the age of absolutism time period

Reign of Ivan the Terrible

Period: Jan 16, 1547 to Mar 28, 1584

Reign of Phillip II

Period: Jul 25, 1554 to Sep 13, 1598

Reign of James I

Period: Jul 24, 1567 to Mar 27, 1625

St. Barholomew's Day Massacre

Aug 24, 1572

Reign of Henry of Navarre

Period: Aug 2, 1589 to May 14, 1610

2 August 1589 – 14 May 1610

Signing of the edict of Nantes

Apr 13, 1598

Reign of Louis XIII

Period: Sep 27, 1601 to May 14, 1643

27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643

Cardinal Richelieu appointed.

Dec 18, 1606

Thirty Years War

Period: May 13, 1618 to May 13, 1648

Reign of Charles I

Period: Mar 27, 1625 to Jan 30, 1649

Reign of Louis XIV

Period: Sep 5, 1638 to Sep 1, 1715

English Civil War.

Period: Aug 22, 1642 to Sep 3, 1651

Signing of the Peace of Westphalia

Oct 24, 1648

Reign of Oliver Cromwell

Period: Dec 25, 1653 to Sep 3, 1658

Restoration of English Crown

May 13, 1660

Louis XIV assumes full control of France

May 13, 1661

Reign of Peter the Great

Period: May 7, 1682 to Feb 8, 1725

Palace at Versailless started / ended

Period: May 13, 1682 to May 13, 1789

(from 1682 until 1789

Glorious Revolution

Period: May 13, 1688 to May 13, 1689

English Bill of Rights

Dec 16, 1689

War of Spanish Succession

Period: May 13, 1701 to May 13, 1714

Reign of Frederick the Great

Period: Jan 24, 1712 to Aug 17, 1786

Reign of Maria Theresa

Period: May 13, 1717 to Nov 29, 1780