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1521
Cortes conquers Aztec Empire -
Pizarro conquers Incan Empire
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1588 british defeat Philip 11's spanish armada
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1603 Tokugawa shoguns rule japan
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1631 shah jahan orders constucton of Taj Mahal
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1643 louis XIV begins to rule france
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1649 puritans under Oliver Cromwell execute English king
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Cromwell had his associate John Lambert draft a constitution, it was the first written constitution of any European state. It eventually got torn apart, and Cromwell ruled as a military dictator.
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Cardinal Mazarin died which made 23-year-old Louis able to take control of the government himself.
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Louis XIV ended the Edict of Nantes and thousands of Huguenot artisans and business people fled the country.
