aug 18, 1572 - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

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After the relationship between Huguenots and Catholics had improved, the Catholics attempted to decimate Huguenot leadership at the wedding of Henry of Navierr, in which they would all be attending. It resulted in days of violence and reignited the civil war until the Edict of Nantes.

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