Age of Absolutism By Animalquackers Period: Jan 16, 1547 to Mar 28, 1584 Reign of Ivan the Terrible Period: Jul 25, 1554 to Sep 13, 1598 Reign of Phillip II Period: Jul 24, 1567 to Mar 27, 1625 Reign of James I Aug 23, 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre Period: Aug 2, 1589 to May 14, 1610 Reign of Henry Navarre Apr 13, 1598 Edict of Nantes Edict of Nantes, issued on said date by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist/ Huguenots substantial rights in a nation still considered Catholic. Period: May 14, 1610 to May 14, 1643 Reign of Louis XIII Period: Dec 10, 1618 to Dec 10, 1648 Thirty Years' War Aug 12, 1624 Cardinal Richelieu Appointed Period: Mar 27, 1625 to Jan 30, 1649 Reign of Charles I Period: Aug 22, 1642 to Sep 3, 1651 English Civl War Period: May 14, 1643 to Sep 1, 1715 Reign of Louis XIV Period: May 15, 1648 to Oct 24, 1648 Signing of the Peace of Westphalia Period: Dec 25, 1653 to Sep 3, 1658 Reign of Oliver Cornwell Mar 9, 1661 Louis XIV assumes full control of France Apr 23, 1661 Restoration of English Crown Period: May 7, 1682 to Feb 8, 1725 Reign of Peter the Great Period: Sep 1, 1688 to Nov 11, 1689 Glorious Revolution Dec 16, 1689 Bill of Rights Period: Dec 10, 1701 to Dec 10, 1714 War of the Spanish Succession Period: May 31, 1740 to Aug 17, 1786 Reign of Frederick the Great Period: Oct 20, 1740 to Jun 25, 1741 Reign of Maria Theresa
