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Period: 1509 to 1547
Reign of Henry VIII
England -
Oct 31, 1517
Posting of 95 Thesis
Posted on Church doors at Wittenberg -
Period: 1519 to 1556
Reign of Emperor Charles V
Holy Roman Empire -
1531
Henry VIII Splits from Catholic Church
Wanted a divorce from Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boylen -
Period: 1540 to 1555
German War of Religion
against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, a catholic -
1545
Council of Trent
Catholic Church, reaffirmed the doctrine of indulgences -
Period: 1547 to 1553
Reign of Edward VI
England, Protestant, 9 years old when came to the throne -
Period: 1553 to 1558
Reign of Bloody Mary
England, Catholic -
1555
Peace of Augsburg
Germany, the princes religion so is the state religion -
Period: 1558 to
Reign of Elizabeth I
England, Protestand -
Period: 1562 to
French Wars of Religion
Unrest between Catholics and Huguenots -
Sep 9, 1567
William of Orange, The Council of Blood
Netherlands, 12,000 people were charged with heresy or edition -
Aug 24, 1572
St Bartholomew's Day Masacre
Huguenots murdered -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Decisive battle of Western History -
Edict of Nantes
Offered limited religious freedom to Huguenots -
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Reign of King James 1
(King James VI of Scotland) -
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Reign of Louis XIII
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30 Years War
Started as religious war and became a war of international conflict -
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Reign of Charles I
son of James I, married Catholic daughter of King Louis XIII -
Petition of Right
Parliament says King is under them and gave him rules to follow -
King Charles I raise an Army
open warfare between King and Parliament -
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English Civil War
Parliament vs Monarch (Absolute Rule/Divine Right) -
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Reign of Louis XIV
France -
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Rule of Oliver Cromwell
Leader of the Commonwealth -
Peace of Westphalia
Ended the 30 Years War, Spain declined, France became dominate power -
Charles I beheaded
House of Lords - abolished
England became a republic -
Cromwell Death's
Restoration of the Monarch -
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Reign of Charles II
Model rule after French Absolutism -
Great Fire of London
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James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
Illegitimate son of Charles II, Tried to take the throne -
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Reign of James II
Charles II brother, zealous Catholic -
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Glourious Revolution
Bloodless Revolution -
English Bill of Rights
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Reign of William and Mary of Orange
Daughter of James II -
Act of Succession
Ordained every future monarch be a member of the Church of England -
Act of Union
Between Scotland and England, Catholic heirs of James II would in future have no more right to throne of Scotland and England