Original: October 18 -- 19 -- Louis XIV issues the Edict of Fontainebleau , which revokes the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal , thereby depriving Huguenots of civil rights .
Simplified: October 18-19 - Louis XIV declares the Edict of Fontainebleau , which revokes the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal .