History chapter 18-19

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  • 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    The Peace of Augsburg was a temporary settlement with the Holy Roman Empire of the religious conflict arising from the Reformation. Each prince was to determine whether Lutheranism or Roman Catholicism was to prevail in his lands. Poeople who had a belief or opinion were allowed to emigrate , and free cities were obligated to allow both Catholics and Lutherans to practice their religions.
  • 1562

    French wars of Religion begin

  • 1571

    Christian Alliance

  • Rule of Shah Began

    Abbas the Great, Shah of Persian from 1588 to 1629 strengthened the Safavid Dynasty by expelling Ottoman and Uzbek troops from Persian soil and by creating a standing army. Because he was unable to fight a war on two fronts. In 159 he signed a peace treaty with the Ottomans. Thus freeing himself for an offensive against the Uzbeks. By the treaty, large areas in west and northwest Persia were ceded to the Ottomans.

  • Edict of Nantes issued

    Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes in 1598. The edict put a temporary end to the violent religious wars between ROman Catholics and Protestants which had torn France apart since the 1500s. It gave the Huguenots the right to worship and to enjoy all political privileges.

  • Victory at battle of Sekigahara

  • Start of the Thirty Years’ War

    These Wars started in 1618 . A series of battles were fought over most of Europe as mercenary army pursued a “wolf-strategy,” living off the lands where they fought. In 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia ended the war. The thirty year war was fought between Catholics and Protestants and also drew in the national Aries of France, Spain, and the Habsburg dynasty that ruled the Holy Roman Empire.

  • Shakespeare’s First Folio is Published

  • English Found Massachusetts Bay Colony

    Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled in 1630 by a group of Puritan refugees from England under Giverner John Winthrop and Deputy Governor Thomas Dudley. The Massachusetts Bay company had obtained from King Charles I a charter empowering the company to trade and colonize in New England between the Charles and Merrimack rivers.

  • Ming Dynasty is overthrown

    In 1644 they entered the capital city of Beijing and established the Qing Dynasty. The Ming became one of the most stable but also one of the mos autocratic of all Chinese dynasties. During the Ming Period CHina exerted the cultural and political influence on Asia and the Turks, and also on Vietnam and Myanmar to the south.

  • Oliver Cromwell begins reign as Lord Protector of England

  • Ottomans unsuccessful besiege Vienna

    This resulted in their defeat by a combined force led by John III Sobieski of Poland. They failed to capture the city, showing that the Ottoman EMpire had reached the limit of its expansion of Central Europe.

  • John Locke publishes Two Treaties

  • Louis XV of France comes to the Throne

  • Delhi, in Mogul India, is destroyed by Persians

    The Mughal capital of Delhi is occupied and then sacked. All Mughal territories north of the Indus River are annexed by the Persian Emprie. The Battle of Karnal in 1739 was a military victory for Nader Shah during his invasion of the Mughal Dynasty.