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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
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| 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
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| 1562 | Guise, Francis de | |
| The duc de Guise orders the massacre of Huguenots at Vassy & provokes the Wars of Religion
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| 1562 | Louis I de Bourbon | |
| The duc de Guise orders the massacre of Huguenots at Vassy & provokes the Wars of Religion
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| 1572 | Catherine de Medici | |
| 24th Aug Paris Charles IX & Catherine de Medici sanction the massacre of Huguenots
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| 24th Aug Paris Orders the assassination of Coligny, the Huguenot leader
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| 1572 | Charles IX | |
| 24th Aug Paris Charles IX & Catherine de Medici sanction the massacre of Huguenots
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| 24th Aug Persuaded by his mother Catherine de Medicus to order the St Batholomew's day massacre
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| 1572 | Guise | |
| 24th Aug Responsible for the St Bartholomew Day's massacre
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| 1572 | Guise, Henry | |
| 24th Aug Responsible for the St Bartholomew Day's massacre
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| 1792 | Louis XVI | |
| Sep Paris Suspected "traitors" of the Revolution are massacred
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