Unit Two Key Dates- AP European History

The Elizabethan Settlement

1559

 Mary Tudor (a.k.a. Bloody Mary) becomes Queen of England and attempts to restore the authority of the Catholic Church in England. 

1553

Jan Hus is burned at the stake

1415

Ottomans capture Constantinople , the seat of the Byzantine Empire

1453

 Concordat of Bologna gives the French King the right to appoint bishops in France, and the Pope the right to collect income from French Churches; Charles V becomes King of Spain after Ferdinand’s death

1516

Martin Luther nails the 95 Theses on the door of All Saints Church in Wittenberg, Germany

1517

 Charles V becomes Holy Roman Emperor with death of Maximilian I.

1519

The English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy, which made Henry VIII the supreme head of the Church of England and severed ties with the Catholic Church. 

1534

Mary dies and Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England.

1558

Massacre of Vassy sparks the Riots of Toulouse and the French Wars of Religion

1562

 St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

1572

Henry IV (previously known as Henry Navarre) ascends the throne of France

1589

Henry IV converts to Catholicism

1593

Edict of Nantes makes Catholicism the official religion of France and allows Huguenots freedom of worship in certain French Provinces.

1598

Peace of Westphalia

1648

 Death of King Matthias of Bohemia and conflict over his successor begins the Thirty Years’ War

1618