European Monarch Family Timeline

Apr 21, 1509

Henry 8 of England

1.Death
2.
A.Creates Church of England
B.Plague
C.First book of common prayer
D.English Reformation
3.Aragon, Boelyn, Seymour
4. I would give him an A since out of the family he accomplished a lot more. The English Reformation for example and the First book of common prayer. The plague didnt help for it killed many but it wasnt his fault.
Mar 14, 1516

Charles 1 of Spain

1.Retired from the throne.
2.
A.Italian Wars V Spain
B.Fought Protestantism
C.Colonization of the Americas
D. Five ships to Megellan
3.Hapsburg, Valois-Burgundy
4. He deserves an F for the fact that he was an absolute monarch who only cared about himself. Plus he spent a lot of the peoples money.
Dec 12, 1533

Ivan 4 of Russia

1.death from stroke
2.
a.Ivan has his own police hunt down and kill traitors

b.Great Fire of 1547

c.Polish-Lithuanian raids, Tatar invasions
d.Conquest of Kazan and Astrakhan

3.marries Anastasia Romanovna, then married Marie Tscerkaski
4. I would give him a C because he was not awful but he did do some questionable things. He created the General assembly but himself being selfish got him the C
Jan 28, 1547

Edward 6 of England

1.Death of tuberculosis
2.
A.King and Head of church at 9 years old
B.Church of England becomes prominently Protestant
C.Book of Common Prayer introduced
D.Rebelions in Cornwall and Devin
3.Son of King Henry 8
4. I would Give him an A becuase of of his Royal family he got the most done and was not an aweful person who atleast tried to accomplish something for the better.
Jul 19, 1553

Mary 1 of England

1.Death Flu
2.
a.Persecution of Protestants

b.First woman to successfully claim England throne
c.Married Phillip

d.Furthered the Todor conquest of Ireland

3.She was the Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine
Her grade is a
4. Her Grade was an A. She was the first woman to rule in England But she did get rid of the protestants.
Jan 16, 1556

Phillip 2 of Spain

1.Cancer
2.
A.Colonize the Phillipenes
B. Dutch Republic
C.Spanish Aramda/Invade England
D.Defended Catholic church
3.Hapsburg
4. He deserves an A because he was focused on the betterment of the people and strived for peace. He Improved the society of Spain and colonized the empire.
Nov 17, 1558

Elizabeth 1 of England
1. Death
2. a. Expansion overseas b. Executed Mary c. Poor laws d.Defeated attempts of invasion 3.Mary 1, Thomas Seymour
3. I'd give her a B because she did some good while in throne. The people liked her for she came up withe the peave treaties but the plague broke out and many people died.
Apr 5, 1562

Ivan 3 of Russia

1.Died from a stroke.

2.
a.Battle of Shelon River

b.Gatherer of the Russian lands

c.Autocratic form

d.endorsed Orthodoxy

3.Connected through the Vasilyevich family,
4.His grade is a B because he was all about expanding and improving his empire. Only violence he was invovled in was the Battle of Shelon River. He improved autocratic form, endorsed orthodoxy and gained more land for Russia.
Aug 2, 1589

Henry 4 of France

1.Assasination
2.
A.Makes peace with Henry of Navarre
B.Battle of Coutras
C.Battle of Ivry
D.Battle of Fontaine-Francaise
3.Huguenot, Navarre
4. He gets a C because he had more good things happen than bad. He helped create the declaration of st. Cloud and the treaty of Vervins. Overall he improved the empire.
Sep 16, 1598

Phillip 3 of Spain

1.Death while retreating from cursade
2.
A.Duke of Lerma
B.Lerma falls
C.Aquired Portugal, despite the Dutch Revolution
D.expulsion of Moriscos from Spain
3.Hapsburg
4. He gets a C because he did accomplish some things while in control. He was envolved in many wars which are very huge on the society. He came up with many useful strategies that could have the reason he won many naval battles.
Mar 24, 1603

James 1 of England
1. Death of Arthritis
2. a.Crowned King of Scottland at 13 Months b.Imprisonment c.Spanish Armada Crisis d.Tobacco tax imposed, by him
3. Son of Mary and Henry Stuart 4.He gets an A for the fact that everything he did was for the better of the people. Even though some of the things he did were questionable he ment well.
May 14, 1610

Louis 8 of France

1.Death
2.
A.Late to power
B.Daughter couldn't get throne
C.French Monarchy
D. Married a lot of women
3. Bourbon-Vendome Family
4.He deserves a B because he was peacful to the people and was a good leader but brought the people into the 30 years war which was devistating. A lot of people died and he lost his people. but for the most part he was a good ruler.
Feb 21, 1613

Michael 1 of Russia

1.death

2.
a.founded the Romanov, first

b.ended time of troubles (political and social chaos)

c.peasantry was further reduced to serfdom
d.peace was temporarily obtained with Poland and Sweden

3.son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov & Xenia
4. This one was close to an A but ill hive him a B+ because he didnt help the people out as much as he should have and was more into reconstructing the empire so thats why i lowered it.
Jan 1, 1618

Ferdinand 2 of Central Europe

1.death
2.
a.Onate Treaty
b.Thirty Years War
c.Edict of Restitution
d.Peace of Prague

3.Hapsburg, son of Charles II, Archduke of Austria, and Maria Anna of Bavaria
4. He gets a B because he was big into religion and basing how the empire should be run. But he was really only focused on rebuilding the empire which is still better for the people.
Mar 31, 1621

Phillip 4 of Spain

1.Death
2.
A.King of Aragon and Portugal
B.30 years war
C. Spanish Military
D.Crisis of the Monarchy
3.Hapsburg
4. He deserves an F for the fact that all he brought to the empire was violence and war. He was way to self controlling.
Mar 27, 1625

Charles 1 of England

1.decapitation
2.
a.Prince of Wales

b.raise revenue by non-parliamentary means

c.Cromwellian Interregnum

d.English Civil War

3.Son of James VI and Anne of Denmark,Married Princess Maria
4. He deserves an F because he was an absolute monarch and only cared about himself. He Also spent way to much of the empires money and made sure to restrict people of there choice to religion. Overall not a good ruler.
Dec 1, 1640

Frederick William of Hohenzollerns

1.death
2.
a.king of prussia

b.known as soldier king

c.tried to centrilize and improve prussia

d.encouraged farming, restoring marshes, and stored grain in good times, to save for the bad

3.frederick and sophia are parents
4. He gets a C for the fact that he was evolved in a lot of wars. He took Empire into three wars. He was envolved with the first partition of Poland.
May 14, 1643

Louis 8th of France

1.Death
2.
A.Crowned and Consecrated at Rhemis
B.Pays 5 Million Francs for Dunkirk
C.Ends the regale dispute with the papacy
D.Extends the advantages held by the Dutch in respect of French tariffs
3.Teresa, Spain
4. He gets a B because he was envolved in for the most part peaceful events except the 30 years war, but that was enough to lower the grade since many died and it was a deep dark time period.
Dec 16, 1653

Oliver Cromwell
1. death
2. a.military and political leader
  b.more tolerant towards protestants
  c.member of parliment
  d.no military background, but had interesting tactics
  3.Son of Robert Cromwell & Elizabeth Steward. 4.He deserves an A because he had a great influence on England with enhancing the parliment system and allowed for tolerance of different religions. He helped make England a more peaceful place
Jan 1, 1660

Charles 2 of England

1.executed

2.
a.killed at the climax of the English Civil War

b.regained the crown

c.Great plague
d.great fire

3.son of King Charles I & Henrietta Maria of France
4. He deserves a B because he continued off Oliver Cromwell with the Restoration. But unfortunatley he was envolved in some bad events which lowered his grade.
Sep 17, 1665

Charles 2 of Spain

1.Executed
2.
A.King of England, Scotland and Ireland
B.Battle of Worcester and defeated
C.King during English Intergumnum (Commonwealth)
D. Joined alliances with King Louis of France
3.Hapsburh
4. He deserves a D because he was greedy and nothing he did was positive for the people or the empire. Overall not a good leader.
May 7, 1682

Peter 1 of Russia

1.death

2.
a.founded the Romanov, first

b.ended time of troubles (political and social chaos)

c.peasantry was further reduced to serfdom
d.peace was temporarily obtained with Poland and Sweden

3.son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov & Xenia
4. Hands down A because he did so many great things for russia. He helped modernize society along with the creation of st.Petersburg. He also helped westernize them so they were capable of spreading and becoming more powerful. One of the bests ruler.
Feb 6, 1685

James 2 of England

1.death
2.
a.last roman catholic to regin over ireland, england and scotland
b.pro french, pro catholic
c.tried having absolute monarchy

d.divine rights of kings

3. second son of charles, brother charles 2
4.He gets a C because he always shot way to ahead of himself and couldnt finish what he promised. He changed his position and never really had one strong view on how things should be. He was way to violent and envolved into war. But he was able to Modernize England some thats good.
Apr 29, 1688

Frederick 1st of Hohenzollerns

1.death
2.
a.elected king of germany

b.crowned roman emperor by pope

c.tried to restore order in germany

d.4 italian campagins

3.frederick 1 father
4. He gets a C because he was very envolved with war, and never really needed to go to war but he just used that as the solution to everthing. But he was General War Commissariat.
Feb 13, 1689

William 3rd of England

1.death
2.
a.prince of orange
b.participated in several wars against catholic king of france
c.people viewed him as a campion of fatih

d.victory of james at battle of boyne

3.married to mary, father was william 2
4. He gets a B because he helped with the bill of rights and the glorious revolution. He fixed up england after they were going through bad times.
Feb 13, 1689

Mary 2 of England

1.death
2.
a.her and husband, william, ruled together
b.glorious revolution

c.bill of rights

d.both william and mary are protestants
3.married to william, father was james 2
4. I would have to give him a B because while she was in throne all she really did was rule behind her husband and not really enforce her own view. Although she was envolved in the glorious revolution, the bill of rights, and the constitutional Monarchy which helped england become more structured.
Nov 16, 1700

Phillip 5 of Spain

1.Death
2.
A.war of Spanish sucession
B.One of the shortest regins of history
C.Stole throne from son
D.Involved in multiple wars
3.Hapsburg
4. He gets an F for sure because not only was he one with war but he was a violent, violent person. He basically caused the Empire many problems. he also was not friends with Italy explaining the Italian wars.
Oct 12, 1711

Charles 6 of Central Europe

1.Death
2.
a.War of Austrian
b.Succession Pragmatic Sanction

c.War of the Spanish Succession

d.Treaty of Vienna

3.Connected through the Hapsburg family.
4.His grade is a C because he was invovled in two wars and two treaties which means he was ok with violence but he got the job done and got results.
Feb 25, 1713

Frederick William 1st of Hohenzollerns

1.unknown

2.
a.war of spanish succession

b.dictated manual of regulations for state officials

c.Great Northern War

d.Resttled East Prusia
3.Frederick I of Prussia and Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
4. He gets a B because he was a very caring leader when it came to the people. He was a very diplomatic leader but brought enough violence to the empire that lowered his grade.
Sep 1, 1715

Louis 15 of France

1.Death by Gangren
2.
A.Gained Austria, and Netherlands
B.Seven Years war
C.Almost murdered
D.French Revolution
3.Bourbon-Vendome Family
4. He gets a B because he strived hard to bring peace to France. He tried hard to expand the empire but the 30 years war was a dramtic influence on his grade.
May 31, 1740

Federick 2nd of Hollenzollerns

1.death
2.
a.one of the most powerful holy roman emperors
b.king of the romans

c.age of 3, crowned king of sicly

d.patorn of the arts and science

3.henery vi was father
4. I would have to say that he deserves a C because he did cause the empire to go to three wars that explains his low C grade. He did help with some Helpful partitions but was unfair to his people. He was ignorant.
Oct 20, 1740

Maria Theresa 1 of Central Europe

1.death from immune weakness

2.
a.Invasion of Silesia

b.Seven Years War

c.Coronation in Hungary

d.Smallpox Outbreak

3.daughter of Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine.
4. She deserves a D because she was envoled with the empire going to war, but she didn't really find a way to get out off any of them or win.
Jul 9, 1762

Catherine 2 of Russia

1.stroke

2.
a.Englightenment

b.The Treaty of Seville

c.The French & Indian War

d.Copenhagen Fire
3.Daughter of Christian Augustus and Johanna Elizabeth
4. I believe she deserves a C because she really only cared about herelf. She meant well but usually dealt with things with violence instead of peace. She reformed the legal and educational system which gives her the average C grade.
May 10, 1774

Louis 16 of France

1.Execution
2.
A.Tries to flee Paris
B.Louis XV dies, Louis XVI takes over
C.Birth of 3 children
D. Put in prison
3.Antonia, Louis 15
4. He deserves an A because he was envolved in the betterment of the Empire and the people. He knew family was more than royalty and had great morals.