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Nov 11, 1492
Colombus Voyage
Self explanatory :) -
Nov 11, 1516
Charles V
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Period: Nov 11, 1516 to Nov 11, 1556
Charles V
-Hapsburg
-Known as the Holy Roman Emperor
-eventually gave up lands of his vast empire and devided them
-also gave up the throne to Philip II -
Nov 11, 1556
Philip II
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Period: Nov 11, 1556 to
Phillip II
-SUPER committed to Spain and to the new administration
-Ruled during the counter reformation (key role)
-Very ambition-->resulted in great disaster and loss of funds (too ambitious one could say?) -
Michael Romanov
-Elected as czar -
Period: to
Thirty Years War:
-Richelieu-->strengthen France
-"last" religious war betweens protestants and catholics
-fought in Germany
-Participants (Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden, Hapsburgs)
-signed the Treaty of Westphalia
-split up lands and ended fighting -
Period: to
Cardinal Richelieu
-French political genius
-Ultimate goal: strengthen France to supremacy
-Wanted to destroy the power of the nobility and the Huguenots (protected by the Edict of Nantes)
-Planned to lessen th power of the Spanish and the Austrians -
Louis XIV
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Period: to
Louis XIV
-Absolute power (believed in the divine right of kings)
-Colbert: his financial expert
-Reorganized the army (400,000 standing)
ballance of power= France vs. Netherlnd, England, Austria, and Spain
-Lived in extreeeme wealth (Versailles)
-Believed he was god- "The Sun King" -
Period: to
Peter the Great
-Westernization of St. Petersburg/Russia overall
-Foreign trade (encourged)
-Followed absolutist ideas -
Period: to
Maria Theresa
Conflict in Hapsbrug power--> Austrian war of Secession -
Period: to
Frederick the Great
-Expanded Prussian territories-->fought for Silesia from M. Theresa
-23 years at war, 23 years in peace -
Maria Theresa Crowned
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First Partition of Poland
