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9 February – Pierre Bourdelot, physician, anatomist, freethinker, abbé and libertine (born 1610) 25 March – Nicolas Robert, miniaturist and engraver (born 1614) 30 October – Michel Le Tellier, statesman (born 1603)
This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic. For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France. For pre-987 wars, see List of wars involving ...
The Edict of Fontainebleau (18 October 1685, published 22 October 1685) was an edict issued by French King Louis XIV and is also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes (1598) had granted Huguenots the right to practice their religion without state persecution.
The Doge of Genoa at Versailles on 15 May 1685 Reparation faite à Louis XIV par le Doge de Gênes.15 mai 1685 by Claude Guy Halle, Versailles. In 1682, François Pidou de Saint Olon had become the first French resident envoy to the Republic of Genoa, [2] and he was actively involved in the bombardment: indeed he communicated precious information to the French about the defence of Genoa and ...
View history; Tools. Tools. ... 1685 in the French colonial empire (3 C) Pages in category "1685 in France" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total
The French population was dissatisfied with the terms, considering the French conquests during the war. 1763: 10 February: Seven Years' War: France and some allied and enemy nations sign the Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years' War, resulting in a major blow on French colonial possessions. 1768: 15 May
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Huguenots also fled to Brazil, where they founded the city of Saint-Louis-de-Maragnan (present-day São Luís, in the state of Maranhão), which is the only Brazilian capital founded by the French. Today among the remnants of the French Huguenot colonization of the city, there is a museum dedicated to the Huguenots, and the place where the ...