List
The following is a list of important abdications:
| Lucius Tarquinius Superbus | 510 BC (Roman Monarchy dissolved) |
| King Wuling of Zhao | 299 BC |
| Lucius Cornelius Sulla | 79 BC |
| Diocletian | AD 305 |
| Romulus Augustulus | 476 (Western Roman Empire dissolved) |
| Emperor Gaozu of Tang China | September 4, 626 |
| Pope Benedict IX | 1048 |
| Isaac I Comnenus | 1059 |
| Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor | 1105 |
| Emperor Huizong of Song China | January 18, 1126 |
| Emperor Gaozong of Song China | July 24, 1162 |
| Albert I of Brandenburg | 1169 |
| Dermot McMurrough, High King of Ireland | 1169 |
| Emperor Xiaozong of Song China | 1189 |
| Emperor Guangzong of Song China | 1194 |
| Ladislaus III of Poland | 1206 |
| Pope Celestine V | December 13, 1294 |
| John Baliol of Scotland | 1296 |
| Edward II of England | 1327 |
| John Cantacuzene, emperor of the East | 1355 |
| Richard II of England | September 29, 1399 |
| Baldassare Cossa, Antipope John XXIII | 1415 |
| Pope Gregory XII | 1415 |
| Erik VII of Denmark, XIII of Sweden | 1439 |
| Amadeus VIII of Savoy | 1440 |
| Murad II, Ottoman Sultan | 1444 |
| Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan | April 25, 1512 |
| Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1 | 1555/1556 |
| Christina of Sweden | June 6, 1654 |
| Mary, Queen of Scots | July 24, 1567 |
| John Casimir of Poland | 1668 |
| Frederick Augustus of Poland | September 24, 1706 |
| Philip V of Spain | 14 January 1724 |
| Victor Amadeus of Sardinia | 3 September 1730 |
| Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan | 1 October 1730 |
| Charles of Naples (on accession to throne of Spain) | 6 October 1759 |
| Stanislaus II of Poland | 7 January 1795 |
| Qianlong Emperor of China | February 9, 1796 |
| Charles Emanuel IV, King of Sardinia | June 4, 1802 |
| Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor | August 6, 1806 |
| Charles IV, King of Spain | March 19, 1808 |
| Joseph Napoleon, King of Naples | June 6, 1808 |
| Gustav IV Adolf, King of Sweden | March 29, 1809 |
| Louis Napoleon, King of Holland | July 2, 1810 |
| Napoleon I, Emperor of the French | April 4, 1814, and again June 22, 1815 |
| Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia | March 13, 1821 |
| Charles X, King of France | August 2, 1830 |
| Pedro IV, King of Portugal 2 | May 28, 1826 |
| Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil 2 | April 7, 1831 |
| Miguel, King of Portugal | May 26, 1834 |
| William I, King of the Netherlands | October 7, 1840 |
| Louis Philippe, King of the French | February 24, 1848 |
| Ludwig I, King of Bavaria | March 21, 1848 |
| Ferdinand, Emperor of Austria | December 2, 1848 |
| Charles II, Duke of Parma | March 14, 1849 |
| Charles Albert, King of Sardinia | March 23, 1849 |
| Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany | July 21, 1859 |
| Isabella II, Queen of Spain | June 25, 1870 |
| Amadeo I, King of Spain | February 11, 1873 |
| Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria | September 7, 1886 |
| Milan, King of Serbia | March 6, 1889 |
| Liliʻuokalani, Queen of Hawaiʻi | January 17, 1893 (monarchy abolished) |
| Sunjong, Emperor of Korea | August 29, 1910 (monarchy abolished) |
| Manuel II, King of Portugal | October 5, 1910 (monarchy abolished) |
| Xuantong Emperor of China | February 12, 1912 (monarchy abolished) |
| Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia | March 15, 1917 (monarchy abolished) |
| Ferdinand I, Tsar of the Bulgarians | October 3, 1918 |
| William II, German Emperor | November 9, 1918 (monarchy abolished) |
| Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg | January 14, 1919 |
| Constantine I, King of the Hellenes | September 27, 1922 |
| Prajadhipok, King of Siam | March 2, 1935 |
| Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India | December 11, 1936 |
| Carol II, King of Romania | September 6, 1940 |
| Rezā Shāh, of Iran | September 16, 1941 |
| Bảo Đại, Emperor of Vietnam | August 25, 1945 (Feudal Dynasty dissolved) |
| Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy | May 9, 1946 |
| Charles Vyner Brooke, White Rajah of Sarawak | July 1, 1946 (monarchy abolished, Sarawak ceded as British Crown Colony) |
| Michael, King of Romania | December 30, 1947 (monarchy abolished) |
| Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands | September 4, 1948 |
| Léopold III, King of the Belgians | July 16, 1951 |
| Farouk, King of Egypt | July 26, 1952 |
| Talal, King of Jordan | August 11, 1952 |
| Fuad II, King of Egypt | June 18, 1953 (monarchy abolished) |
| Saud, King of Saudi Arabia | November 2, 1964 |
| Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg | November 12, 1964 |
| Omar Ali Saifuddin, Sultan of Brunei | October 4, 1967 |
| Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands | April 30, 1980 |
| Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | October 7, 2000 |
| Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein3 | August 15, 2004 (Made his son regent) |
| Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia | October 7, 2004 |
| Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait | January 23, 2006 |
| Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan | December 15, 2006 (Made his son King) |
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