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aug 4, 1572 - St. Bartholomew's day Massacre

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Catherine de' Medici ordered a mob of Catholics to massacre Hugonots that were in Paris attending the marriage of Margaret to the Protestant Henry III of Navarre. This was significant because it marked a major turning point in the French Wars of Religion by crating rligois devison.

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aug 4, 1572
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~ 453 years ago

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