Mary abdicated in 1567, her infant son James was made king, and she was imprisoned.
In 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicated and a council of People's Delegates assumed power.
Critics say Lula has abdicated Brazil's traditional role as regional leader to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.
The Manchu emperor abdicated in February 1912, ending over 2, 000 years of dynastic rule.
The most recent was Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1762-1771), who abdicated when a male royal came of suitable age.
But some observers suggest that the FCC abdicated its responsibility by not tackling the issue months ago.
In 1905, Sweden and Norway signed a Treaty of Separation, and Oscar II abdicated as king of Norway.
In 1937, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated as King Edward VIII of England, married Wallis Simpson in France.
In 1952, King Farouk the First of Egypt abdicated in the wake of a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Napoleon was sent to the island off the Italian coast in 1814 after his army was defeated and he abdicated.
The top spot in golf has been a revolving door since Woods abdicated the No. 1 ranking in October, 2010.
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The last Pope to resign willingly was Celestine V, who stepped down in 1294, while Gregory XII reluctantly abdicated in 1415.
Two years later Sihanouk abdicated in favour of his father and became both prime minister and foreign minister of his country.
The Supercommittee, charged with providing the leadership on spending the president has all but abdicated, is unlikely to agree to a passable deal.
The No. 1 ranking has been bounced around among four golfers since Woods abdicated his thrown in October, 2010 after a 281-week reign.
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We have abdicated something very important to architecture, and that is the well-spring of imagination that comes from a response to some basic elements.
KoAnn Skrzyniarz, creator of the Sustainable Brands Conference, has argued that brands have abdicated their historic role of educating customers about their products.
Queen Beatrix's mother Juliana resigned the throne in 1980 on her 71st birthday, and her grandmother Wilhelmina abdicated in 1948 at the age of 68.
His widow, Queen Monique, and the son in whose favour he abdicated, King Norodom Sihamoni, then lit the funeral pyre at the 15-storey-high purpose-built crematorium.
In 1975, his followers plowed over the course where Vietnam's last emperor, Bao Dai, used to play before he abdicated in 1945, and built a fruit farm.
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But the fate of Lilibet, as she was known to her friends, changed when her uncle Edward abdicated the thone to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.
Without a vigorous party organisation in most of Britain's large conurbations, the Tories have abdicated the job of challenging Labour in many places to the Liberal Democrats.
He became king in 1934, led the army during the German conquest of the country in World War Two and abdicated in favor of his son Baudouin in 1951.
In states such as Arizona and Alabama, they have passed laws cracking down on illegal immigrants, on the grounds that the federal government has abdicated responsibility in that area.
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Although he celebrated the idea of a functioning American aristocracy as a useful exemplar of industriousness and noblesse oblige, he spent his career lamenting that they had abdicated their responsibilities.
When she abdicated in 1980 in favour of her daughter Beatrix, the present queen, it occurred to some that this shy, plain woman might never have wanted majesty very much.
For too long, American parents have also abdicated the responsibilities for educating and raising their children to a cadre of teachers and educational institutions ill suited for the task at hand.
As a conclave gathers to elect a new pope, many in the Catholic world and well beyond speculate about who will replace the now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who abdicated the throne of St.
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