Absolute Monarchs

Reign of Ivan the Terrible

Period: Jan 16, 1547 to Mar 28, 1584

Reign of Phillip II

Period: Jul 25, 1554 to Sep 13, 1598

Reign of James I

Period: Jul 24, 1567 to Mar 27, 1625

St. Barholomew's Day Massacre

Aug 23, 1572

Reign of Henry of Navarre

Period: Aug 2, 1589 to Feb 27, 1594

Signing of the edict of Nantes.

Apr 13, 1598

Cardinal Richelieu appointed.

Dec 18, 1606

Reign of Louis XIII

Period: May 14, 1610 to May 14, 1643

Thirty Years War

Period: Jan 1, 1618 to Jan 1, 1648

Reign of Charles I

Period: Mar 27, 1625 to Jan 30, 1649

English Civil War

Period: Aug 22, 1642 to Sep 3, 1651

Reign of Louis XIV.

Period: May 14, 1643 to Sep 1, 1715

Signing of the Peace of Westphalia

Oct 24, 1648

Reign of Oliver Cromwell.

Period: Aug 25, 1653 to Sep 3, 1658

Restoration of English Crown

Jan 1, 1660

Louis XIV assumes full control of France

Jan 1, 1661

Palace at Versailless started / ended.

Period: Jan 1, 1682 to Jan 1, 1789

Reign of Peter the Great

Period: May 7, 1682 to Feb 8, 1696

Glorious Revolution

Period: Jan 1, 1688 to Jan 1, 1689

English Bill of Rights.

Dec 16, 1689

War of Spanish Succession

Period: Jan 1, 1701 to Jan 1, 1714

Reign of Frederick the Great

Period: May 31, 1740 to Aug 17, 1786

Reign of Maria Theresa

Period: Sep 13, 1745 to Aug 18, 1780