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Apr 5, 1462
Ivan III (of Russia)
Ruled from 4/5/1462 to 11/6/1505
Died
Event 1: Expanded territory greatly, forming the muscovy
Event 2: Annexed Yaroslavl
Event 3: Annexed Novgorod
Event 4: Invaded Lithuania
Rurik Dynatsy
Grade: A
Reasoning: He expanded territory, annexed two countries and invaded one which are all positive for him and his country. -
Jun 28, 1491
Henry VIII (of England)
Ruled from 6/28/1491 to 1/28/1547
Died
Event 1: Separated Englnd from the Catholic Church
Event 2: Formed the Anglican Church
Event 3: Became King of Ireland
Event 4: Married six times
The Tudors
Grade: B
Reasoning: He separated England from the church, formed his own church and became king of Ireland which are all positive but he was married six times which is looked at negatively. Grade: B -
Mar 14, 1516
Charles I (of Spain)
3/14/1516-1/16/1556
Retired
Event 1- Italian wars against France
Event 2: Fought Protestantism
Event 3: Colonization of Americas
Event 4: 5 Ships to Megellan
Hapsburg Valois-Burgundy
Grade: A
Reasoning: Fought well in wars and against protestantism, colonized country and successfully sent 5 ships to Megellan Hapsburg Valois Burgundy -
Dec 12, 1533
Ivan IV (of Russia)
Ruled from 12/12/1533 to 1/26/1547
death from stroke
Event 1: Ivan has his own police hunt down and kill traitors
Event 2: Great Fire of 1547
Event 3: Polish-Lithuanian raids, Tartar invasions
Event 4: Conquest of Kazan and Astrakhan
Marries Anastasia Romanovna, then married Marie Tscerkaski
Grade: C
Reasoning: Considered a good ruler until his wife died then sort of went downhill, becoming irrational and violent. -
Jan 28, 1547
Edward VI (of England)
Ruled from 1/28/1547 to 7/6/1553
death-tuberculosis
Event 1: King & Head of Church at 9 years old
Event 2: Church of England becomes prominently Protestant
Event 3: Book of Common Prayer introduced
Event 4: rebellions in Cornwall and Devin
Son of King Henry VIII
Grade: B
Reasoning: King at 9, his religion spread well and became prominent, introduced very important book...all positive. BUT, rebellions against him were obviously negative. -
Jul 19, 1553
Mary I (of England)
Ruled from 7/19/1553 to 11/17/1558\
Died
Event 1: Act of succession
Event 2: King Edward becomes King
Event 3: Fakes Pregnancy
Event 4: Battle of St. Quentin
Daughter of Ann Boelyn, Sister of Queen Elizabeth
Grade: C
Reasoning: Was a very average ruler with some embarassing events such as faking her own pregnancy
Event 4: -
Jan 16, 1556
Philip II (of Spain)
Ruled from 1/16/1556 to 9/13/1598
Cancer
Event 1: Colonize Philippines
Event 2: Dutch Republic
Event 3: Spanish Armada/Invade England
Event 4: Defend Catholic Church
Hapsburg
Grade: A
Reasoning: Was very good at expanding territory and defending his beliefs.
Grade: B -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I (of England)
Ruled from 11/17/1558 to 3/24/1603
Died
Event 1: Expansion overseas
Event 2: Exectued Mary
Event 3: Poor Laws
Event 4: defeated attempts of invasion
Mary I, Thomas Seymour
Grade: B
Reasoning: Very strong ruler, defeating just about all in her path, although her laws are considered fairly poor. -
Henry IV (of France)
Ruled from 8/2/1589 to 5/14/1610
Assasinated
Event 1: Makes peace with Henry of Navarre
Event 2: Battle of Coutras
Event 3: Battle of Ivry
Event 4: Battle of Fontaine-Française
Huguenot, Navarre
Grade: B
Reasoning: Intelligent peace-maker, Strong miltary mind but lacked in a lot of other fields -
Philip III (of Spain)
Ruled from 9/13/1598 to 3/31/1621
death while retreating from crusade
Event 1: Duke of Lerma
Event 2: Lerma Falls
Event 3: acquired Portugal, despite the Dutch Revolution
Event 4: expulsion of Moriscos from Spain
Hapsburg
Grade: B
Reasoning: Expanded very well, overcame revolutions but his duke-ship fell with Lerma -
James I (of England)
Ruled from 3/24/1603 to 3/27/1625
death by arthritis
Event 1: Crowned King of Scott at 13 months
Event 2: imprisonment
Event 3: Spanish Armada Crisis
Event 4: tobacco tax imposed, by him
Son of Mary and Henry Stuart
Grade: D
Reasoning: He was crowned Scottland's king at 13 months but other than that he pretty much failed as ruler with being imprisoned, the spanish armada and by imposing an ill recieved tobbacco tax -
Louis XIII (of France)
Ruled from 5/14/1610 to 5/14/1643
Died
Event 1: late to power
Event 2: daughter couldnt get throne
Event 3: french monarchy
Event 4: married a lot of women
France
Grade: D
Reasoning: Although he did strengthen the French Monarchy he also married a lot of women, failed to give his daughter the throne and was intially pretty late to power.
Grade: D -
Michael I (of Russia)
Ruled from 2/21/1613 to 7/12/1645
Died
Event 1: founded the Romanov Dynasty
Event 2: ended time of troubles (political and social chaos)
Event 3: peasantry was further reduced to serfdom
Event 4: peace was temporarily obtained with Poland and Sweden
son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov & Xenia
Grade: A
Reasoning: excellent ruler, brought peace and ended economic troubles of his people along with becoming the founder of the powerful Romanov dynasty.
Grade: A -
Ferdinand II (Central Europe)
Ruled from 8/28/1619 to 2/15/1637
Died
Event 1: Onate Treaty
Event 2: Thirty Years War
Event 3: Edict of Restitution
Event 4: Peace of Prague
Hapsburg, son of Charles II, Archduke of Austria, and Maria Anna of Bavaria
Grade: B
Reasoning: Well established peace maker but was also involved in thirty years war which wasnt good for anybody considering money loss and loss of men. -
Philip IV (of Spain)
Ruled from 3/31/1621 to 9/17/1665
Died
Event 1: King of Aragon and Portugal
Event 2: 30 years war
Event 3: Increased spanish Military
Event 4: Crisis of the Monarchy
Hapsburg
Grade: C
Reasoning: Although increasing spains miliitary and becoming a king, he endured several crisis'
Grade: C -
Charles I (of England)
Ruled from 3/27/1625 to 1/30/1649
decapitation
Event 1: Prince of Wales
Event 2: raise revenue by non-parliamentary means
Event 3: Cromwellian Interregnum
Event 4: English Civil War
Son of James VI and Anne of Denmark,Married Princess Maria
Grade: D
Reasoning: Went against parliament; endured a civil war and the Cromwellian interregnum. But he was made prince.. -
Fredrick William (TGE) (Hohenzollerns)
Ruled from 12/1/1640 to 4/29/1688
Died
Event 1: king of prussia
Event 2: known as soldier king
Event 3: tried to centrilize and improve prussia
Event 4: encouraged farming, restoring marshes, and stored grain in good times, to save for the bad
Son of frederick and sophia
Grade: A
Reasoning: Considered a strong man/leader and overall he improved his country greatly in all aspects -
Louis XIV (of France)
Ruled from 5/14/1643 to 9/1/1715
Died
Event 1: Crowned and Consecrated at Rheims
Event 2: Pays 5 million Francs for Dunkirk
Event 3: ends the regale dispute with the papacy
Event 4: extends the advantages held by the Dutch in respect of French tariffs
Teresa, Spain
Grade: B
Reasoning: His only real negative event was having to pay 5 million Francs -
Oliver Cromwell (of England)
Ruled from 12/16/1653 to 9/3/1658
Died
Event 1: military and political leader
Event 2: more tolerant towards protestants
Event 3: member of parliment
Event 4: no military background but had interesting tactics
Son of Robert Cromwell & Elizabeth Steward
Grade: A
Reasoning: Considered a strong political and military leader, was a tolerant/understanding man and was also considered intelligent.
Grade: A -
Charles II (of England)
Ruled from 5/29/1660 to 2/6/1685
Executed
Event 1: killed at the climax of the English Civil War
Event 2: regained the crown
Event 3: Great plague
Event 4: great fire
son of King Charles I & Henrietta Maria of France
Grade: D
Reasoning: Although he did regain his crown he also had to endure the great fire, plague and was killed in english civil war -
Charles II (of Spain)
Ruled from 9/17/1665 to 11/1/1700
executed
Event 1: King of England,Scotland and Ireland
Event 2: Battle of Worcester, defeated
Event 3: King during English Intergnum (Commonwealth)
Event 4: Joined alliance with King Louis of France
Hapsburg
Grade: C
Reasoning: Decent leader, intelligent, but was taken over fairly easily -
Peter I (of Russia)
Ruled from 5/7/1682 to 2/8/1725
Death, bladder infection
Event 1: Aided the Westernization of Russia
Event 2: Moved capital to St. Petersburg
Event 3: Fought with Sweden, got St. Petersburg
Event 4: Streltsy Rebellion
Romanov
Grade: A
Reasoning: Expanded territory well, made smart decisions in regards to allegiances -
James II (of England)
Ruled from 2/6/1685 to 12/231688
Died
Event 1: last roman catholic to regin over ireland, england and scotland
Event 2: pro french, pro catholic
Event 3: tried having absolute monarchy
Event 4:divine rights of kings
second son of charles, brother charles II
Grade: B
Reasoning: Sort of failed in creating absolute monarchy, but other wise had a smooth rule -
Fredrick I (Hohenzollerns)
Ruled from 4/29/1688 to 2/25/1713
Died
Event 1: elected king of germany
Event 2: crowned roman emperor by pope
Event 3: tried to restore order in germany
Event 4: 4 italian campagins
Son of Fredrick
Grade: B
Reasoning: Clearly somewhat popular judging by the fact that he was crowned several different times but wasn't so successful in his attempt to restore Germany -
Mary II (of England)
Ruled from 2/13/1689 to 12/18/1694
Died
Event 1: her and husband, william, ruled together
Event 2: glorious revolution
Event 3: bill of rights
Event 4: both william and mary are protestants
married to william, father was james II
Grade: B
Reasoning: Only problem was that ruling with her husband might have hindered her power if only slightly -
William III (of England)
Ruled from 2/13/1689 to 3/8/1702
Died
Event 1: prince of orange
Event 2: participated in several wars against catholic king of france
Event 3: people viewed him as a campion of fatih
Event 4: victory of james at battle of boyne
married to mary, father was william II
Grade: A
Grade: A -
Philip V (of Spain)
Ruled from 11/16/1700 to 1/14/1724
Died
Event 1: war of spanish sucession
Event 2: one of the shortest regins in history
Event 3: stole throne from son
Event 4: involved in multiple wars
Hapsburg
Grade: D-
Grade: D- -
Charles VI (Central Europe)
Ruled from 10/12/1711 to 10/20/1740
Death, eating poisonous mushrooms
Event 1 War of Spanish Succession
Event 2 Pragmatic Sanction
Event 3 Founded Ostend Company
Event 4 War of Polish Succession
Hapsburg -
Fredrick William I (Hohenzollerns)
Ruled from 2/25/1713 to 5/31/1740
Uknown
Event 1: war of spanish succession
Event 2: dictated manual of regulations for state officials
Event 3: Great Northern War
Event 4: Resettled East Prusia
Frederick I of Prussia and Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
Grade: B-/C+
Grade: C -
Louis XV (of France)
Ruled from 9/1/1715 to 5/10/1774
death of gangreen
Event 1: gained austrian netherlands
Event 2: seven years war
Event 3: Almost murdered
Event 4: french revolution
Louis
Grade: C-
Reasoning: Only highlight was gaining of Austria/Netherlands
Grade: C -
Fredrick II (Hohenzollerns)
Ruled from 5/31/1740 to 8/17/1786
Died
Event 1: one of the most powerful holy roman emperors
Event 2: king of the romans
Event 3: age of 3, crowned king of sicly
Event 4: patron of the arts and science
Henry VI was father
Grade: A
Reasoning: enlightened man, just an overall powerful, strong leader
Grade: A -
Maria Theresa (Central Europe)
Ruled from 10/20/1740 to 11/29/1780
Died from illness
Event 1: Invasion of Silesia
Event 2: Seven Years War
Event 3: Coronation in Hungary
Event 4: Smallpox Outbreak
Daughter of Charles VI and Elizabeth Christine.
Grade: D
Grade: D -
Catherine II (of Russia)
Ruled from 7/9/1762 to 11/6/1796
Stroke
Event 1: Englightenment
Event 2: The Treaty of Seville
Event 3: The French & Indian War
Event 4: Copenhagen Fire
Daughter of Christian Augustus and Johanna Elizabeth
Grade: B
Reasoning: Endured Copenhagen fire
Grade: C -
Louis XVI (of France)
Ruled from 5/10/1774 to 9/21/1792
execution
Event 1: tries to flee Paris
Event 2: Takes over after Louis XV dies
Event 3: birth of 3 children
Event 4: put in prison
antonia, Louis XV
Grade: D
Reasoning: Only highlight was taking over after his father dies
