Social Studies

By mafersoria
  • Apr 15, 1556

    Charles the fifth abdicates 1556

    Charles V gave up his title and entered a monetary, in 1556. He divided his empire. His brother, Ferdinand had the Hapsburg lands in central Europe, who later became the Holy Roman Empire. His son Philip had Spain the empire of the Netherlands, some southern Italian states, and Spain’s overseas empire.
  • Oct 7, 1571

    The battle of lepanto 1571

    The battle took place on October 7th, when a collation of the southern Europeans defeated the Ottoman Empire. The victory of the holy league prevented the ottoman from expanding further along the Mediterranean. Lepanto was the last major naval battle in the Mediterranean fought by the galleys.

  • Spanish Armada 1588

    The Spanish Armada is a Spanish Fleet which sailed against England under the rule of duke of Medina Sidonia, in 1588 intending to overthrow Elisabeth the 1st. The expedition was one of the largest engagements of the uncle cleared Angola-Spanish war between 1585-1604.

  • Henry the fourth inherit the French thrown 1589

    Henry the fourth inherited the thrown after the death of Henry the third in, 1589. When he got the thrown he started by lowering taxes because of the poor harvests, demolished soldiers and starving peasants. He helped France reach to great success.

  • The hohenzollern family ruled 1600

    The Hohenzollern is a noble family and of the royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of the Prussia, Romania, and Germany. They took their name from ancestral home and Burg Hohenzollern castle near Hechingen. The hohenzollern Dynasty played a major role in the history of Germany from the late Middle Age until the end of Worl War 1.

  • Louis the x111 inherits the throne 1610

    In 1610 Louis inherits the throne, due to the assassination of Henry 1V. After a few years Louis appointed Cardinal Richelieu as his chief minister. He ruled for 18 years, and strengthened the central government. He was the greatest leader.

  • Long Parliament, 1640

    The long Parliament was first called King Charles 1. The Long parliament stood all through the first and second civil wars, until December, 1648. Ship money was abolished. The reason for Charles 1 to put the parliament was to help pass finance bills.

  • Louis appointed CardinalRichelieu 1624

    In April 1624, Richelieu was given a seat on the Royal Council and was made royal chief (on august 1624). He attacked the Huguenots and reformed the navy and army. He raised a lot of money, and wanted to make France the greatest power of Europe.

  • Charlie 1, inherits the throne, 1625

    Achieved control over kingdom with Duke of Buckingham. Charles believed he had no need of parliamentary approval, and no need to compromise. He believed in divine rights of the kings which rearranged the parliament.

  • Charles leads troops to house of commons to arrest leaders 1642

    In the early January 1642, Charles and 400 soldiers attempted to arrest five members of the House of Commons. They failed to do this. One of the five where William Lenthall, the Speaker. The Speaker claims himself as a servant of the Parliament instead than of the King.

  • Peace of Westphalia, 1648

    Was a series of peace treaties, signed between May-October, 1648. This treaty ended the thirty years war (1618-1648). It involved The Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand III, of the House of Habsburg, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of France, the Swedish Empire, the Dutch Republic, the Princes of the Holy Roman Empire.

  • Peter took the throne 1689

    Peter the Great ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from the 7 of May until his death in 1682. He expanded the Tsardom into a huge empire that later became a major European power. He led a cultural revolution that replaced medieval, social and political system with a modern scientific system.

  • Peter travelled to Europe 1697

    The Grand Embassy was a mission sent by Peter the Great. The mission was to strengthen the Holy League, Russians alliance. The Embassy was run by Franz Lefor, Fedor Golovin and Porkopy Voznitsyn and Peter. The Embassy later had an unsuccessful negotiation in the Netherlands so they had to limit equipments and hire foreign specialists.

  • Great Northern War 1700

    The Great Northern War started when an alliance of Denmark declared war on the Swedish Empire. The Ottoman empire defeated the Russian army in the Pruth River Campaign but at the end they signed a peace treaty. The war ended with a defeat for the Sweden, leaving Russia as the new major power in the Baltic Sea.

  • War of the Austrian Succession (1740)

    It lasted from 1740 through 1748. The war began because Maria Teresa was ineligible to succeed to Habsburg thrones of her father. Spain also got involved in the war because they wanted to reestablish its influence on Italy. The war ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748.