St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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When?
August 24th, 1572
Where?
Paris, Seine River
Who?
Prince Henry of Navarre (prot.) and daughter of Catherine de Medici
What happened?
Those two were supposed to get married to patch up the prot. v. Catholic tensions, but instead, Catherine de Medici killed a thousand Huguenots and slaughtered that family in their beds while they were sleeping
Significance?
War continued for more than 20 years, Henry IV covered to Catholicism to placate the Catholics, Edict of Nantes was erected (best religious tolerance of its time)
