The timelines of France and England

By turnt_up_turtle
  • Nov 3, 1508

    War of the League of Cambrai

    War of the League of Cambrai
    1508-1516
  • Nov 3, 1529

    Henry VIII summons the “Reformation Parliament

    Henry VIII summons the “Reformation Parliament
  • Nov 3, 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    Act of Supremacy
    Henry VIII declared supreme head of the Church of England
  • Nov 3, 1555

    England returns to Roman Catholicism

    England returns to Roman Catholicism
  • Nov 3, 1562

    French wars of religion

    French wars of religion
    1562-1598
  • Nov 3, 1572

    St. Bartholomew Day Massacre

    St. Bartholomew Day Massacre

  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes
    King Henry IV created the Edict of Nentes, which allowed tolerance to French Protestants and earned him a few more allies.

  • Assassanation

    Assassanation
    When Henry was assassinated in 1610, the throne fell to nine-year-old Louis XIII. Because the new king was too young to govern, his key minister, Cardinal Richelieu, had almost full reign to shape France as he saw fit. He immediately began building an absolute monarchy, picking up where Henry left off and adding innovations of his own. Over the next few years, Richelieu: Centralized the government and created an efficient bureaucracy loyal to the king.
    Diminished the power of the nobility and e

  • Thirty Years War

    1618-1648

  • Petition of Right

    Parliament trades taxation increase for basic legal rights

  • Scottish Revolt

    results from Charles I’s attempt to impose the English Prayer Book on Scottish Presbyterian Church

  • Franco-Spanish War

    1635-1659

  • Short Parliament

    Charles attempt to raise taxes to fight the war (disbanded after only a month)

  • Absolure Monarchy

    Richelieu died in 1642, France was just about an absolute monarchy. When Louis XIII died the following year, his five-year-old son, Louis XIV, assumed the throne. The king's new minister, Cardinal Mazarin, continued to follow in Richelieu's strategy, and by the time Louis was ready to rule in his own right in 1661, he was truly an absolute monarch.

  • English Civil War

    1642-1651 starts when Charles declared war against opponents in Parliament

  • Peace of Westphalia

  • Pride’s Purge

    all non-Puritans and Presbyterians removed from Parliament leaving only the “Rump Parliament

  • Interregnum

    1649-1660 rule without king

  • Act of Settlement

    Catholic property given the Protestant settlers

  • Treaty of Utrecht

    Ended France expansion and and war of spanish succsesion