Hist
143 Informational Handout
Europe 1650 to 1789--Some useful dates
c. 1650 to c. 1750--period of Absolutism
in most European monarchies: centralization, dynastic wars,
attempted economic self-sufficiency ("mercantilism")
1642-1651--English Civil War:
Parliamentarians vs. Royalists. The Parliamentarians
won. Puritan general Oliver Cromwell more or less dominated
and ruled from about 1650 (he was "Lord Protector" from 1653) to
his death in 1658.
1660/61--Restoration of the crown in
England with crowning of Charles II.
1661-1715--Reign of Louis XIV in
France.
1688--The Glorious Revolution in
England. James II (Stuart) ousted; William and Mary accept
the throne and recognize the Bill of Rights.
1682-1725--Reign of Peter the Great in
Russia.
1740-1748--War of Austrian Succession
(pitting Frederick the Great of Prussia against Maria Theresa,
Empress of Austria).
1756-1763--Seven Years War.
1774--Louis XVI begins his reign in
France.
1775-1781--American Revolution and War
of the Revolution
1789--Beginning of French Revolution