Chronology

ca. 1500–1650Consolidation of serfdom in eastern Europe
1533–1584Reign of Ivan the Terrible in Russia
1589–1610Reign of Henry IV in France
1598–1613Time of Troubles in Russia
1620–1740Growth of absolutism in Austria and Prussia
1642–1649English civil war, which ends with execution of Charles I
1643–1715Reign of Louis XIV in France
1653–1658Military rule in England under Oliver Cromwell (the Protectorate)
1660Restoration of English monarchy under Charles II
1665–1683Jean-Baptiste Colbert applies mercantilism to France
1670Charles II agrees to re-Catholicize England in secret agreement with Louis XIV
1670–1671Cossack revolt led by Stenka Razin
ca.1680–1750Construction of absolutist palaces
1682Louis XIV moves court to Versailles
1682–1725Reign of Peter the Great in Russia
1683–1718Habsburgs push the Ottoman Turks from Hungary
1685Edict of Nantes revoked in France
1688–1689Glorious Revolution in England
1701–1713War of the Spanish Succession