Age of Absolutism

Reign of Ivan the Terrible

Period: Jan 16, 1547 to Mar 28, 1584

Reign of Phillip II

Period: Jul 25, 1554 to Sep 13, 1598

Reign of James I

Period: Jul 24, 1567 to Mar 27, 1625

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Aug 23, 1572

Reign of Henry Navarre

Period: Aug 2, 1589 to May 14, 1610

Edict of Nantes

Apr 13, 1598

Edict of Nantes, issued on said date by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist/ Huguenots substantial rights in a nation still considered Catholic.

Reign of Louis XIII

Period: May 14, 1610 to May 14, 1643

Thirty Years' War

Period: Dec 10, 1618 to Dec 10, 1648

Cardinal Richelieu Appointed

Aug 12, 1624

Reign of Charles I

Period: Mar 27, 1625 to Jan 30, 1649

English Civl War

Period: Aug 22, 1642 to Sep 3, 1651

Reign of Louis XIV

Period: May 14, 1643 to Sep 1, 1715

Signing of the Peace of Westphalia

Period: May 15, 1648 to Oct 24, 1648

Reign of Oliver Cornwell

Period: Dec 25, 1653 to Sep 3, 1658

Louis XIV assumes full control of France

Mar 9, 1661

Restoration of English Crown

Apr 23, 1661

Reign of Peter the Great

Period: May 7, 1682 to Feb 8, 1725

Glorious Revolution

Period: Sep 1, 1688 to Nov 11, 1689

Bill of Rights

Dec 16, 1689

War of the Spanish Succession

Period: Dec 10, 1701 to Dec 10, 1714

Reign of Frederick the Great

Period: May 31, 1740 to Aug 17, 1786

Reign of Maria Theresa

Period: Oct 20, 1740 to Jun 25, 1741