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Period: May 13, 1530 to
Reign of Ivan the Terrible
he was only three years old when he came to power. he was good at first but then became bad after his wife died -
Period: Dec 13, 1553 to
Reign of Henry of Navarre
Henry IV, Henri-Quatre, was King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty in France -
Period: Jul 25, 1554 to
Reign of Phillip II
Philliiiiip the secooooond! -
Aug 23, 1572
St. Barholomew's Day Massacre
The massacre began two days after the attempted assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the military and political leader of the Huguenots. Starting on 23 August 1572 (the eve of the feast of Bartholomew the Apostle) with murders on orders of the king of a group of Huguenot leaders including Coligny, the massacres spread throughout Paris. Lasting several weeks, the massacre extended to other urban centres and the countryside. Modern estimates for the number of dead vary widely between 5,000 -
Signing of the edict of Nantes.
The Edict of Nantes, issued on April 13, 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. In the Edict Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity. -
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Reign of James I
he inherited the unsettled issues of elizabeths reign. he struggled with parlament -
Reign of Louis XIII
henry iv son was a weak king and appointed a strong minister. -
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30year war
it was a conflict over religion and territory and for power among european ruling family -
Cardinal Richelieu appointed
he was the ruler of france and louis xiii minister -
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Reign of Oliver Cromwell
he was a purtian general and they brought king charles to trial for treason against parliment. they beheaded him. -
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Signing of the Peace of Westphalia
The term Peace of Westphalia denotes a series of peace treaties signed between May and October of 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster. These treaties ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) between Spain and the Dutch Republic. -
Louis XIV assumes full control of France
took control when cardianl mazarin died. he was 22 -
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Palace of versaillies started/ended
was the centor of polical power in france until the royal family was forced to return to the capital -
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Reign of Peter the Great
he was one of russias greatest reformers and continued the trend of increasing the zars power -
English Bill of Rights
drafted by parliment it limited royal power -
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Reign of Maria Theresa
she was the oldest daughter of charles vi. and she inherited the austrian throne -
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Reign of Frederick the Great
his father was fredrick william. and he followed his fathers military policies when he came to power
