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The Baroque Period in art and music
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. -
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Reign of Louis XIV
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The English Civil War
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Height of Mercantilism in Europe
The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. -
The “Golden Age” of the Netherlands
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Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War
The Westphalia area of north-western Germany gave its name to the treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War, one of the most destructive conflicts in the history of Europe. -
Thomas Hobbes publishes The Leviathan
Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil—commonly referred to as Leviathan—is a book written by Thomas Hobbes and published in 1651. Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. -
The English Monarchy Restored
King Charles II, the first monarch to rule after the English Restoration. The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. -
Ottoman siege of Vienna
The Siege of Vienna in 1529 was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire, led by Suleiman the Magnificent, to capture the city of Vienna, Austria. -
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Fontainebleau was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state. -
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The Enlightenment
European politics, philosophy, science and communications were radically reoriented during the course of the “long 18th century” as part of a movement referred to by its participants as the Age of Reason. -
Newton’s publication of the Principia Mathematica
Widely regarded as one of the most important works in both the science of physics and in applied mathematics during the Scientific Revolution, the work underlies much of the technological and scientific advances from the Industrial Revolution -
The “Glorious Revolution”
The overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange).
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John Locke published Two Treatises of Government
The First Treatise is a criticism of Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha, which argues in support of the divine right of kings. The Second Treatise consists of a short preface and nineteen chapters. In chapter i, Locke defines political power as the right to make laws for the protection and regulation of property. -
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The Rococo Period in art and music
18th-century artistic movement and style, affecting many aspects of the arts including painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, decoration, literature, music, and theatre. -
The Agricultural Revolution
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War of Spanish Succession
First world war of modern times with theatres of war in Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland, and at sea. -
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Reign of Peter the Great
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War of Austrian Succession
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Reign of Maria Theresa of Austria
Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, and queen of Hungary and Bohemia, began her rule in 1740. She was the only woman ruler in the 650 history of the Habsburg dynasty. -
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Reign of Frederick the Great of Prussia
Prussia's King and established Prussia as a strong military power by expanding territories and winning wars. -
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Seven Years War
Conflict between Great Britain and France broke out in when the British attacked disputed French positions in North America and seized hundreds of French merchant ships. -
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American Revolution
A political upheaval when the colonies founded the the United States of America. -
First Partition of Poland
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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. -
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French Revolution
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Slave Revolt in Haiti
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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.