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1562
Catherine de Medici
1st Mar Vassy Within a matter of weeks ofter the edict of Saint-Germain, the Vassy massacre opens the first religious war, which in fact was a victory for the more intolerant Guise policy and a defeat for the conciliations of Catherine
1562
Francis of Guise
April Wassy sur Blaise As Guise passes through Wassy-sur-Blaise on his way to Paris a massacre of Protestants takes place kindling open military conflict in the French Wars of Religion
1562
Guise, Francis de
The duc de Guise orders the massacre of Huguenots at Vassy & provokes the Wars of Religion
1562
Louis I de Bourbon
The duc de Guise orders the massacre of Huguenots at Vassy & provokes the Wars of Religion
1572
Catherine de Medici
24th Aug Paris Charles IX & Catherine de Medici sanction the massacre of Huguenots
24th Aug Paris Orders the assassination of Coligny, the Huguenot leader
1572
Charles IX
24th Aug Paris Charles IX & Catherine de Medici sanction the massacre of Huguenots
24th Aug Persuaded by his mother Catherine de Medicus to order the St Batholomew's day massacre
1572
Guise
24th Aug Responsible for the St Bartholomew Day's massacre
1572
Guise, Henry
24th Aug Responsible for the St Bartholomew Day's massacre
1792
Louis XVI
Sep Paris Suspected "traitors" of the Revolution are massacred

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