On This Day 17th January
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 17th January On This Day, the 17th of January 1595, King Henry IV of France , the first king of the House of Bourbon, declared war on Spain. Henry had been raised a protestant. When he became King of France in 1589, he was pretty much forced to convert to Catholicism, due to France being a catholic country, and them placing nipple clamps on him until he agreed. Everyone was happy about the King's sudden and unexpected change of religion, except for the protestants. They were not. At all. It also appeared that Spain wasn't happy. Mainly with Henry, who they didn't like as he didn't share any of his chocolate biscuits with them. Spain kept pestering Henry, who finally had enough and declared war. My biscuits. My lovely crème biscuits. You not get none of these fabulous Bourbon Crème Biscuits. King Henry IV had many people try to kill him over the years. And not just the entirety of Spain. Pierre B...