Age of Absolutism AP Euro By imperator Period: Jan 23, 1516 to Jan 16, 1556 Charles I of Spain Period: Jun 28, 1519 to Aug 27, 1556 Charles V Habsburg of the Holy Roman Empire Period: Oct 24, 1526 to Jul 25, 1564 Ferdinand I of Bohemia and the HRE Oct 1, 1529 Siege of Vienna Period: Jan 16, 1547 to Mar 28, 1584 Ivan IV the Terrible of Russia Period: Jan 16, 1556 to Sep 13, 1598 Phillip II of Spain Period: Nov 17, 1558 to Mar 24, 1603 Elizabeth I of England Aug 24, 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre Period: Aug 2, 1589 to May 14, 1610 Henry IV Bourbon of France Period: Mar 24, 1603 to Mar 27, 1625 James I of England, Ireland, and Scotland/James VI of Scotland Period: May 14, 1610 to May 14, 1643 Louis XIII of France Period: Mar 27, 1625 to Jan 30, 1649 Charles I Stuart of England Period: Dec 1, 1642 to Mar 9, 1661 Cardinal Mazarin of France, Chief Minister Period: Aug 8, 1648 to Nov 8, 1687 Mehmed IV Period: May 16, 1649 to Jan 1, 1660 Cromwell Commonwealth in England Jan 1, 1651 Leviathan Period: May 7, 1682 to Feb 8, 1725 Peter I the Great of Russia Sep 12, 1683 Battle of Vienna Dec 16, 1689 English Bill of Rights Period: Feb 25, 1713 to May 31, 1740 Frederick Wilhelm I of Prussia Period: May 31, 1740 to Aug 17, 1786 Frederick II Period: Oct 20, 1740 to Nov 29, 1780 Maria Theresa of Austria Period: Jul 9, 1762 to Nov 17, 1796 Catherine II the Great of Russia Dec 2, 1804 Coronation of Napoleon