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Henry IV at the end of the battle of Ivry, painted by Charles de Steuben about 1840.Image: Charles de Steuben · Public domainworld · Europe
Henry IV wins the battle of Ivry
In the French Wars of Religion, the Protestant Henry IV defeated the larger army of the Catholic League and its Spanish allies near Ivry in Normandy. Tradition says he told his men to follow his white plume. The victory let him besiege Paris, though he entered the city only after becoming a Catholic in 1593.
Source: EBSCO Research Starters: Battle of Ivry ↗
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