Absolutism timeline

  • Jun 28, 1491

    Henry VIII Tudor

    Henry VIII Tudor
    Birth
  • Period: Apr 21, 1509 to Jan 28, 1547

    Henry VIII Tudor

    Ruled
  • Feb 18, 1516

    Mary I Tudor

    Mary I Tudor
    Born
  • May 21, 1527

    Philip II Hapsburg

    Philip II Hapsburg
    Born
  • May 23, 1533

    Henry VIII Tudor

    First divorce
  • Sep 7, 1533

    Elizabeth I Tudor

    Elizabeth I Tudor
    Born
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Henry VIII Tudor

    Established Anglican church with act of supremacy.
  • Oct 12, 1537

    Henry VIII Tudor

    Son, Edward VI. Born
  • Oct 12, 1537

    Edward VI Tudor

    Edward VI Tudor
    Born
  • Jan 28, 1547

    Henry VIII Tudor

    Death
  • Period: Jan 28, 1547 to Jul 6, 1553

    Edward VI Tudor

    Ruled
  • Period: Jul 1, 1553 to Nov 17, 1558

    Mary I Tudor

    Ruled England BLOODY MARY
  • Jul 6, 1553

    Edward VI Tudor

    Death
  • Jul 1, 1554

    Philip II Hapsburg

    Married Mary Tudor I
  • Period: Jan 1, 1556 to

    Philip II Hapsburg

    King of Spaniards
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Mary I Tudor

    death
  • Period: Nov 17, 1558 to

    Elizabeth I Tudor

    Ruled, never married
  • Period: Jan 1, 1580 to

    Philip II Hapsburg

    King of Portuguese
  • Period: to

    Philip II Hapsburg

    Spanish armada attacking England
  • Elizabeth I Tudor

    Defeated Spanish armada in battle
  • Philip II Hapsburg

    Died
  • Oliver Cromwell

    Oliver Cromwell
    Birth
  • Oliver Cromwell

    death
  • Charles I Stuart

    Charles I Stuart
    Born
  • Elizabeth I Tudor

    Death
  • Period: to

    Charles I Stuart

    Ruled England
  • Charles II Stuart

    Charles II Stuart
    Birth
  • Louis XIV Bourbon

    Louis XIV Bourbon
    Born
  • Period: to

    Louis XIV Bourbon

    ruled as King of France from 1643 until 1715
  • Charles I Stuart

    Death
  • Period: to

    Oliver cromwell

    Lord protector of commonwealth
  • Louis XIV Bourbon

    Established Treaty Of The Pyrenees
  • Period: to

    Charles II Stuart

    Ruled England/Ireland/Scotland
  • Peter the great Romanov

    Peter the great Romanov
    Birth
  • Period: to

    Peter the great Romanov

    Tsar of Russia
  • Charles II Stuart

    Death
  • Period: to

    William and Mary Orange

    reign over England
  • English bill of rights

    Passed
  • Peter the great Romanov

    Moved capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg
  • Fredrick II Hohenzollern

    Fredrick II Hohenzollern
    Born
  • Louis XIV Bourbon

    Died
  • Period: to

    Peter the great Romanov

    Emperor of Russia
  • Peter the great Romanov

    Death
  • Period: to

    Fredrick II Hohenzollern

    Ruled as king of Prussia
  • Fredrick II Hohenzollern

    Death
  • Charles I Stuart

    Signed the Petition of right on June 7th 1628