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1521
Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire
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1534
Henry VIII has Parliament pass the Act of Supremacy
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Aug 1, 1534
Ignatius creates the Jesuit Order
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British defeat the Spanish Armada
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Henry IV Passes the Edict of Nantes
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Tokugawa Shoguns control Japan
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Shah Jahan orders the construction of the Taj Mahal
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Louis XIV begins his rule in France
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Puritans under Oliver Cromwell execute the English King
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Louis XIV dies
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Maria Theresa becomes the head of the Austrian Habsburgs
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Prussian King Frederick the Great begins the Seven Years’ War against Austria