1514-1700 Timeline

By kwolf14
  • Period: Jan 1, 1514 to

    Rise of Absolutism

  • Oct 6, 1515

    Francis I of France takes Milan and a lot of Northern Italy

    This was the third invasion, led by Francis I. If successful, this invasion would provide wealth, power, and glory to the French.At this time, his opponents were at a disadvantage of either old age or young age.
  • Oct 6, 1516

    Thomas More writes "Utopia"

    Originally composed in the Latin language, it was a book on a perfect place. It was a work of fiction and political philosophy.
  • Oct 6, 1517

    Luther publishes his 95 theses–

    This action was the start of Reformation. His theses was a list of what was corrupt or bad in the church. He didn't give the solutions, but worked on those later.
  • Oct 6, 1522

    Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan's expedition for Spain

    The Portugese were the first to circumnavigate the world. They wanted to find a traderoute by sea to Asia. At one point they brought many spices and new discoveries back to Europe.
  • Oct 2, 1527

    Divorce Cisis

    Henry VI's divorce crisis with the Church begins.
  • Oct 2, 1534

    Church of England is established

    When Henry VIII broke off from the church, he created the Church of England. It was very similar to Catholicism, but with his own rules.
  • Oct 6, 1534

    Spaniard Ignatius Loyola founded Society of Jesus (Jesuits)

    Ignatius Loyola was a Spanish ecclesiastic who founded the Jesuits and was a leader of the Counter Reformation. They work in education, intellectual research, and cultural pursuits.
  • Oct 2, 1550

    Peace with France

    After much unrest, France returns Boulogne to England for a cash payment.
  • Oct 6, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    The Roman Catholic Church was not too happy with Lutheranism. The German Princes were Lutheran and said that if they weren't allowed to worship as they please, they would detract from the Roman Catholic Church. This would be very bad for the Catholic Church because that would mean less money, so they made Lutheranism an official religion.
  • Oct 6, 1568

    Dutch Revolt

    It was resolved by the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Another name for this was the Eighty Years War. The revolt occured from a dislike in taxes due to paying for previous wars and they resented Habsburg moves to centralize the administration of the region, along with other reasons. (The Calvinists were very unhappy)
  • Oct 6, 1572

    Massacre of St. Bartholomew

    With the guidance of Catherine of Medici, Charles IX orders the assassination of Huguenot Protestant leaders in Paris, setting off killings that results in the massacre of tens of thousands of Huguenots all across France.

  • Edict of Nantes

    The Huguenots recieved a certain tolerance in society. They could practice their faith in their own hom, but not publicly. This was not a lot, but more than other unofficial religions.

  • English Civil War starts

    Royalist Cavaliers against Puritan Roundheads

  • King Louis XIV

    Louis reigned from 1643-1715 as an absolute monarch.
    He led France into a series of imperialistic wars against other European nations especially England .Although this brought fear into the eyes of the other European nations, it also brought financial misery to the French.

  • Louis XIV starts series of wars to expand French borders

    Of course he wanted the expansion for power, but he also wanted to gain back the land once under the hand of Charlemagne and to gain a defensible frontier.

  • Edict of Nantes revoked

    The religious tolerance given to the French Huguenots was no longer in place. The Protestant Huguenots flee France.

  • The Great Northern War

    Charles XII of Sweden starts Great Northern War against Russia. By the end of the war, Sweden had lost supremacy as the leading power in the Baltic region and was replaced by Peter the Great's Russia.