Editing Reign (section)

===Abolition of monarchy===
* King [[Louis XVI of France]] reigned from the 1770s until the overthrow of the monarchy in 1792 and his execution the following year.
* [[Puyi|Xuantong Emperor]] of [[Qing dynasty|China]] abdicated in 1912 following the [[1911 Revolution|Xinhai Revolution]], marking the end of the [[Monarchy of China|Chinese monarchy]].
* King [[Humbert II of Italy]] reigned for only a few weeks in 1946 before the abolition of the [[Italy|Italian]] Monarchy.
* King [[Constantine II of Greece]] reigned from 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy in 1973.
* Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]] reigned from 1894 until 1917 when he was forced to abdicate and the [[Russian Empire]] was overthrown during the [[Russian Revolution (1917)|Russian Revolution]].
* Emperor [[Haile Selassie I]] of [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]] reigned for over 40 years (1930-1974) until the [[Derg]] forced him to abdicate and abolished the 3,000 year old monarchy, making him the 225th and final Emperor of Ethiopia.
* [[Shah]] [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] of [[Iran]] reigned for more than 37 years (1941–1979) until the [[Iranian Revolution]], which superseded the 2,500 years of monarchy with an [[Islamic Republic of Iran|Islamic republic]] system of government. The Shah died the following year and is buried in [[Cairo]].