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aug 24, 1572 - St. Bartholmew's Day Massacare

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In 1572, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre led to deaths of 10,000 Huguenots at the hands French Catholics. It was one of the bloodiest episodes in early Modern French history and marked a turning point in the religious wars that devastated France from the 1560s to 1590s. The impact of the massacre was profound.

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aug 24, 1572
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~ 453 years ago