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Philip of habsburgs,son of emperor charles v, is recognized as king of the romans ,thus maintaining his aspirations to claim the throne of the holy roman empire. -
Charles of habsburg is borns in flankforts , son of philip of habsburg and maria manuela of portugal. -
Carlos V ratifies his son felipe as a candidate for the germanic throne releganting his brother fernando who apired to be emperor.
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By his marriage to mary o fo englad. Philip of habsburg becomes king consort of england. -
The peace of augsburg is signed ending the religuious wars of the holy roman empere can freely choose their religion
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In the abdications of brussels carlos i king of spain and v empere of the holy roman empere, abdicates his two thrones in favor of son his felipe. -
Felipe is croened as felipe ll of spain that years he also raises the idea to his wife mary i of england to annex england to her vast empire but she rejects for the time being as she still has to ideal with the protestant reformation of ther the king. -
Henry II of France was surrounded by the Habsburg dominions and decided to support the Flemish rebels, which led to the outbreak of the Italian wars between France and the Holy Roman Germanic-Hispanic Empire. -
Elizabeth of Tudor is crowned as Elizabeth I of England.
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King Francis II dies, so his brother Charles IX is proclaimed king with regency of his mother Catherine de Medici. -
The Diet of Hamburg requested the abdication of Philip I, since his religious persecutions had made him unpopular with the prince electors, his uncle Ferdinand of Habsburg, who was a more political and conciliatory man. -
Signing of the Edict of Saint-Germain, which recognizes freedom of worship for Protestants, especially Huguenots in France. -
Reopening of the Council of Trent, representing the Holy Roman Empire was Francis of Habsburg, King of Hungary. -
More than 80 Huguenots are massacred by the ultra-Catholic François duke of Guise at Wassy-sur-Blaise, which marks the beginning of the First War of Religion in France. -
Signing of the Treaty of Hampton Court between Queen Isabella I and Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, in which Queen Isabella agrees to send 3,000 men to France to support the Huguenots. -
Francis Duke of Guise dies while besieging Orleans.
