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Jan 1, 1534
S3 Act of Supremacy
It was an English act of parliament that recognized Henry VIII as the Supreme head of the Church of England. The act also required an oath of loyalty from English subjects that recognized his marriage to Anne Boleyn. It was repealed in 1555 under Mary I, but in 1559 Parliament adopted a new Act of Supremacy during the reign of Elizabeth I. -
Oct 7, 1571
S1 Battle of Lepanto
It started with naval engagement between allied Christian forces and the Ottoman Turks during an Ottoman campaign to acquire the Venetian island of Cyprus. Naval engagement between allied Christian forces (Venice, the pope, and Spain) and the Ottoman Turks during an Ottoman campaign to acquire the Venetian island of Cyprus. -
S1 Spanish Armada
The spanish armada had a mission by orders of Philip 2 which was to conquer England. In the attempt of doing it, they failed making England still remain with their queen which was Queen Elizabeth 1. -
S2 Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes, issued on 13 April 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. In the Edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity. The Edict separated civil from religious unity, treated some Protestants for the first time as more than mere schismatics and heretics, and opened a path for secularism and tolerance. -
Start Of Thirty Years War S4
The Thirty Years War was a set of wars in central Europe. It also started as a confrontation between Protestants and Catholics. One of the most destructive wars in the history of Europe. -
S1 Charles 1 Hapsburg Empire
In 1521 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, split up the vast empire the Habsburg family owned. He gave his Austrian/German lands to his brother, Ferdinand. He gave his son Spain, Netherlands, parts of Italy, "New World" territories, and Portugal. -
S2 Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu
Louis XIII was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navarre from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged to the French crown. France's greatest victory in the conflicts against the Habsburg Empire during the period 1635-59 came at the Battle of Rocroi, five days after Louis's death, apparently from complications of intestinal tuberculosis. This battle marked the end of Spain's military ascendancy in Europe. -
S3 Petition of Right
It was a petition sent by Parliament to King Charles I complaining of a series of breaches of law. The petition sought recognition of four principles which were no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime. To continue receiving subsidies for his policies, Charles was compelled to accept the petition, but he later ignored its principles. -
S3 The English Civil War
The English Civil War started in 1642 when Charles I raised his royal standard in Nottingham. There were only three major battles in the English Civil War which were in Edge Hill (1642) Marston Moor (1644) and Naseby (1645). At the end of the Civil War, Charles was found guilty and was executed on January 30 1649 -
End of the Thirty Years War S4
Some of the consequences of the Thirty Year War were the division of Germany, limited the power of the Holy Roman Empire, descentralaized the power of Germany. -
Peace of Westphalia S4
It was a series of peace treaties signed at Osnabrück and Münster. These ended the Thirty Year War and the Eighty Years War -
Peter the Great sets OUT S5
He sets out in a 18 month trip. This trip was in order ot seek out allies against the Otoman empire. Though the trips purpose failed he aquired knowledge of the west. -
Start of The Great Northern War S5
Started when Russia and some other countries declared war. The reason for this is that the were against the Swedish alliance. -
S2 The War of Spanish Succesion
The War of the Spanish Succession was fought between two alliances of European powers, including a divided Spain, over who had the right to succeed Charles II as king of Spain.The war was fought mostly in Europe but included Queen Anne's War in North America. It was marked by the military leadership of notable generals including the Duc de Villars, the Jacobite Duke of Berwick, the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy. -
End of Great Northern War S5
Some of the effects that were seen after this war were the gaining of experience as a strategist for Peter I, and the gaining of a port towards the baltic sea for Russia. -
War of Austrian Succession S4
A series of wars which developed from the death of Charles the VI. It is said that this war started on December since Frederick II of Prussia invaded Silesia. -
Russia Gains a Warm Water Port S5
In the Russo-Turkish War Russia gained a Water port which let them trade and prosper with new ideas. This was gained by the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca.
