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39 Cards in this Set
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Death of Henry II
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1559
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Protestant duc de Conde sentenced to Death
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1560
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Death of Francis II
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1560
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First battle of Wars of Religion
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1562
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Catholic duc de Guise assassinated
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1563
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Edict of Amboise by Catherine of Medicis grants protestants limited worship
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1563
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Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre
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1572
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Accession of Henry III
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1574
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Formation of Catholic League
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1576
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Death of duc d'Anjou, leader of politiques, leaves Henry of Navarre heir to throne
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1584
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Catherine de Medicis dies
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1589
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Henry III assassinated
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1589
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Henry IV crowned
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1594
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Edict of Nantes
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1598
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Margaret of Parma named Spanish regent of the Netherlands
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1559
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Calvinist iconoclasm begins revolt
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1566
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Duke of Ala arrives in Netherlands, establishes the Council of Blood
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1567
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Protestant Count Egmont executed
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1568
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Protestants capture Holland and Zeeland
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1572
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Alba relieved of command
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1573
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Sack of Antwerp; pacification of Ghent
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1576
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Catholic and Protestant provinces split
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1581
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Spanish forces take Brussels and Antwerp
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1585
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Twelve Years' Truce
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1609
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Defenestration of Prague
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1618
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Ferdinand Habsburg elected Holy Roman Emperor
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1619
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Frederick of Palatinate accepts the crown of Bohemia
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1619
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Catholic victory at battle of White Mountain
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1620
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End of Twelve Year's Truce; war resumes between Spain and the Netherlands
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1621
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Danes form Protestant alliance under Christian IV
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1626
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Spain declares bankruptcy
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1627
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Gustavus Adolphus leads Swedish forces into Germany
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1630
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Sack of Magdeburg; Protestant victory at Breitenfeld
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1631
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Protestant victory at Lutzen; death of Gustavus Adolphus
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1632
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France declares war on Spain
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1635
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Portugal secedes from Spain
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1640
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Battle of Rocroi; French forces repel spaniards
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1643
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Peace of Westphalia
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1648
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Death of Louis XIII
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1643
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