History By hen sizzle 1521 Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire 1534 Henry VIII has Parliament pass the Act of Supremacy 1534 Ignatius creates the Jesuit Order 1588 British defeat the Spanish Armada 1598 Henry IV Passes the Edict of Nantes 1603 Tokugawa Shoguns control Japan 1631 Shah Jahan orders the construction of the Taj Mahal 1643 Louis XIV begins his rule in France 1649 Puritans under Oliver Cromwell execute the English King 1715 Louis XIV dies 1740 Maria Theresea becomes the head of the Austrian Habsburgs 1756 Prussian King Frederick the Great begins the Seven Years’ War against Austria