Absolutism Timeline

  • Jun 28, 1491

    Henry VIII Tudor

    Henry VIII Tudor
    Birth
  • Period: Jun 28, 1491 to Jan 28, 1547

    Henry VIII Tudor

    He ruled over England
  • Feb 18, 1516

    Mary I Tudor

    Mary I Tudor
    Henry VIII"s first daughter is born.
  • May 21, 1527

    Phillip II Hapsburg

    Phillip II Hapsburg
    Birth
  • Jan 1, 1533

    Henry VIII Tudor

    First Divorce in History
  • Sep 7, 1533

    Elizabeth I Tudor

    Elizabeth I Tudor
    Henry VIII's second daughter is born.
  • Oct 27, 1534

    Anglican Church

    Henry VIII started the Anglican Church
  • Oct 12, 1537

    Edward VI Tudor

    Edward VI Tudor
    Henry VIII's first son is born.
  • Jan 28, 1547

    Henry VIII Tudor

    Death
  • Period: Jan 28, 1547 to Jul 6, 1553

    Edward VI Tudor

    ruled over England
  • Period: Jan 1, 1553 to Jan 1, 1558

    Mary I Tudor

    She forced people to become Catholic or killed them if they didn't while she was the queen of England.
  • Jul 6, 1553

    Edward VI Tudor

    Death
  • Period: Jul 25, 1554 to Nov 17, 1558

    Philip II Hapsburg and Mary I Tudor

    Marriage
  • Period: Jan 1, 1556 to

    Phillip II Hapsburg

    He was the ruler of Spain.
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Mary Tudor

    Death
  • Period: Nov 17, 1558 to

    Elizabeth I Tudor

    She was the queen of England.
  • Period: Nov 17, 1558 to

    Golden Age of England

    This happened during Elizabeth I reign. During this time education and literature thrived. Shakespeare wrote his plays during the Golden Age of England.
  • Jan 1, 1559

    Anglican Church

    Elizabeth I Tudor was unlike her sister in the persecution of Protestants. Elizabeth I made the Anglican Church the official church of England during her reign.
  • Period: to

    Spanish Armada

    War between Philip II Hapsburg and Elizabeth I Tudor
  • Philip II Hapsburg

    Death
  • Oliver Cromwell

    Oliver Cromwell
    Birth
  • Charles I Stuart

    Charles I Stuart
    Birth
  • Elizabeth I Tudor

    Death
  • Period: to

    Charles I Stuart

    Reign over England
  • Charles I Stuart

    Dissolved Parliament and decided to rule alone
  • Charles II Stuart

    Charles II Stuart
    The son of Charles I was born.
  • Luis XIV Bourbon

    Luis XIV Bourbon
    Birth
  • Period: to

    Charles I

    There is a civil war in his country against the Scottish. Charles I and England lost.
  • Period: to

    Luis XIV Bourbon

    He was the king of France.
  • Charles I Stuart

    Death
  • William III Orange

    William III Orange
    Birth
  • Period: to

    Oliver Cromwell

    Served as Lord Protector of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.
  • Oliver Cromwell

    Death
  • Period: to

    Charles II Stuart

    Reign over England during the Restoration period
  • Period: to

    Restoration

    The Restoration started with Charles II Stuart becoming king.
  • Mary II Orange

    Birth
  • Peter the Great Romanov

    Peter the Great Romanov
    Birth
  • Period: to

    William III Orange and Mary II Orange

    marriage
  • Period: to

    Palace of Versailles Being Built

    The Palace of Versailles is where Luis XIV lived.
  • Period: to

    Peter the Great Romanov

    Peter the Great was the ruler of Russia. He westernized the Russian army and moved the capitol to from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
  • Charles II Stuart

    Death
  • Period: to

    Glorious Revolution

    This happened during William III and Mary II reign because they replaced the other James II as joint rulers.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights
    creation
  • Period: to

    Mary II Orange

    Reign over England
  • Period: to

    Mary II Orange

    Reign over England
  • Period: to

    William III Orange

    Reign over England
  • Mary II Orange

    Mary II Orange
    Death
  • William III Orange

    Death
  • Saint Petersburg

    Peter the Great moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg because he wanted a warm water port.
  • Frederick the Great Hohenzollern

    Frederick the Great Hohenzollern
    Birth
  • Luis XIV Bourbon

    Death
  • Peter the Great Romanov

    Death
  • Period: to

    Frederick the Great Hohenzollern

    He was the ruler of Prussia.
  • Period: to

    Frederick the Great Hohenzollern

    He was the ruler of Prussia.
  • Frederick the Great Hohenzollern

    Death