Chronology

ca. 1500–1650 Consolidation of serfdom in eastern Europe
1533–1584 Reign of Ivan the Terrible in Russia
1589–1610 Reign of Henry IV in France
1598–1613 Time of Troubles in Russia
1612–1697 Caribbean islands colonized by France, England, and the Netherlands
ca. 1620–1740 Growth of absolutism in Austria and Prussia
1642–1649 English Civil War, ending with the execution of Charles I
1643–1715 Reign of Louis XIV in France
1651 First of the Navigation Acts
1653–1658 Oliver Cromwell’s military rule in England (the Protectorate)
1660 Restoration of English monarchy under Charles II
1665–1683 Jean-Baptiste Colbert applies mercantilism to France
1670–1671 Cossack revolt led by Stenka Razin
1682 Louis XIV moves court to Versailles
1682–1725 Reign of Peter the Great in Russia
1683–1718 Habsburgs push the Ottoman Turks from Hungary
1685 Edict of Nantes revoked
1688–1689 Glorious Revolution in England
1701–1713 War of the Spanish Success
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