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Period: Nov 5, 1400 to
Absolutism In France
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Nov 6, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day
Huguenots and Catholics were in a voilent killing spre murdering one onther as a rult 3000 Hugueenot were killed -
Henry IV
Henry IV became king in 1589 and stopped the fighting between Catholic and the Protestants in France, but in 1610 was assassinated -
Louis XIII
Son of Henry IV Louis took control of the throne when he was nine years old -
Cardinal Richelieu
Louis choose Richelie to be his cheif minister, and made France into a powerful conutry by giving the nobles less power -
Thirty Year War
a war Central Europe between multiple combatants that lasted thirty years -
Louis XIV
Louis holds the longest riegn in Franch history with 72 years -
The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Singed by Louis XIV to forces everyone to become Catholic -
War of the Spanish Succession
Louis declared Frabce and Spain should become one, but England did not agree with this, after the War france agreed no union will take place -
Treaty of Utrecht
Louis XIV signes the treaty -
Louis XIV dies
Louis dies in 1715 of gangrene
