Henry IV of France Timeline of Events

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Henry IV of France

Henry IV , Henri-Quatre, was King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty in France....

Timeline of Events

1572

8.18.1572

Marriage in Paris of the future Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.

1576

2.5.1576

Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.

1590

3.14.1590

Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.

9.5.1590

Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.

1593

7.25.1593

Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.

1594

2.27.1594

Henry IV is crowned King of France.

1595

1.17.1595

Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.

1598

4.13.1598

Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. (Edict repealed in 1685.)

1600

12.17.1600

Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.

1610

5.14.1610

Henry IV of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne.