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Period: 1453 to
XVI
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1515
Charles V (Carlos I) of the Holy Roman Empire
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1543
Publication of Copernicus' work De Revolutionibus Orbium Caelestium
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1545
The exploitation of the silver mines of Potosí (Bolivia) begins
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1563
Closing of the Council of Trent
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1571
The Holy League defeats the Turks in Lepanto
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Peace of Vernis. End of the Wars of Religion in France
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Period: to
XVII
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Galileo Galilei is condemned by the Inquisition for hererjy
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Louis XIV, the king of the sun, begins his reign
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Peace of Westphalia, the end of the Thirty Years' War: hegemony of France in Europe
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Newton formulates the law of gravity
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Period: to
Glorious Revolution in England
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John Locke Publishes Two Treatises on Civil Government
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Bank of London founded
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Period: to
War of succession to the Spanish crown
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Louis XIV dies. Gives the throne to Louis XV
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Period: to
War of succession in Poland
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Period: to
War of the Austrian Succession
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Publication of The Spirit of the Laws, by Montesquieu
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The first volume of the Encyclopedia appears
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The war of 7 years
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Rousseau's The Social Contract published
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Period: to
War of Independence of the United States of America.
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The French Revolution begins
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Death of George Washington
