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1775 BCE
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783. American colonies separated from Great Britain. -
1775 BCE
The Classical Period in art and music
The name classical is applied to the period because in art and literature, there was keen interest in, admiration for. Emulation of the classical artistic and literary heritage of Greece and Rome. -
1754 BCE
Seven Years War
The seven years war ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1763. Which started the beginning of British Dominance outside Europe. -
1740 BCE
War of Austrian Succession
War over whether Maria Theresa should keep the Austrian Throne. Maria Theresa ends up keeping the Austrian Throne. -
1701 BCE
War of Spanish Succession
War for Spain and France to unite against most of Europe. This war ended with decision that Philip could be King of Spain. -
1700 BCE
The Rococo Period in art and music
Rococo art is considered Playful, graceful, light, delicate, elegant.The rococo art symbolize the last style of the French empire -
1688 BCE
The “Glorious Revolution”
The Glorious Revolution was when William of Orange took the English throne from James II in 1688. The event brought a permanent realignment of power within the English constitution. -
1685 BCE
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Fountainhead was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as The Edict of Fountainhead. The Edict of Nantes had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state. -
1673 BCE
Test Act in England
The Test Acts were a series of English penal laws that served as a religious test for public office. English statute that excluded from public office all those who refused to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, -
1672 BCE
Reign of Peter the Great
Peter the Great was the 14th child of Czar Alexis by his second wife,Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina. Ruled jointly with his brother Ivan V from 1682, then Ivan died in 1696, so that meant peter was officially declared Sovereign of all Russia. -
1660 BCE
The English Monarchy Restored
The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660. That's when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. -
1643 BCE
Reign of Louis XIV
King Louis XIV known was known as the sun king. A monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643. He died in 1715. -
1642 BCE
The English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. They were fighting over the manner of England's government. -
1632 BCE
John Lock
he was an enlightened thinker who urged that the role of government is to protect the people from themselves. He also used idea of Natural Rights. -
1600 BCE
The Baroque Period in art and music
The Baroque is thought of as a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear. Baroque music is a style of Western art music composed from approximately 1600 to 1750. -
1568 BCE
The “Golden Age” of the Netherlands
The Golden Age produced a high standard of living where wealth was being distributed more equally than any other place in Europe.The first half is characterized by the Eighty Years' War which ended in 1648. -
Ottoman siege of Vienna
In the summer of 1683, the main army of the Ottoman Empire, a large and well-equipped force, besieged Vienna. On September 12th, in an open battle before Vienna, the Ottoman army was defeated, and the city escaped pillage and destruction. -
Height of Mercantilism in Europe
Mercantilism was an economic "system" that developed in Europe during the period of the new monarchies culminated with the rise of the absolutist states
