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Period: May 21, 1527 to
Regin of Phillp II
He inherited kingdoms of Spain, Naples, and the Neatherlands from his father. Was married to Mary I of england; since then he is regarded as a villain of the English protestants. -
Period: Jun 19, 1566 to
Reign of James I
He succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother Mary, Queen of Scots, was compelled to abdicate in his favour. -
Jan 1, 1572
Henery of Navarre
Inherited the throne of Navarre on his mothers death bed. Was the first french monarchof the house of Bourbons. Was baptised as a catholic soon converted to Protestant. -
Aug 23, 1572
St. Barholomew's day massacre
After a failed assasination of admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the military and political leadrer of the hugenots. The french king order for the killing of the Huguenots. This lasted several weeks resulting in 5,000-30,000 killed. -
Signing of the edict of Nantes
Grantes the calvinist protestants of France substaintial rights in a nation still considered essentially catholic. Henry aimed to promote civil unity. -
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Reign of Oliver Cromwell.
was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. -
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Reign of Charles I
monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his royal prerogative, which Charles believed was divinely ordained. -
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Regin of Louis XIII
King of france, When the crown of Navarre was merged to the french crown. He bcame king before his ninth birthday. He relied on prime minister Cardinal Richelieu to govern the kingdom. his regin was marked as " the just" because of the struggles against the Huguenots and the Hapsburg of spain. -
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Thirty Years War
was a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe, involving most of the countries of Europe.It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, and one of the longest continuous wars in modern history. -
Cardinal Richelieu appointed
Was known as the kings " chief minister" or "first minister". was considered to be the world's first prime minsiter in the modern sense. transformes france into a strong centeralized state. -
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Reign of Louis XIV
Known as the Louis the great or the side king.Reign as king for 72 years and 110 days.The longest reign the frech and european history -
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Louis XIV assumes full control of France
Created a centeralized state by governing from the capital. got ris of feudalism. -
English Civil War
a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists (Cavaliers). he Civil War ended with the Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651. -
Signing of the peace treaty of westphalia
Succeeded because of an economic policy of protection, and directed public credit. Mazarin's and Colbert's common-good principle of the " advantage of the other" triumphed over the imperail desgins of both France's Louis XIV, and the Venetian -controlled th Hapsburg empire. -
Restoration of English Crown
he Restoration of the English monarchy. when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. King charles II was the first monacr under this restoration. -
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Palace at Versailless started / ended
Versailless was the center of the political power in france. this helped him move from france to paris until he was forced back to the capital in 1789 -
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Reign of Peter the Great
He led a cultural revolution that replaced the traditionalist and medieval social and political system with a modern, scientific, Europe-oriented, and rationalist system. -
Glorious Revolution
Was also called the revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange). -
English Bill of Rights
It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary. It lays down limits on the powers of the crown and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament, the requirement to regular elections to Parliament and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution. It reestablished the liberty of Protestants to have arms for their defence within the rule of law, and condemned James II. -
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War of Spanish Succession
was fought by to alliances to european power.including a divided Spain, over who had the right to succeed Charles II as king of Spain. -
Reign of Frederick the Great
King in Prussia of the Hohenzollern dynasty. He is best known for his brillance in military campigning and the organization of Prussian armies. -
Reign of Maria Theresa
Was the only female ruler. began her 40 year rule with her father. died in october 1740. -
Reign of Ivan the Terrible
During his regin he acquired vast amounts of land. His regin lasted from 1533-1584. Created a centrally controlled Russian state. Many believe him to have been mentally ill. One of his violent outbursts was perhaps the reason for his son's death.
