CR-001 · 1918
Deposed monarch · Russia
The Romanovs — three centuries of autocracy ended in a cellar
1917–1918 · Executed
CR-002 · 1793
Deposed monarch · France
Louis XVI — an absolute monarchy bankrupted itself into revolution
1792–1793 · Executed
CR-003 · 1649
Deposed monarch · England
Charles I of England — the divine right of kings met the executioner’s axe
1648–1649 · Executed
CR-004 · 1918
Deposed monarch · Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm II — a lost war toppled the last German emperor
1918 · Abdicated
CR-005 · 1979
Deposed monarch · Iran
The Shah of Iran — twenty-five centuries of monarchy ended in a month of protest
1979 · Overthrown
CR-006 · 1952
Deposed monarch · Egypt
King Farouk of Egypt — a beloved boy-king who abdicated to a colonels’ coup
1952 · Abdicated
CR-007 · 1912
Deposed monarch · China
Puyi, the Last Emperor — a child abdicated two thousand years of empire
1912 · Abdicated
CR-008 · 1974
Deposed monarch · Ethiopia
Haile Selassie — a revered emperor undone by famine and mutiny
1974 · Deposed
CR-009 · 1893
Deposed monarch · Hawaiian Kingdom
Queen Liliʻuokalani — a kingdom taken from its people at gunpoint
1893 · Overthrown
CR-010 · 1587
Deposed monarch · Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots — a deposed queen beheaded after nineteen years a prisoner
1567 · Executed
CR-011 · 1858
Deposed monarch · India
Bahadur Shah Zafar — the last Mughal, deposed and exiled to die abroad
1857–1858 · Deposed
CR-012 · 1946
Deposed monarch · Italy
King Umberto II of Italy — the May King, voted out in a month
1946 · Abolished by referendum
CR-013 · 1973
Deposed monarch · Greece
King Constantine II of Greece — a failed coup, then a throne abolished
1967–1974 · Abolished
CR-014 · 1889
Deposed monarch · Brazil
Emperor Pedro II of Brazil — a respected monarch toppled by an army he had let drift
1889 · Overthrown
CR-015 · 1399
Deposed monarch · England
Richard II of England — a king’s vengeance bred the usurper who unmade him
1399 · Deposed