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The Siege of La Rochelle was a sad chapter in the Wars of Religion in France. Following the 1598 Edict of Nantes, Huguenots were permitted to live in specified, fortified towns. One by one they fell to royalist forces. La Rochelle was the last Huguenot city to fall, despite English attempts to break the siege. It happened after a 14-month siege on October 28, 1628. This effectively ended all organized resistance to the Roman Catholic establishment in France, with the exception of the Camisard War (1702-1710).