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Period: Jul 25, 1554 to
Reign of Phillip II
Ruled one of the worlds largest empires wich included territoris in every continent known to europeans -
Aug 23, 1572
St. Barholomew's Day Massacre
a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion. -
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Reign of Henry of Navarre
He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty in France. -
Signing of the edict of Nantes
granted the Calvinist Protestants of France substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic -
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Reign of Louis XIII
Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1610 to 1643 -
Cardinal Richelieu appointed
a French clergyman, noble, and statesman -
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Reign of Louis XIV
His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days -
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Signing of the Peace of Westphalia
Series of Treaties anding 30 years war -
Louis XIV assumes full control of France
Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin