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Boulogne-sur-Mer in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Boulogne-sur-Mer in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

14 records7 event labels4 people1550โ€“1840

Historical events in Boulogne-sur-Mer

1550

1550
Capture of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Henry II ยท England War

Henry II captures Boulogne-sur-Mer from the English

1550
Siege of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Henry II ยท England War

Henry II captures Boulogne-sur-Mer from the English

March 1550
Treaty of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Henry II ยท House of Line of Anjou

France regains Boulogne-sur-Mer & Engand withdraw from Scotland. England receives 400,000 crowns & the release of John Knox

1573

1573
Wars of Religion, 4th
Henry III ยท Wars of Religion, 4th

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer ends the 4th War of Religion

11 May 1573
Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Charles IX ยท Wars of Religion, 4th

Hostilities end by the election (11ยฟ15 May 1573) of the Duke of Anjou to the throne of Poland and by the Edict of Boulogne (signed in July 1573), which curtailed many of the rights granted to French Protestants

8 July 1573
Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Charles IX ยท Roman Catholic Church

The Edict of Boulogne, also called the Edict of Pacification of Boulogne and the Peace of La Rochelle, is signed by King Charles IX of France in the Chateau de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne

8 July 1573
Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Charles IX ยท Roman Catholic Church

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer ends the 4th War of Religion favorably for the Huguenots

8 July 1573
Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Charles IX ยท Roman Catholic Church

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer officially ends the 4th phase of the French Wars of Religion (set off by the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in August 1572

8 July 1573
Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Charles IX ยท Wars of Religion, 4th

Huguenots are granted an amnesty for their past actions and the freedom of belief

8 July 1573
Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Charles IX ยท Wars of Religion, 4th

Huguenots are permitted the freedom to worship only within the towns of La Rochelle, Montauban, and Nimes within their own residences

8 July 1573
Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Charles IX ยท Wars of Religion, 4th

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer officially ends the 4th phase of the French Wars of Religion (set off by the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in August 1572

8 July 1573
Huguenots
Henry III ยท Roman Catholic Church

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer ends the 4th War of Religion favorably for the Huguenots

11 August 1573
Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Charles IX ยท Wars of Religion, 4th

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer is officially registered by the Parlement of Paris

1840

1840
Coup
Jean-Gilbert-Victor Fialin ยท Revolution of France

Propagandist in Boulogne-sur-Mer for the failed attempt by Louis-Napoleon to regain the throne

Provenance

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