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Aug 24, 1572
St. Bartholomew's day Massacre
Huguenots and Cstholic nobles gathered to celebrate a royal wedding, violence led to a massacre of three thousand Huguenots -
Henry IV becomes King
A Bourbon prince ( huguenot leader) inherited French throne as Henry IV -
Edict of Nantes
Document that protects Huguenots religious toleration, let them fortify thier own towns and cities. -
Defenstration of Prague
Bohemian Protestants tossed two Catholic officials out of a window. -
Cardinal Richelieu Strengthens Monarchy
Defeated the private armies of nobles and destroyed their fortified castles. At the same time he smashed the wall cities of Huguenots and outlawed thier armies. -
Charles Signs Petition of Right
Because of Charles needs to raise taxes, it forced him to summon Parliament. Charles signed the petition of right THhs right prohibits the king from raising taxes, without the consent of PArliament or imprisoning anyone without just cause. -
English Civil War Begins
Lasted from 1642-1649 which posed a major challenge to the rise of absolute monarchs. in england the forces of revolution triumphed. -
Louis XIV becomes king
Five year old Loius XIV inherited the throne in 1643. After RIchelieus' death. -
Peace of Westphalia
The Thirty Years War ended in 1648 with the signing of this treaty. This reaafirmed the peace of Augsburg but added Calvinists to the religious choices -
Charles I executed
Parliament decided to put the king on trial, which was later found guilty and put to death because he was a tyrent, traitor, murderer, and public enemy. -
Creation of Commonwealth
parliament innacted a serious of laws to make sure that sunday was set aside for religious observance. puritan preachers tried to root out godlessnesss impose a "rule of saints" -
Creation of Versailles
Louis XIV wanted to make Versaillies the most magnificent building in Europe. It became the perfect symbol of the sun kings wealth, and power. -
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, and 100,000 Huguenots fled France. This took a major economic blow to the French economy -
Glorious Revolution
After will and mary landed with thier army james the second fled to france. This bloodless overthrown of a king became known as the glorious revolution. -
Creation of St. Petersburg
After capturing Swedish Territroy and fortifying the new lands along the baltic, peter first built himself living quarters in the form of a log cabin, this was the beginning of a new city. -
War of Spanish Succession
War of Spanish Succession dragged on until 1713, it ended when exhausted France signed treaty of Utrecht,
