Absolutism and Revolution

  • 1438

    Habsburg Empire divided

    Consisted of Austria, Inner Austria, Country of Tylenol, Further Austria, Grand Duchy of Salzburg
  • 1469

    Isabella & Ferdinand unify Spain

    The date and time that Isabella and Ferdinand unified spain
  • 1489

    Defenestration of Prague

    three incidents in the history of Bohemia in which people were defenestrated
  • Apr 22, 1509

    Henry VIII resigns in England Ends

    The date that Henery VIII resigns
  • Jun 28, 1518

    Charles V reigns as Holy Roman Emperor Starts

    The time that Charles the V was the Roman Emporer
  • 1524

    Hohenzollern rulers create Prussia

    The Hohenzollerns gained de jure sovereignty over Brandenburg when the empire dissolved in 1806
  • Act of Supremacy
    Nov 3, 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    defined the right of Henry VIII to be supreme head on earth of the Church of England
  • Oct 1, 1541

    El Greco Born

    the date that the man El Greco was born
  • Jan 28, 1547

    Henry VIII resigns in England ends

    The date that Henery VIII resigns
  • 1556

    Netherlands Revolution

    The revolution of the people of Netherlands
  • 1556

    Philip II reigns as king of Spain Starts

    The time that Philip II was in control of Spain
  • Charles V reigns as Holy Roman Emperor Ends
    Aug 27, 1556

    Charles V reigns as Holy Roman Emperor Ends

    The time that Charles the V was the Roman Emporer
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth I reigns England Starts

    Elizabeth I control of england
  • Battle of Lepanto
    Sep 7, 1571

    Battle of Lepanto

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary
  • Aug 25, 1572

    St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

    The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence
  • Spanish Armada defeated in the English Channel

    the day that the Spanish Armada defeated the English channel
  • Henry IV reigns as king of France Starts

    the time that Henry IV was in control of France
  • Edict of Nantes

    granted the Calvinist Protestants of France
  • Philip II reigns as king of Spain Ends

    Philip II time as the ruler of Spain
  • James I reigns England Starts

    The time that James I was the ruler of England
  • Elizabeth I reigns England ends

    The time Elizabeth I was in control of England
  • Don Quixote is published

    The date that the book Don Quixote was officially published
  • Henry IV reigns as king of France Ends

    The time that Henery IV was in control of France
  • El Greco Death

    The death of El Greco
  • Thirty Years War

    conflict fought largely within the Holy Roman Empire
  • James I reigns England Ends

    The ending of James I rule of England
  • Petition of Right signed

    an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state
  • Palace at Versailles built

    The date that the castle Versailles was made for king luis
  • The Long Parliament

    followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament
  • English Civil War

    Location. England, Scotland, and Ireland
  • Louis XIV reigns as king of France Starts

    The reign of Louis XIV of France
  • Thirty Years War

    a conflict fought largely within the Holy Roman Empire
  • Peace of Westphalia

    the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster
  • Charles, I executed

    Charles, I executed

    The date that Charles the 1st got executed
  • Charles II regions England

    Charles II regions England

    The area that England had control of during Charles II reign
  • Charles, I reign as king of Spain Starts

    Charles, I reign as king of Spain Starts

    The time that Charles 1st had control of Spain
  • Robert Walpole becomes Prime Minister of England

    the date that Robert Walpole became the Prime Minister
  • Peter the Great becomes czar of Russia

    The date that peter the great became the Czar of russia
  • Philip V reigns as king of Spain Starts

    The time that Philip V ruled over Spain
  • Huguenots flee France

    more than 200,000 Huguenots fled France for other countries.
  • Sabastian Bach height of his career

    The year 1685 was the highest point of Sabastian Bach´s carreer
  • Peter the Great captures Azov

    On the date 1686 Peter the Great captured the city of Azov
  • Glorious Revolution

    It involved the overthrow of the Catholic king James II, who was replaced by his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange
  • John Locke publishes “Two Treatises of Government”

    John Locke's most famous works are An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
  • English Bill of Rights signed

    outlined specific constitutional and civil rights and ultimately gave Parliament power over the monarchy
  • Charles, I reign as king of Spain Ends

    The time that Charles 1st had control of Spain
  • The War of Spanish Succession

    a war fought between Spain, Germany, and Italy
  • St. Petersburg is built

    The date that the down of Saint Petersburg was established
  • Louis XIV reigns as king of France Ends

    Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715.
  • Treaty of Utrecht

    The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession
  • Maria Theresa Rules the Hapsburg Empire Starts

    Marie-Antoinette was guillotined in 1793 after the Revolutionary Tribunal found her guilty of crimes against the state
  • Committee of Public Safety created

    Committee of Public Safety created

    formed the provisional government in France
  • Daniel Dafoe published “Robinson Crusoe”

    Daniel Dafoe published “Robinson Crusoe”

    A novel surrounding survival
  • Jonathan Swift published “Gulliver’s Travels”

    Published by Benjamin Motte in London
  • Handel publishes “Messiah”

    an English-language oratorio composed
  • Baron de Montesquieu publishes “The Spirit of Laws”

    Baron de Montesquieu publishes “The Spirit of Laws”

    a treatise on political theory, as well as a pioneering work in comparative law
  • War of Austrian Succession

    The War of the Austrian Succession was the last great power conflict with the Bourbon-Habsburg dynastic conflict at its heart
  • Denis Diderot publishes his “Encyclopedia”

    linking knowledge and establishing connections and interrelations
  • Seven Years War

    considered to be the first global conflict in history, was a war between France and Britan
  • Voltaire publishes “Candide”

    satirical novel published in 1759 that is the best-known work by Voltaire.
  • George III reigns England Starts

    King of Great Britain and of Ireland
  • Jean Jacque Rousseau publishes “Social Contract”

    originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Catherine Great reigns Russia starts

    Catherine Great reigns Russia starts

    The time that Cathrine had control of russia
  • Stamp Act passed

    an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    9 British soldiers shot up a crowd of people in Boston
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    A group of British separatists through a bunch of British tea into the ocean
  • Intolerable Acts

    punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party
  • First Continental Congress

    met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to
  • Battle of Concord

    Battle of Concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the
  • Battle of Lexington

    Battle of Lexington

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary
  • Declaration of Independence signed

    Declaration of Independence signed

    56 members of the Second Continental Congress started signing the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia
  • Partition of Poland

    Russia, Prussia, and Austria signed a treaty that partitioned Poland
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign
  • Articles of Confederation signed

    Articles of Confederation signed

    an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first frame of government
  • Amadeus Mozart height of his career

    Amadeus Mozart height of his career

    Famous Musician that made 800 works before his death
  • Joseph II reigns Austria Starts

    sole ruler (1780–90) of the Austrian Habsburg dominions.
  • Maria Theresa Rules the Hapsburg Empire Ends

    the only woman to hold the position.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    Last major battle of the American revolution
  • Treaty of Paris

    signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain
  • Frederick II reigns Prussia Starts

    Predecessor, Frederick II ; Successor, Frederick William III ; Born
  • Storming of the Bastille

    an event that occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789
  • US Constitution ratified

    the Constitution became the official framework of the government of the United States of America
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution.
  • Great Fear

    in the French Revolution
  • Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Emperor

    After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804
  • Tennis Court Oath

    dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the nonprivileged classes of the French nation
  • Women’s march on Versailles

    one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution.
  • Joseph II reigns Austria Ends

    sole ruler (1780–90) of the Austrian Habsburg dominions.
  • National Assembly Completes a Constitution

    French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution
  • Declaration of Pillnitz

    a statement of five sentences
  • Declaration of the Rights of Woman

    Written in response to the 1789 Declaration of women
  • Navigation Acts passed

    long-titled An Act for the Encouragement and increasing of Shipping and Navigation
  • Mary Wollstonecraft publishes “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”

    published in 1792, with a second edition appearing that same year
  • Radical Phase (French Revolution)

    the Radicals felt they were purging France of the old order, while securing its safety, and creating a new and free Republic.
  • National Convention Formed

    formal abolition of the monarchy
  • Marie Antoinette Executed

    Marie-Antoinette was guillotined in 1793 after the Revolutionary Tribunal found her guilty of crimes against the state
  • King Louis XIV Executed

    Louis Capet, formerly King of France was beheaded by the guillotine.
  • Reign of Terror (French Revolution

    a period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during the French Revolution
  • Five Man Directory

    he governing five-member committee in the French First Republic
  • Catherine Great reigns Russia ends

    The time that Cathrine had control of russia
  • Frederick II reigns Prussia ends

    Predecessor, Frederick II ; Successor, Frederick William III ; Born
  • Napoleon Bonaparte becomes 1st Consulate

  • Napoleonic Wars Starts

    a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies
  • Battle of Trafalgar

    Battle of Trafalgar

    The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars.
  • Battle Austerlitz

    Battle Austerlitz

    was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.
  • Napoleon invades Russia

    Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia
  • Battle of Leipzig

    Battle of Leipzig

    decisive defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland.
  • Congress of Vienna

    Congress of Vienna

  • Napoleon exiled to Elba

    the date that Napoleon was banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba
  • Concert of Europe

    Concert of Europe

    the political framework that grew out of the Quadruple Alliance
  • Napoleon exiled to St. Helena

    Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa.
  • Napoleonic Wars Ends

    The date that the Napoleonic Wars was ended
  • Napoleon returns to Pairs

    Napoleon arrived in Paris after escaping from exile on Elba
  • Adam Smith published “Wealth of Nations

    Adam Smith published “Wealth of Nations

    extolls the benefits of the division of labor, competition, and trade