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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
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Jan 25, 1568
the duke executed 1,500 Protestants and suspected rebels
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Jan 25, 1571
Pope called on all Catholic Princes to take up arms against the mounting power of the Ottoman Empire
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Jan 25, 1576
Jean Bodin defined absolute rule
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Jan 21, 1580
King or Portugal died without an heir
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Philip launched the Spanish Armada in an attempt to punsish Protestant England and its queen, Elizabeth !
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American mines had supplied Spain with an estimated 339,000 pounds of gold
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16,000 tons of silber bullion unloaded from Spanish ships