Sentence examples for abdicated at from inspiring English sources

On 9 November, Wilhelm II abdicated at Spa – or, to be exact, he was abdicated.

On May 1, 305, the same day that Diocletian abdicated at Nicomedia, Maximian abdicated, evidently reluctantly, at Mediolanum (modern Milan).

Two days later Charles X abdicated at last, though on condition that the throne pass to his grandson, "the miracle child".

EVER since his sudden emergence as Russia's president when Boris Yeltsin abdicated at the end of 1999, Vladimir Putin has baffled analysis.

More broadly, it would signal to the rest of the world that the U.S. has abdicated, at least for now, its role as the global leader and agenda-setter.

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who has just abdicated at the age of 61, handing over to his 33-year-old son Tamim, has been the driving force in this era of great change since he overthrew his own father in a coup in 1955.

People remained on the streets until the President was forced to abdicate at the end of June.

In his 90s, Celestine sought to abdicate at the end of 1197, but the cardinals refused his request.

Francis Joseph died in 1916; his successor, Charles, was forced to abdicate at the end of the war.

The problems will have to be solved by April 13, when the 80-room museum, home to works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, van Gogh and hundreds of other artists, finally reopens at a black-tie gala hosted by Queen Beatrix at one of her last official events before she abdicates at the end of that month.

Unlike his predecessors, who ruled until death or disability, Qianlong, the fifth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, vowed to abdicate at 85 and settle down in comparatively modest quarters carved out of the Forbidden City, the imperial behemoth with 8,700 rooms that anchors the Chinese capital.