1563
| 1563 • Edict of Amboise signed at the Château d'Amboise by Catherine de' Medici, acting as regent for her son Charles IX of France, having been negotiated between the Huguenot Louis, Prince of Condé, and Anne, duc de Montmorency, Constable of France. It accords some toleration to the Huguenots, especially to aristocrats. It officially ends the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and the combined Huguenot and royal armies then march north to besiege the English in Le Havre. |
1638
Apr 27
Age: 75y
| 1638 • Mazarin becomes first adviser to French potentate Richelieu on the death of Leclerc du Tremblay. |