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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 ...
List of wars involving Francia (France before 987) List of wars involving France (France after September 1792: First to Fifth Republic, First and Second Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, and Vichy France) List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560; List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) Military history of France
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
The French attack against the Vaudois was a systematic military campaign in 1686 ordered by Louis XIV against a small Protestant community across the French border in Piedmont. As a result of the campaign, the Vaudois were expelled from their homes, but they returned during the War of the Grand Alliance under an agreement reached with Victor ...
The Battle of Malakoff (1855) during the Crimean War, by Horace Vernet (1858) List of battles involving France, Francia and the Franks may refer to: Entire pre-987 wars involving the Franks and Francia, see List of wars involving Francia. Specific pre-987 battles involving the Franks and Francia, see List of battles involving the Franks and ...
The dragonnades caused Protestants to flee France, even before the Edict of Fontainebleau of 1685 revoked the religious rights granted them by the Edict of Nantes. Most Huguenot refugees sought refuge in countries such as Switzerland , the Dutch Republic (from where some migrated to the Cape Colony in southern Africa ), England , and the German ...
He ordered the council draw up a list of Protestants in the city, which was happily complied with by the city council. [38] They provided Cerny a list of 25 names in September. [39] No action was taken with the information on this list, as it was apparent the named were either not actually Protestants or presented no military threat to the city ...