Génocide

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

2 sept. 1572 – 15 oct. 1572 · 48.86° N, 2.35° E

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2 sept. 1572 – 15 oct. 1572
Type
Génocide
Morts
10 000
Coordonnées
48.86° N, 2.35° E
Description
massacre of the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants) by the French government, 1572

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

1572 killing of Huguenots in France

The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion. Traditionally believed to have been instigated by Queen Catherine de' Medici, the mother of King Charles IX, the massacre started a few days after the marriage on 18 August of the king's sister Margaret to the Protestant King Henry I…

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