Sentence examples for abdicate on from inspiring English sources

Grand Duke Jean, 79, was due to abdicate on October 7th in favour of his son Henri, 45.

King Carol's dictatorship could not survive the catastrophe, and he was forced to abdicate on September 6.

A rebellion led by Alexius I Comnenus successfully captured Constantinople, forcing Nicephorus to abdicate on April 4, 1081.

But if he's going to abdicate on politics — if this great, great speech and series of gestures is followed by a great nothingness — then it's just wind.

THE HAGUE — Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced on Monday that she would abdicate on April 30 in favor of her son, the Prince of Orange, Willem-Alexander.

From the end of World War II in 1945, he strenuously opposed the communists' accession to power in Romania but was ultimately forced to abdicate on Dec. 30, 1947, and go into exile.

Democrats abdicated on one of their basic congressional responsibilities -- there is no easy way to sugar-coat this reality.

He formally abdicated on January 2 , 1946

Shortly after Paris fell, he abdicated, on April 6, 1814, and departed for the island of Elba.

Persuaded that further resistance was useless, he finally abdicated on April 6.

When Diocletian and Maximian abdicated on May 1, 305, Constantius became the senior emperor in the West.