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    The First French War of Religion (2 April 1562–19 March 1563) was the opening civil war of the French Wars of Religion. The war began when in response...
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  • expedition to France 15621563 was an episode in the First French War of Religion, it resulted in an French victory and the Kingdom of England relinquish...
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  • part of the Italian War of 1551–1559 English expedition to France (15621563) - English intervention in the first of the French Wars of Religion. Anglo-French...
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    Guise, in Wassy, France on 1 March 1562. The massacre is identified as the first major event in the French Wars of Religion. The series of battles that followed...
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    The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and...
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    The siege of Orléans was the final key military engagement of the first French War of Religion. Having lost the Battle of Dreux the rebel Huguenots fell...
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    Religion First French War of Religion (1562-1563) First French War of Religion in the provinces Battle of Dreux Massacre of Vassy St. Bartholomew's Day massacre...
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    Assassination of Francois Duc de Guise February 1563". The Historical Journal. 24 2: 295. Holt, Mack (2005). The French Wars of Religion 1562-1621. Cambridge...
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    only major engagement of the first French War of Religion. This was the first major engagement of the French Wars of Religion. The Protestant army encountered...
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    de Valois (1546–1568) (in French). Presses universitaires de Rennes. Holt, Mack P. (1995). The French Wars of Religion, 1562–1629. Cambridge University...
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