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