1534 CE: Affair of the Placards; anti-Catholic posters appear throughout France, increasing religious tensions.

1545 CE: Massacre of Merindol; Protestants slaughtered by Catholics.

1560 CE: Amboise Conspiracy; Protestant plot to kidnap Francois II uncovered and Protestants executed.

1562 CE - 1598 CE: French Wars of Religion fought between Catholic and Protestant factions in France.

1562 CE - 1563 CE: First French War of Religion.

1562 CE: Massacre of Vassy; Catholics slaughter Protestants, start of French Wars of Religion.

1567 CE - 1568 CE: Second French War of Religion.

1568 CE - 1570 CE: Third French War of Religion.

1572 CE - 1573 CE: Fourth French War of Religion.

1574 CE - 1576 CE: Fifth French War of Religion.

1576 CE - 1577 CE: Sixth French War of Religion.

1579 CE - 1580 CE: Seventh French War of Religion.

1585 CE - 1589 CE: Eighth French War of Religion (War of the Three Henrys).

1589 CE - 1598 CE: Hostilities continue between Catholic and Protestant factions in France until Henry IV converts to Catholicism and issued the Edict of Nantes, officially ending the French Wars of Religion.

1598 CE: Henry IV of France grants religious freedom for French Prostestants with the Edict of Nantes.