Code Noir
Issues the Code Noir for French colonies.
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1685 in France
Explore 14 historical events and records for France in 1685.
Historical records for France in 1685
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Edict of Fontainebleau
Louis XIV, the grandson of Henry IV, renounces the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal with the Edict of Fontainebleau
Edict of Fontainebleau
Revokes the Edict of Nantes and outlaws Protestant worship.
Edict of Nantes
Revokes the edict in an effort to force all his subjects to practice Catholicism. Louis XIV, the grandson of Henry IV, renounces the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal with the Edict of Fontainebleau
Edict of Fontainebleau
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
Edict of Fontainebleau
Louis XIV orders the destruction of Huguenot churches, as well as the closing of Protestant schools
Edict of Fontainebleau
Makes official persecution enforced since the dragonnades created in 1681 by the King in order to intimidate Huguenots into converting to Catholicism
Edict of Fontainebleau
The Edict of Fontainebleau is issued by Louis XIV, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Fontainebleau is issued by Louis XIV, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Edict of Potsdam
Upon the revocation of the edict of Nantes, Frederick Wilhelm issues the Edict of Potsdam, which encourages Protestants to come to Brandenburg
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Edict of Nantes
Upon the revocation of the edict of Nantes, Frederick Wilhelm issues the Edict of Potsdam, which encourages Protestants to come to Brandenburg. Revokes the religious toleration of the Edict of Nantes
Fontainebleau Revokes Nantes Edict
Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, accelerating persecution and the flight of French Protestants from the kingdom.
Legislation
Louis XIV, the grandson of Henry IV, renounces the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal with the Edict of Fontainebleau
Reform of Slavery
Enacts the reforms of the Code Noir for slaves in the colonies
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