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Aug 23, 1529
St. Barholomew's Day Massacre
The king ordered the killing of a group of Huguenot leaders, including Coligny, and the slaughter spread throughout Paris -
Period: Jan 16, 1547 to Mar 28, 1548
Ivan the Terrible
He was as intelligent and devout, though,had outbreaks of an mental illness. -
Period: Jul 24, 1567 to
James I
Under his rule, the "Golden Age" of Elizabethan literature and drama - with writers such as William Shakespeare -
Signing of the edict of Nantes
The Edict aaimed to end the French Wars of Religion -
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Louis XIII
He was the most influential Italian at the French court. -
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Thirty Years War
It fought as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics -
Cardinal Richelieu appointed.
AKA the King's "Chief Minister" or "First Minister" -
Period: to
Charles I
Many opposed his actions, like his interference in the English and Scottish churches and the levying of taxes without parliamentary consent. -
Period: to
English Civil War
This was a series of armed conflicts/political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. -
Period: to
Regin Louis XIV
The divine right of kings, which advocates the divine origin of monarchical rule, Louis continued his predecessors' work- creating a centralized state governed. -
Signing of the Peace of Westphalia
These ended the Thirty Years War. Ratified in Münster on 15 May 1648. -
Period: to
Oliver Cromwell
An intensely religious man. He's a self-styled Puritan Moses- he believed that God was guiding his victories. -
Louis XIV assumes full control of France
Louis was a devout Catholic but saw himself as the head of the Catholic Church in France. -
Period: to
Peter the Great
Led a cultural revolution that replaced the medieval social and political system with a modern, -
Period: to
Palace at Versailless
The Fifth Republic promoted the museum as one of France’s foremost tourist attractions currently. -
Glorious Revolution
Overthrow of King James II of England by union of English Parliamentarians -
English Bill of Rights.
Laid down limits on the powers of the crown and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament. -
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War of the Spanish Succession
Spain saw a steep decline in the second half of the 17th century. -
Period: to
Frederick the Great
THis prince loved music, philosophy, amd poetry. -
Period: to
Maria Theresa
Charles the VI's daughter, Her eneemy was Prussia,
