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Huldrych Zwingli dies in a battle between Catholics and Protestants.
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French Protestant John Calvin publishes the Institutes of the Christian Religion
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John Calvin settles in Geneva, where Calvinism became the official religion.
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The Huguenots defend themselves in a series of bloody civil wars with the Catholics.
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King Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes, which gave the Huguenots freedom of worship and some political rights.
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Calvinist were among the strongest of the many Protestant churches established in Europe.