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jan 1, 1556 - Charles V abdicates

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Charles V abdicates the Spanish throne, giving his brother Ferdinand (whom he disliked intensely) the troublesome eastern Habsburg lands while Charles's son Philip receives the more valuable part of the empire--Spain and its vast holdings in the New World, along with southern Italy and the Netherlands

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jan 1, 1556
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~ 471 years ago