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1685 CE, October 18

France's King Louis XIV signs the Edict of Fontainebleau, on October 18, 1685, replacing the 1598 Edict of Nantes and revoking the religious rights and civil liberties of the Huguenots. This action officially outlawed Protestantism in France, demanding the destruction of churches, closing schools, and forcing conversions to Catholicism.

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