Intellectual/Religious Absolutism Timeline By wwchan Jan 1, 1598 Edict of Nantes Liberty to Huguenots. Jan 1, 1620 Habsburgs crush Protestantism in Bohemia Jan 1, 1635 Birth of French Academy Jan 1, 1652 Nikon reforms Russian Orthodox Church Jan 1, 1670 Charles II agrees to re-Catholize England in secret agreement with Louis XIV Jan 1, 1685 Edict of Nantes revoked