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| 1926 |
| | | 25-year-old Hirohito succeeds to the imperial throne of Japan after five years as prince regent | |
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| 1930 |
| | | The regent Ras Tafari becomes emperor of Ethiopia and takes the name Haile Selassie | |
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| 1932 |
| | | After gaining control of most of the Arabian peninsula, Ibn Saud gives his kingdom a new name, Saudi Arabia | |
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| 1932 |
| | | George V reads on radio a Christmas address (written by Rudyard Kipling), beginning an annual royal tradition | |
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| 1933 |
| | | Fulgencio Batista, as army chief of staff, begins a long career running the affairs of Cuba | |
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| 1936 |
| | | George V dies and is succeeded on the British throne by his eldest son Edward VIII | |
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| 1936 |
| | | On the death of his father, Fuad I, the 16-year-old Farouk becomes king of Egypt | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Wallis Simpson wins a decree nisi against her second husband and is therefore free to marry Edward VIII | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Edward VIII informs Baldwin, the UK prime minister, that he intends to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Edward VIII, forced to choose between the British throne and Wallis Simpson, opts for the path of love and abdicates | |
|  | Edward VIII's letter of abdication in 1936
National Archives, Kew
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