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French Wars of Religion (mar 15, 1562 – apr 10, 1598)

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The French Wars of Religion were a prolonged period of war and popular unrest between Catholics and Huguenots (Reformed/Calvinist Protestants) in the Kingdom of France between 1562 and 1598. It is estimated that three million people perished in this period from violence, famine, or disease in what is considered the second deadliest religious war in European history

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mar 15, 1562
apr 10, 1598
~ 36 years