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    The Huguenots (/ˈhjuːɡənɒts/ HEW-gə-nots, UK also /-noʊz/ -⁠nohz, French: [yɡ(ə)no]) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed...
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  • Some notable French Huguenots or people with French Huguenot ancestry include: Salomon de Brosse (1571–1626), French architect. Isaac de Caus (1590–1648)...
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  • Huguenots was a name given to French Calvinists from the 16th to the 18th century. Huguenot may also refer to: Huguenot, Georgia, a ghost town Huguenot...
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    The Huguenot rebellions, sometimes called the Rohan Wars after the Huguenot leader Henri de Rohan, were a series of rebellions of the 1620s in which French...
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    The Huguenot Tunnel is a toll tunnel near Cape Town, South Africa. It extends the N1 national road through the Du Toitskloof mountains that separate Paarl...
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    assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence directed against the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants) during the French Wars of Religion. Traditionally...
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    The history of the Huguenots in Kent dates back to the mid 1500s. In the mid-16th century many Huguenots, experiencing persecution and conflict in France...
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    series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence...
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    The Huguenot cross is a Christian religious symbol originating in France and is one of the more recognizable and popular symbols of the French evangelical...
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    The Huguenot Monument in Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa, is dedicated to the cultural influences that Huguenots have brought to the Cape Colony...
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    Les Huguenots (French pronunciation: [le ˈyg(ə)no]) is an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer and is one of the most popular and spectacular examples of grand...
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    Many people of European heritage in South Africa are descended from Huguenots. Most of these originally settled in the Cape Colony, but were absorbed...
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    The Huguenot station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Huguenot, Staten Island, New York. The station opened on June 2, 1860,...
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    37°33′42″N 77°32′38″W / 37.5616°N 77.5439°W / 37.5616; -77.5439 Huguenot Memorial Bridge is located in Henrico County and the independent city of Richmond...
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    divided between the Catholic majority and a Protestant minority, the Huguenots, which led to a series of civil wars, the Wars of Religion (1562–1598)...
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    The Huguenot Cemetery (Irish: Reilig na nÚgóineach, French: Cimetière huguenot de Dublin) is a small cemetery dating from 1693 located near St. Stephen's...
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  • Huguenot Memorial Museum portrays the history of the French Huguenots who came to South Africa at the end of the seventeenth century. Displays are housed...
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    The Huguenot Church, also called the French Huguenot Church or the French Protestant Church, is a Gothic Revival church located at 136 Church Street in...
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    blow to the Huguenot movement, and religious civil warfare soon began anew. Charles sought to take advantage of the disarray of the Huguenots by ordering...
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    A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew's Day, Refusing to Shield Himself from Danger by Wearing the Roman Catholic Badge (1851–52) is the full, exhibited title...
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    existed in Wellington, namely the Huguenot Seminary, the Huguenot University College and Friedenheim. The Huguenot Seminary was established in 1874 through...
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    The Huguenot Fort is a historic fortification site on Fort Hill Road in Oxford, Massachusetts. The original fort was built in 1694 by Huguenots, Protestant...
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  • Huguenot weavers were French silk weavers of the Calvinist faith. They came from major silk-weaving cities in southern France, such as Lyon and Tours....
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    Louis Du Bois (21 October 1626 – 1696) was a Huguenot colonist in New Netherland who, with two of his sons and nine other refugees, founded the town of...
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    The Huguenot Society of America is a hereditary patriotic society, organized in New York City on April 12, 1883, and incorporated on June 12, 1885. The...
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    compromised and made concessions to the rebelling Calvinist Protestants, the Huguenots, as they became known. However, she failed to fully grasp the theological...
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    Elizabeth I, a small number of Huguenots returned to London, including Jan Utenhove in 1559. In 1561, a number of Huguenots in London were sent to Sandwich...
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    He inherited the throne of Navarre in 1572 on his mother's death. As a Huguenot (Protestant), Henry was involved in the French Wars of Religion, barely...
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    Huguenot High School /ˈhjuːɡənɒt/ HEW-gə-not, part of the Richmond Public Schools system, is a high school in Richmond, Virginia, United States for grades...
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    Huguenot House, also known as Homestead Farm and Naudain House, is a historic home located at Taylors Bridge, New Castle County, Delaware. Historical records...
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