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This Disastrous French Royal Wedding Ended in Carnage and Became Known as the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
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This Disastrous French Royal Wedding Ended in Carnage and Became Known as the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

In August 1572, French Huguenots (Calvinist Protestants) flooded to the Catholic stronghold of Paris to witness the royal wedding of the Princess Margaret of Valois to King Henry of Navarre. The political…

By Jennifer Conerly · 8 min
This Day In History: The St Bartholomew Day’s Massacre Began in Paris (1572)
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This Day In History: The St Bartholomew Day’s Massacre Began in Paris (1572)

  On this day in history, one of the most bloody massacres in European history took place. At this time France…

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