Historydraft Logo
null

Edward VIII - Edward returned to France

Time: 1946

Place: France

Details: At the end of the war, the couple returned to France and spent the remainder of their lives essentially in retirement as the Duke never held another official role. Correspondence between the Duke and Kenneth de Courcy, dated between 1946 and 1949, emerged in a US library in 2009.

Related

Near

Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault-CEO of Financière Agache
1984 - France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon-Treaty of Fontainebleau (October 1807)
Tuesday Oct 27, 1807 - Fontainebleau, France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle wrote Vers l'Armée de Métier
1934 - France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon-Napoleon was then forced to announce his unconditional abdication
Wednesday Apr 6, 1814 - France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon-They confronted Napoleon
Monday Apr 4, 1814 - Fontainebleau, France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon-Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)
Monday Apr 11, 1814 - Fontainebleau, France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon-Napoleon divorced Joséphine
Wednesday Jan 10, 1810 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-Winston Churchill made his first visit to France since the liberation
1945 - Paris, France
Coverture
Coverture-In France
1965 - France
Bicycle
Bicycle-The high-bicycle
1870s - France
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers-Marriage
1984 - France
Nuclear power
Nuclear Power-The first commercial-scale breeder reactor in France
1982 - France
Bicycle
Bicycle-the Franco-Prussian war
Tuesday Jul 19, 1870 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was promoted to lieutenant-colonel
Dec, 1932 - France
Bicycle
Bicycle-Evolving
1900s - France
Kheops-Pyramid
The Great Pyramid-Joseph Davidovits
1974 - France
Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault-Art Collector
2000s - France
The Reign of Louis XIV King of France started in 1654
The Reign of Louis XIV King of France started in 1654
Sunday Jun 7, 1654 - France
Pablo Picasso image
Pablo Picasso-1st Trip to Paris
1900 - Paris, France
The logo of Adidas with the three stripes - image
Adidas-Tapie Mandated The Crédit Lyonnais Bank To Sell Adidas
1992 - France
Charles VIII's death
Charles VIII's death
Thursday Apr 7, 1498 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle sent a memo to Weygand
Sunday Jun 2, 1940 - Paris, France
First Indochina War COLLAGE - image
First Indochina War-The First occurrence was probably at The National Assembly
Friday Mar 21, 1947 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle made a renewed attempt to transform the politics in France
Wednesday Apr 9, 1947 - France
First Indochina War COLLAGE - image
First Indochina War-Pierre Mendès France had been invested as Prime Minister
Thursday Jun 17, 1954 - France
Bicycle
Bicycle-Popular Again
1875 - France
Anne Henriette of France Birth
Anne Henriette of France Birth
Thursday Aug 14, 1727 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle became a disciple of Émile Mayer
1938 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attended the meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council at the Chateau
Tuesday Jun 11, 1940 - France
Flag of Repubblica Cispadana1
Unification of Italy-King Louis Philippe of France was forced to flee Paris
Wednesday Feb 23, 1848 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle sought a constitutional amendment
Sep, 1962 - France
Joan Brith
Joan Brith
Saturday Apr 23, 1464 - France
Algerian War Image
Algerian War-The OAS turned to bank robbery to finance its war
1962 - France
Emmanuel Macron Image
Emmanuel Macron-"Revolution"
Thursday Nov 24, 2016 - France
Franoise d'Aubigné's death
Franoise d'Aubigné's death
Saturday Apr 15, 1719 - France
Bicycle
Bicycle-The Velocipede
1860s - France
Pablo Picasso image
Pablo Picasso-The theft of the Mona Lisa
1911 - Paris, France
Battle of Arnay-le-Duc
Battle of Arnay-le-Duc
Saturday Jul 25, 1570 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-Thirty soldiers died
1929 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle refused to participate in any future NATO maneuvers
1965 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle hosted a superpower summit
Tuesday May 17, 1960 - Paris, France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle obliged all firms of certain sizes to distribute a small portion of their profits to their employees
1967 - France
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa-The painting was still not popular among the lay-public
1911 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attended another Anglo-French
Thursday Jun 13, 1940 - France
Yasunari Kawabata
Yasunari Kawabata-An Officer
1960 - France
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower-Artists against the Eiffel Tower
Monday Feb 14, 1887 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle had advocated would be a German war
1940 - France
Iranian Revolution Image
Iranian Revolution-agreement for a draft constitution that would be "Islamic and democratic"
Wednesday Nov 1, 1978 - Paris, France
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh-Criticizing The Use of English Words by French Sportswriters
May, 1922 - Paris, France
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide-A Congress of the Young Turks
1902 - Paris, France
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh-Arriving in Paris
Jun, 1919 - Paris, France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-Paul Reynaud first invited De Gaulle to meet him
Wednesday Dec 5, 1934 - Paris, France
Facebook Image
Facebook, Inc.-Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Planned To Open Station F
Tuesday Jan 17, 2017 - Paris, France
null
German revolutions of 1848–1849-The revolutions spread from France
Mar, 1848 - France
Marie Curie
Marie Curie-Pierre Curie Received His Own Doctorate
Mar, 1895 - Paris, France
Algerian War Image
Algerian War-A peace accord was reached for granting independence to all of Algeria
Tuesday Feb 20, 1962 - France
Lady Liberty under a blue sky
Statue of Liberty-Gustave Eiffel
1880 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-Charles De Gaulle and his supporters won a comfortable majority
Nov, 1958 - France
Marie Curie
Marie Curie-Separating One-Tenth of a Gram of Radium Chloride
1902 - Paris, France
Theodelinda married Agilulf
Kingdom of the Lombards-Agilulf and Theodelinda developed a policy of strengthening their hold on Italian territory
594 - France
Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle's death
Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle's death
Tuesday Dec 8, 1744 - France
Pablo Picasso image
Pablo Picasso-Marriage
Friday Jul 12, 1918 - Paris, France
Joan of Arc's death
Joan of Arc's death
Monday May 30, 1431 - France
Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault-Graduation
1971 - Palaiseau, France
Pablo Picasso image
Pablo Picasso-Kahnweiler's Gallary
1907 - Paris, France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle approved of the rearmament for infantry support
1936 - Paris, France
Chernobylreactor
Chernobyl disaster-The I.A.E.A. held an Advisory Group Meeting at the Curie Institute in Paris on the medical handling of the Chernobyl disaster
Sep, 1987 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle withdrew again from active politics
May, 1953 - France
Leopold I signed peace with France
Leopold I signed peace with France
Sunday Feb 5, 1679 - France
Marie Curie
Marie Curie-Travelling to Paris
1891 - Paris, France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle disappeared
Wednesday May 29, 1968 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle took up his place at St Cyr
Oct, 1910 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
1958 - Paris, France
Rafael Nadal Image
Rafael Nadal-Withdraw from the Paris Masters
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018 - Paris, France
Marie Curie
Marie Curie-Marriage
Friday Jul 26, 1895 - Sceaux, France
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell-Blackwell enrolled at La Maternité
Jun, 1849 - France
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower-Eiffel presented his plans to the Société des Ingénieurs Civils
Monday Mar 30, 1885 - France
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower-The design was exhibited at the Exhibition of Decorative Arts
1884 - France
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower-Lockroy announced an alteration to the terms of the open competition being held for a centrepiece to the exposition
Saturday May 1, 1886 - France
Hungarian–Romanian War (Romanian Cavalry in Budapest during the Hungarian-Romanian War of 1919) Image
Hungarian–Romanian War-The Paris Peace Conference
Friday Feb 28, 1919 - Paris, France
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower-Commission decided that all the proposals except Eiffel's were either impractical or lacking in details
Jun, 1886 - France
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower-Commission was set up to examine Eiffel's scheme and its rivals
Wednesday May 12, 1886 - France
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower-Contract was signed
Saturday Jan 8, 1887 - France
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell-Blackwell lost sight in her left eye
Monday Nov 5, 1849 - France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle declared an arms embargo against Israel
Friday Jun 2, 1967 - Paris, France
Marie Curie
Marie Curie-Marie Was able to Earn a Second Degree
1894 - Paris, France
Marie Curie
Marie Curie-She visited Poland
1902 - Paris, France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon-Napoleon married Joséphine de Beauharnais
Wednesday Mar 9, 1796 - Paris, France
Prince Charles Image
Prince Charles-Princess Diana's Death
Sunday Aug 31, 1997 - Paris, France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle proposed to be appointed Secretary-General of the War Council
1940 - France
George Weah in Milan AC 1996 - image
George Weah-Winning The African Footballer of The Year For The First Time
1989 - Paris, France
Louis XIV's death
Louis XIV's death
Sunday Sep 1, 1715 - France
Marie Curie
Marie Curie-Announcing The Existence of an Element Which They Named "polonium"
Jul, 1898 - Paris, France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle abruptly resigned
Sunday Jan 20, 1946 - France
Milie du Chtelet Birth
Milie du Chtelet Birth
Friday Dec 17, 1706 - Paris
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers-A Classic-Style Villa
2011 - Paris, France
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle promoted to commandant
Sunday Sep 25, 1927 - France
Juan Trippe
Juan Trippe-Pan Am's First Scheduled Jet Flight
Sunday Oct 26, 1958 - Paris, France
Marie Curie
Marie Curie-The Initiative For Creating The Radium Institute
1909 - Paris, France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon-Grande Armée had grown to a force of 350,000 men
1805 - France

1946

First Indochina War COLLAGE - image
First Indochina War-The French landed a military force
1946 - Haiphong, Vietnam
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Image
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan-The Governor of The Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi
1946 - Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Shimon Peres Main Image
Shimon Peres-Mapai delegation
1946 - Basel, Switzerland
Doss Desmond US Army Image
Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge-Post war life
1946 - U.S.
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter-Graduated
1946 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Hungarian flag with the 1949–1956 communist emblem cut out
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-The Hungarian Currency Experienced Marked Depreciation
1946 - Hungary
Hungarian flag with the 1949–1956 communist emblem cut out
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-The post-war Hungarian Economy Suffered From Multiple Challenges
1946 - Hungary
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh-The Democratic Republic of Vietnam government found that war was Inevitable
1946 - Vietnam
Alan Turing
Alan Turing-Turing was appointed an Officer of The Order of The British Empire
1946 - London, England
Howard Hughes 1938 Image
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Another Plane Survive
1946 - Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Lucky Luciano Image
Lucky Luciano-Reward for his alleged wartime cooperation
Thursday Jan 3, 1946 - U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip returned to the United Kingdom
Jan, 1946 - United Kingdom
United Nations
United Nations-First meetings of the General Assembly
Thursday Jan 10, 1946 - London, England, United Kingdom
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois ignored the NAACP's desires
1946 - U.S.
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle abruptly resigned
Sunday Jan 20, 1946 - France
First Indochina War COLLAGE - image
First Indochina War-A Peace agreement
Feb, 1946 - Vietnam
Lucky Luciano Image
Lucky Luciano-To Ellis Island in New York Harbor for deportation proceedings
Saturday Feb 2, 1946 - New York, U.S.
Lucky Luciano Image
Lucky Luciano-Luciano's ship sailed
Sunday Feb 10, 1946 - Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alan Turing
Alan Turing-Presenting The First Detailed Design of a Stored-Program Computer
Tuesday Feb 19, 1946 - Hampton, London, England
Lucky Luciano Image
Lucky Luciano-Arrived in Naples
Thursday Feb 28, 1946 - Naples, Italy
Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image
Chinese Civil War-The Soviet Red Army under the command of Marshal Rodion Malinovsky continued to delay pulling out of Manchuria
Mar, 1946 - China
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill-"Iron Curtain"
Tuesday Mar 5, 1946 - Fulton, Missouri, U.S.
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh-Recognizing Vietnam as an autonomous State
Wednesday Mar 6, 1946 - Vietnam
Gold Room Bretton Woods Participating Nations Display Case - Bretton Woods Conference
Bretton Woods Conference-Formally organized at an inaugural meeting
Friday Mar 8, 1946 - Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon-Nixon was Relieved of Active Duty
Sunday Mar 10, 1946 - Philadelphia, U.S.
Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image
Chinese Civil War-Soviet diplomats requested a joint venture of industrial development with the Nationalist Party in Manchuria
Wednesday Mar 27, 1946 - China
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret was confirmed into the Church of England
Monday Apr 15, 1946 - England, United Kingdom
United Nations
United Nations-Final meeting of the League of Nations
Thursday Apr 18, 1946 - Geneva, Switzerland
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes-Death
Sunday Apr 21, 1946 - East Sussex, England
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann-Gerda Bormann's Death
Friday Apr 26, 1946 - Merano, Italy
International Monetary Fund Headquarters
International Monetary Fund-First Managing Director
Monday May 6, 1946 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Wordmark of Sony - image
Sony Corporation-Founding
Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
Wordmark of Sony - image
Sony Corporation-Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
Akio Morita
Akio Morita-Founding Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (SONY)
Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
Mushroom cloud above Nagasaki after atomic bombing
Atomic Bomb-Physicist Louis Slotin received a lethal dose of radiation
Tuesday May 21, 1946 - Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, U.S.
Donald Trump
Donald Trump-Birth
Friday Jun 14, 1946 - Queens, New York, U.S.
Xanana Gusmão - image
Xanana Gusmão-Birth
Thursday Jun 20, 1946 - Manatuto, Timor-Leste
Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image
Chinese Civil War-The truce fell apart in June 1946 when full-scale war between CPC and KMT forces broke out
Wednesday Jun 26, 1946 - China
Marilyn Monroe Image
Marilyn Monroe-Monroe signs a contract
Jun, 1946 - Los Angeles, California, USA
Josip Broz Tito Image
Josip Broz Tito-Yugoslav intelligence was charged with imprisoning and bringing to trial large numbers of Nazi collaborators
Jul, 1946 - Yugoslavia
George W. Bush
George W. Bush-Birth
Saturday Jul 6, 1946 - New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image
Chinese Civil War-Large-scale assault on Communist territory
Saturday Jul 20, 1946 - China
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip asked the King for his daughter's hand in marriage
Aug, 1946 - United Kingdom
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury-Birth
Thursday Sep 5, 1946 - Stone Town, Zanzibar (Present Day Part of Tanzania)
Mother Tresa Image
Mother Teresa-The call within the call
Tuesday Sep 10, 1946 - Loreto convent, Darjeeling, India
Marilyn Monroe Image
Marilyn Monroe-1st Divorce
Friday Sep 13, 1946 - U.S.
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize-Exempted from taxes
1946 - Sweden and U.S.
DC Comics logo
DC Comics-National Periodical Publications
Monday Sep 30, 1946 - U.S.
DC Comics logo
DC Comics-National Comics Publications
Monday Sep 30, 1946 - New York, U.S.
Louis Armstrong Image
Louis Armstrong-A Guest artist with Lionel Hampton's band
Saturday Oct 12, 1946 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann-Bormann Was Sentenced To Death by Hanging
Tuesday Oct 15, 1946 - Nuremberg, Germany
Lucky Luciano Image
Lucky Luciano-To latin America
Tuesday Oct 29, 1946 - Cuba
Pope John Paul II Image
Pope John Paul II-A Priest
Friday Nov 1, 1946 - Karkow, Poland
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon-Winning In The 1946 California's 12th congressional district elections
Tuesday Nov 5, 1946 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Xerox headquarters in Norwalk
Xerox-Developing the commercial product
1946 - U.S.
Martial arts
Martial arts-International Boxing Association was established
1946 - Lausanne, Switzerland
First Indochina War COLLAGE - image
First Indochina War-The French fleet began a naval bombardment of the Vietnamese sections of Haiphong
Saturday Nov 23, 1946 - Haiphong, Vietnam
Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving-Labor Thanksgiving Day
Saturday Nov 23, 1946 - Japan
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh-Haiphong Incident
Saturday Nov 23, 1946 - Haiphong, Vietnam
Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy-Birth
Sunday Nov 24, 1946 - Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Pope John Paul II Image
Pope John Paul II-Rome's Pontifical International Athenaeum Angelicum
Tuesday Nov 26, 1946 - Rome, Italy
The World Bank
World Bank-First President of the World Bank Group
1946 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa-President of Local 299
Dec, 1946 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Steven Spielberg image
Steven Spielberg-Born
Wednesday Dec 18, 1946 - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
First Indochina War COLLAGE - image
First Indochina War-All-out war broke out
Thursday Dec 19, 1946 - Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh-Ho Chi Minh declared war against The French Union
Thursday Dec 19, 1946 - Vietnam
Lucky Luciano Image
Lucky Luciano-The three topics under discussion
Friday Dec 20, 1946 - Havana, Cuba
<