aug 24, 1572 - Bartholomew's Day Massacre

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King Charles IX of France, under the orders of his mother, Catherine de Medici, allowed the assassination of Huguenot Protestant leaders in Paris, setting off mass killings that results in the murder of tens of thousands of Huguenots all across France. This event marked the restart of religious civil war in France.

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