Chapter 15 Review: Important Events
1562 | French Wars of Religion begin |
1566 | Revolt of Calvinists against Spain begins in Netherlands |
1569 | Formation of commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania |
1571 | Battle of Lepanto marks victory of West over Ottomans at sea |
1572 | St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of French Protestants |
1576 | Spanish Fury erupts in Antwerp |
1588 | English defeat of Spanish Armada |
1598 | French Wars of Religion end with Edict of Nantes |
1601 | William Shakespeare, Hamlet |
1618 | Thirty Years’ War begins |
1625 | Hugo Grotius publishes The Laws of War and Peace |
1633 | Galileo Galilei forced to recant his support of heliocentrism |
1635 | French join the Thirty Years’ War by declaring war on Spain |
1648 | Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years’ War |
Consider two events: Thirty Years’ War begins (1618) and Hugo Grotius publishes The Laws of War and Peace (1625). How does the latter event represent an effort to grapple with the climate of religious violence?