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Huguenot History & Timelines:

Some important events of Huguenot history are:

1562: Edict of St. Germain gave legal recognition to Protestants in France.

1562-1598: The Wars of Religion, ie. eight wars between the French Catholics (with the Spanish as allies) and the Protestants (sometimes backed by the English, Germans, and Swiss).

1568: Edict of St. Maur forbade ministers to hold services or meetings under penalty of death.

1572: Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre on 23/24 August when many thousands of Huguenots were murdered in Paris and other parts of France.

1598: Edict of Nantes by Henri IV allowed freedom of worship to all Protestants in France and granted them certain civil rights.

1685: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV removed any rights previously granted to Protestants and imposed harsh penalties on them.

The following web sites provide a wide range of information about historical events pertaining to Huguenots and/or Walloons:

See also, on this web site: Who were the Huguenots & Walloons?

~ http://www.genealogyforum.com/gfaol/resource/Huguenot/hug0006.htm: Huguenot Timeline: Huguenot & Protestant Reformed Chronology. This is part of the Genealogy Forum Huguenot Resource Center website at: http://www.genealogyforum.com/gfaol/resource/Huguenot/index.htm.

~ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4040/hist-hug.htm: The Viljoen Family web site which includes a chronology and description of historical events concerning Huguenots.

~ http://www.kopower.com/~jimchstn/timeline.htm: Huguenot & Protestant Reformed Chronology. Part of the Pierre Chastain Family Association web site.

~ http://www.HightowerTrail.com/Index.html+1: Huguenot History and Timeline. Includes further links.

~ http://history.hanover.edu/texts/barth.htm: A contemporary account of events surrounding the St. Batholomew's Day Massacre by historian De Thou (1553-1617) who, as a young man, witnessed this event. From Readings in European History, J.H. Robinson, ed., published 1906.

~ http://huguenot.netnation.com/general/dates/htm: Important Dates in Huguenot History. A short, very basic timeline. Part of The National Huguenot Society (of the U.S.) web site.

~ http://www.home.aone.net.au/mclark/huguenot_history.htm: Huguenot history. Includes further links.

~ http://palissy.humana.univ-nantes.fr/CETE/TXT/EDN/index.html: Complete French text of L'edict de Nantes. Bibliography.

~ http://www.edit-de-nantes.com/: also Edict of Nantes in French

~ http://www.mairie-nantes.fr/ENGLISH/EDITNANTES.HTM: Edict of Nantes (in English)

~ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/3809/Huguen.htm: Brief historical background. English translation of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes of 1685. Poem, several related links.

~ http://history.hanover.edu/early/nonantes.htm: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (in English)

~ http://www.lepg.org/wars.htm & http://www.lepg.org/wars2.htm: The Wars of Religion, Part 1 & Part 2. They are on Le Poulet Gauche website which is "a guide to the history, culture, and daily life of 16th century France".

~ http://www.leaderu.com/cyber/books/foxmartyr/index.html -- Fox's Book of Martyrs, written by 16th century English author John Fox, is a history of early Christian and Protestant martyrs which is not confined to the history of the Huguenots. Includes sections on Germany, the Netherlands, England, Ireland and Scotland as well as a chapter on the life of John Calvin.

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