Age of Absolutism

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  • Period: Jan 16, 1547 to

    Reign of Ivan the Terrible

    Did terrible things. Very, VERY terrible things
  • Period: Dec 13, 1553 to

    Reign of Henry of Navarre

    King of France, Navarre
  • Period: Jul 25, 1554 to

    King Phillip II

    Also King of Naples, king of england & ireland, king of portugal.
  • Period: Jul 24, 1567 to

    Reign of James I

    King of Scotland, and king England and Ireland
  • Aug 23, 1572

    St. Barholomew's Day Massacre

    CAused from a marriage between Henry III of Navaree and Margaret of Valois. Also caused by Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
  • Signing of the edict of Nantes

    Henry IV of France granted the CAlvinist Protestants of France substantial rights in a nation still cosidered essentially Catholic
  • Cardinal Richelieu appointed

    Often known as the Kings Chief Minister
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    Reign of Louis XIII

    KIng of France and Navaree
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    Thirty Years War

    Series of wars fought in central Europe
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    Reign of Charles I

    Was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, SCotland, and Ireland
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    English Civil War

    Series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalisyts
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    Reign of Louis XIV.

    Succeeed by his five-year old great-grandson
  • Peace of Westphalia

    Series of peace treaties
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    Reign of Oliver Cromwell.

    Was an English military and political leader
  • Restoration of English Crown

    English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of th Three Kingdoms
  • Louis XIV assumes full control of France

    Got full control after Marzarin died
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    Palace at Versailless started / ended

    Couldn't find actual ending date.
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    Reign of Peter the Great

    Led a cultural revolution that replaced the tradionalist and medevial social and political system with a modern, scientific, European-oriented, and reationalist system
  • Glorious Revolution

    Overthrow of King James II of England
  • English Bill of Rights.

    Parliament of England
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    War of Spanish Succession

    Fought between two alliances of European powers, including a divided Spain, over who had the right to succeed Charles II as King of Spain
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    Reign of Frederick the Great

    King in Prussia of the Hohenzollem dynasty
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    Reign of Maria Theresa

    Queen of Hungary and Croatia, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Bohemia