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The Huguenots were led by Jeanne d'Albret; her son, the future Henry IV (who would later convert to Catholicism in order to become king); and the princes of Condé. The wars ended with the Edict of Nantes of 1598, which granted the Huguenots substantial religious, political and military autonomy.
3 Huguenots and 5 non-religious people massacred by Catholics Massacre of Vassy: 1 March 1562: Wassy: 80 Catholics Murder of Huguenots by forces of the Duc de Guise. [15] Castelnaudary massacre 22 March 1562: Castelnaudary: 60 Catholics Huguenots burned alive in their place of worship by Catholics. Massacre of Sens: 12 April 1562: Sens: 100 ...
Seven children's homes housing 240 children were established by the end of 1942. Former mayor Charles Guillon was well-connected and helped Strong and the YMCA open one of the children's home at the Maison des Roches in October 1941. Eighty-six children, at least 46 of whom were Jews, were housed at Maison des Roches for varying periods of time.
The Hasbrouck family was an early immigrant family to Ulster County, New York, and helped found New Paltz, New York.The Hasbrouck family were French Huguenots who fled persecution in France by moving to Germany, [citation needed] and then the United States.
Fifty-three years ago, on 16 July 1942, 450 policemen and gendarmes, French, under the authority of their leaders, obeyed the demands of the Nazis. That day, in the capital and the Paris region, nearly 10,000 Jewish men, women and children were arrested at home, in the early hours of the morning, and assembled at police stations...
The members of the Protestant religion in France, the Huguenots, had been granted substantial religious, political and military freedom by Henry IV in his Edict of Nantes. Later, following renewed warfare, they were stripped of their political and military privileges by Louis XIII, but retained their religious
The 1562 Riots of Toulouse are a series of events (occurring largely in the span of a week) that pitted members of the Reformed Church of France (often called Huguenots) against members of the Roman Catholic Church in violent clashes that ended with the deaths of between 3,000 and 5,000 citizens of the French city of Toulouse.
Jean Ribault (1520–1565), early colonizer of America, he and other Huguenot colonists were massacred by the Spanish for their faith. [ 439 ] Pierre-Paul Sirven (1709–1777), victim of persecution.