Absolute Monarchy

  • Nov 8, 1521

    Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire

  • 1534

    Henry VIII has Parliament pass the Act of Supremacy

  • Aug 15, 1534

    Ignatius creates the Jesuit Order

  • British defeat the Spanish Armada

  • Henry IV Passes the Edict of Nantes

  • Tokugawa Shoguns control Japan

  • shah Jahan orders the construction of the Taj Mahal

  • Louis XIV begins his rule in France

  • Puritans under Oliver Cromwell execute the English King

  • Louis XIV dies

  • Maria Theresea becomes the head of the AustrianHabsburgs

  • Prussian King Frederick the Great begins the Seven Years’ War against Austria