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Period: Dec 3, 1533 to
Reign of Ivan the Terrible
Decribed as inteligent and devout, but was insane and pissed all the time. -
Period: Jan 16, 1556 to
Reign of Phillip II
He was shy and serious and deeply religous. He trusted no one and had an ugly smile. -
Period: Jun 9, 1572 to
Reign of Henry of Navarre
Enacted Edict of Nantes. Enough said -
Aug 23, 1572
St. Barholomew's Day Massacre
Crippled Hugenot growth due to the death of many of its leaders -
Signing of Edict of Nantes
Religous freedoms and civil unity -
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Reign of James I
Continued Golden Age! -
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Reign of Louis XIII
Participated in the Thirty Years War against the Hapsburgs -
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Thirty Years War
One of the most destructive wars in Europes History. Religous conflict between Protestants and Catholics. -
Cardinal Richelieu is appointed
Elected Chief Minister in 1624. He gained much power because of a weak king. -
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Reign of Charles I
Charles' last years were marked by the English Civil War, in which he fought the forces of the English and Scottish Parliaments, which challenged the king's attempts to overrule and negate Parliamentary authority, whilst simultaneously using his position as head of the English Church to pursue religious policies which generated the antipathy of reformed groups such as the Puritans. -
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English Civil War
Fight between Parliamentary people and Royalists. -
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Reign of Louis XIV
Made France an awsome world power -
Peace of Westphalia
The treaties resulted from the first modern diplomatic congress, thereby initiating a new system of political order in central Europe, later called Westphalian sovereignty, based upon the concept of a sovereign state governed by a sovereign. -
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Reign of Oliver Cromwell
First lord protector of England. Killed Charles I to get his role. -
Restoration of English Crown
The Restoration of the monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. -
Louis XIV gains full control of France
He gained full control after the death of his prime minister, since he earned the throne at age 4. -
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Reign of Peter the Great
Created a policy of modernization and expansion that transformed Russia. In Russia, western hams you. -
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Palace of Versailles
Palace was huge, but had no bathroom. It was awsome until the royal family had to move out in 1789. -
Glorious Revolution
The overthrow of king James II of England. -
English Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was passed by Parliament on 16 December 1689.[2] It was a re-statement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary -
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War of Spanish Succession
Fought among several European powers, including France. It started because Philip took Spanish throne. -
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Reign of Maria Theresa
Was the only female ruler of the Hapsburg dominions. The End -
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Reign of Frederick the Great
King of Prussia, fan of Enlightment thinking.
