France banned headscarves in schools
2004 · Event
Law forbidding conspicuous religious symbols in state schools — flashpoint over laïcité.
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- French Revolution (1789)
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- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
- Frankish kingdom of Clovis I (481)
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