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Ottoman siege of Vienna
was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire, led by Suleiman the Magnificent, to capture the city of Vienna, Austria. It's important because it signaled the pinnacle of the Ottoman Empire's power and the maximum extent of Ottoman expansion in central Europe. -
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The Baroque Period in art and music
is a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, theater, and music. It is important because the Baroque era were the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation; the development of the Baroque style was considered to be closely linked with the Catholic Church. -
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The English Civil War
was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government. It's important because it stemmed from conflict between Charles I and Parliament over an Irish insurrection. -
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Reign of Louis XIV
was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France. This was important because of the extension of absolute royal rule and the building of the palace at Versailles. -
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Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War
was an European settlements of 1648, which brought to an end the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch and the German phase of the Thirty Years' War. It's important because the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, France, Sweden and the Dutch Republic agreed to respect one another's territorial integrity. -
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The " Golden Age" of the Netherlands
The "Golden age" of the Netherlands were a period in time were Dutch trade, science, military, and art that were among the most acclaimed in the world. It is important because it compasses most of the 17th century. -
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Thomas Hobbes Publishes
He wrote about the ideal of a civil government. Although he is not as widely cited for his economic theories as he is for his political theories. Hobbes believed that equal justice includes the equal imposition of taxes. It Is important because the work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory -
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The English Monarchy Restored
is when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It's important because a new political settlement was established. -
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Test Act in England
The Test Acts were a series of English penal laws that served as a religious test for public office and imposed various civil disabilities on Roman Catholics and nonconformists. It is important because it enforced upon all persons filling any office, civil or military, the obligation of taking the oaths of supremacy and allegiance and subscribing to a declaration against transubstantiation and also of receiving the sacrament within three months after admittance to office. -
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Reign of Peter the Great
was when Pete ruled jointly with his brother Ivan V until he died and then Peter was officially declared Sovereign of all Russia. It's important because he led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political systems with ones that were modern, scientific, westernized, and based on The Enlightenment which made a lasting impact on Russia and many institutions of Russian government trace their origins to his reign. -
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Revocation of the Edicts of Nantes
Louis XIV had revoked ( cancelling, removed from) the Edicts of Nantes which had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state. It was important because it had led to the suppression of the Reformed Church in France and forced the protestants to exile/hide. -
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Newton’s publication of the Principia Mathematica
three books by Newton about the work underlies much of the technological and scientific advances from the Industrial Revolution. It's important because it helped create the Industrial Revolution. -
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The “Glorious Revolution”
was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau. It's important because William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascending of the English throne as William III of England jointly with his wife Mary II of England. -
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John Locke Publishes Two Treaties of Government
The book is about: The First Treatise is a criticism of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, which argues in support of the divine right of kings and the second one is about Locke defining political power as the right to make laws for the protection and regulation of property. It is important because he influenced the people to form governments through a social contract to preserve their inalienable natural rights to “life, liberty, property." -
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The Rococo Period in art and music
is an 18th-century artistic movement and style, affecting many aspects of the arts including painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, decoration, literature, music, and theater. It's important because it was developed as a reaction against the grandeur, symmetry, and strict regulations of the Baroque -
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The Classical Period in art and music
Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music and is less complex. Its important because it saw the introduction of a form which has dominated instrumental composition to the present day