Explore 5 historical events and records for Germany in 1685.
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The Edict of Potsdam gives French Huguenots tax-free status for ten years and allows them to hold French-language church services. Issued as a response to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by the Edict of Fontainebleau, the Edict of Potsdam gives French Huguenots safe passage to Brandenburg-Prussia
The Edict of Potsdam gives French Huguenots tax-free status for ten years and allows them to hold French-language church services. Issued as a response to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by the Edict of Fontainebleau, the Edict of Potsdam gives French Huguenots safe passage to Brandenburg-Prussia
Offers refuge to French Huguenots after Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes
Breaks the alliance with France & concludes a defensive pact with Holland
Following the persecution of Huguenots the Brandenburg elector welcomed French Protestant refugees who established a community in Magdeburg.
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