Sweatervest

Sky Hughes' World History 2 Timeline Chapter 21

By SkyHugs
  • 1492

    Spain expelled the Musims and Jews

  • 1552

    Ivan IV (the Terrible) became the Czar of Russia

  • 1556

    Philip II became the leader of Spain

  • 1563

    Philip II palace, Escorial, was built

  • 1568

    The Dutch revolt sgainst Spanish rule began

  • 1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre occurred

  • 1581

    The Dutch Republic was created

  • Philip II's Spanish Armada was defeated by England

  • Henry IV became the first king of the Bourbon dynasty in France

  • Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes

  • James I became the King of England

  • Miguel Cervantes published Don Quixote

  • Beginning of the Thirty Year's War

  • Charles I signed the Petition of Right in England

  • Frederick William became Elector of Brandenburg

  • The English Civil War began

  • Louis XIV became king of France

  • The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War

  • Oliver Cromwell became the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth in England

  • Charles II became the King of England (thus beginning the Restoration)

  • Jean Baptiste Colbert became minister of finance in France

  • Louis XIV's Palace of Versailes was completed

  • Peter I (the Great) became the Czar of Russia

  • Louis XIV cancelled the Edict of Nantes

  • James II became the King of England

  • William and Mary became the King and Queen of England (Glorious Revolution)

  • The English Bill of Rights was issued in England

  • Charles VI became the Hapsburg ruler

  • Treaty of Utrecht was signed ending the War of the Spanish Succession

  • Peter I moved the capital of Russia to St. Petersburg

  • Maria Theresa became the leader of Austria

  • Frederick II (the Great) became the leader of Prussia

  • The War of the Austrian Succession began

  • The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle was signed

  • The Seven Years' War began