| A | B |
|---|
| 1589-1610 | Henry IV in France/Edict of Nantes |
| 1602 | Dutch East India Company founded |
| 1603 | James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England |
| 1628 | Petition of Right |
| 1640-1680 | Golden Age of Dutch Art (Vermeer, Van Steen, Rembrandt) |
| 1642-1649 | English civil war ends with execution of Charles I |
| 1643-1715 | Louis XIV in France |
| 1660 | Restoration of English monarchy under Charles II |
| 1664-1683 | Jean-Baptiste Colbert applies mercantilism to France |
| 1685 | Edict of Nantes Revoked |
| 1688 | “Glorious Revolution” |
| 1701-1713 | War of the Spanish Succession |
| 1707 | Act of Union between England and Scotland |
| 1713 | Peace of Utrecht ends the War of the Spanish Succession |
| 1400-1650 | Re-emergence of serfdom in eastern Europe |
| 1462-1505 | Reign of Ivan II in Russia |
| 1533-1584 | Reign of Ivan the Terrible in Russia |
| 1620 | Habsburgs crush Protestantism in Bohemia |
| 1680-1750 | Construction of Baroque Palaces |
