Rise of Absolutism in Europe

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  • Jan 1, 1500

    Portugal claims Brazil

    Through Treaty of Tordeseilles Portugal is able to claim Brazil
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Rise of Absolutism in Europe

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Decline of Absolutism in Spain

  • Period: Jan 1, 1509 to Jan 28, 1547

    Reign of King Henry VIII in England

  • Ferdinand Magellan Leads First Expedition to Circumnavigate the Globe
    Jan 1, 1512

    Ferdinand Magellan Leads First Expedition to Circumnavigate the Globe

    Magellan was a Porteguese sailor in the Spanish service
  • Erasmus Publishes Greek New Testament; More, Utopia
    Jan 1, 1516

    Erasmus Publishes Greek New Testament; More, Utopia

  • Martin Luther writes Ninety-Five Theses
    Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luther writes Ninety-Five Theses

  • Jan 1, 1519

    Hernán Cortes captures Aztec Captial - Tenochtitlán

  • Charles V Begins Reign
    Jan 1, 1519

    Charles V Begins Reign

  • Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Jan 1, 1522

    Height of Portuguese Exploration

  • Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Sep 21, 1556

    Charles V Reign over Spain

    Also rules as Holy Roman Emporer over Holy Roman Empire. Was a powerful player in the Hundred Years War.
  • Period: Oct 7, 1520 to Oct 7, 1566

    Height of Ottoman Empire

    The Ottoman Empire was at its height under Sultan Suleiman I
  • Jan 1, 1521

    Tenochtitlán is renamed New Spain

  • May 7, 1522

    Martin Luther translates the New Testement to German

  • Lefévre d'Étaples translates the New Testement to French
    Oct 7, 1522

    Lefévre d'Étaples translates the New Testement to French

  • Period: May 1, 1524 to Jul 1, 1525

    German Peasants' War

    Revolts among the German Peasants which resulted in the harsh executions of the leaders of the revolts
  • Aug 1, 1527

    Charles V's Imperial Troops Attack Rome

  • Period: Oct 1, 1529 to Oct 4, 1529

    Colloquy of Marburg

    Meeting between the magistrates and evangellical princes.
  • Mar 1, 1534

    Henry VIII Breaks with Rome

    Due to personal and political reasons regarding Henry's heir, Henry VIII splits from Rome therefore splitting from the Chruch
  • Oct 7, 1534

    Luther completes a translation of the Old Testement

  • Oct 18, 1534

    Affair of the Placards of France

  • Jan 1, 1536

    Calvin Publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion

  • Oct 7, 1540

    Charles V Imposes Welfare Tax in Spain

  • Period: Oct 7, 1553 to Oct 7, 1558

    "Bloody" Mary Reigns over England

    Restores Catholocism
  • Michael Servetus is arrested and labeled a heretic In Geneva
    Oct 27, 1553

    Michael Servetus is arrested and labeled a heretic In Geneva

    The Spanish physician published books attacking Calvin and questioning the trinity, resulting in his arrest and being burnt on the stake in Geneva, Switzerland
  • Sep 5, 1555

    Peace at Augsburg

  • Period: Jan 16, 1556 to

    Phillip II King of Spain

    Considered most powerful ruler in Europe
  • Treaty of Cáteau-Cambrésis
    Apr 3, 1559

    Treaty of Cáteau-Cambrésis

    Brought Peace between France and Spain
  • King Henry II of France is Killed
    Jul 10, 1559

    King Henry II of France is Killed

    King Henry II dies in a jousting accident
  • Period: Jan 1, 1560 to

    Religious Conflicts Threaten State Power

  • Period: Dec 5, 1560 to May 30, 1574

    Charles IX rules France

    After his father and his brother's deaths, Carles IX becomes king
  • Period: Oct 7, 1562 to

    French Wars of Religion

  • Oct 7, 1566

    Calvinists attack churches in the Netherlands

  • Oct 7, 1569

    Poland and Duchy of Lithuania unite in a single Commonwealth

  • St. Batholomew's Day Massacre
    Aug 24, 1572

    St. Batholomew's Day Massacre

  • Period: Oct 7, 1574 to

    King Henry III Rules as king of France

  • Nov 7, 1576

    Philip II's armies sack Antwerp

    After going unpaid for a significant amount of time, the armies ravaged Europe's most wealthy city.
  • Assassination of William of Orange

    Assassination of William of Orange

    Main leader in the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish
  • Defeat of Spanish Armada by Elizabeth I

    Defeat of Spanish Armada by Elizabeth I

  • England Defeats Spanish Armada

    England Defeats Spanish Armada

  • Henry III of France is Killed

    Henry III of France is Killed

    He is stabbed to death by a Fanatical Monk
  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes

    Grants Huguenots of France the freedom to worship in public as well as other rights
  • Shakespeare's Hamlet is published

    Shakespeare's Hamlet is published

  • Miguel de Cervantes publishes Don Quixote

    Miguel de Cervantes publishes Don Quixote

  • Period: to

    Louis XIII Ruling of France

  • Bohemian Protestants protest against Holy Roman Emporer

    They were protesting against the Holy Roman Emporer because of his attempts to rid their religious freedom
  • Defenestration of Prague

    Defenestration of Prague

  • Period: to

    The Thirty Years' War

  • The Laws of War and Peace is published by Grotius

  • Galileo is forced to recant

    Galileo is forced to recant

  • French declare war on Spain

  • Period: to

    English Civil War

  • Period: to

    Louis XIV is King

  • Louis XIV becomes King of France.

    Louis XIV becomes King of France.

    Son of Louis XIII
  • Period: to

    Treaties of Westphailis

    Treaties that ended the Hundred Years' War

  • Spain recognizes Dutch independence

  • Period: to

    The Fronde Revolt in France

  • Charles I beheaded

    Charles I beheaded

  • Leviathan by Hobbes is published

  • Monarchy Restored in England

  • Barbados institutes slave code

  • Period: to

    War if Devolution

    One of the wars of Louis XIV. Enemies: Spain, Dutch Republic, England, and Sweden. Ended by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle- which resulted in France gaining Flanders
  • Period: to

    Battle of Vienna

  • Austrian Habsburgs break Turkish siege of Vienna

  • Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes

  • William III of Orange and Mary are crowned joint monarchs

    were monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland