Absolutism and Constitutionalism By epirkl14 Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus (Poland) Did stuff with astrnomy Period: Jun 25, 1519 to Aug 27, 1556 Reign of Charles V (Holy Roman Empire) Period: Oct 10, 1530 to Oct 10, 1596 Jean Bowdin (France) Lawyer Period: Oct 4, 1544 to Oct 4, 1584 Reign of William of Orange (Dutch) Period: Jan 16, 1547 to Mar 28, 1584 Tsar Ivan the IV the Terrible (Russia) Period: Mar 31, 1547 to Jul 10, 1559 Reign of Catherine de Medici as Queen Consort (France) Period: Oct 10, 1548 to Feb 17, 1600 Giordano Bruno (Italy) Period: Jul 25, 1554 to Sep 13, 1598 Reign of Phillip II (Spain) Period: Nov 17, 1558 to Mar 24, 1603 Reign of Elizabeth I (England) Period: Dec 5, 1560 to May 30, 1574 Reign of Charles IX (France) Period: Jan 22, 1561 to Apr 9, 1626 Sir Francis Bacon who came up with the scientific method Oct 10, 1562 French Wars of Religion Period: Nov 25, 1562 to Aug 27, 1635 Lope de Vega (Spain) playwright Period: Feb 15, 1564 to Jan 8, 1642 Galileo Galilei Period: Apr 26, 1564 to Apr 23, 1616 Wiliam Shakespizzle (England) Oct 10, 1566 Calvinist revolt against Spain Oct 10, 1569 Poland-Lithuania formed Oct 10, 1571 Battle of Lepanto Oct 10, 1572 Bartholomew's Day Massacre Period: May 16, 1573 to May 12, 1575 Reign of Henry III (France) Period: Apr 10, 1583 to Aug 28, 1645 Hugo Grotius (Dutch) a guy who came up with stuff on international law which has to do with natural law Period: Sep 24, 1583 to Feb 25, 1634 Albrecht Von Wallenstein German Commander Period: Sep 9, 1585 to Dec 4, 1642 Life of Cardinal Richelieu Period: Apr 4, 1588 to Feb 28, 1648 Christian IV (Denmark) Oct 10, 1588 England defeats Spanish Armada Period: Aug 2, 1589 to May 14, 1610 Reign of Henry IV (France) Period: Mar 31, 1596 to Feb 11, 1650 René Descartes (France) also a scientiic method guy Oct 10, 1598 Edict of Nantes Oct 10, 1601 Shakespeare with "Hamlet" Period: May 14, 1610 to May 14, 1643 Reign of Louis VIII (France) Period: Sep 19, 1610 to Feb 23, 1623 Frederic V Elector Palatine Period: Oct 30, 1611 to Nov 6, 1632 Gustavus Adolphus Period: Aug 28, 1619 to Feb 15, 1637 Ferdinand II (Bohemia) Holy Roman Emperor Oct 10, 1620 The Battle of White Mountain Oct 10, 1625 Grotius with "The Laws of War and Peace" Oct 10, 1629 Edict of Restitution Oct 10, 1632 Battle of Alützen Oct 10, 1633 Galileo forced to recant Oct 10, 1635 French declare war on Spain Period: Oct 10, 1642 to Oct 10, 1646 English civil war Period: Oct 10, 1642 to Oct 10, 1651 English Civil War Period: Dec 5, 1642 to Mar 9, 1661 Cardinal Mazerian Period: Dec 25, 1642 to Mar 20, 1727 Sir Isaac Newton Period: May 5, 1643 to Sep 1, 1715 Reign of Louis XIV (France) Oct 10, 1648 Peace of Westphalia Oct 10, 1648 Fronde revolt in France Oct 10, 1648 Ukranian Cossacks rebel Oct 10, 1648 Dutch Republic recognized as independent Oct 10, 1649 Charles I beheadded Oct 10, 1649 new Russsian legal code Oct 10, 1660 Monarchy restored in England Oct 10, 1661 Barbados institutes slave code Oct 10, 1678 Madame de Lafayette with "The Princess of Clèves" Oct 10, 1683 Austrian Habsburgs break Turkish siege of Vienna Oct 10, 1685 Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes Oct 10, 1688 William and Mary Crowned (England) Oct 10, 1690 Locke with "The Two Treaties of Government" Oct 10, 1690 Locke with "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"
