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The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly caused by the conflict, and it severely damaged the power of the French monarchy. [ 1 ]
The war marked a continuation of the France-Habsburg rivalry for pre-eminence in Europe, which led later to direct war between France and Spain. Military intervention by external powers such as Denmark and Sweden on the Protestant side increased the duration of the war and the extent of its devastation.
This is a timeline of French history, ... Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes to end the French civil war of religion. [3] 17th century. Year Date Event 1610:
The First French War of Religion (2 April 1562 – 19 March 1563) was the opening civil war of the French Wars of Religion.The war began when in response to the massacre of Wassy by the duc de Guise (duke of Guise), the prince de Condé seized Orléans on 2 April.
The War of the Three Henrys [1] (French: Guerre des trois Henri), also known as the Eighth War of Religion [1] (French: Huitième guerre de Religion), took place during 1585–1589, [1] and was the eighth conflict in the series of civil wars in France known as the French Wars of Religion. [1] [a] It was a three-way war fought between:
Anglo-French War (1557–1559) Location: Pale of Calais. Siege of Calais (1558) Kingdom of France Kingdom of England: French Victory French Wars of Religion (1562–1628) First War (1562–1563) Second War (1567–1568) Third War (1568–1570) Fourth War (1572–1573) Fifth War (1574–1576) Sixth War (1576–1577) Seventh War (1579–1580) War ...
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 .
The French Wars of Religion refers to a prolonged period of war and popular unrest between Roman Catholics and Huguenots (Reformed/Calvinist Protestants) in the Kingdom of France between 1562 and 1598.