History timeline

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  • Mar 10, 1452

    King Ferdinand and Isabell

    The Catholic Monarchs were Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, whose marriage and joint rule marked the de facto unification of Spain.
  • Period: Jun 28, 1491 to Jan 28, 1547

    King Henry VIII

    King Henry VIII became king in 1509 after his father passed away. King Henry VIII's bible got poisoned and caused him to go mad, later one of his 6 wives Queen Catherine had discovered that her son Francis had killed King Henery VIII after him going mad.
  • Period: 1519 to 1521

    War of the Spanish Explorers

    The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was also known as the Conquest of Mexico or the Spanish-Aztec War. There were 6 spanish explorers that played an important role in colonizing the Americans.
  • Period: Aug 25, 1530 to

    Ivan the terrible

    Ivan the terrible was the prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547. He was also the first Tsar of Russia from 1547 until the time he passed.
  • Period: Jan 16, 1556 to

    Phillip ll

    Philip II was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He was also King of England and Ireland from his marriage to Queen Mary I.
  • Period: Nov 17, 1558 to

    Elizabeth l

    Elizabeth I was Queen of England in Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Queen Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor
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    Thirty years war

    The Thirty Years War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history. The Thirty Years War was a series of wars fought by European nations over an attempt by the king of Bohemia who was the future Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II.
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    English civil war

    The English Civil War was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. The English Civil wars main reason for starting is England's government issues of religious freedom.
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    Peter the Great

    Peter the Great was the Monarch of Russia who modernised the country and made it a European power. In 1703 Peter also was the founder of St. Petersburg in 1703.
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    King Louis XIV

    King Louis XIV established his country as the dominant European power. He also created a new modernized army and had dramatically increased Frances revenue.
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    The Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution is the term used for the events leading to the deposition of James II and VII.Also the replacement by his daughter Mary II and her husband and James nephew William III of Orange de facto ruler of the Dutch Republic.
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    Seven years war

    Seven years war was a global conflict involving most of the major European powers and many smaller European states. It also affected nations in Asia and America.
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    Louis XVI

    Ruled over France

  • May 5th, 1789 meeting with the Estates-General

    On May 5th, 1789 in Versailles marked the start of the French Revolution. There was also two other estates that were invited to join the French Revolution.

  • Tennis Court Oat

    The Tennis Court Oat was a dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the non privileged classes of the French nation. The Tennis Court Oath was also a pledge that was signed in the early days of the French Revolution and was an important revolutionary act.

  • Storming of the Bastille

    The Storming of the Bastille happened in Paris, France on July 14th 1789, when revolutionary insurgents stormed and seized control. They took control over the medieval armoury, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille.

  • Declaration of the rights of man

    The Declaration of the rights of man was a declaration that all men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Which were specified as the rights of liberty, private property, the inviolability of the person, and resistance to oppression.

  • Women's march on Versailles

    The March on Versailles stripped away the remaining independence of King Louis XVI, ending France's absolute monarchy and ushering in a short-lived period of constitutional monarchy. The Women's march on Versailles is also known as the October march.

  • Execution of King Louis XVI

    When a final decision on the question of a respite was taken on January 19, Louis was condemned to death by 380 votes to 310. He was guillotined in the Place de la Révolution in Paris on January 21, 1793 and Nine months later his wife met the same fate.
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    Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror was a period of the French Revolution when following the creation of the First Republic. A series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations.

  • Maximilien Robespierre's execution

    Robespierre and a number of his followers were arrested at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. The next day Robespierre and 21 of his followers were taken to the Place de la Révolution.
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    Peninsular War

    The Peninsular War was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. The First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars In Spain is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence.
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    French invades Russia

    Napoleon and his troops invade Russia. The campaign failed however because Napoleon and his men ran out of food and could not survive.

  • Napoleon is exiled to Elba

  • Napoleon dies

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    Nicholas ll (Romanov)

    Nicholas II was also known as Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov, known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer. Nikolai ll Alexandrovich Romanov was the last Emperor of Russia.