European History 1500-1700

By SRandow
  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Reign of Henry VIII

    England
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Posting of 95 Thesis

    Posted on Church doors at Wittenberg
  • Period: 1519 to 1556

    Reign of Emperor Charles V

    Holy Roman Empire
  • 1531

    Henry VIII Splits from Catholic Church

    Wanted a divorce from Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boylen
  • Period: 1540 to 1555

    German War of Religion

    against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, a catholic
  • 1545

    Council of Trent

    Catholic Church, reaffirmed the doctrine of indulgences
  • Period: 1547 to 1553

    Reign of Edward VI

    England, Protestant, 9 years old when came to the throne
  • Period: 1553 to 1558

    Reign of Bloody Mary

    England, Catholic
  • 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    Germany, the princes religion so is the state religion
  • Period: 1558 to

    Reign of Elizabeth I

    England, Protestand
  • Period: 1562 to

    French Wars of Religion

    Unrest between Catholics and Huguenots
  • Sep 9, 1567

    William of Orange, The Council of Blood

    Netherlands, 12,000 people were charged with heresy or edition
  • Aug 24, 1572

    St Bartholomew's Day Masacre

    Huguenots murdered
  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada

    Decisive battle of Western History
  • Edict of Nantes

    Offered limited religious freedom to Huguenots
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    Reign of King James 1

    (King James VI of Scotland)
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    Reign of Louis XIII

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    30 Years War

    Started as religious war and became a war of international conflict
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    Reign of Charles I

    son of James I, married Catholic daughter of King Louis XIII
  • Petition of Right

    Parliament says King is under them and gave him rules to follow
  • King Charles I raise an Army

    open warfare between King and Parliament
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    English Civil War

    Parliament vs Monarch (Absolute Rule/Divine Right)
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    Reign of Louis XIV

    France
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    Rule of Oliver Cromwell

    Leader of the Commonwealth
  • Peace of Westphalia

    Ended the 30 Years War, Spain declined, France became dominate power
  • Charles I beheaded

    House of Lords - abolished
    England became a republic
  • Cromwell Death's

    Restoration of the Monarch
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    Reign of Charles II

    Model rule after French Absolutism
  • Great Fire of London

  • James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth

    Illegitimate son of Charles II, Tried to take the throne
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    Reign of James II

    Charles II brother, zealous Catholic
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    Glourious Revolution

    Bloodless Revolution
  • English Bill of Rights

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    Reign of William and Mary of Orange

    Daughter of James II
  • Act of Succession

    Ordained every future monarch be a member of the Church of England
  • Act of Union

    Between Scotland and England, Catholic heirs of James II would in future have no more right to throne of Scotland and England