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The peace of Augsburg was a treaty signed that allowed Germanic rules to choose between catholic and protestant faiths. This was signed after a revolution where the Germanic tribe rulers no longer wanted to be catholic. This allowed the tribes to be even more independent.
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This was a war between Catholics an Huguenots. This war was about religion. This war was also surprisingly in France
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This event was caused by the King of Spain trying to invade England by sea but the smaller and faster ships outmaneuvered the armada and caused them to run. The Armada was then destroyed by a storm. This event marked the Spanish losing a lot of money.
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This was a document signed in France that game rights to Calvinists. The rights where the rights Catholics got. This was important because France was primarily catholic at this time.
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This war was fought mainly in central Europe. The war was caused by religion between Catholicism and Calvinism. It later became a war more about politics than faith.
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This was a war that was fought because some people thought that England was being ruled poorly. The war is actually a group of 3 wars. The war ended by executing King Charles I.
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Peter the Great ruled with his half-brother until 1698 when his half-brother died. He made Russia modern for the time. He planned to make Russia a great empire.
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This year marked the beginning of the industrial revolution which would continue for many years. It was a time where the world entered the modern age. In this period of time techno-logic growth would accelerate for years to come.