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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 |
| | | The new sound of jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman's touring band brings him the title 'King of Swing' | |
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| 1936 |
| | | In Modern Times, the last film featuring the little tramp, Charlie Chaplin sets his character in a mechanistic, impersonal world | |
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| 1936 |
| | | Salvador Dali creates a stir by attending the opening of London's Surrealist exhibition in a diving suit | |
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| 1936 |
| | | The rest of Europe offers no effective objection when Adolf Hitler moves his troops into the demilitarized Rhineland | |
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| c. 1936 |
| | | Frank Lloyd Wright experiments with prefabrication for low-cost housing in a style he calls Usonian (meaning 'in the US style') | |
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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 |
| | | The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is founded as a public service in competition with private radio stations | |
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| 1936 |
| | | US composer Aaron Copland writes El Salón México, using popular Mexican tunes | |
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| 1936 |
| | | German architect Werner March designs spectacular buildings for the Berlin Olympics | |
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