Louis XIV Sun King18 October 1685
Louis XIV, the grandson of Henry IV, renounces the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal with the Edict of Fontainebleau
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Louis XIV, the grandson of Henry IV, renounces the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal with the Edict of Fontainebleau
Revokes the Edict of Nantes and outlaws Protestant worship.
Louis XIV claims that out of a Huguenot population of 800,000 to 900,000, only 1,000 to 1,500 had remained in France
Louis XIV orders the destruction of Huguenot churches, as well as the closing of Protestant schools
Makes official persecution enforced since the dragonnades created in 1681 by the King in order to intimidate Huguenots into converting to Catholicism
The Edict of Fontainebleau is issued by Louis XIV, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
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