 The persecution and the flight of the Huguenots greatly damaged the reputation of Louis XIV abroad, particularly in England.Both kingdoms, which had enjoyed peaceful relations until 1685, became bitter enemies and fought each other in a series of wars, called the "Second Hundred Years' War" by some historians, from 1689 onward.In October 1985, to commemorate the tricentenary of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, President François Mitterrand of France announced a formal apology to the descendants of Huguenots around the world.<ref></ref> At the same time, the government released a special postage stamp in their honour reading "France "is" the home of the Huguenots" ("Accueil des Huguenots").