The eyes of the whole world were directed upon that day toward Brussels; for an imperial abdication was an event which had not, in the sixteenth century, been staled by custom.
After his abdication Charles V retired to a monastery, where he died three years later.
As to the abdicationof Napoleon, whether voluntary or compulsive, and the rights newly acquired by Louis XVIII.
Tell him that since his abdicationthose persons have ceased to be in communication with each other, but that my opinion is conformable to the general opinion.
The writings published previously to this work, equally contain nothing but inaccurate or fabulous reports, with regard to the abdication of Napoleon.
Hostilities ended with the abdication of Napoleon.
The abdication of the Emperor Napoleon was solely the result of the unfortunate situation, to which France and the Emperor had been reduced by the events of the war, by treason, and by the occupation of the capital.
The only object of the abdication was, to avoid a civil war, and the shedding of French blood.
All of whom, as members of the provisional government, or agents of the royal party, had concurred in the subversion of the imperial government, previous to the abdication of Napoleon.
Charles and Louisa had, however, repented almost before the formalities of abdication were over, and the newly arrived Queen of Etruria supported them in their fickleness.
The various circumstances that brought about the abdication of James the Second, had been pointed out, with allusions, as applicable to the government here.
In Holland, this year was signalized by the abdication of its monarch, William I.
Emperor of Brazil should have completed his abdication of the throne of Portugal, would have secured the peace and promoted the happiness of a country in the welfare of which his majesty has ever taken the deepest interest.
But this could not be: his unconditional abdication was demanded, and as there was no alternative, he signed a treaty on the 11th of April, which declared him and his descendants to have forfeited the throne of France for ever.
From the number of troops that continue to pass it would seem as if the Allies did not mean to content themselves with the abdication of Napoleon, but will endeavour to dismember France.
They demanded practically the abdication of the presidential control of military affairs, either through the creation of a Ministry of Munitions or of a War Cabinet.
But after the abdication of Alexander, Count Kalnóky stated in the Delegations that Austria-Hungary would not permit Russia to interfere with the independence of Bulgaria.
The abdication itself (the document) is now exposed in the Galerie de Diane, transformed lately into the Library.
Illustration: Chateau de Rambouillet] Again the hand of fate fell hard upon Rambouillet and its definite eclipse as a royal abode came with the abdication of Charles X.
Saint Cloud for Charles X, in spite of his first interest therein, could have been but an unhappy memory for here he signed the abdication which brought about his fall.
The abdication was actually signed at Rambouillet, and here, in the same Salle du Conseil, the dauphin renounced the throne in favour of the young Duc de Bordeaux.
Upon the abdication of Diocletian and his colleague, the two Cæsars, Constantius and Galerius, assumed the title of Augustus.
This voluntary abdication by Sulla of the sovereignty of the Roman world has excited the astonishment and admiration of both ancient and modern writers.
But it should be remembered that when he arrived at Bayonne, the treaty of abdication by the Spanish princes had already been signed.
Upon that occasion the marquis expressed deep regret in view of the course he had pursued at the time of the abdication of Napoleon.
The victor made himself loved by the Britons, by his equitable and wise administration, and continued to reside amongst them till the abdication of Diocletian.
He obtained both; and his fortunes were rapidly advancing when, by the abdication of his royal master, the sceptre passed into the hands of Philip the Second.
Preparations were then made for conducting the ceremony of abdication with all the pomp and solemnity suited to so august an occasion.
The cause of this sudden movement was one that filled the Castilians, as it did all Europe, with astonishment,--the proposed abdication of Charles the Fifth.
The tidings of the regent's abdication were received with dismay throughout the provinces.
It is strange that the precise date of an event of such notoriety as the abdication of Charles the Fifth should be a matter of discrepancy among historians.
In the earlier pages of our narrative, we have seen how that monarch, after his abdication of the throne, withdrew to the Jeronymite convent among the hills of Estremadura.
At the time of Charles the Fifth's abdication he had the honor of being selected by the emperor as one of those Flemish nobles who were to escort him to his monastic residence in Spain.
Soon after Philip's arrival in Brussels took place that memorable scene of the abdication of Charles the Fifth, which occupies the introductory pages of our narrative.
The following letters, on the first abdication of Napoleon, are too characteristic to be omitted here.
Napoleon then procured the abdication of the King of Spain and placed his brother Joseph on the vacant throne.
Those who opposed the execution of the treaty concluded with Napoleon at the time of his abdicationwere guilty of a great error, for they afforded him a fair pretext for leaving the island of Elba.
This abdication of Napoleon was certainly very useless, but in case of anything occurring to render it a matter of importance the act might have proved entirely illusory.
Napoleon was scarcely reseated on his throne when he found he could not resume that absolute power he had possessed before his abdication at Fontainebleau.
The Chambers had decreed their permanence, and proposals for abdication had reached the Emperor.
That abdication was made in the form and terms prescribed by the constitution.
On the abdication of Napoleon the Provisional Government necessarily gave Davoust the command of the army which was concentrated round Paris.
King Charles, though he afterwards said that his abdication had been forced from him by violence and threats, had nevertheless tendered it.
In his act ofabdication Louis declared that he had been driven to that step by the unhappy state of his Kingdom, which he attributed to his brother's unfavourable feelings towards him.
After a night's consideration, the fallen Chief took his resolution, and despatched Caulaincourt and Macdonald once more to Paris, to treat with the allies upon the footing of an unconditional abdication of the empire.
But the abdication of Buonaparte was a preliminary condition.
His answer recommended unanimity, and the speedy preparation of means of defence; but at the conclusion he reminded them, that his abdication was conditional, and comprehended the interests of his son.
It was perfectly obvious, that the abdication of Napoleon, and his perpetual renunciation of the supreme authority, was a condition, and the most important condition, on which the allies had granted peace to France.
All seemed to unite in one sentiment, that the abdication of Buonaparte was a measure absolutely necessary.
He is said to have wept when the abdication was insisted upon.
He must have remembered that Fouché, and others of that party, had advised him to end the distresses of France by his abdication of the crown, even before he placed himself at the head of his army.
Lastly, they complain of the abdication of Ferdinand in favour of Francis Joseph.
His refusal to return after an official petition had been issued was considered by the Virginians as abdication on his part from office.
He wrote to his brother a letter, accompanying a formal abdication of the throne of Spain, unless he was to be placed in more complete authority than even the orders of Napoleon himself had hitherto enabled him to attain.
It was in this war that the Dutch obtained the deed of abdication mentioned in Chapter I.
But there was reason to suspect his complicity in the massacre; he tendered his abdication to General Roberts, and was sent as a State prisoner to India.
The question of abdication was discussed with a degree of frenzy.
