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# Religious War
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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…
American History
A Bloody Legacy: 12 Steps in the Evolution of Historic Terrorist Organizations
Terrorist groups that relied on violence to intimidate societies and governments in order to achieve political, ideological, or religious aims,…
Disaster
Today In History: The Massacre of Wassy Sparks A Religious War That Claims 3 Million Lives (1562)
On this day, a massacre in a small French village invoked hostilities between the Catholics and Huguenots throughout France, marking…