aug 24, 1572 - St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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St Bartholomew's Day Massacre was a attack on French Huguenots, the Catholic assassins killed 3,000 Huguenots in Paris. This occurred during the French wars of religion, plotted out by Catherine De Médicis and carried out by nobles and other catholic citizens.
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