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A timeline centered on the absolutism that occured in france.
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Wars are fought within France with the Huguenots beginning a conflict between them and the French government.
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Louis XIII comes of age to take over the throne for France. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/348935/Louis-XIII
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It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history. It included almost all of the European countries.
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Cardinal Richelieu transformed France into a strong, centralized state, by restricting the powers of nobility.
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He dies and names his successor to be Mazarin.
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His reign of 72 years and 110 days is one of the longest in French and European history. During his reign, France became a very powerful european country.
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Louis takes away religious toleration and makes everyone become Catholic.
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The War of the Spanish Succession was fought among several European powers. Lous XIV wanted his son to claim rule over spain.
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Louis the XIV signed the Treaty and it ended the Spanish Succession. His son didn't get the throne.
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Louis XIV dies on september 1st 1715 from gangrene. Sadness ensues.
