Chapter 21

Reign of Ivan the Terrible

Period: Jan 1, 1533 to Jan 1, 1584

Reign of Phillip the II

Period: Jul 25, 1554 to Nov 17, 1558

Reign of James I

Period: Jul 24, 1567 to Mar 16, 1625

St. Barholomew's Day Massacre

Aug 23, 1572

Reign of Henry Navarre

Period: Aug 2, 1589 to Feb 27, 1610

Signing of the Edict of Nantes

Apr 13, 1598

Reign of Louis XIII

Period: May 14, 1610 to May 14, 1643

Thirty Years War

Period: Jan 1, 1618 to Jan 1, 1648

Cardinal Richelieu appointed

Jan 1, 1624

Reign of Charles I

Period: Mar 27, 1625 to Jan 30, 1649

English Civil War

Period: Jan 1, 1642 to Jan 1, 1649

Reign of Louis XIV.

Period: May 14, 1643 to Sep 1, 1715

Signing of the Peace of Westphalia

Jan 1, 1648

Reign of Oliver Cromwell

Period: Jan 1, 1649 to Jan 1, 1658

Louis XIV assumes full control of France

Jun 7, 1654

Restoration of English Crown

Period: Jan 1, 1660 to Jan 1, 1710

Palace at Versailless started / ended.

Period: Jan 1, 1682 to Oct 1, 1789

Glorious Revolution

Period: Jan 1, 1685 to Jan 1, 1688

English Bill of Rights

Jan 1, 1689

Reign of Peter the Great

Period: Jan 1, 1696 to Jan 1, 1725

War of Spanish Succession

Period: Jan 1, 1701 to Jan 1, 1714

Reign of Frederick the Great

Period: May 31, 1740 to Aug 17, 1786

Reign of Maria Theresa

Period: Oct 20, 1740 to Nov 29, 1780