In Britain we often refer to different time periods in relation to who was the Monarch at the time (Edwardian, Victorian, Georgian etc.) Is anything similar done in other countries?

by tyroncs
vonadler

Yes.

For Sweden;

  • Wasa-tiden (the Wasa era) 1523-1632 or the reign of Gustav I and his sons and grandsons Erik XIV, Johan III, Sigismund I (grandson), Karl IX and Gustav II Adolf (grandson).

  • Karolinska tiden (the Carolean era) 1654-1718 or the reign of Karl X Gustav, Karl XI and XII.

  • Gustavianska tiden (the Gustavian times) 1772-1809 or the reign (from Gustav III's coup d'etat 1772) of Gustav III and Gustav IV Adolf.

Quirite

Yes, at least in Italy's case - albeit not to the same degree. In fact, the only period to have taken its name after that of a ruling monarch is the so-called epoca Umbertina (with the King in question, Umberto I, having reigned from 1878 to 1900). It was marked by new trends in architecture - actually, the country experienced a true building craze - literature, and fashion. The first stages of colonial expansion, as well as the growth of a modern industrial base, also took place during that period (hence its notoriety).

TheLazyLinx

We have something similar in Romania. As in we call periods by the types of rulers do to how how much they had in common and how little time did one man rule actually.We have the Fanariot Period which refers to the period in which the fanar voievod(king) ruled from 1700 to 1848. Then we have the Pasoptist Era which refers to the time around the 1848 revolution till the formation of the Proncipat (Kingdom). Then we have the Kingdom Period which refers to the time in between 1878 and 1947. Than the communist era.