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21.1

By elainaborg
  • Jan 21, 1555

    Peace of Ausburg

    Charles unwillingly agreed to the Peace of Ausburg, which allowed German princes to choose the religion for their territory
  • Jan 21, 1556

    Charles V divide

    He divided his immense empire and retired to a monastery
  • Jan 25, 1566

    Angry Protestant mobs swept throught Catholic churches

  • Jan 25, 1568

    the duke executed 1,500 Protestants and suspected rebels

  • Jan 25, 1571

    Pope called on all Catholic Princes to take up arms against the mounting power of the Ottoman Empire

  • Jan 25, 1576

    Jean Bodin defined absolute rule

  • Jan 21, 1580

    King or Portugal died without an heir

  • Philip launched the Spanish Armada in an attempt to punsish Protestant England and its queen, Elizabeth !

  • American mines had supplied Spain with an estimated 339,000 pounds of gold

  • 16,000 tons of silber bullion unloaded from Spanish ships