Revocation of Edict of Nantes
October 18, 1685
Louis XIV revoked the nearly ninety-year-old toleration granted by Henry IV and ordered all Protestant worship in France suppressed. Churches were demolished; pastors were exiled; other Huguenots were forbidden to leave but fled anyway. Perhaps two hundred thousand skilled workers carried their trades to London, Berlin, and Amsterdam, enriching France's rivals with the talent and capital it had expelled.
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Also in 1685 (4 other events on record)
- Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti Born · Europe · Culture
- James II Takes the English Throne · Europe · Politics
- Huguenots Flee to Brandenburg · Europe · Politics
- Monmouth Rebellion · Europe · War
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Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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