Unit 4 Timeline

Charles I Ruled England

Period: Dec 13, 1625 to Dec 13, 1649

Alienated parliament in England and taxed the people heavily. He was beheaded in 1649 because the people of Europe did not agree with his absolutist ideas.

Civil War Starts in England

Dec 13, 1642

This was between Charles I's followers and the parliament in England as Charles was becoming too absolute for England

Louis XIV Ruled

Period: Dec 13, 1645 to Dec 13, 1715

Lois was a great absolutist in France, he was truly a divine ruler and believed that God was his only superior

Hobbes publishes The Leviathon

Dec 13, 1651

Oliver Cromwell Ruled

Period: Dec 13, 1653 to Dec 13, 1658

After taking Charles I down, Cromwell became even more of an absolutist

Fredrick Ruled

Period: Dec 13, 1688 to Dec 13, 1713

The Enlightenment

Period: Dec 13, 1700 to Dec 13, 1800

This was a period when Europe saw the common themes of Rationality and Optimism

Fredrick William Ruled in Prussia

Period: Dec 13, 1713 to Dec 13, 1740

Continued the consolidation and taxed the middle class

Voltaire published Philosophic Letters to the English

Dec 13, 1733

Coronation of Louis XVI at Reims

Dec 13, 1774

People storm the Bastille Prison in France

Jul 14, 1789

This was a big part of the French Revolution because it gave the people weapons.