Henry IV Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Edict of Nantes

Marks the end of eight religious wars that tore apart the population of France during the second half of 16th century. Issues the Edict of Nantes making limited concessions to the Huguenots

Role range: 1589-1610

Edict of Nantes

Offers freedom of conscience to individuals & specific concessions to the Protestants, such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights, including the right to work in any field or for the State and to bring grievances to the King

Role range: 1589-1610

Edict of Nantes

The Edict of Nantes is Issued by Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic

Role range: 1589-1610

Edict of Nantes

The Edict separates civil from religious unity, treats some Protestants for the first time as more than mere schismatics and heretics, and opens a path for secularism and tolerance

Role range: 1589-1610

Huguenots

Issued by Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic

Role range: 1589-1610

Huguenots

Marks the end of eight religious wars that tore apart the population of France during the second half of 16th century. Issues the Edict of Nantes making limited concessions to the Huguenots.

Role range: 1589-1610

Huguenots

Offers freedom of conscience to individuals & specific concessions to the Protestants, such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights, including the right to work in any field or for the State and to bring grievances to the King.

Role range: 1589-1610

Huguenots

The Edict separates civil from religious unity, treats some Protestants for the first time as more than mere schismatics and heretics, and opens a path for secularism and tolerance.

Role range: 1589-1610

Civil Rights

Offers freedom of conscience to individuals & specific concessions to the Protestants, such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights, including the right to work in any field or for the State and to bring grievances to the King

Role range: 1595-1598 – 1589-1610

Edict of Nantes

Offers freedom of conscience to individuals and specific concessions to the Protestants such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights

Role range: 1595-1598 – 1589-1610

Edict of Nantes

The Edict separates civil from religious unity, treats some Protestants for the first time as more than mere schismatics and heretics, and opens a path for secularism and tolerance. Signs the Edict of Nantes establishing the rights of the Protestants.

Role range: 1595-1598 – 1589-1610

Edict of Nantes

including the right to work in any field or for the State and to bring grievances to the King. Marks the end of eight religious wars that tore apart the population of France during the second half of 16th century

Role range: 1595-1598 – 1589-1610

Legislation

The Act legalising the Edict of Nantes is signed

Role range: 1589-1610

Edict of Nantes

The Act legalising the Edict of Nantes is signed

Role range: 1589-1610

Treaty of Vervins

Ends war between France & Spain

Role range: 1589-1610

Battle of Fontaine

Defeats the Spanish & drives them out of Burgundy

Role range: 1595-1598 – 1589-1610

Nantes Settlement Protects Minority Rights

The Edict of Nantes established limited religious and civil guarantees for French Protestants within a predominantly Catholic kingdom.

Marriage

Marries Marie de Medici

Role range: 1589-1610

Pont Neuf

The oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, its name, which was given to distinguish it from older bridges that were lined on both sides with houses, has remained. Standing by the western point of the Ile de la Cit‚, the island in the middle of the river Seine that was the heart of medieval Paris, it connects the Rive Gauche of Paris with the Rive Droite

Role range: 1589-1610

Pont Neuf

The bridge is completed under the reign of Henry IV, who inaugurated it in 1607

Role range: 1589-1610

Truce

Helps achieve the Twelve Year Truce between Spain & The Netherlands

Role range: 1589-1610

Pont Neuf

At the point where the bridge crosses the Ile de la Cit‚, there stands a bronze equestrian statue of King Henry IV of France, originally commissioned from Giambologna under the orders of Marie de M‚dicis, Henris widow and Regent of France, in 1614

Role range: 1589-1610