He abdicated and divided his territories between Philip and Ferdinand of Austria.

Mary then married her cousin Philip, son of the emperor Charles V, and King of Spain when Charles abdicated in 1556.

In 1556, Charles V abdicated in favour of his son Philip II and his brother Ferdinand I. Charles's Italian possessions, including Milan, passed to Philip II and the Spanish line of Habsburgs, while Ferdinand's Austrian line of Habsburgs ruled the Holy Roman Empire.

* January 16 – Charles I, having already abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor, resigns the Kingdom of Spain in favour of his son, Philip II, and retires to a monastery.

In Brussels on Oct. 25, 1555, Charles V abdicated the Netherlands to his son, who in January 1556 assumed the throne of Spain as Philip II.

Philip V ( Spanish: Felipe V ; French: Philippe de France ; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746 ) was King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 15 January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724, when he assumed the throne again upon his son's death, to his death.

On 14 January 1724, Philip abdicated the throne to his eldest son, the seventeen-year old Louis, for reasons still subject to debate.

Charles abdicated midway through this conflict, leaving further conduct of the war to his son, Philip II and his brother, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor.

It was in November 1555, shortly after Charles had abdicated in favour of his son, Philip II of Spain that the gout-afflicted Emperor leaned on William's shoulder during his abdication ceremony.

When Charles V abdicated in 1555, he gave Franche-Comté to his son, Philip II, King of Spain.

Louis ruled for a short period between the time his father Philip V abdicated in his favour ( 14 January 1724 ) and his death from smallpox, just over seven months later.

On 6 October 1759, he abdicated in favour of his son Ferdinand ( Charles's eldest son Philip had learning difficulties and the second son, Charles, became the heir to the Spanish throne ).

In 1556 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor retired to the Monastery of Yuste, near Cuacos de Yuste, after having abdicated the Spanish crown in favour of his son Philip II of Spain and the crown of the Holy Roman Empire in favour of his brother Ferdinand I.

In Spain, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor abdicated on 16 January 1556, whereupon Philip and Mary became King and Queen of Spain, which at the time held the Netherlands.

In 1556 he abdicated from his positions, giving his Spanish empire to his only surviving son, Philip II of Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire to his brother, Ferdinand.

:* Philip V. Cardon ( U. S .): January 1954 – April 1956.

* 1705 January – Philip V replaced Villadarias with the Marshal of France de Tessé.

The following January 13 in the AFC Divisional Playoffs the Chargers intercepted Manning twice and clawed to a 28-24 lead despite injury to quarterback Philip Rivers ; Manning was stopped on downs twice in the fourth quarter and the Chargers ended the Colts ' reign as defending champions.

Some contemporary chroniclers suggested that in January Philip II of France had been charged with deposing John on behalf of the papacy, although it appears that Innocent merely prepared secret letters in case Innocent needed to claim the credit if Philip did successfully invade England.

When the First Fleet arrived at Port Jackson in January 1788, Phillip ordered Lieutenant Philip Gidley King to lead a party of 15 convicts and seven free men, including surgeon Thomas Jamison ( the future Principal Surgeon of New South Wales ), to take control of the island and prepare for its commercial development.

On 8 January 1789, the first child was born, Norfolk King, the son of Philip Gidley King and a convict, Ann Inett.

After the death of Philip of the Palatinate, bishop of Naumburg-Zeitz, he was installed there on 20 January 1542, though in opposition to the chapter, by the Prince-elector of Saxony and Luther.

On 20 January 1192, Philip met with William of FitzRalph, Richard's seneschal of Normandy.

** Philip ( July 120014 / 18 January 1234 ), Count of Boulogne by marriage ; married Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne and had issue.

His father and Philip II had done so at Gisors on 21 January 1188 after receiving news of the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin.

* January 10 – Philip Levine, American poet

* January 8 – Philip Astley, English circus organizer ( d. 1814 )

* January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon.

* January 2 – Philip Morin Freneau, American poet ( d. 1832 )

* January 16 – Application of Nueva Planta decrees to Catalonia, making it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, concluding the unification of Spain under Philip V.

* January 15 – Philip Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence ( d. 1778 )

* January 6 – Philip Henslowe, English theatre manager ( b. 1550 )

* January 10 – Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester ( d. 1698 )

January 9: Philip Astley circus.

* January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London.

* January 14 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.

* January 21 – Philip II of France and Henry II of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.

* January 3 – King Philip V of France ( b. 1293 )

* January 6 – The Union of Atrecht unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain.

** Philip V ( 1700 – 1724, 1724 – 1746 )

* 1724 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.

* Philip V ( 1700 – 1746 ) 1724, resumed throne on death of son

In 1724, there was another campaign against Canada, and which produced a similar exodus of discontented veterans from the Livingston Manor to Brunswick, including Johannes Heener ( Hayner ), Peter Phillips, Peter Lamp-Man, Johannes Heinrich Conrad, and Olrig and Philip Barnet.

Sicily also had to be evacuated and finally all her entreaties failed to prevent the abdication of Philip, who in 1724 gave up the throne in favour of his firstborn heir ( from his first marriage ), and retired to the palace of La Granja.

In 1723 / 1724 an approximately 20-year-old-man from New England, Philip Ashton, managed to survive as a castaway on the island for sixteen months until he was rescued ( see Edward E. Leslie, Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls, 1988, pp. 100 – 120 ).

The overmantel plaque of Bacchus and Ariadne riding on a panther was modelled on famous antique cameos illustrated in Pierres Antiques Gravées, published 1724 by Philip, Baron von Stosch and Bernard Picart.