The issuance of the Edict of Fontainebleau by King Louis XIV of France on 22 October 1865 escalated the harassment of religious minorities, resulting in a large number of Protestants leaving France over the next two decades..
The Edict of Fontainebleau (22 October 1685) was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. 
