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1593

Henry IV Converts to Catholicism

July 25, 1593

The Protestant king of France Henry of Bourbon, unable to enter Paris while it held out under the Catholic League, abjured Calvinism and attended Mass at Saint-Denis. Paris is worth a mass, he reportedly quipped. Within a year he would ride unopposed into his capital and begin the slow business of reconciliation.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: 1592: London's Rose Theatre
After: February 27, 1594: Henry IV Crowned at Chartres

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Before: 1592: Philippine Missions Expand
After: February 5, 1597: Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan

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Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.