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Period: Jan 16, 1547 to
Reign of Ivan the Terrible
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Period: Jul 25, 1554 to
Philip II of Spain
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Period: Jul 24, 1567 to
Reign of James I
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Aug 23, 1572
St. Barholomew's Day Massacre
two days after the attempted assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the military and political leader of the Huguenots. -
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Reign of Henry of Navarre
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Signing of the edict of Nantes
by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. -
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Cardinal Richelieu appointed
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Reign of Louis XIII
five days after Louis's death, apparently from complications of intestinal tuberculosis. This battle marked the end of Spain's military ascendancy in Europe and foreshadowed French dominance in Europe under Louis XIV, his son and successor. -
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Thirty Years War
was a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe, involving most of the countries of Europe. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, and one of the longest continuous wars in modern history. -
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Reign of Charles I
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English Civil War
was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists (Cavaliers). -
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Reign of Louis XIV
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Signing of the Peace of Westphalia
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Reign of Oliver Cromwell
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Louis XIV assumes full control of France
During Louis's reign France was the leading European power and fought three major wars: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession. -
Restoration of English Crown
when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. -
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Palace at Versailless started / ended
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Reign of Peter the Great
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Glorious Revolution
was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange). -
English Bill of Rights
It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689 inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England. -
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War of Spanish Succession
was fought between two alliances of European powers, including a divided Spain, over who had the right to succeed Charles II as king of Spain. -
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Reign of Frederick the Great
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Reign of Maria Theresa
