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Sep 13, 1578
PHILIPH III OF SPAIN
Philip III of Spain, called "the Pious", was king of Spain and Portugal from September 13, 1598 until his death. He was the son of Philip II and Anne of Austria. -
30 YEARS WAR
The Thirty Years' War was a war fought in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, in which most of the great European powers of the time intervened. -
PHILIP IV OF SPAIN
Philip IV of Spain, called "the Great" or "the Planet King", was king of Spain from March 31, 1621 until his death, and of Portugal from the same date until December 1640, with the name Philip III. -
GALILEO PROVES THE EARTH ORBITS THE SUN
In 1632, Galileo published a book that said the Earth orbited the Sun. -
PACE OF WESTFALIA
The term Peace of Westphalia refers to the two peace treaties of Osnabrück and Münster, signed on October 24, 1648. -
CHARLES II OF SPAIN
Charles II of Spain, called "the Bewitched", was king of Spain between 1665 and 1700. Son and heir of Philip IV and Mariana of Austria. -
SPANISH WAR OF SUCCESSION
The Spanish War of Succession was an international conflict over the succession to the throne of Spain after the death of Charles II, which lasted from 1703 to 1713, although in Catalonia it lasted until 1714 and in Mallorca until 1715. It led to the establishment of the Bourbons in Spain. -
TREATY OF UTRECHT
It's a set of treaties signed by the antagonist states in the War of the Spanish Succession between the years 1713 and 1715 in the Dutch city of Utrecht and the German city of Rastatt. -
LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE DIED
Louis XIV, nicknamed the Great or the Sun King, was king of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign, of 72 years and 110 days, is the longest in history whose date can be verifiable. -
DIDERIOT AND D'ALEMBERT STARTED PUBLISHING THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
The first edition of the Encyclopedia published by Diderot and D'Alembert in Paris between 1751 and 1772. -
7 YEARS WAR
It was a global war that involved several European powers and their allies. The war lasted from 1756 to 1763 and was one of the largest wars of the time. Prussia, Great Britain, France, Austria, Sweden, Russia and Spain faced each other. -
FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The First Industrial Revolution began in the United Kingdom, specifically in the year 1760, thanks to scientific advances that were combined with a search for new production methods, subsequently spreading to the rest of Europe and the United States. -
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The American Revolution resulted directly from attempts to reform the British Empire after the Seven Years' War. The Seven Years' War culminated nearly half a century of war between the imperial powers of Europe. -
FRENCH REVOLUTION
The French Revolution was a social and political process that developed in France between 1789 and 1799 whose main consequences were the abolition of the absolute monarchy and the proclamation of the Republic, eliminating the economic and social bases of the Old Regime. -
EDWARD JENNER VACCINE
Edward Jenner, in 1796, discovered the smallpox vaccine, which was a decisive milestone in the protection of infectious diseases. In later years, other vaccines against diseases such as rabies, tuberculosis or polio would emerge.