Age of Absolutism in France

By brittanyhunt
  • Aug 24, 1572

    The Massacre of St. Bartholomew

  • Cardinal Richelieu was born

    Cardinal Richelieu was born

  • Henry IV became king

    Henry IV became king

  • Huguenots

  • Louis XIII became king

    Louis XIII became king

  • Henry IV dies

  • The Thirty Years War began

  • Cardinal Richelieu

  • Cardinal Mazarin takes over

    Cardinal Mazarin takes over

  • Louis XIV became king

    Louis XIV became king

  • The Fronde begins

    a series of street riots

  • Wars of Louis XIV

  • The Edict of Nantes was issued

  • Louis XV was born

    Louis XV was born

  • Louis XV dies