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May 13, 1543
Philip II gets married
Married princess Maria of Portugal. She died two years later, after giving birth to Don Carlos. -
Period: Jul 25, 1544 to
Reign of Phillip II
Philip II of Spain inherited the Kingdoms of Spain, Naples, and the Netherlands from his father Charles V -
Period: Jan 16, 1547 to
Reign of Ivan the Terrible
he was really bad and thought to be a vampire -
Period: Jul 24, 1567 to
Reign of James I
he was king of scotland -
Period: Aug 2, 1572 to
Reign of Henry of Navarre
Henry IV was King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first French monarch of the House of Bourbon. -
Signing of the edict of Nantes.
The Edict of Nantes, issued on 13 April 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic -
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Reign of Louis XIII
Louis XIII was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navarre from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged to the French crown. -
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Thirty Years War
fight over power, territory, and religon -
Cardinal Richelieu appointed.
Consecrated as a bishop in 1608, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a Cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. -
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Reign of Charles I
he was a monarch of three kingdoms -
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English Civil War
it was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations -
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Reign of Louis XIV
Louis XIV, France's Sun King, had the longest reign in European history (1643-1715). -
Signing of the Peace of Westphalia
he conferences, fixed for 1643, met in 1644 and began serious work in 1645. The treaties were signed Oct. 24, 1648. Through the French and Swedish "satisfactions" the power and influence of the Holy Roman Empire and of the house of Hapsburg were lessened. -
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Reign of Oliver Cromwell.
he was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. -
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Restoration of English Crown
The term Restoration in reference to the year 1660 refers to the restoration of Charles II to his realms across the British Empire at that time. -
Louis XIV assumes full control of France
Cardinal Mazarin ruled France in the king's name until Mazarin's death in 1661, when Louis XIV, at the age of 23, became his own chief minister and ruled personally until his death in 1715. -
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Palace at Versailless started / ended.
these are the years that the palace was most active -
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Reign of Peter the Great
he co ruled with ivan the terrible -
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Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution,[a] 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 an act to limit the power of the king -
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War of Spanish Succession
it was a ballte over who got the throne after the death of Charles II -
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Reign of Frederick the Great
he wasnt a nice guy -
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Reign of Maria Theresa
She was the only woman ruler in the 650 history of the Habsburg dynasty she was a very kind ruler -
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
the massacre began on 23 August 1572 two days after the attempted assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the military and political leader of the Huguenots. The king ordered the killing of a group of Huguenot leaders, including Coligny, and the slaughter spread throughout Paris. Lasting several weeks, the massacre expanded outward to other urban centres and the countryside. Modern estimates for the number of dead vary widely, from 5,000 to
