Absolute Monarchs By duelman2 Period: Jan 16, 1547 to Mar 28, 1584 Reign of Ivan the Terrible Period: Jul 25, 1554 to Sep 13, 1598 Reign of Phillip II Period: Jul 24, 1567 to Mar 27, 1625 Reign of James I Aug 23, 1572 St. Barholomew's Day Massacre Period: Aug 2, 1589 to Feb 27, 1594 Reign of Henry of Navarre Apr 13, 1598 Signing of the edict of Nantes. Dec 18, 1606 Cardinal Richelieu appointed. Period: May 14, 1610 to May 14, 1643 Reign of Louis XIII Period: Jan 1, 1618 to Jan 1, 1648 Thirty Years War Period: Mar 27, 1625 to Jan 30, 1649 Reign of Charles I Period: Aug 22, 1642 to Sep 3, 1651 English Civil War Period: May 14, 1643 to Sep 1, 1715 Reign of Louis XIV. Oct 24, 1648 Signing of the Peace of Westphalia Period: Aug 25, 1653 to Sep 3, 1658 Reign of Oliver Cromwell. Jan 1, 1660 Restoration of English Crown Jan 1, 1661 Louis XIV assumes full control of France Period: Jan 1, 1682 to Jan 1, 1789 Palace at Versailless started / ended. Period: May 7, 1682 to Feb 8, 1696 Reign of Peter the Great Period: Jan 1, 1688 to Jan 1, 1689 Glorious Revolution Dec 16, 1689 English Bill of Rights. Period: Jan 1, 1701 to Jan 1, 1714 War of Spanish Succession Period: May 31, 1740 to Aug 17, 1786 Reign of Frederick the Great Period: Sep 13, 1745 to Aug 18, 1780 Reign of Maria Theresa