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'''Huguenots''' were mostly [[Calvinist]] [[Protestants]] in [[Old Regime]] France. They faced persecution, but were later protected by the [[Edict of Orléans]] in 1561. Further warfare and persecution followed. The [[Edict of Nantes]] in 1592 once again put an end to persecution, but it was revoked in 1685. Most Huguenots eventually fled France for other countries.
'''Huguenots''' were mostly [[Calvinist]] [[Protestants]] in [[Old Regime]] France. They faced persecution, but were later protected by the [[Edict of Orléans]] in 1561. Further warfare and persecution followed. The [[Edict of Nantes]] in 1592 once again put an end to persecution, but it was revoked in 1685. Most Huguenots eventually fled France for other countries.
see [[Old Regime]]
==United States==
In 1564, the Huguenots established the first settlement in [[North America]], at Fort Caroline on the St. John's River in [[Florida]].
Several thousand came to the American colonies, establishing a presence especially in [[Charleston]] South Carolina,. They supported the Patriot cause during the [[American Revolution]], particularly in battles in [[New Jersey]]. In [[Massachusetts]], [[Paul Revere]]'s father was a Huguenot refugee who came to [[Boston]] as a child.
==South Africa==
Many Huguenots also settled in [[South Africa]], starting as early as 1671, with the arrival of the first Huguenot refugee, Francois Villion (later Viljoen), followed in 1686 by the brothers Guillaume and Francois du Toit. By the time the main influx of Huguenots had arrived, between the years 1688 and 1709 (when state-subsidised emigration was halted), they comprised almost one-sixth of the total free burgher population and were in a position to leave a lasting influence on the young Cape settlement.<ref>Pieter Coertzen: The Huguenots of 1688-1988, Tafelberg Publishers 1988 </ref>
Many Huguenots also settled in [[South Africa]], starting as early as 1671, with the arrival of the first Huguenot refugee, Francois Villion (later Viljoen), followed in 1686 by the brothers Guillaume and Francois du Toit. By the time the main influx of Huguenots had arrived, between the years 1688 and 1709 (when state-subsidised emigration was halted), they comprised almost one-sixth of the total free burgher population and were in a position to leave a lasting influence on the young Cape settlement.<ref>Pieter Coertzen: The Huguenots of 1688-1988, Tafelberg Publishers 1988 </ref>