Absolutism

  • Wars Within France

    Wars Within France
    Wars are fought within France wityh the Huguenots beginning a conflict between them and the French government.
  • Louis Xlll was Crowned

    Louis Xlll was Crowned
    Louis Xlll takes over the throne in France.
  • Thirty Years' war Begins

    Thirty Years' war Begins
    It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history. It was between almost all of the European countries.
  • Cardinal Richelieu Dies

    Cardinal Richelieu Dies
    Dies and names his successor to be Mazarin.
  • Louis XIV Crowned

    Louis XIV Crowned
    His reign of 72 years and 110 days is one of the longest in French and European history. During his reign, France became a very powerful european country.
  • Peter The Great Becomes Leader

    Peter The Great Becomes Leader
    Peter was only ten years old.
  • Louis XIII Elects Cardinal Richelieu as his Chief Minister

    Louis XIII Elects Cardinal Richelieu as his Chief Minister
    Cardinal Richelieu made France into a strong, centralized state, by limiting the powers of nobility.
  • Takes Away Edict of Nantes

    Takes Away Edict of Nantes
    Louis takes away religious toleration and makes everyone become Catholic.
  • Peter Ventures off to Western Europe

    Peter Ventures off to Western Europe
    He was disguised and found out ideas.
  • Louis Tries to get his Son on the Throne

    Louis Tries to get his Son on the Throne
    Lous XIV wanted his son to claim rule over spain.
  • Enlarged his Army

    Enlarged his Army
    Debt slaves freed by the death of their owner were enlisted as soldiers and sailors.
  • The Great Northern War

    The Great Northern War
    Charles XII lead an attack on Russia.
  • Peter's Orders

    Peter's Orders
    In November, Peter ordered a speeded construction at St. Petersburg.
  • Louis XIV Forced to Accept the Treaty of Utrecht

    Louis XIV Forced to Accept the Treaty of Utrecht
    Louis the XIV signed the Treaty and it ended the Spanish Succession.
  • Louis XIV Dies

    Louis XIV Dies
    Louis XIV dies on September 1st 1715 from gangrene.
  • Treaty of Stockholm

    Treaty of Stockholm
    Signed between Sweden and Brandenburg.
  • Treaty of Fredriksborg

    Treaty of Fredriksborg
    Signed between Sweden and Denmark.
  • Tax

    Peter imposed taxes on peasants which he used to create an army of 200,000 men that were equipped with modern muskets and artillery.
  • Treaty of Nystad

    Treaty of Nystad
    Ended the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden.
  • Peter Dies

    Peter Dies
    Peter's bladder to be infected with gangrene.