1562-98 - French Wars of Religion: Civil war between French Catholics and Protestants or Huguenots. Up to four million people die from violence, famine or diseases. The fighting ends in 1598 when Henri of Navarre, who had converted to Catholicism in 1593, is proclaimed Henri IV. A pragmatic ruler, he issues the Edict of Nantes, which gives rights and freedoms to Huguenots, in order to end the religious warfare. He is assassinated in 1610 by a Catholic zealot.
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