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Period: Dec 13, 1474 to Nov 26, 1504
King Ferdinand/Isabella
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Period: Apr 21, 1509 to Jan 28, 1547
King Henry VIII
Ruled over England -
Period: Jan 16, 1547 to
Ivan the Terrible
The first proclaimed Tsar of Russia -
Period: Jan 16, 1556 to
Philip II
Ruled over Spain -
Period: Nov 17, 1558 to
Elizabeth I
Queen of England -
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Thirty Years War
One of the longest and most brutal wars in human history. The king of Bohemia tried to impose Catholicism throughout his domains. -
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English Civil War
King Charles I and Parliament faced off over long standing disputes about religious freedom and how the "three kingdoms" of England, Scotland and Ireland should be governed. -
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King Louis XIV
Ruled over France -
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Peter the Great
The Tsar of Russia -
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The Glorious Revolution
Permanently established Parliament as the ruling power of England-- and, later, the United Kingdom-- representing a shift from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. -
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War of the Spanish Succession
A major European conflict that arose after the death of the last Spanish Habsburg king, Charles II. It was a struggle to determine whether the vast possessions of the Spanish Empire should pass to the House of Bourbon or to the House of Habsburg. -
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Seven Years War
The commercial and imperial rivalry between Britain and France, and by the antagonism between Prussia and Austria. Austrian Habsburg tried to win back the province of Silesia. -
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Louis XVI
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May 5, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General
Louis XVI called an assembly to pass proposals for new taxes. The Third estate formed a national assembly and, against the wishes of the king invited the other two estates to join. -
Tennis Court Oath
The deputies of the Third estate were locked out of their meeting hall, so they went to an indoor tennis court. During their meeting, they took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
An expression of universal human rights-- those rights that are true at all times and in all places-- that served as one of the foundational documents. -
Women's March on Versailles
A riot that took place during this first stage of the French Revolution. It was spontaneously organized by women in the marketplaces of Paris and they complained over the high price and scant availability of bread, marching from Paris to Versailles. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
Ultimately unwilling to cede his royal power to the Revolutionary government, Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and condemned to death.He was executed by guillotine. -
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Reign of Terror
A period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions. France's revolutionary government ordered the arrest and execution of thousands of people. -
Maximilien Robespierre's Execution
Robespierre and a number of his followers were arrested at the Hotel de Ville in Paris. The next day Robespierre and 21 of his followers were taken to the Place de la Revolution, where they were executed by guillotine before a cheering crowd. -
Napoleon Crowns Himself Emperor
During the coronation, he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself, thus displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff. -
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Peninsular War
The British Army fought a war in the Iberian Peninsula against the invading forces of Napoleon's France. -
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French Invasion of Russia
Napoleon and his troops invade Russia. The campaign failed, however, because Napoleon and his men ran out of food, and could not survive the harsh weather conditions. -
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French Invasion of Russia
Napoleon's objective was to rout the Imperial Russian army and force Csar Alexander I to return to the Continental System. Napoleon failed to conquer Russia because of faulty logistics, poor discipline, disease, and weather. -
Napoleon is Exiled to Elba
In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, Napoleon was banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba -
Napoleon Dies
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Nicolas II (Romanov)
The last emperor of Russia