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Abdicates


1980 Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, abdicates

1952 King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]

1951 King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates

1950 King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King

1948 Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne

1947 King Michael of Romania, forced by communists abdicates his throne

1946 King Umberto II of Italy abdicates

1946 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto

1944 King George II of Greece, abdicates his throne

1944 King Victor Emmanuel abdicates the throne for his son Umberto

1941 Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi

1936 King Edward VIII marries Mrs. Wallis Simpson; abdicates throne Duke of York becomes King George VI

1936 King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson

1922 King Constantine I of Greece abdicates

1918 Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia and Germany, abdicates

1918 Monarch Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont abdicates throne

1918 Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic

1918 Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates

1918 Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I

1917 Tsar Nicolas II of Russia abdicates the throne

1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (OS)

1912 Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates

1848 King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez

1848 King Louis-Philippe abdicates, 2nd French republic declared

1831 Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil

1724 Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne

1399 King Richard II of England abdicates throne


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