timeline of absolutism
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Spain and France 1555- Peace at Augsburg 1588- Spanish Armada Defeated 1643-1715 - Louis XIV rules Europe 1661- Palace of Versailles ConstructedTRANSCRIPT
Timeline of Absolutism
Spain and France
1555- Peace at Augsburg1588- Spanish Armada Defeated1643-1715 - Louis XIV rules Europe1661- Palace of Versailles Constructed
Thirty Years War and Central Europe
1618-1648- Thirty Years War1648- Peace of Westphalia1740- Maria Theresa takes throne in Austria1740- Frederick the Great takes power in Prussia1756-1763- Seven Years War
Russia
• 1533-1581- Ivan the Terrible in power
• 1696- Peter the Great and Romanov family takes control
• 1703- St. Petersburg Constructed
English Civil War1642- English Civil War Begins1649- Charles I killed, Oliver Cromwell takes power1685- James II takes power, absolutism returns. 1688- William and Mary take power, Glorious Revolution1689- English Bill of Rights passed