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College in Dehradun, India, marking a capitulation of the Governor General and Secretary of State for India to growing pressure for Indianization of the officer cadre of the Indian Army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983934#March", "title": "1922", "revid": 1369983934, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1922, "year_label": "1922 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – The United Kingdom's Prince of Wales arrives in Yokohama aboard HMS Renown and rides by train to Tokyo, starting a one-month visit to Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983934#April", "title": "1922", "revid": 1369983934, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1936, "year_label": "1936 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373216494#January–February", "title": "1936", "revid": 1373216494, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1936, "year_label": "1936 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – Edward VIII abdication crisis: King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom signs an instrument of abdication at Fort Belvedere, Surrey in the presence of his three brothers, The Duke of York, The Duke of Gloucester and The Duke of Kent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373216494#November–December", "title": "1936", "revid": 1373216494, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1937, "year_label": "1937 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – Wallis Simpson marries the Duke of Windsor, the former Edward VIII, in France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371759714#June", "title": "1937", "revid": 1371759714, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1937, "year_label": "1937 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 11", "text": "October 11 – Duke and Duchess of Windsor's 1937 tour of Germany: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrive in Berlin to begin a 12-day tour of Nazi Germany, meeting Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371759714#October", "title": "1937", "revid": 1371759714, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, is installed as Governor of the Bahamas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#August", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 28", "text": "May 28 – The Duke of Windsor, previously King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#May", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Deaths › May"}}]}