apr 13, 1598 - Edict of Nantes
Description:
King Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (Huguenots) substantial rights in the nation, which was still Catholic at the time. This helped ease religious tensions, and this would be relfected in the thirty years war where Catholic France would fund Proetstnt SwedenAdded to timeline:
Date:
apr 13, 1598
Now
~ 428 years ago